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Greetings,

The weather is something that controls our outdoor pursuits and let’s be fair, the weather has been playing havoc with our golf this summer. You leave the house and its dry, you get to the course and its dry, you get to the first tee and its dry and then you pull out your club and boom it’s smashing it down. The course is holding up so well considering and this is great. Is it perfect, no and this is what we are working on. I am taking all the feedback on board and relaying it to the Course Manager and Greens Convenor. Your feedback is so important to us growing as a club and as a golf course.

With the wet weather you will see that certain areas of the course are becoming wet and boggy. There is not much we can do about this at present but it would help us immensely if our golfers could think about where they walk and take their trolleys. Don’t just follow the pack and go through mud and make it worse, take another route, a drier one and save your shoes as well as the course. This will help the green staff spend more time on the areas that we are getting feedback on.

Slow Play

I really cannot believe how long players are taking in the Saturday Medals and don’t worry I know that the vast majority of you are not at fault for slow play but you will witness it. Players are witnessing it and not educating the slow players about the importance of playing ready golf etc. The problems are starting between 9am and 10am, this is where we begin to have a 10 minute hold up on the tee. From 10-12pm we then lose another time.

I have been out on the first tee trying to figure out what is happening. I watched a group tee off and hit their tee shots way before the bunker and in the rough, they then waited for the green to clear and then hit their shots nowhere near the distance to get there. Now I realise that that safety is a must but there was no chance on earth of them getting there. This made the tee back up. I think you all need to be aware of how far you actually hit the ball, so you see if you could land a ball on a green for your second shot. Most people think they hit a 7 iron 150 yards and a driver 250 but the truth is only around 5-10% of club members can actually hit the ball this far.

This is only one of our issues as this alone does not address slow play. We need to identify our slow players and hopefully educate them into playing at a faster rate or indeed playing golf in a more efficient way. That doesn’t mean better golf, it simply means;

- Playing a provisional ball when needed
- Taking their clubs to the correct side of the green for the next tee
- Marking their scorecards whilst walking to their ball or when someone else is playing
- Playing ready golf - i.e. playing your shot when you can and not in order of distance from hole
- Keeping up with the game in front

This weekend I am going to ask you all to put down your start time and finish time on the cards and we are going to find out exactly where the problems are happening. We then are going to have to monitor certain groups or players to make this situation better. This is for everyone’s benefit especially the slow players. Taking 2.5 -3 hours to play 9 holes is absolutely ridiculous. Let’s all make it better!

New Stock Arriving Daily

We have new stock arriving daily to the shop and this winter we have some great new ranges for you. We have the latest Under Armour collection for you all to get your hands on. It really is the leading sport brand of the moment. We also have a new range from Sun Ice arriving shortly which is outstanding.

A new brand that we will be taking in is “Island Green” and we will have both ladies and gents apparel this Autumn/Winter. This range offers you unbelievable quality and design with a price point you simply won’t believe.

PowaKaddy Promotion

This is a cracking promotion from PowaKaddy this year and comes at a time where the PowaKaddy brand is stronger than ever. The manufacturing quality of these machines is second to none and the PowaKaddy Freeway FW7S is their flagship model.

With every FW7S purchase you will be able to claim a FREE golf bag from PowaKaddy. You can chose from a waterproof one RRP £209 or a Premium PVC bag RRP £199 (While stock lasts). So please drop me a line to secure yours now!

Mizuno MP18 Irons

“COULD YOU BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CLUBS IN THE WORLD?”

That is indeed the question and these little beauties could well set your heart and golf on fire. Mizuno make golf clubs so well and they make them more beautiful than “Heidi Klum” and “George Clooney.” One for everyone there! So here is a little video of your Professional trying them out in our Golf Lab. Enjoy!

EK Golfers make the National Press Again

We have an abundance of talent here at East Kilbride Golf Club and it is great to get coverage in the media. This week we had Kenny Gallacher and the Woodhouse twins make it into the East Kilbride News and the Daily Record for their Championship success.

Read all about it by clicking here.