The Chase Golf Club

Hello Golfers,

Wecome to another edition of our newsletter, in this week’s mail we offer you some reduced Club logoed jumpers, there was some impressive scoring on the Captain’s Away Trip, we look to make next month’s Invitation Day the best yet, and we have all the recent results from around the club. Enjoy the read!

Shop news

Glenbrea Club Logo Jumpers

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What do you have to lose?

The answer is nothing! We're offering you the chance to take one of our brilliant Motocaddy trolleys out for a round with no obligation to purchase after.

Quite simply, we want you to experience the benefits of using an electric trolley and how much more enjoyable it makes your round - for FREE!

But don't delay as you only have until the end of the month to take advantage!

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Member news

Captain's Away Trip – Morley Hayes Golf Club

Last weekend over 50 members from the club travelled to Morley Hayes Golf Club for two rounds of golf. A massive thank you to Mike Baynham – Club Captain, for all his hard work ensuring every golfer had a fantastic time during the trip.

There were some fantastic scores over the weekend, including a one under gross on the Pre-Captains Away Trip at Breadsall Priory by Nick Morgan and also 43 points at Morley Hayes to take the overall winner’s prize by Matt Swift. Well Done Matt, an excellent final round!

Invitation Day – Saturday 31st August 2019

This is a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase our club, especially to the golfers who haven’t played here for years. We currently have 35+ pairs entered, to enter with your guest please sign up via entry sheet in the men’s competition board or via The Professional Shop. Guests don’t need a handicap, there will be a separate division for this category. The only restriction to entry is that member/member pairs are not able to enter. Let’s make this year’s invitation day the best yet!

Competition news

Weekday Stableford - 5th July 2019

Overall Winner – Craig Smith = 39 points

Division 1
1st – Ron Logan = 38 points
2nd – Graham Donohoe = 35 points

Division 2
1st – Mike Hopkinson = 38 points
2nd – Mick Smith = 37 points

Thursday Night League - 4th July 2019

1st – A Nicholson = 25 points
2nd – H Branson = 21 points
3rd – R Cruckshank = 21 points

Nearest the pins
11th - Brian Cheshire winning a free pint
16th in 2 - Alfie white winning a free pint
18th in 3 - Holly Branson winning a free meal

Beat the Pro – Dan Davis 18 Points

The £20.00 card draw this week was won by Ethan Hodgetts… Remember you must be at the presentation to win the draw! Unfortunately Ethan wasn’t in in bar for the presentation, so we have a ROLLOVER this week of £40.00 up for grabs

*please check your handicaps on the leader board, remember your starting handicap for TNL is half of your EXACT handicap on the first week you play. Then your handicap will change accordingly to how you score each week. The leader board will update weekly, so please check before playing.

Coaching news

Junior Golf Coaching

We have selected spaces available in our junior golf coaching sessions as well as spaces in our new classes starting Saturdays 12-1pm.

Our junior golf sessions are a great way for your child to get into golf learning in a fun environment. All our sessions are run by our PGA Professionals and are packed full of fun. All equipment is provided.

Class timetable

Saturday 10-11am, 12-1pm (new class) 1-2pm
Sunday 10-11am, 11-12pm
Tuesday 4.30pm-5.30pm

Junior news

Junior Night - Friday 12th July 5:30pm – 6:30pm - Meet by the pro shop

There will be an increase in the amount of junior competitions available to play in going forward. We will aim to put one competition on every other week at a weekend. Please keep an eye on the newsletter and junior notice board for more information

July’s Competitions

Saturday 13th July - Stableford 13:04 first tee time meet in pro shop to register at 12:30

Saturday 20th July - Medal 13:04 first tee time meet in pro shop to register at 12:30

Please enter the above competitions via entry sheet on the Junior Noticeboard

Senior news

Vets

Not a good day at Burslem golf club on Monday as we suffered a 2-10 loss for the veteran’s team. Many thanks to those who stepped in and played. We should hopefully reverse the result when we play them here at The Chase in a couple of week’s time. The pairings for that match is on the board along with the sheets for names to be selected for the three matches in August.

Leading Edge

The next Leading Edge is the rearrange Leading Edge No 7 which includes the Memorial Trophy. This is a stableford competition. Entry list is on the noticeboard.

Senior Captains Cup

The next Senior Competition is the Senior Captains Cup on the 15th July, a medal competition off the white tees. Tee times are on the noticeboard. This is the first of the senior major competition. A reminder that as this is a senior major competition the entry fee is £4.

Senior Matches

Thursday 4th July saw Perton GC visit The Chase Seniors. John’s team was on top form and recorded a 5 - 2 victory. We look forward to repeating this success with the visit of Branston GC on Thursday 11th July.

Mixed Pairs

The Friendship Trophy takes place on the 30th July, entry list lists are on the noticeboards.

Senior Open

This year’s Senior Open is on Monday 2nd September and is open to all golfers over 55 with an active handicap. This is a pairs competition and entries are via Golf Empire or entry forms on the senior noticeboard. See Graham McLeod for more details.

Senior Captains Away Day

This is on Monday 12th August at Market Drayton Golf Club

Forthcoming Events

Monday 15th July Senior Captains Cup
Thursday 18th July Seniors v Patshull Park GC Home
Monday 22nd July Rearranged LE No 7 (Including Memorial Trophy)
Tuesday 23rd July Senior v Calderfields GC Away
Thursday 25th July Seniors v Stafford Castle GC Away
Monday 29th July LE No 8 Medal Competition
Tuesday 30th July Mixed Friendship Trophy

Club news

Know your rules: Bunkers

Playing out of the sand is tricky enough without complicated rules getting in the way. Fortunately, golf’s hierarchy rewrote the rule book (literally) and from January this year we've been able to do a few things in the sand that we never could before.

So, what are these new-fangled rules and what do you still need to watch out for in order to avoid a penalty?

What you CAN do:

Touch or move loose impediments in a bunker (local rule previously)
Touch the sand with your hand away from the ball
Ground the club in the sand away from the ball as long as you're not testing the sand

What you CAN’T do:

Deliberately touch the sand to test its condition
Ground the club next to the ball when playing the shot
Touch the sand on a practice swing
Touch the sand when making your backswing

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Hands up...

...if the only time you 'practice' your wedge play is when you hit a few shots at the start of your warm-up routine? Sadly, this isn't going to lead to a dialled in wedge game, which is one of the fastest ways to see your scores come tumbling down.

1 club. 3 swings. 3 distances.

Sounds easy, right? Well, it could be but first there are two things you must do in order to start saving shots.

1. Correctly gapped wedge system - What we mean by this is having an equal gap between each club in your bag, so you're never left trying to 'manufacture' a shot on the golf course (this is where large numbers start). PING's Glide 2.0 Stealth wedges are perfect for exactly this reason, coming in a range of lofts from 46 (PW) to 60 (LW) degrees so you have every distance covered with your wedges.

2. Have 3 distances with each club - As per the graphic above, if you became comfortable with full, three-quarter and half swings with each of your wedges, you’ll find that your wedge play becomes seriously more effective.

So now you know the secrets to lower scores, it’s time to utilise our expertise and professional advice in order to start unlocking your full potential with your wedge play. Come and speak to a member of the team next time you're at the club.

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Video of the Week

Amongst all of the product launches so far in 2019, it's these beauties from FootJoy that has really perked our interest. Why? Watch this video to find out…

Have a great weekend, Dan

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