Ashford pro am a great success
A massive thank you to everyone who played in this years pro am. It was a fantastic day and there was some great scoring by the professionals and amateurs. The leading professional score was -4, lead by Steven Green, Paul Sherman and Peter Appleyard. The leading teams were -17.
I would personally like to thank all the volunteers doing the ball spotting and to the juniors doing the range facility, the feedback from visitors was fantastic with massive compliments to the course and the hospitality.
A big thank you to Kevin and his team setting the course up, our secretary and assistant secretary for helping on the day and finally to the bar staff and kitchen staff for looking after us all day.
We all look forward to our next Pro Am.
Lowry's long game masterclass
What a fine win it was at the weekend for Shane Lowry, who won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in fantastic style. The Irishman began the day two shots back, but emerged victorious to win by two from the big-hitting Bubba Watson. Of course, many of you will already know this and we dare say a few of you cashed in on the 100/1 shot, who has been in superb form this season.
My Buying Group, Foremost Golf, was invited to an equipment launch recently where Lowry was a speaker. In his own words he was "Striking the ball nicely" and put his recent good form down to improvements in his ball striking and long game. In the end, he struck some pretty impressive wedges, too - none better than on 10, where he fashioned an approach from behind the trees to stick the ball to tap-in birdie range.
Lowry admits to being more of a 'feel' player than being overly technical. Whilst you are undoubtedly born with such talent, a huge amount of hard work has gone into his game. If you haven't watched final-round highlights, make sure you do. And if you're desperate to start making some improvements, or perhaps add a Shane-like recovery shot to your armoury, come and see us or get in touch here.