Sandy Smith

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email, we give you six reasons why you should shop with us, we recap a fantastic week at Wentworth, and we review a momentum changing week for the Europeans.

Enjoy the read.

Club news

Outstanding Golf

Our lady golfers are currently on fire, with Jude Allardice especially catching the eye with some brilliant scores. Jude has gone from a 20 handicap at the start of the season to an excellent 14 in a matter of a couple of months. Jude's net 69 on Monday was a seasons best for the ladies section. See full results below.

Our gents are also flying high with Neil Winton equalling Scratch par at the weekend off a six handicap that is no longer. Well done Neil. See full gents results below.

Gents Scratch Open

Due to the cancellation of our Gents Scratch Open (lack of entries) on Sunday 3rd of June. This day will now be available for casual golfers looking for a game. Booking as normal 7 days in advance.

Michael Hebron Coaching Seminar - Wednesday, 5 September

Michael was inducted into the PGA of America Hall of Fame in 2013. He was the 1991 PGA National Teacher of the Year and the 1990 National Horton Smith Award recipient for his contributions to PGA of Americas education programs.

The first PGA of America Teaching and Coaching Summit, Dallas Tx. 1988 was his idea. He also organized the first European PGA AND Canadian PGA Teaching and Coaching Summits.

Michael Hebron has received over 25 awards. He has been invited to do education seminars in India, Australia, Canada, Finland, Chile, Japan, Costa Rica, England, Ireland, France, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Spain, Denmark,Korea , Iceland . Has been invited to organizations, businesses, Yale, MIT and other colleges, universities and school districts throughout the United States to speak on the topic of learning.

If he had a choice, Michael has said would like to be known for how he delivers information to students rather than who the students he has spent time with are. Michael’s preference is to pass on the value of playful, student-centered/brain compatible approaches to learning, which supports learning anything, both information and motor skills to golfers at every level of the game. Michael refers to this as LEARNING POSITIVE GOLF. He has coached winners on the PGA, LPGA, EUROPEAN TOURS, Ryder Cup, Walker Cup players, a MASTERS, a US OPEN and a PGA champion, but enjoys his time with club golfers the most.

Every year over 800 youth golfers take part in the programs offered at his Club, Smithtown Landing. Five high school golf teams also train and play their matches there.

Click here to learn more about Michael.

Click here to watch a video on Michael's thought about Developing a Random Golf Swing vs. Trying to Have a Consistent Swing.

Wednesday, 5 September: 9.30 - 4pm

Members, Guests and returning PGA Professionals/Assistants

The morning session will be indoors, where Michael will talk through and demonstrate key aspects to improve your golf. He will cover all areas of the game and you will come out of this session much clearer in how to improve your approach to golf. Michael aims to increase your understanding on how you learn best and will give you simple, effective techniques to use on your golf game.

12.30-1.30 Lunch will be provided - Soup and Sandwiches of your liking on thick crusty bread.

Our afternoon will be spent out doors on Ladybank’s exclusive private members practice area. Michael will coach several different ability level players within the group explaining his reasoning behind decisions made during the coaching sessions.He will finish off by taking as many questions as possible.

Members and any guests cost- £56 pp including Soup & Sandwich lunch
(early bird booking incentive £46 pp when booking before 30th June)

Captain and Pro 9 hole challenge is set to return

Please click here if you'd like to test yourselves against Brian and Sandy in a 9 hole better ball match one afternoon or evening? Click here to get in touch.

Hole in One

Congratulations to Susan Jackson on an awesome hole in one on the 12th hole during Ladies Club Championship qualifying. Well done Susan.

Do you have any 'hole in one' stories you'd like us to include our enewsletter?

Or please let us know how many you have had total, along with the best or funniest etc and we will put details in our next enewsletter. It's always great to hear a 'hole in one' story.

I've only ever managed one as a fifteen year old lad at a wet and windy Nairn Dunbar on what I think was the 15th hole back then with my three wood!!! I think one of our past captains is in double figures?

Seniors Open - Thursday 5th July

We are looking for some voulunteer`s for the above event to aid with Meet and greet along with starting duties. If anyone is keen then please get in touch with Nicol Wilson on email address: tnwilson@hotmail.co.uk

Coaching news

Get your friends together and have a fun day out with Sandy at Ladybank Golf Club

Group coaching

1 hour from £20 per person

Individual coaching

30 minute lesson available from £30

Members video/ flightscope lesson from £40

Other packages available.

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9 Hole playing lessons with Sandy

If your really wanting to improve your game in 2018 this might be for you. Coaching in the environment where we actually play the game.

Three x 9 Hole Playing Lessons where you decide what to focus on. Areas to include possibly?

Course management, golf psychology, club choice, trouble shots, short game, putting or something else that’s been troubling you?

Cost of this package is £170 saving £70 on RRP.

Plus bring along a friend for only a further £80. Therefore only £250 for two golfers taking the package

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Competition news

Haig Trophy Rd 2 - 26.5.18

Cat 1 & 2

1st - N Winton 71 (6) 65

2nd - Kieron Bruce 71 (4) 67

3rd - AD Brown 75 (7) 68

Cat 3 & 4

1st - K Bruce 80 (13) 67

2nd - FR Maxwell 88 (19) 69

3rd - A Hardie 85 (16) 69

Ladybank Seniors - Greensomes Trophy - May 29th 2018

1st - W Mitchell/T Gregersen 66

2nd - D M Patrick/A C Joyce 67.8

3rd - J Ronaldson/J Gilbert 68.

LCL Result from last weekend

Ryan White and Jim Honeyman - Won 3 and 1

Gordon Melkie and Arthur Joyce - Won 6 and 5

Kenny Findlay and Robert MacGregor - Won 5 and 4

Jim Imrie and Brian McSkimming - Lost 1 down

Darren Guild and Neil Bremmer - Won 3 and 2

Jim Anderson and Gary Walsh - Won 1 up

We had a good result with the team winning by 5 to 1, sadly Jim and I were pipped on the last.

Brian McSkimming

Ladies news

Results of the Club Championship Qualifying Round 3
Played 28/5/18 - CSS 75

1.J Allardice (16) - 69
2. F Doig (21) - 71
3. L McDonald (7) - 72

9 Hole Stableford

1. J Malcolm (14) - 18pts
2. R Drummond (17) - 16pts
3. E Chalmers (19) - 12pts

Fitting news

Vokey SM7/Scotty Cameron Demo day

Thanks go to an ex member, Roddy Spence who came along yesterday and put on a brill demo day for Scotty Cameron putters and Vokey wedges.

Thanks also to anyone who took part on the day. Your feedback is always very welcome on how we can improve these days.

Titleist Ball Fitting Day

Friday 15th June sees us host a Titleist ball fitting session for our members from 10am-5pm. This really is a brilliant opportunity to understand which ball can work best for you. I would highly recommend coming along to this, as there is no obligation to buy anything and the importance of the golf ball can be lost on many people. I see many golfers using 'just what I have in my bag' or 'something I found on the course' or 'I like the soft ones' or 'I only play ProV1.' These are many of the lines that we hear regularly in the Pro Shop. The ball at the end of the day is the one consistent thing in the whole golf equation. The clubs you play are all different, the courses can be different, the weather can be different. So, give yourself the best chance and play consistently the same ball that suits you and your game.

Our Titleist experts will put you through your paces during a 20 min fitting session. Please click here to book in or call in at the shop to book.

Junior news

Click here to read all the Junior news.

Click here for all the Junior competition news.

Shop news

Trade-in your old trolley

So, what do you need to do? Purchase a new Motocaddy Lithium trolley from us, register your claim online, send your old electric trolley back to Motocaddy for FREE, and once received Motocaddy will transfer £50 direct to your bank account. This offer is available for a limited time only so act fast if you're after a new electric trolley - there's never been a better time to upgrade.

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Money off a new pair of golf shoes

Our popular Shoe Trade-In is up and running once again, providing you with the opportunity to trade-in your old golf shoes for money off a new pair in-store.

It doesn't matter the age, condition or brand of golf shoe that you want to trade-in. In all honesty, the worse the better!

Click here for more information.

Tour news

Magnificent Molinari and Red-hot Rose

Thomas Bjorn will be sitting at home quietly pleased with the weekend’s outcome. Putting his personal performance at Wentworth aside (a missed cut for those of you wondering), two of his Ryder Cup stable raced to convincing victories either side of the pond.

The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth had everything: a player snapping his shaft around his neck, a different player topping a fairway wood (it happens to the very best) and spectators getting in the way of golf balls. However, the story of the week belonged to Francesco Molinari as he atoned several near-misses to claim the biggest victory of his career, ousting Rory McIlroy and Alex Noren in the process. The Italian is widely regarded as one of the best ball strikers on tour, which was clear for all to see as he played flawless golf for much of the week with only two blemishes on his card, one of which was on his very first hole.

Another European who played exemplary golf on his way to victory was Justin Rose, who had a birdie putt of 20 feet or shorter on 45 of the 72 holes he played in the Fort Worth Invitational. Just let that sink in for a minute. Most pros would be happy to have hit 45 greens for the week (Rose hit 57), but hitting the ball that close on a consistent basis is simply phenomenal.

It’s shaping up to be a classic

With the Ryder Cup just four months to go until Europe battle America for the Ryder Cup in Paris, we thought we’d take a little look at how the teams are shaping up. If you take the world rankings as any sort of guide, you’ll notice that nine of the top 20 are Europeans and eight of the top 20 are Americans. That’s 17 of the world’s top 20 golfers potentially going toe-to-toe in one of the most eagerly anticipated match-ups in Ryder Cup history.

Why choose us?

When it comes to purchasing golf equipment there are many factors that you need to take into consideration. One such factor is your shopping destination, so here are just a few reasons why we should be your number one stop for all things golf.

There’s only one choice
Unlike buying blind from the internet and hoping the specs you choose match up and nothing goes wrong, here in the shop you can test a vast range of products and see all the stats for yourself to help you make an informed purchase that you can have total confidence in.

It's our custom fitting ethos that really separates us from buying elsewhere, which is something you really should take advantage of.

Two of the latest iron models that are proving very popular with our members are the Titleist 718 AP1 and 718 AP3. The former is Titleist’s longest and most forgiving iron, while the latter takes the distance of AP1 and combines it with the workability of AP2 for a very versatile package that we think you'll love.

The great thing about Titleist's range is that we can easily mix and match across their iron models, allowing you to have easier-to-hit more forgiving long irons at the top of your bag, with more workable forged irons lower down.

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Summer's calling

This week takes us into June, which means the hottest months are on the horizon. It also means we’re likely to see more of you making regular appearances here at the club and at this time of year, there is one accessory that is a huge asset, both on and off the course.

You can’t beat a pair of Oakleys
Whether it’s to track your drives in low sunshine or for summer comfort away from the course, we can find a frame shape and lens style to suit you. Both the Oakley Flak 2.0 XL (worn by Cabrera-Bello above) and Oakley Targetline models you see below come with the option of Prizm Golf lenses, which separate similar colours to enhance the differences between grass lengths and highlight subtle breaks on the green.

Oakley Flak 2.0 XL

Oakley Targetline

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Win with the World Cup

Football might not be every person's cup of tea, but it certainly could be after this. Our partner, Your Golf Travel is offering the following deal:

Book a golf holiday to any destination within the World Cup before the start of the tournament (14th June), and if the country where you booked wins the World Cup, your entire group will stay and play for FREE!

Just be sure to quote 'World Cup Giveaway' at the time of booking. Terms and conditions apply.

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Video of the Week

Following on from last week's half-wedge shot, this week's featured video sees Tom Watson and renowned club designer Roger Cleveland demonstrate the keys to hitting wedge shots into a stiff breeze.

Hope you enjoyed the newsletter and have a great weekend.

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