If you can't play like the pros, at least look like one…

With summer now upon us (we hope), you'll soon be digging through your wardrobe trying to find a respectable polo shirt to wear. Inevitably you'll have a few that you bought 10 years ago which look tatty and old with the colour faded; then there's your favourite shirt from a few years back that you are trying so desperately hard to fit in to; and then you have the shirt with a few stains on but you wear under a jumper anyway as no-one will see.

Sound about right?

We have some lovely looking and great fitting shirts in-store at the moment. You may have been in to take a look earlier on in the year, but we've recently received a new drop of clothing from all of our apparel brands. Not only that, but we regularly change around what we have on display so it is worth coming in for a browse if you haven't had a look in the last few weeks. There's bound to be a shirt or two that's right up your street.

So come and see us in-store, take a browse at the numerous collections we have, try on some shirts and look the part on the course this summer. Remember what they say:

Look good, feel great, play well...

We've got some brilliant promotions running in-store at the minute too. First, whilst on the subject of summer, we are offering you the chance to take a pair of Oakley PRIZM glasses out on the course for an 18-hole trial. The best bit? Well. it's FREE to demo.

We also have a super opportunity to grab yourself two fantastic extras for FREE - a limited edition Titleist cap and ball marker. All you need to do is purchase a special two dozen pack of Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x pack, something many of you will be doing at the height of the season anyway.

Germany was the next stop as the European Tour stays closer to home over the next few weeks. This week saw a few more spots for the Open up for grabs. After a washout on Saturday, it was a 36-hole finale come Sunday with Henrik Stenson proving too powerful for the chasing pack. It was nice to see Lee Slattery have a good weekend for a T13 finish.

How about Ernie and Vijay rolling back the years over at Congressional?! The veterans finished 5th and 2nd respectively, behind the impressive Billy Hurley III.

The Captain and I suffered our first defeat of the series last week as we were on the wrong end of a 4&3 drubbing by Dave Thomas and Malcolm Gilmore. The lady captain and I then played on Thursday morning hoping to kick start our matches off with a win, however Trudi Harris and Judith Brown had other ideas. We came second, this time the margin was five.




The Trotter series has now reached the halfway mark, with Tom Kitchen and Joe Williamson leading the way but there's still all to play for. In the latest round, there were 13 scores under par, seven of those below 70. Topping the list with an excellent 65 was Richard Knowlson whose handicap is in free fall. Second with his best gross of the year for a nett 68 was Iain Colligan and in third with the best of the 69s was Adam Robinson.

Saturday was the first round of the Ball Cup off the blue tees. In Division One, Chris Oakes edged closer to a single-figure handicap after his winning score of 69, one back in second was Phil High and in third with 71 was Ryan Garland. John Darbyshire pipped Brian Kearon to victory on countback in Division Two after scores of 71, third with 73 was Brian Dhenin. It's all to play for going into Saturday's second leg. In the alternative yellow-tee stableford, Gary Lewis returned a three-under 39 to beat Richard McNeil by two, third with 35 was Paul Cottrell.

It was the Junior Championship on Sunday and having not missed a shot on the range during his lesson on Saturday, Ewan Mehra took that confidence forward to snatch the trophy away from Anna Webster on countback as both carded 69. Third was junior captain Tom Kitchen after edging out Matt Bowes who also scored 71. In the 12-hole event, Max Naylor scored a more than impressive 41 points to win by nine from Owen McWilliams.

The ladies played their Summer Meeting on Tuesday and yep, you guessed it, it was raining. Barbara Jamieson scooped first prize in Division One with a 74, runner-up was Heather Ensor with 79 with Kate Dean one back in third. It was the same score that won Ann Maria Kitchen the Division Two prize, three ahead of runner-up Maureen Blackham, third with 80 was Ruth Walker. Countback was needed to separate 75s for Christine Hancock and Sheila Kenwright in Division Three, Chris coming out on top. Third with 76 was Helen Billington. Ann Chadwick was Division Four's victor with a 77, one back in second was Sylvia Comer, third with 80 was Norah Baker. Well done to Barbara Jamieson for winning the Summer Meeting's lowest gross trophy with a 76.