Sandy Smith

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to another edition of our newsletter.

This week we thought we would also do some digging into why worn grooves on your wedges can be seriously impacting your game as well as catching up with all the news around the club.

Enjoy the read.

Club news

Ladies County East Area Championships

This week we played hosts to the Ladies County East Area Championships. It’s been a fantastic week of golf with many highs and lows for the players. Some of whom have played 36 holes a day for 3 straight days!!

To have four of our lady members representing Fife county at this event is a real honour. (Susan Jackson, Jocelyn Mackie, Gillian Paton and Hannah Braidwood)

The driving range went down very well with all competitors, thanks to Elsie Hutcheon, Joan Peden and Linda McDonald for setting up in the morning and to Toby Smith as well as Cameron Akers for collecting the balls.

Well done to all the girls, caddies, organisers and supporters who came along.

Congratulations to Lorna Bennett and her Fife County Ladies team on winning the four team event!

Competition news

Tom Young Stableford

Congratulations to Geoff Carter on a fantastic 44 stableford points in the Tom Young Rosebowl.

Category 1 & 2

1st - GJ Carter - 44 pts

2nd - Gordon Watson - 41 pts

3rd - Grant McDougall - 37 pts

Category 3 & 4

1st - Brian Stewart - 41 pts

2nd - Graham Waters - 37 pts

3rd - William Russell - 36 pts

Geoff was very modest about his great score but needless to say he’s still got it. Well done Geoff

Ladies news

Ladies Scratch 5 results

Ladybank beat St Rule 3.5 to 1.5 which was a great result given the strong rivalry over many years of playing.

Ladybank Ladies - July Medal ( CSS 74)

1st - E Stone (24) 76 bih, 2nd - J Allardice (11) 76, 3rd - J Rearie (22) 77

Monday Cup Mixed

1st - B Crookston / E Crookston 71.6, 2nd - D Cuthbert / A Hampton 72.6, 3rd - R Carmichael / S Carmichael 73

Upcoming events

Thursday 25th July at Ladybank Golf Club

6.30pm-7.30pm

Visit From Edinburgh Chiropractic Clinic

This will be a very interactive evening with Dr Morgan Button going through a screening process with all present.

Click here for all the details

Book in at the pro shop or by clicking here.

Fitting news

Titleist Fitting Day

Tuesday 16th July - 09:00 - 13:00

On Tuesday 16th July I will be hosting a Titleist Demo day with an expert fitter.

The TS1 will be available that is heavily geared towards golfers with lower swing speed. It`s guaranteed to produce some serious distance. Put us to the test on the TrackMan launch monitor.

The golfer with the biggest distance gain on the day against their own driver will win a dozen Pro V1 balls

Click here to contact me here if you would like to book a specific time with the Titleist fitter.

Coaching news

Book a Club/Putter Fitting

Click here to book with a member of staff.

Please note your available dates and times and who you would like the fitting with, Sandy, Andrew or Adam.

All long game fittings are conducted on our FlightScope Launch Monitor.

9 Hole Playing Lesson Package Returns

Last season one of my most popular coaching packages was the 9 hole on course playing lesson package.

This can be taken from now until end of October and is best done on a quieter midweek afternoon when there is less traffic on the golf course.

Three 9 hole playing lessons normally RRP at £240 however the package cost is discounted down to £180 saving you £60 off RRP.

If you are keen to take out this package please click here to get in touch.

I'd be delighted to help you out on the course where the real action takes place.

Shop news

Claim your cashback

It's always nice to get something for our old bits and bobs. Take your car for example, with many people now taking the opportunity to get money off a new car by part-exchanging their old car as part of the deal.

Well, we're now running a brilliant offer with our friends at Motocaddy, which will see you get up to £60 back in cash (minimum return is £50) when you trade-in your old electric trolley whilst purchasing a new Motocaddy electric trolley in-store.

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Junior news

Ladybank Junior Open

Keep an eye out for the full details coming soon.

Junior Summer Coaching Camp

Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd of July

10am- 4pm
Bring a packed lunch
£60 per person (pre-payment required)
8 years and above
Sign up in the Pro Shop at 01337830725 or email juniorcoach@ladybankgolf.co.uk (max 10 persons)

What’s included:

Professional Golf Coaching
Skills tests
Technical advice and guidance
On-course tuition
Competitions
Course management
Short Game skills
Skill development
Speciality shots

Click here for the full junior news.

Stylish. Smart. Sophisticated.

With the golfing season now in full flow, we hope you’re proud to say you’re a member of the club and this fantastic course. It’s for this reason that we have a bunch of crested items in the pro shop, so why not come in for a browse next time you’re at the club?

Wear the badge with pride

A classic piece of golfing attire is the club crested shirt, which is something we're able to offer you thanks to our friends at Glenmuir.

They've been creating stylish golf clothing since 1891 and specialise in the art of cresting; so much so that the European Ryder Cup team used them for every event between 1987 and 2014.

Well, their current range is an excellent combination of traditional designs with subtle detailing for that added bit of flair - like the hexagonal print detail on the Haddington's chest (fuchsia polo here).

So, if you're interested, be sure to grab yourself a piece of Scottish excellence before you next head out onto the course.

shop Glenmuir's range >

Are you focusing on the wrong thing?

As soon as the ball has left the putter face, we know whether it’s going to be good or not. It’s like a sixth sense, right? But what constitutes a good putt? Many golfers let the final outcome decide this – i.e. whether the ball ends up in the hole or not – but that is arguably well out of our control. So, perhaps it's time to refocus on what we can control?

There are only two things we can really control when it comes to putting. The first is starting the ball on the correct line. Take Tiger Woods for example; the 15-time major winner focuses on a blade of grass he wants the ball to roll over immediately in front of him, which brings the intended target much closer to impact.

The second is getting the ball rolling correctly, which means imparting top spin as quickly as possible after impact rather than having it jumping and skidding in the air.

One way to control our putting is by utilising the technology in TaylorMade’s stunning Spider X putter.

It features an improved Pure Roll insert that has 45-degree grooves to help generate the aforementioned top spin as quickly as possible. The updated insert also produces a better sound and feel at contact, which many of you will love.

This is by no means the only putter available within TaylorMade's line-up, so click on the link below to view the entire range.

view TaylorMade's range >

Shop online | Collect in-store

We understand the convenience of shopping online from the comfort of your own home. We also appreciate that we can't stock every single product in-store due to limited space.

The answer to both of these is our fantastic Click & Collect service, which allows you to browse a huge range of products online and order to pick up from our shop the next time you're down the club. Have you given it a try?

shop now >

Complete Putting Solution - Scotty Cameron

Video of the Week

In the final video of this three-part series, world class putting instructor Phil Kenyon talks us through how to improve our focus on the greens. Could the secret really be this simple?

Hope you enjoyed the newsletter and have a great weekend.

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