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Thursday, March 28, 2024




The great spell of weather continues as you can see from the pictures above. The one on the left was taken on 26th June and the other 2 weeks later showing how much drier the course is. It’s been a little cooler the last couple of days but great for playing golf in! The course is running hard and fast and the scoring has reflected that.

The Sweep winners for last week

Ladies
Friday: Erin Johnston, nett 73
Sunday: Margaret Clark, nett 72

Gents
Thursday: Jack Slater, nett 64

Friday/Saturday
1st Class – Frank Grant, nett 65
2nd Class – Alan Russell, Robert Rogers and Iain Wilson, all on nett 68
3rd Class – John Glen, Fraser Blackwood, nett 68

Sunday
1st Class - Stephen Wills, nett 67
2nd Class – Jack Slater, Jim Darroch, nett 66
3rd Class – Jim Hendry, nett 68
 



It’s not long now until the world’s best players will be teeing it up at Carnoustie who will be hosting The Open Championship for the 8th time. It’s sure to be a real challenge with it being the longest course to host The Open at over 7,400 yards.

Carnoustie has a history of great winners since the first time they hosted it back in 1931. This was won by Tommy Armour who came from 5 shots behind to win on what was seen as a monster course at 6,900 yards. Tommy was known as the ‘Silver Scott’ who had lost the sight of 1 eye due to mustard gas in WW11. He was born in Edinburgh but later moved to America and was the last Scottish born player to win The Open until 1999.

When The Open returned in 1937 Henry Cotton won his second Open title by 2 shots with what was thought to be the most impressive performance of his career despite the incessant cold rain on the last day and had only 26 putts in the final round. It is worth mentioning that the field that year consisted of the entire American Ryder Cup Team who had only just won at Southport.


In 1953 Ben Hogan made his only appearance at The Open and won the Claret Jug. After surviving the car crash, in which he almost lost his life in 1949, he went on to win the Masters, The US Open and The Open in 1953. It took until Tiger Woods in 2000 for another player to match 3 Majors in the same year. His only other visit to Britain was in 1956 to the Canada Cup at Wentworth.

Our Club President, Henry Shanks, remembers going to watch him at Carnoustie as a young man and said he was a remarkable player.


Gary Player claimed his 2nd Open title, and 5th Major win, by 2 shots from Jack Nicklaus and Bob Charles in 1968. That year the course measured 7,252 yards and was the longest to host the Open until then.

In 1975 Tom Watson joined Ben Hogan and Tony Lema as the only players to win on their debut since WW11. Tom went on to win The Open 5 times in 9 years and claimed 8 major titles in all. David Huish, Club Pro from North Berwick was the halfway leader that year with a young caddie called Alan White (yes, me!) on his bag! Sadly, David fell away but I’m sure that I can say for both of us that on reflection it was a great experience. It’s strange the way things work out sometimes, years later in 2014, I had the pleasure of presenting David with the PGA’s John Panton Award.


Who can forget the sight of Jean Van De Velde taking his shoes and socks off to hit his shot from the Barry Burn at the 18th with a 3 shot lead in 1999? He ended up taking a triple bogey 7 forcing a play off between himself, Justin Leonard and Paul Lawrie. As we all know, Paul, who was ranked 241st in the world and had come through qualifing that year, went on to become the first Scottish born winner in Scotland since Tommy Armour in 1931.

8 years later The Open returned to Carnoustie and Padraig Harrington became the next European to win since Paul. Padraig started his last round 6 shots behind Sergio Garcia who had led from the start after an opening 65, and forced a playoff to beat Sergio in 2007.


Who will be the victor this year?


I hope everyone enjoys watching the tournament if you are going up to Carnoustie or parking yourself in front of the tv!

Remember to pop into the shop and get your sweep tickets – on sale now!



 



 
Managing tricky greenside shots becomes a lot easier if your Grind is designed for the way you play the shot.
‘Grinds’ are especially important on the Wedges you use for these shots; usually from 54º to 64º Wedges.
 
 
It can do all that, by allowing the bounce and leading edge to work effectively to support the way you hold the
clubhead at address and through impact. What’s important is having the right Grind for the way
you hold the Wedge on a particular shot.
 
 

 
 
We want more golfers to have a great experience out on the golf course.  
To do that, you don’t have to take on the same challenge as
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Shangsan Feng or Lexi Thompson.

In fact, you already don’t play the same length golf course they do.

So, let’s play more formats that make it more enjoyable for more golfers.
 
 
PGA Junior League is a format that combines a competitive element with a
game that stays ‘in play’ longer (2v2 over 3x3 holes),
with the playability benefits of a Scramble format.

There are 3 ‘flags’ to be won. If you’re playing 18,
why not play 2v2 better ball scramble, over 3x6 holes?
 
 And actually, why not find time to
play nine in this format (3x3 holes), before or after your day?

Or nine on a Sunday afternoon
with the family?

 
You can still have friendly competition, but it’s likely that this is a much more social format:
you come together on the tee; for the 2nd shot; and on the green. That’s more fun together.
 
 
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