Josh Charnock

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to this week’s Holywell Pro Shop Newsletter. This week’s newsletter is short and sweet, due to the weather putting pay to many of the past weeks competitions. Enjoy the read.

Pro's news

Where has the year gone...

As I woke up and checked my phone this morning I had a notification from Facebook.

It was a ‘memory’, many of you who have Facebook may know what I mean. Today’s memory was a post I had made on this day 1 year ago about receiving the great news of being accepted as the New Head Professional of Holywell GC.

Although I didn’t officially start until January 15th I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the members, staff and visitors of Holywell Golf Club for their support this past year. You welcomed Me and Sophie from day 1 and of course Max when he was born in April and made us feel part of the club instantly. It’s been a super busy year for us, but a successful one too and I can’t quite believe it has been a year. So once again, thank you!

Sophie, Max and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Competition news

Christmas Golf Day

Last Friday the annual Christmas golf day was played. It was a very cold but clear day and the course never thawed out but that didn’t stop some people (not myself) producing some great scores. 52 players played with many wearing Festive attire.

Congratulations to the following prize winners:

Division 1:
1st Mal Payne – 28pts - £43.20
2nd Graham Williams – 27pts - £21.60

Division 2:
1st Lawrence Hughes – 32pts - £43.20
2nd Ivo Civicchioni – 29pts - £21.60

Ladies:
1st Maureen Bibby – 24pts - £14.40

Dave Bell and Geraint Jones had the only two’s with each player receiving £16.20

Nearest the Pin 11th – Tim Saunders - £26.00
Nearest the Pin 12th – Geraint Jones - £26.00
Nearest the Pin 15th – No one because the green was frozen solid!

Shop news

Golf Shop Festive Opening Times

24th – 8am – 2pm
25th – Closed
26th – 8am – 2pm
27th – 8.30am – 3pm
28th – 8.30am – 3pm
29th – 7am – 2pm
30th – 8am – 3pm
31st – 8am – 1pm
1st – Closed
2nd – Back to normal Winter Hours

Left it until the last minute?

We know shopping isn't for everyone; let alone Christmas shopping when you're going shoulder-to-shoulder with everyone in town for the best presents. Here's our solution: avoid the queues and late deliveries by shopping with us this year. We have a range of gift ideas for both golfers and non-golfers in-store, so come down and take a look!

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Choose what you see here in 2019

It's time to take your enjoyment to the next level. Each week we include several articles in our email newsletter aimed at helping you to improve your golf game. Sometimes it'll be on the latest clubs that we have in-store, other times we'll focus on the little white thing you hit around the course, and other times we'll include some tips for you to put in to practice.

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Winter goals

Setting yourself goals during the winter months is vitally important when it comes to improving your golf game. Yes, finding the time to get out and play is one part of the battle, but you also need to head to the range to work on the areas that let you down in 2018.

Whether you're looking to stop yourself from chipping out sideways after a stray drive, become the club's answer to Phil Mickelson by working on your short game, or simply want to know the exact yardages you hit each club, we can help.

Here's what to do: jot down three key areas that you want to improve this winter (like in the image above) and bring this to us in-store. We can then devise a winter coaching plan that'll help make these some of the strongest parts of your game.

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Winter goals

Whether you're looking to stop yourself from chipping out sideways after a stray drive, become the club's answer to Phil Mickelson by working on your flop shots, or simply want to know the exact yardages you hit each club, we can help.

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Sand saviour

When you see your ball roll into a bunker, don't worry if you tend to get nervous about your next shot; it happens to a lot of golfers. It's one of the reasons that hearing TV commentators say "he'll be happy it's finished in the sand" is so frustrating.

Obviously, these players practice day-in and day-out and so their skills are naturally going to be at an extremely high level - Ben Crane led the way in 2018 with a 66% sand saves success rate.

So how do you get better? Well, alongside having a bunker lesson to ensure your technique is correct, using a wedge that is designed to make bunker play easier - such as Cleveland's RTX 4 Full Grind - is key to getting up-and-down more often.

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Video of the Week

The majority of you won't have tried this shot before and there's a very good reason for that, too! But here are the best drivers off the deck from 2018 - don't try this at home.

I hope you enjoyed our newsletter. If you need any further help or advice please pop into the shop and we will be delighted to help. Josh and the Golf Team.

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