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Greetings from Westlake GC Friday, 29 January 2010

Well we hope you all had a good week and played some good golf.

Ada had her Seafood evening last week Friday and it was absolutely amazing to say the least. We are very lucky to have such an enthusiastic caterer. The comments given back to us were not short of brilliant.

Some Good News, Ada is going to be doing a Valentines Dinner on Sunday 14th of Feb. She will be serving a seafood starter followed by a lamb on the spit with salads. There will also be plenty of Desserts to choose from. The dinner will cost R 120.00 and will be done in the downstairs lounge area and forecourt starting and will start at 18:00. Please book with Ada as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Congratulations to Anne Norman, Dean Norman, Iain Smith and Marion Smith for winning the ladies Open Mixed this past Sunday. Once again, we would like to thank Tiffany Wainford from Winchester Mansions for her kind sponsorship of this event.

Good Luck to all those playing in the Club knockout matchplay this Saturday. If you have put your name down please remember to check what time you are playing.		  
Ladies Open

Have a lovely weekend,
Mark, Wouter & Beth

YOUR PROSHOP

TIP OF THE WEEK

DON’T SQUEEZE THE GRIP TOO TIGHT
There is a simple way to get your grip pressure correct. Take a large tube of toothpaste and unscrew the cap. Hold the tube with the nozzle pointing down and grip the tube as you would your club. The pressure you grip the tube should be just enough so the toothpaste does not come out.

We hope that these tips will help all of you and if you do have any queries regarding any fundamentals of the game, please come and speak to Nic or myself.

Until next week,
Gerhard and the Team

TEE TO GREEN

Boy oh boy! I think I could safely say that we have got some of the lushest fairways in the Western Cape for this time of year. There are however some patches that need to be plugged like for example the left hand side of the 2nd green as well as some patches in the 1st fairway.

The plugging will commence as soon as we have finished with the renovation of the 4th greenside bunker. We will start on the 1st fairway and go hole by hole there after.

The bunker renovation is going fantastically well and I am very happy with what we have produced so far. We will however be putting the bunker renovation on hold while we do some plugging but will resume as soon as we are done. The next bunkers to be done will be the 1st fairway bunkers and the 5th greenside bunkers there after.

I have also got some great news with regards to our goose dog Max. This past Monday he visited our course and I am very happy to say that he has already taken a firm disliking to the Egyptian geese. It must be said that my training is still far from perfect. I will be going up to there training grounds in the coming weeks to learn how to handle Max more efficiently and also to work on my whistling commands. His unofficial implementation date will be at the end of February 2010.

We are also busy re-doing the gardens at the players entrance. The plants that will be used there will be indigenous and offer much more colour than the current plants that were used there.

Other than that it will be business as usual out on the golf course.

Birdie Wishes,
Raymond Donaldson and course staff
     
CLUBHEAD SPEED + SQUARE IMPACT = DISTANCE
The manufacturers never stop their search for extra distance from their Drivers. We've seen larger heads, followed by weight distribution to influence launch angles and spin rates. Then came designs which delivered high MOI allowing you to swing longer shafts and still keep it on the fairway. Now we have advanced aerodynamics to allow you to generate greater club head speed.
Aerodynamically efficient head designs combine with longer, lighter shafts to increase the clubhead’s speed at impact. It may only be an increase of 4mph, but if that’s potentially worth 10 extra yards, who’s going to say no?

What we need to make sure is that we don’t lose the right launch conditions, the ability to get the club head back square to the ball and the consistency with which you strike the ball from the sweet spot. So don’t give those ten yards right back.

Make 2010 the year you get a proper assessment with me, YOUR PGA Professional, and make the most from your Driver every time you pull it out of the bag. That’s a result worth having.
I'M CHEAPER BY THE YARD
 
Manufacturers know that golfers can’t resist the promise of extra distance; that’s why they’ll make sure that every new Driver will be their “Longest ever”. But what’s a yard really worth? Let’s find out.

Our subject is an ‘average’ golfer with an average handicap and, crucially, a Driver bought ‘off the shelf’ from the high street because it was ‘better value’, saving him a total of R180. Below you’ll see we’ve put that ‘value’ to the test by comparing his current Driver’s performance with that of a custom fitted alternative.
 
The results speak for themselves but the benefits of being fitted by your PGA Professional don’t end when you walk off the range. Now I have a record of all of the golfer's vital dimensions, statistics and trends we can monitor his progress and, should his performance take a dip, it’s a (relatively!) simple task for me to make adjustments to both his setup and swing to get his game back to its best.

You want value? You want extra yards? Simple! Get fitted by your PGA Professional. Click here or on the icon to the right to book an assessment.
Web Article: OUT OF THE BOX: TAYLORMADE PENTA TP
This month we’ll see a ‘first’ for the South African market; the introduction of TaylorMade’s ‘Penta TP’ - the first five piece golf ball.

Some will no doubt write this off as clever marketing, but the theory – and the science - behind the ball’s construction are sound. The five layers (the core, inner mantle, middle mantle, outer mantle and cover) are designed with different density materials, at different thicknesses, to act in unison to deliver performance – for all players – with each and every type of shot.
CLICK HERE to Read More
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Westlake Scorecard...

Tuesday, 26th January 2010
Aggregate Stableford
1st Hilary Holmes & Ghost 71
2nd Pamela Simon & Norma Ferguson 69
3rd Anne Hayes & J. Taylor 67

Sunday, 24th January 2010
WINCHESTER MANSIONS
Alliance (2 Scores to Count)
1st Dean Norman; Ian Smith; Ann Norman & Marion Smith 85
2nd Colin Haytread; John Brayne; Gisela Weber & Helen Tester 81
3rd Mark Newling; Susan Newling; Norma Ferguson & Ivan Hendricks 79

Saturday, 23rd January 2010
AM - Alliance Stableford (2 Scores to Count)
1st Michael Sims; Kenneth Healey; Larry Jacques & John Fermor 81
2nd Denis Steyn; Graham McPhun; Geoffrey Yates & Francis Lundie 81
3rd Jonathan Burgess; Ralph Greenlees & Stephen Fargher 81

SEATRANS LOGISTICS
PM - Alliance Stableford (2 Scores to Count)
1st Colin Haytread; John Brayne; David Fairbrother & Jack Brownrigg 84
2nd Allen Ranft; Gordon Scott; Graham Talbot & Richard Perrow 83
3rd Duncun Hammond; Warren Gibbons & Trevor Pahl 83

Wednesday, 20th January 2010
MERCEDES BENZ CLAREMONT
4 BBB Bogey++ 
1st Karl Luff & Asher Joffee +5
2nd Ian Genricks & Jack Hetherington +4
3rd Janusz Chrobok & Jefferey Kidwell +3 c/o
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