Work has started on our new covered bays

Johnny and his staff have been working hard this morning clearing away the area behind the outside bays ready for the new cover. The concrete base will be in place in the next week or so.

   



Junior Fun at Blackwood

We are looking forward to Halloween at The Blackwood. Starting on Sunday, 25 October we will be running a Junior Winter League for visitors and members. The entrance fee is £50 for visitors and £20 for members which will be paid up front and £2 for each competition entry. The nine hole competitions will take place on the Hamilton Course for those with GUI/ILGU Handicaps. We will run a nine hole Junior Temple competition for those without handicaps. The first tee time will be approximately 2pm.

Junior Halloween Camp

We are happy to announce that we will be running a three day Halloween Camp. The camp will run from 10am to 12pm on Wednesday, 28 October through to Friday, 30 October. The cost will be £45 per junior and the camps are open to children aged between 6 and 16.

Click here to get in touch for more details.

 

The confidence of youth 

How nice it was to see the British Masters return to our TV screens over the weekend. More than 57,000 spectators attended the event over the four days, and the crowds were treated to some top-class golf. If the numbers through the gates were impressive, how about the tournament winner? Matt Fitzpatrick, 21, completed a wire-to-wire victory in the kind of manner you'd expect from a player with twice the experience. He showed composure beyond his years, and two areas of his game stood out, particularly during the final round. 

Firstly, his accuracy off the tee; he was by no means the longest, but he would prove true the old adage 'Driving is for show, putting is for dough'. In finding the fairway more often than not he let other areas of his game do the talking. He would have been forgiven for succumbing to the nerves down the stretch but time after time he holed clutch putts, and at pace, the ball hitting the back of the cup with authority. 

How does your game hold up to tense situations? Come and see us over the winter for some coaching to give yourself the best opportunity for success in 2016 - get in touch here.

Hopefully the young man's performance inspired you to get out and play. It was certainly nice to see so many young fans attending the golf, so well done to Mr Fitzpatrick and co for inspiring the next generation.