Hello golfers,

Welcome to this week’s newsletter from a quiet Langley Park, although the course has remained open for most of the week, the weather has not been very inviting to say the least! On the plus side the new path and the shoe cleaner have now been completed and should be back in action by the weekend, let’s hope there are a few golfers around to make use of them. Enjoy this week’s read!

January stableford

The January stableford took place on Saturday with 77 players entering (although not all playing!) as the forecast was not too pleasant, fortunately it wasn’t as bad as first thought but the scoring proved to be tough with a strong wind making conditions particularly tricky.

In division 1, Dan Craig led the way after teeing off at 8am and saw his score of 36 points remain the best of the day. Six players consisting of Paul Myers, Ross Mackie, John Church, Alistair Stevenson, Stuart Williams and Fraser Mackie all tied for second place with 34 points.

Division 2 was led by Graham Chilver with 32, one ahead of Josh Myford, Toby Mortimer and Kieran Vincent, all on 31 points.

A ‘2’ seemed easy to come by on Saturday as 20% of the field recorded one, this earnt them £9 credit onto their Pro Shop account.

New release

Callaway have just released their new Rogue range for 2018. New driver and fairway woods are available along with two new Rogue hybrids and four Rogue iron models.

The Rogue, Rogue Pro, Rogue X and Rogue W irons will sit alongside the premium Epic irons in the Callaway iron family but at a lower price point and cover every ability and player type.

All four of the irons share multiple technologies unique to Rogue, the most intriguing being the use of what Callaway is calling Urethane Microspheres.

Thin, fast, high-COR iron faces promote fast ball speed, but are subject to a significant amount of vibration at impact, resulting in a harsh, ‘clicky’ sound and feel. Inserting a layer of soft material in the head, absorbs vibration to improve feel, but with the unwanted side effect of slowing the face.

Demos have just arrived and are available in both left and right handed options, and a varying selection of shafts and flexes.

Come and try the new product for yourself or book a fitting here.

A European hat-trick

Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia all secured victory in their respected events over the weekend and certainly strengthened Europe’s claim in winning the Ryder Cup back in Paris later this year.

Englishman Tommy Fleetwood shot a superb 65 (-7) in the closing round of the Abu Dhabi Championship to edge out his fellow countrymen Matthew Fitzpatrick and Ross Fisher. Fleetwood takes top spot in the Race to Dubai leaderboard, the trophy he secured only a few months ago. Sergio Garcia went slightly under the radar at the weekend and won the weather delayed Singapore Open on the Asian Tour. The Masters champion played 27 holes during the final day to run out a 5 shot victor. New Spanish sensation Jon Rahm came through a four hole play-off against American Andrew Landry to secure his second victory on the PGA Tour. Rahm rises to number two in the world golf rankings behind American long hitter Dustin Johnson.

The European Tour visits Dubai this week for their second stop of the desert swing and the PGA Tour head to US Open venue Torrey Pines where a certain Tiger Woods will get his season underway.