Royal North Devon Pro Shop Newsletter
Hello Golfers!
Hopefully you are getting to play plenty
of golf at the moment. The course is in good
shape and although as I write this it is blowing
a hoolie outside, the weather, although
not ideal, still allows for some enjoyable golf.
I am off on the Biennial club trip to play
London Scottish GC who play on Wimbledon common
this weekend. So, although I wont see you I hope
you have a succesful weekend on the links.
I hope you enjoy this weeks newsletter.....
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Competition Results.
On Saturday we had a Texas scramble
competition. This format is loved by many
and loathed by a few but withg 47 teams
taking part it was a popular competition
played in some sunny though slightly windy
conditions.
I always say that a Texas scramble gives the
average golfer an idea of how a top tour professional
would score when playing a course under 6500 yards
(played from the yellow tees) and without the severe
rough that you get on tour.
The winning scores however, would have even
had Rory McIlroy begging for mercy. The best
score, which came from the trio of Chris Brown,
Alison Page & Dereck Downing was a magnificent
58.8 nett (using 1/6 of the combined handicap)
Chris Brown part of the winning team!
This was good enough to win by 1.1 shots. This
may not sound like a huge margin of victory
but I have seen 1 shot cover the top 5 scores
in these competitions before.
Well done to all of the prize winners.
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New Shoes!!!
If you are in the market for a new pair of shoes
you may be a bit overawed by the vast selection
on offer today. So here is a list of some of the best
shoes on the market and what they can do for you.
All shoes are leather and have a waterproof guarantee.
I have concentrated on premium shoes in this
article. All of the shoes mentioned have similar
characteristics in less expensive models.
See the shop for more options.....
Adidas:
The top shoe from adidas which you will see many
tour pros wearing is the tour 360 shoe. This gives
great comfort as well as massive support and stability.
The unique ATV sole flexes with your feet and
is also designed to keep your feet stable when
swinging giving better balance. This style of shoe
was first designed by Hi-tec which was worn by
Padraig Harrington when he won all 3 of his majors.
Since he changed shoes he has gone off the boil.
Coincidence????
A great shoe for the serious player. And with a range
of daring coulours you need to be a good player
to wear them!
£129
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Foot Joy.
The top 2 shoes from FJ are the FJ sport and the
Dry Joy. The sports are really lightweight and
encorporate the Boa fastening system instead
of laces. These make the whole shoe fit better
around your foot giving total support and flexibility.
Another massive plus is that if you are like me
and kick your shoes off without unfastening the
laces, this boa system needs just 1 click and
they are undone!
£119
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Dry Joys.
Foot Joys best selling premium waterproof shoe
for the past 15 years is still a firm favourite with
all golfers. These are tremendous shoes that
encorporate the finest leather uppers with a
'Optiflex sole'
These shoes mould to your feet and after a
couple of rounds will feel like slippers whilst still
giving you great support
£119
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Contour series.
The contour shoe is one of our best sellers.
The simple reason for this is that they are
SOOOOOOOO comfortable as soon as you
put them on the fist time. They are a wider shoe
and encorporate the softest leather available.
If you have toruble with your feet these are the
shoes to go for. You wont beleive how comfortable
they are stright out of the box!
£84.95
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Ladies shoes.
We have a many ladies shoes to offer at the moment.
There are the very popular Foot Joy AQL shoes.
These are super lightweight and come with a velcro
fastening. These are very popular for ladies with
wider feet.
£74
FootJoy Soft Joys
A soft comfortable shoe with great stylish looks.
We ordered these shoes in because they are one
of the very few ladies shoes that come in black!
£69
Adidas
The adidas ladies shoes come with a bit more
colour. We have a good stock of both these pink
and blue models. Like the mens Adidas shoes
these have a very stable sole unit and give great
support.
£69
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Egg Head!
The eagle eyed of you may have spotted an
RND memebr last week on the popular TV
quiz show Eggheads.
The show pitts a team of keen quiz goers against
5 of the contries best and most succesful quiz
contestants.
The team of 5 (including RND member John Mounce)
who regularly compete in the monthly quiz night here at
the golf club did very well. They managed to knock
out 3 of the 5 eggheads in their 1 on 1 matches
but unfortunately just lost out on the £1000 prize
in the final round by 1 point.
John Mounce (right) after winning the Bideford
Bay in 2008
Well done John. A single handicap quizzer as
well as a single handicap golfer!
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Mikes tip of the week
Many of us struggle to do some, if any, practice
at all. However I have had a little time this week
to practice my putting and It is amazing how
quickly your putting improves with a little time
dedicated to it on the practice green.
With just 1 hours putting practice done over 3 days
I feel my putting has improved by about 3 shots
over 18 holes. This is obviously going to help my
scoring but it has also spread confidence through
the rest of my game. Because I know my putting can
make up for the odd errant shot, it takes the presure
off having to hit every green.
So get out there and practice your putting if you can.
As it comes good you will be surprised how it helps the
rest of your game!
Good Luck & Happy golfing
Thank you for reading this weeks newsletter.