Greetings,

Our weather is truly something unique! Unique in a way that I don't really know a country where the weather is so rubbish. I remember the days when we had a winter, spring, summer and autumn. Now we have one season called “Miserable.”

Did you know that we had 11 dry days in July and August? It is absolutely absurd. Other countries have severe summers and some winters and I would love a bit of that but rain and temperatures that hardly go above that of a fairground hot dog.

The course has taken an absolute pounding of rain and it really needs some dry weather. Maybe this is why the higher powers delivered us a hurricane. I for one tied down my trampoline just in case, I left the boys one though as I don't use that one much.

National Lampoons go to St Andrews

Graeme Grizwald and his family took off to St Andrews for a couple of nights in a caravan, luckily this was before the hurricane arrived.

Unfortunately as many of you know, things didn't go to plan. We had planned a lovely day at the Aquarium where we saw penguins, sharks, an alligator snapping turtle and some Fifers. All were very interesting. We were having a lovely time and decided to partake in some of the Aquariums tea room food.

The fact I said aquarium and food in the same sentence is wrong and I should have known better but Harris loved the bright orange appearance of the carrot and coriander soup, so he had some. It was just a short ride back to the caravan for us and 3 minutes into the journey I heard a slight yelp from the back as Harris burped a little bit, he then was a little sick, not much to worry about there. I turned round to inform my wife when I was then greeted by a jet of orange liquid which obscured my vision of my wife. When I turned round to the back of the car I saw a river of purest orange and two very unhappy children.

We performed an emergency stop and began draining the car and wiping down the children and more importantly the car. The whole family had basically de-robed in the high street so no doubt I will have a letter from the procurator of fiscal very soon. After numerous bottles of febreeze, 16 applications of vanish mouse and a new car seat, we were ready to go again.

The disaster didn't stop there as the next day we went to “Craigton Park” where the boys had a great time. Logan my shy number 1 son decided to try his hand at climbing. We let him go free and he seemed to be doing fine until we turned our back and a women cried out, “Oh my god!” As we turned round Logan was lying in deep with one welly on and one on top of his head. He had fallen off the climbing frame and dropped about 12 feet but luckily landed on the sand. I picked him up and thankfully he was fine. After this my wife and I decided to return to the caravan, seek solace in a bottle of wine and never leave!

Booking the Golf Lab

We created the Golf Lab because of our horrific climate and we are certainly seeing an uptake in visitors in recent weeks. You can practice on our indoor range or play a few holes on some wonderful golf courses. It is such a great environment to learn, play and practice and here is a quick reminder about why you should use our facility rather than a driving range.

The winter is a time where we usually let all the good work disappear from the season by putting our clubs away till March. Here at East Kilbride Golf Club we now have an all year, all day Golf Performance Centre where we can help any level of golfer achieve their goals. From simulator game play to in-depth ball flight and video analysis, we have it all. There is no facility in the area that can come close to what we can offer you.

Think about how many times you would like to practice throughout the year but the weather limits it.

Many of you visit a driving range but what value are you actually getting?

- Cold, windy and wet
- Low quality golf balls
- Poor range mats
- Rubber tees which don't reflect your actual tee height
- Hitting balls into an inconsistent wind direction
- Distraction from other player or spectators
- Not really knowing how far each shot has gone

The Golf Lab provides you with a high quality practice session and records all data on your shots. This data is presented in an easy to understand format and will allow you improve your golf quicker. This data will also be stored in your own personal cloud storage system allowing you to access it anywhere in the world for free.

Book your session by clicking here.

We will also be holding advanced classes for our elite level juniors where we will be able to give them the same attention that Tour Players will receive over the winter months. Utilising our state of the art club and ball tracking equipment and club altering equipment we will be able to help them dial in their games, clubs and yardages in preparation for the season ahead.

Please contact me here to register your child for more information on the sessions.