PRO NEWS

Duncan Purcell Head PGA Pro

Happy 2023 everyone. I trust you all had a lovely festive period and are looking forward to the golf season to kicking off, just as we are.

I am happy to announce that we have now received our demo stock of TaylorMade Stealth 2 and PING G430 fitting components. With this in mind, we have a few options when it comes to custom fitting experiences for 2023, namely:

3. Designated Fitting Day from a technician from either PING or TaylorMade. We have a PING Fitting Day coming up on Thursday, April 20th from 2- 6pm, by appointment only through the Professional Shop. Keep an eye out for posters and notices for more of these throughout the season.

1. A fitting with myself, with the appointment bookable through the Professional Shop. I use a Trackman Launch monitor to assist with the custom fitting experience.

2. Member-only evening fitting sessions. This is new and I will look to host one every month. For February, this will take place on Thursday 16th between 5-8pm. Again, this is by appointment only through the Professional Shop, however, please feel to ask me questions on the evening as I will be on hand in and around the Driving Range.

As you are all aware we have been looking to add a Pro to our staff here in the Professional Shop. I am pleased to announce that Ryan Pittiglio will be joining the team on February 6th. Ryan is relocating down from Ryton Golf Club in the Newcastle area. With the addition of another Professional, we will have much more availability to conduct lessons. Please contact us here in the Professional Shop for all bookings and enquiries.

As half term approaches, we will once again be conducting a Junior Camp. This is bookable through the Professional Shop. I will be running these alongside Tommy Millward, our trainee Professional. This will run from 14 - 16 February. 9am – 1pm each day. Please see our website for details, or call us in the Professional Shop.

I am pleased with the positive feedback from the membership regarding the course conditions daily update on the website. At this time of year, it is important to get the information out quickly as many of you travel a fair distance to play. I am hopeful that we can have good news in the coming few days and weeks regarding buggy usage. We want to have these back out as soon as it is safe to do so.