Hello golfers,
Next week is possibly the busiest at the club all year with the Pro-Am, PGA Southern Open and Surrey Mid-Amateur Championship all taking place within six days. This year's Pro-Am boasts an increased prize find of £9,000, which coupled with the Southern Open the following day has ensured the strongest field of professionals possible. Please see the important note in the email below regarding the tee reservations these events.
On Monday we hosted the Surrey Schools Championship, with over 60 juniors with handicaps between +1 and 32 taking part. There was some fantastic scoring, including a superb bogey free gross 63 (-8) from Enrique Dimayuga which is a new course record - well played Enrique! He was part of the winning team from St. Andrews School in Leatherhead, which also included another Cuddington member Ben Partridge. They will now proceed to the National Finals.
With such a busy week ahead of us, please can all members keep an eye on pitchmarks on the greens to ensure the putting surfaces remain pristine over the coming days.
Kind Regards,
Paul Schunter
Director of Golf & Operations.
Tee Reservations
As mentioned above the next week is a particularly busy one at Cuddington. Please be aware of the following tee and course reservations:
Thursday, 6 July -
Golf Society x 15, 10:00am - 10:30am, 1st tee.
Golf Society x 40, 1:00pm - 1:45pm, both tees.
Friday, 7 July - Ladies vs. Effingham, 10:30am - 11:00am, 1st tee.
Saturday, 8 July - No tee reservations.
Sunday, 9 July - Cuddington Pro-Am - Course closed until 5:30pm.
Monday, 10 July - PGA Southern Open Round One - Course closed until 4:15pm.
Tuesday, 11 July - PGA Southern Open Round Two - Course closed until approximately 12:00pm.
Wednesday, 12 July - Mid-week Stableford (PQ4).
Thursday, 13 July - Ladies Morning, AM only.
Friday, 14 July - Surrey Mid-Am. Both tees closed between 8:00am - 9:45am and 1:15pm - 3:00pm. Both tees will re-open for all matches at approximately 5:15pm. There are times for members to play in between the Mid-Am event, these must be booked in advance in the pro shop.
Club Monthly Stableford
First place - Matthew Flack (37 points) and in second place - Mark Robson (35 points).
Ladies EWGA Medal
Division One - First place - Julie Goodfellow (Nett 73) and in second place - Nudene Hepden (Nett 73).
Division Two - First place - Annalie Wilson (Nett 71) and in second place - Patricia Wakefield (Nett 71).
Club Matches
Warren League vs. Wimbledon Park - CGC won 3.5 - 0.5.
Mixed Match vs. Surbiton - CGC drew 3.5 - 3.5.
Social Events
Coming up shortly we have:
It's time to rock out for our first ever Rock and Roll night on Saturday, 22 July. Music will be performed by the Dark Ages who will play on the terrace (weather permitting). Tickets cost £28 per person which includes the music and BBQ. Open to both members and guests, food will be served from 7:00pm. with the music due to start at 9:00pm.
To book your spot please email Sally in the Office by clicking here or by adding your name to the sign-in sheet on the main noticeboard.
Simon’s Course Update
It's that time of year when we tournament prep the course for the Pro-Am, Surrey Mid-Am and Southern Pros events. To provide a smooth putting service we did a sand top dressing around 10 days before the big day. Then we work on speeding the greens up to stimp reading of 10.5 ft. to 11ft. Starting a week before the tournament, we double cut the greens at the existing height of cut of 2.7mm daily. On the actual competition days we also vibratory roll the greens, as well as double cut.
So that's the cutting programme, but we also have to consider our nutrient inputs. Lush emerald coloured greens don't lend themselves for a good tournament green. Therefore a very small amount of liquid fertiliser and other ameliorants are applied a week before, just enough to enable the sward to be as stress free as possible for the tournament. Three days before the off, an application of silicone is applied which forces the leaf to stand upright so a clean cut can be obtained on tournament days.
You might be thinking why we can't provide tournament greens on a daily basis. Well to put it simply the greens would very quickly stress out with this sort of punishment and would eventually give up the ghost. We hope you enjoy the playing surfaces over the coming weeks!
Shirt Amnesty
Throughout July we are giving you a chance to hit the fairways in style for less money with our Shirt Amnesty. By trading in your old golf shirt we will give you £10 OFF selected Nike and FootJoy shirts in store. This offer only applies to items we currently have in stock and will run until the end of the month. The only question left now is which shirt to choose!
Titleist Prize Draw
Purchase any dozen pack of Titleist balls between now and early August and receive a FREE limited edition Titleist poker chip plus the chance of an all expenses to Titleist's state of the art Manchester Lane testing facility in Massachusetts. Simply register your unique code from the back of your poker chip to be in with the chance of winning. The trip for two people includes: Airfares, hotel and transfers, $500 spending money, a tour of Titleist R&D department and Ball Plant III facilities, head to toe fitting at Manchester Lane test facility (golf ball, clubs, shoes and glove) and a round of golf at a top US course. There are nine other prizes of six dozen golf balls up for grabs too, make sure you're in it to win it!
The promotion ends on Snday, 6 August 2017. Open to legal residents of the UK (Except Northern Ireland) and Ireland only. The winning first prize individuals must be aged 18 or over, eligible for entry to the United States of America and available to travel from Sunday, 1 October - Thursday, 5 October 2017.
FootJoy DNA Offer - Only £100 a pair!
FootJoy have a fantastic offer to really kick start your summer of golf. You can now purchase any pair of DNA shoes that we currently have in stock for only £100, a saving of £50 on our normal retail price. The DNA shoe features the latest innovation in comfort and performance with fantastic stability. The shoes feature a top quality ChromoSkin leather system by Pittards which is extremely soft, lightweight and very durable. We have a full range of sizes currently available across the white, black and BOA (laceless) styles so make sure you grab yours while stocks last!
Callaway Epic Irons and Hybrids
I am pleased to announce that we have taken delivery of our Callaway Epic irons and hybrids fitting kit. Created from the same DNA as the Great Big Bertha Epic drivers, Callaway claim these products bring together ball speed, distance, forgiveness, accuracy, control and feel in equal measure. Boasting a host of premium, precision-milled and robotically laser-welded components to give pin-point control over CG location, COR, MOI and vibration control, the Epic and Epic Pro irons are the result of an exhaustive 'innovation without boundaries' R&D project involving 70 Callaway design and engineering specialists.
To book your fitting please contact one of the pro shop team by clicking here.
