Welcome to another exciting edition of the weekly newsletter bringing you up to date with all the latest news and offers from Hockley Golf Club. I hope you've all had a good week, now the evenings are drawing out and the mornings are getting lighter quicker, that can only mean one thing, it’s almost Spring. Enjoy this week’s read.
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Congratulations Dave!
Congratulations to our popular member Dave Davies on his 80th birthday last week. Dave celebrated with family and friends with a party at Hockley. |
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Fourball Auction The details of a Sealed Bid Auction for the West Hill GC voucher have now been posted in the foyer. The closing date for bids will be Friday, 22 March and the winner will be announced on Saturday, 23 March. There is a reserve bid of £200 however, a summer green fee at West Hill is £105 per person. |
Subscription letters
You should all have received your annual subscription letters by e mail or post, if you have not had anything by the end of the week please contact the Admin office. Subscriptions can be paid by cheque, cash, or debit card and given to the office staff. Bank transfer is the preferred option, and should you require the bank details please contact Jane or Paul in the office.
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Masters Draw We’re now counting down to The Master, it’s only five weeks away and our Masters Draw is now up and running. Who are you tipping to win? Will Patrick Reed defend his title? Or could Tiger surprise us? If you’re not sure then why not enter our Masters Sweepstake.
Only £5 per ticket for your chance to win the 1st prize of over a £100 to spend in the Pro Shop. This would certainly knock a dent in the new driver or trolley you may be considering purchasing. We will also be running daily prizes of £10 each for the best and worst scores and the main prizes will go to 5th place. |
Fancy two FREE Srixon golf balls? Srixon's Z-Star and Z-Star XV golf balls have been updated for 2019 to include a piece of technology dubbed FastLayer. Essentially, they've redesigned the ball's core to give you explosive distance but with the incredible softness that players crave. To get your hands on a sleeve to try, all you need to do is click on the link below and fill out your golfing profile; we'll then send you a voucher that you can print off and bring in-store to claim your FREE 2-ball sleeve - what's not to like?
Click here to claim yours. |
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[* END *] Get a grip For a limited time, we are offering one FREE OF CHARGE Golf Pride ALIGN grip or CP2 wrap on your 7 iron, that's right, completely FREE. There's no catch. |
We want to show you just how beneficial a new grip can be, just some of the added bonuses are increased grip, greater control of the golf club and the potential to gain more speed through the ball and the advantage of the ALIGN grip is it helps with consistent hand placement for consistent results.
Click here for more information on this offer.
Come and see us now for a fitting and take advantage of our ‘Golf Pride FREE 7 iron grip offer’.
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Captain/Pro Challenge
Another lovely day on Saturday for our Captain/Pro match against Paul Mantell and Mike Simister with Martin Osbourne and a new member Craig Parker. As usual we had a reasonable start, a bit of a wobble in the middle and then finished better. Although everyone hit the ball okay we did manage to hit it a little bit too often! Craig, especially off the tee was very steady, so I don't expect him to stay on his handicap for very long.
Back to the match, we were level with Mike and Paul and 2up on Martin and Craig after nine. Both games stayed close for the next few holes with both pairs trading pars and bogeys against us, then came our devastating run of pars from the 11th to close out both games on the 16th. Perhaps our victory against Paul Mantel was the spur he needed to help him to victory the following day in the Hockley Winter Foursomes? On the evidence of how he played on Saturday, his partner on Sunday Howard Barton must have had the game of his life! So, congratulations to them.
Next week we have a couple of golfing heavy weights with new partners, Howard Gleadow with David Atkinson and Keith Eames with Steven Evans, fingers crossed for the same weather as this week!
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Keeping you up to date The winner of the Stableford last Thursday was Viv Stevens with 30 points. There is another 9 Hole Stableford this Thursday, 28 February. Enter on the day in the Pro Shop and don’t forget to enter your Summer Knockouts, The Southgate Cup and American Tournament on the PSI in the locker room or Pro Shop. |
Huge reductions in-store
Final reductions have been made on JRB and Swing Out Sister winter clothing. JRB Gilets are now only £25 saving £12.99.
We're also looking forward to the spring/summer clothing from JRB and Swing Out Sister arriving any day now. |
On the Course...
Saturday’s Short Course attracted a fair entry and our winners were Alex Olney in Divison One with 42 points whilst Tom Munday took the honours in Division Two with 40 points.
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Winter Foursomes The Hockley Winter Foursomes, played in the revised 18 hole Stableford format, took place on Sunday. With perfect golfing weather, a field of 34 pairs including 17 from visiting clubs took up the challenge. Once again, many compliments were received from the visitors regarding the excellent conditions of our course. We should all say a big thank you and well done to Doug and his team for the hard work carried out through the winter months. |
With the course playing long, only four teams managed to break par. In fourth place with 37 points were Hockley pair Mike Henry and Martin Gill who lost out on countback to another Hockley pair, Paul Telfer and Gary Whitfield.
Runners up with 38 points were Dan Sainsbury and Sam Payne from Royal Winchester and winners of The Winter Foursomes with 39 points were the Hockley pair of Paul Mantell and Howard Barton. Paul and Howard are pictured collecting their Winter Foursomes trophies from Captain Nigel.
Many thanks to Tom and his team for the after-match catering and to Paul Brown and Adie Nicol for all of their work behind the scenes.
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Summer Knockouts The Summer Knockouts are now open for entry with a closing date of Sunday, 31 March. You may notice them on the members diary as Thursday, 4 April, this will be the starting date for the knockouts.
Conditions of entry will be posted along with the poster, please ensure you read these BEFORE you enter a knockout.
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Winter Knockout
A reminder that the SEMI FINALS of the WINTER KNOCKOUT are to be played by WEDNESDAY, 13 MARCH and there will be NO EXTENSIONS.
If your match has been played, please ensure the result has been recorded on BOTH the DRAW SHEET and the PSI. If the winners are not posted by the round completion date the game could be assumed not to have been played and therefore both teams could be subject to elimination. WINNERS: please check that the win has been posted.
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What's coming up?
- Thursday, 28 February - Ladies 9 hole Stableford
- Friday, 1 March - St David's Day Stableford - Enter on the day in the Pro Shop and play is from yellow tees - Saturday, 2 March - Ladies Medal and Men’s Short Course Stableford
- Sunday, 24 March - Family Foursomes - The entry sheet has now been posted on the noticeboard, only £16 per pair to include coffee on arrival. Why not play with a member of your immediate family, they do not have to be a member of Hockley but must hold a competition handicap.
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| 75 yards? Up-and-down for me... |
The majority of golfers know how far they hit their driver and irons with a full swing, but wedges require you to be a lot more accurate if you want to start shooting better scores. So, whilst it can be useful to know how far a full PW or LW goes, you'll benefit far more from dialling in your wedges so you can hit specific distances that you regularly find yourself with on the course. |
Give yourself options You'll notice that different swings with each wedge will result in yardages that overlap - see table above. This is important as it'll give you options when considering the conditions. For example, if you're facing a strong breeze, we'd suggest going up a club and utilising a shorter swing so the ball flies lower with less spin, helping it to penetrate through the wind. |
Dial in with Cleveland We'd recommend having a wedge system of the same brand and model, so you remove any variables in feel and spin across wedges. One model that we love is Cleveland's RTX-4 wedge. Some of you may have previous generations of RTX - which stands for Rotex Face Technology - but this current model has the sharpest grooves yet for more spin and maximum control around the greens. 18 bounce-grind combinations available between 46 and 64 degrees mean that a custom fitting is key if you want to get your next purchase exactly right. |
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