Hello golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. This week's email has an exclusive interview with World Long Drive champion Joe Miller as he looks to defend the crown he won in 2016, as well as a couple of news stories from last week that certainly shine a bright light over the sport we love. Enjoy the read.

Our 100% record continues

Last week Senior Captain Russel and I were back in action looking to add to our 2 from 2 victories against Bob Voss and Andy Watson.

Yet again another pair wanted to play off the yellows while we played off the whites. Not a problem.

Unlike previous matches we got off to a good start and were 3 up at the turn. The match took a change in direction after walking down the 10th and we called, ‘let's finish these two off early and have an early bath’ Bob and Andy then preceded to win 10 and 11 with nett birdies and we scrapped a half at 12. Back to 1 up.

We managed to win 13 after our opponents got into a bit of trouble and then it seemed like Russel took charge on 14 hitting a marvellous 7 iron to 10 feet but couldn’t roll it in. Bob then got up and down for another half.

My driver unusually wasn’t working on the day and after hitting my tee shot somewhere down the road on 15, Russel again scrambled an unlikely half.

2 up 3 to play. Finally my driver came to life and left me a 6 iron into the par 5 five, although again our opponents got in trouble with the brook and we only needed a par to finish the match 3 and 2 and maintain our 100% record.

We still have a few matches left to play and will look forward to keeping our 100% record.

Hole in one

Congratulations to Kevin Fisher who had a hole in one on the 14th. My sources tell me it was a great shot that never left the pin and went straight in. Congratulations again Kevin.

It’s official: golf is good for you

There's been a lot of focus on Public Health England’s One You campaign in the media over the past week, which challenges each person to complete just 10 minutes of continuous brisk walking per day to help boost their health and reduce the risk of early death by 15%.

At the same time, a unique study assessing the benefits of golf on health was announced that, when combined with the above campaign, makes interesting reading. The project – the most comprehensive study on golf and health to date – found improvements in life expectancy, a decreased risk of more than 40 major chronic diseases, as well as positive impacts on cholesterol, body composition and mental health.

So, what's the take home message from all of this? Keep playing golf!

YMG is back

During the summer Ryan has been running junior roll ups, but from the 9th September the YMG classes are back.

Existing juniors start up at the GOLD course and new cadets start on their journey through the first series of 8 week classes.

For more information or to sign your junior up please contact us or call us on 01438 880424.