Welcome to another edition of our newsletter, in this week’s mail we look at an ever impressive Dustin Johnson, Bradley flies the flag for Orsett in America, we invite you to try some Callaway clubs, and fog stopped play. Enjoy the read!
|
DJ to return to the summit… If you didn’t think Dustin Johnson isn`t deserving of being back at World No 1 next week, then perhaps think again. Dustin will replace Justin Rose as World No 1 after this week’s event as neither are playing and due to the confusing points scoring system. I can only think of Tiger in his prime who can dominate world class fields as DJ did last week in Mexico. He put just about everyone in their place, even a quick starting Rory McIlroy who try as he might never got the better of the laid back, sauntering American. In fact, Johnson didn`t have a bogey in any of the first three rounds, just a solitary double was his only blemish and on a tight altitude induced course where distance control was so difficult which he simply made look easy.
It was DJ’s 20th Tour title and only the 5th player under the age of 35 to have reached such a milestone. I bet you can work out who the others are, which proves what illustrious company the big man now keeps. He has won twice this year already making it 12 years in a row he has won on Tour. Only three have done better, Tiger, Jack and Arnie. Is he now favourite for The Masters? You bet he is, if he makes his fair share of putts, DJ will be the man wearing the green jacket come April 14th. Everyone else is just a little way behind him but those little bits are the difference between him winning and everyone else. It’s the Florida swing over the next few weeks on the PGA Tour, a different set of problems and not just the gators in the lakes. |
Meanwhile in South Carolina, one of Orsett’s newest members, Bradley Bawden, won again in the US Collegiate system. Playing NCAA Division 1 golf, Brad represented University of Memphis at the Wexford Plantation course in his second event of the season. Brad has just switched to a new Callaway Flash driver which obviously made a little difference. Congratulations Brad, it’s been due! Another of Orsett’s younger members has decided to take the plunge into professional golf. Will Percival, Essex County Colts Captain and first team player is getting ready for the season by starting his career in Portugal in the next few weeks. Will, we all wish you the very best with your new career. |
|
We are becoming inundated with boxes… The shop will soon be taking on a fresh look with our spring/summer ranges arriving daily for you to peruse through and freshen up your wardrobes and lockers. Adverts are now out for fitting appointments for our Callaway fitting afternoon on April 3rd between12 midday to 4pm. We have appointments available to try Callaway`s latest products and I have already had numerous enquiries about the new products so now is your chance to try them. These appointments go quickly so remember, snooze you lose!
|
|
We have started our 2019 Masters draw. It is £5.00 per pick with loads of prizes and the chance to be the owner of the green jacket for the year. Last year Mickey Day was the lucky recipient after drawing "fans favourite" Patrick Reed in the sweepstake. Here he is looking resplendent in the winner’s jacket. |
Fog stops play… Last weekend was Orsett’s first qualifying event, or so we thought! With the weather just amazing all weekend, the Radin Cup never got off the ground. The reason why is that at 8.00am the fog was getting thicker and impossible for play to start.The delay lasted for 3 hours before a postponement of the qualifier until March 17th. Just 30 minutes later and hey presto things had significantly changed for those patient enough to wait as they got out on the course and enjoyed a perfect day’s play. You couldn`t make it up! |
This weekend sees another bogey qualifier for the Craig Cup, let’s hope it is not like last week.
Next week Phil and I are taking some members to play a two day PGA Pro-am at Royal Cinque Ports and Royal St Georges in Kent. A straight forward "easy" challenge to open up the season. Full update on scores next week which if the weather continues will be pretty explosive. Talking of explosive, a friend of mine from Cardiff called me last week to ask members if they knew anything about a couple of broken chariots in a layby just off the M4, Junction 9 intersection? Police have had to get them removed as they were causing so much amusement to locals driving by. Have a great weekend's golf!
|
| 75 yards? Up-and-down for me... |
The majority of golfers know how far they hit their driver and irons with a full swing, but wedges require you to be a lot more accurate if you want to start shooting better scores. So, whilst it can be useful to know how far a full PW or LW goes, you'll benefit far more from dialling in your wedges so you can hit specific distances that you regularly find yourself with on the course. |
Give yourself options You'll notice that different swings with each wedge will result in yardages that overlap - see table above. This is important as it'll give you options when considering the conditions. For example, if you're facing a strong breeze, we'd suggest going up a club and utilising a shorter swing so the ball flies lower with less spin, helping it to penetrate through the wind. |
Dial in with Mizuno We'd recommend having a wedge system of the same brand and model, so you remove any variables in feel and spin across wedges. One model that we love is Mizuno's S18 wedge. On shorter shots, we’re more likely to miss the sweet spot high on the face as we open it up – which is a cause of inconsistent spin - so Mizuno has made the S18 thicker higher into the blade to even out the spin rates on those common miss-hits. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
