Welcome. In this week’s newsletter our winter sale starts, a new competition and a very sad passing. |
What a win for Rickie Fowler!
Rickie tried his best to throw it away but grit and determination, plus a little help from Branden Grace, helped him claim his 5th tour win.
Fowler was cruising to victory until a shambolic triple bogey at 11 followed by a bogey at 12 derailed his round completely (If you didn’t see it, please find it on YouTube). One minute he was 5 ahead, the next, one behind. How do you come back from that? By playing the last four holes in two under, that’s how. This should be a lesson to us all that even when you have a bad hole or two, you can still recover and go on to win. When I saw this was only his 5th tour win I was very surprised. Someone of Fowler’s ability, I would expect him to have many more victories under his belt. Considering he has amassed well over $35million dollars in prize money and over 60 top ten’s you would have thought he was a little more prolific than this. Nevertheless, Rickie is an amazing talent and I am sure this will kick start his year to potentially a major win.
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Our winter SALE starts...
As promised, our sale is here with huge savings on all our summer collection now is the time to buy for the season. We have savings on FootJoy, Galvin Green, Skechers and more.
Here are just a few items that are on offer. |
 | Titleist SM6 wedges
Brand new
Were £119.00 now £69.00
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 | Titleist SM6 wedges
Ex-Demo
Now just £39.00
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 | PING Glide 2.0 wedge
(One left)
Were £119.00 now £49.00
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 | Huge shoe SALE
up to 50% OFF |
 | All summer clothing now reduced
20% OFF ALL Galvin Green
Up to 50% OFF FootJoy
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 | All our ladies clothing
At least 50% OFF |
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It's time to top up We're into February, spring is around the corner and so is the golfing season! To kick things off for 2019, we have a special promotion running on Srixon golf balls: get four dozen for the price of three with FREE personalisation, too. This is available on every ball across Srixon's range, including the Soft Feel Lady and the brand new Z-Star and Z-Star XV balls. What will you put on yours?
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Add more speed to your game...
Don’t forget about our Titleist fitting day on 28th February. This is your chance to try the latest Titleist TS speed range which is adding speed, and in turn, distance to many of your games. Titleist really have engineered a great range, so get yourself booked in to find out what it can do for your game.
We only have a few appointments left so please hurry to avoid disappointment.
Click here to book.
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Through the roof...
Since we have had the amazing Callaway Epic Flash in store fittings at Chessington have gone through the roof. As I said last year, the Callaway fitting centre at Chessington is superb.
If you are interested in a fitting or would like to try the new Callaway range, please just ask the pro shop.
We will be more than happy to assist.
Get in touch here. |
Best of luck...
Good luck to Dean Smith and Martin Lambert in the men’s 2019 Daily mail competition, who have been drawn against a Cuckfield pair at home. The B team’s first match of the season is against East Brighton away on 16th Feb. Good luck bees.
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New competition Over the period of March to October there are seven of each of the midweek medal, midweek stableford, monthly medal and monthly stableford. This year, to try and encourage more of us to play in these, we are going to introduce a set of aggregate competitions. One for each. The aggregates will work by calculating your best scores from three of the seven competitions. You will only need to play in three to qualify but the more you play the better chance you have to improve your aggregate. You don’t have to enter this competition as it will run in the background on the P.S.I and entry will be free.
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New committee for 2019
President - Paddy Dowzer
Captain - Martin Bolton Smith
Vice-Captain – Malcolm Holmes
Immediate past captain – Paul Young
Handicap Secretary – Donald Day (shadowed by Jon Ford)
Treasurer – Grant Moyse
Minute secretary – Marc Vincent
Member representative- Clive Parker
Member representative- Andy Peate If you have any questions or queries regarding anything please feel free to contact any of the above.
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Hopefully there's no repeat...
Well it's been a slow start to the year golf wise with the course closed on Thursday, but it was nice to catch up for a coffee. Let's hope we don't have a repeat of the bad weather that Heather encountered in her first weeks as captain last year! |
Many thanks
My thanks go to Linda Atkins for her excellent 'rules night' presentation. It was good to see so many ladies come along to support. She will be doing a further presentation in February for those of you that were not able to attend.
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A great success
My coffee morning on Tuesday was also a great success raising £117.10 towards my charity Whoopsadaisy. Thanks to all of you that attended, bought cakes and indeed donated cakes, not forgetting Ruth's homemade fruit vodka!
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Coming up...
Ladies are needed for the Boozers Scramble on 24th February; if you wish to play, but don't have a team, contact myself or Christine Knight. This Thursday is The Winter Aggregate - fingers crossed for better weather. |
Cyril Strudwick
It is with great sadness that I report that Cyril died on Saturday 2 February. I will always remember Cyril as a true gentleman and as nice a man as you could ever wish to meet. He will be a true loss to the section. Our thoughts are with his family.
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Weekly Winners Well after both courses being closed for 6 consecutive days, it was a relief that they were open today to get my year off to a good start. The competition was a three player yellow ball. A competition that we have not played for many years, as a victim of the weather. In fact, not played for so long that even long standing CVGS members were struggling to reacquaint themselves with the format. The going can only be described as soft with some evidence of ice still to be seen.
A menacing mist hovered above the course for most of the round and finally won out when the klaxon sounded with players on the back nine. As a result, the competition on the Griffin was curtailed to a nine hole event. The Phoenix players managed to complete their 9 holes.
The klaxon did not come though before I played the 14th and was able to have a close up view of the improvements there - a new bridge before the green, paths to and from it and a re-sculptured water feature. The ponds and waterfalls to the right will surely greatly enhance the attractiveness of the hole. Coming out on top today: Phoenix:
1st - David Sellwood, John Oswin, Brian Vennard - 71pts
2nd -Hugh Masterson, Pete Hemsley, Bob Bason - 64pts
3rd - Russell Watt, David Tomes, Peter Allanson - 63pts Griffin:
1st - Graham Sinclair, David Haynes, Steve Atkins - 70pts
2nd - Mick Brown, Ken Brightwell, Bob Sparks - 69pts
3rd - Ron Vance, Bob Imrie, Wes Lourens - 64pts
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| New shoes? Walk this way... |
Golf is first and foremost a walking sport, with many of us strolling more than five miles in a pair of shoes every single round. You might read that fact and instantly recall getting off the 18th green wanting nothing more than a sit-down, feet aching, after realising your shoes aren’t as comfortable as they ought to be. Well, if that is the case, it might well be time for a change... |
Just arrived - Skechers Pro V4 Skechers has been making huge strides in golf over recent years, and their 2019 footwear range looks set to continue that trend. Worn by PGA Tour winner Matt Kuchar, the Pro V4 is new for 2019 and effortlessly combines style with unbelievable comfort to offer you everything you need from a golf shoe. If you're yet to experience the comfort Skechers shoes deliver, be sure to pop by and try these on. |
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