David Wood

Hello Golfers,

We hope you're well.

This week's email is jam-packed with interesting info and products that will (hopefully!) take your game to the next level. As always, if there's anything that you've seen or heard about that you'd like to get your hands on, let us know and we'll be happy to help!

Enjoy the read.

Pro's news

Walker Cup

Orsett member Jack Dyer has reached the summit of Amateur team golf by being selected for the bi-annual battle against America for the Walker Cup.

He has been playing some incredible golf since his return from College in California in May last year. He cemented his place in the squad by winning the South East links Championship at Royal St George's and Royal Cinque Ports with an 11 shot victory. By the end of the season, he had become an England player and very much in the minds of selectors for the GB and I squad. He decided to travel to South Africa with another Orsett member Zac Chegwidden and keep his game sharp just before the New Year lockdown happened and in that time he was a medalist in the South African Championship and losing finalist in the matchplay section. All the credentials to be in the team really. After these and other solid performances the team was announced and Jack was named as the first reserve.

Jack Dyer

A great effort to sway the selectors that came up just short. In the meantime, one of the squads "shoe-in" players picked up a bad wrist injury that stopped him from playing and minor surgery hadn't gone as well as hoped. (as elite athletes, these boys had the authority to play during lockdown with regular testing to take,if you are wondering)Last week Jack got the news he had been given the injured players spot as he still was unable to hit balls and with the match on May 8and 9th at Seminole golf club in Florida, selectors called Jack to give him the news.

"of course I have loads of sympathy for Sandy Scott not getting to play, he is one of the teams best players and to be part of the event as a travelling reserve, I was planning to enjoy the whole experience. This is incredible to know I`ll now be teeing it up and the preparation and quarantine back from South Africa have all been worthwhile".

Congratulations Jack, not many people get to represent their Country and play this event. I`m sure you're going to enjoy every moment. Just remember to bring the trophy back on the plane!

If you see Jack around in the days before he leaves I'm sure you will wish him the best of luck.

Fitting News

Our first fitting day of the year was blessed with blue skies and sunshine and an oversubscribed diary. The interest in the new Callaway equipment has been amazing and both the improvements and distances gained have been crazy.

If you would like to try it for yourself, get in touch as we have plenty of demo product to fit you with.

Will you be disappointed? Not with these. Come and see for yourself.

Click here and get in touch if you would like to book a fitting.

Golf on Tour

When it rains it pours...

They say ‘when it rains, it pours’ and Max Kieffer was soaked after sticking three balls in the water on the fifth play-off hole of the European Tour’s Austrian Open. Sadly the second and third balls had too much spin and sucked back thirty feet off the green into the lake.America’s John Catlin proceeded to lift his third trophy in 13 European Tour starts.

On the LPGA Tour, former World No. 1 Lydia Ko stormed her way back into the winning circle with a seven-stroke victory at the Lotte Championship. An emphatic -28 winning score ended the New Zealander’s three-year winless run. We can only wonder what’s to come!LK has never been known for her distance just incredible accuracy but in the quest(yes her as well) her swing started to fail her loading pressure on her short game and a slide down the rankings.A change of direction,a new coach in Sean Foley and eight months later shes winning again.Who says getting some fresh ideas doesn`t work?She had the time to piece her swing back together and winning breeds confidence another thing she had lost.So watch that space,Lydia Ko is back for sure.If it works for her perhaps a few insights from Phil or myself might just get you back on track.If you would like to stop the rot, avoid the gorse ,control your spin or just get our opinion on your game,get in touch,we are only too happy to help.

Trailblazing trolleys

I’m sure Tour players appreciate their caddies but they can’t fold their caddies up into a small frame and put them in the boot of the car, can they? Well, they haven’t got everything after all then! One piece of equipment we everyday golfers get to use that Tour pros don't is an electric trolley, which is where Motocaddy comes in.

New & improved for 2021

Motocaddy’s electric trolleys give you something the world’s best golfers can only dream of, with high-tech performance in a conveniently neat, lightweight package. The SlimFold design, included in all M-Series models, lets you fold the trolley into a handy, mobile shape; very useful for travelling to and from the course in your car boot.

For a lot of Motocaddy trolleys, that’s just the start! The new M3 GPS and updated M5 GPS trolleys deliver accurate GPS readings with clear visuals shown on the touchscreen displays built into the handles. You can even send them off ahead with adjustable speed settings and, in DHC models, they’ll travel smoothly up & down slopes and even park on them!

So, why not get one up on the Tour pros by taking your pick from Motocaddy's electric trolley range for 2021?

Motocaddy's GPS system for golf trolleys

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The benefits of lasers

We can expect to hear plenty of chatter over the next month about the use of laser rangefinders at the upcoming PGA Championship. Many golfers have already invested in GPS technology to help them tackle the course, but a Bushnell laser might just be the final piece of the jigsaw.

Have a think about this question:

Do you tend to miss the green short or long?

Laser rangefinders give you a way of measuring the shot at hand quickly and accurately. As amateur golfers, we tend to come up short when we miss the green - not including left or right - and that starts with not knowing how far we have to the pin.

When it comes to lasers, Bushnell is the #1 brand with over 99% of PGA Tour caddies trusting them to get the precise yardages needed at the top end of the game.

But us club golfers can get just as much value out of them too. Our favourite piece of technology is Pinseeker with Visual JOLT, which gives you the confidence you've locked on to the pin rather than those pesky trees in the background! Interested? Browse Bushnell's four lasers on our website.

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Product spotlight

New - TaylorMade Spider EX putters

If you watch any golf on TV then it's almost guaranteed that you've seen someone putt with TaylorMade's Spider.

The franchise has changed larger mallet putters completely and there are none more recognisable than Spider.

Well, there are several new Spider models available through us for 2021, including the beautiful Spider EX that you can see here. Visit our website for a closer look.

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