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Mark Smith

Stamford Golf Club Director of Golf

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Pro Am 

Highlands pro am 

Let's begin this newsletter with the highlight of my season. A trip up through the highlands to a wee golf course that goes by the name Royal Dornoch. Straight away the that fact that this course has been granted Royal approval gives a hint it's a little bit special, not to mention it's recent ranking of 5th best Golf Course in the world! And to cap it off, this year they celebrate 400 years in operation! 

Taking 2 teams from Stamford Golf Club, We were up there competing in the three day Highlands Pro Am which covered the Royal Dornoch links, Castle Stuart, home of the Scottish Open and finally Nairn Golf Club, Walker Cup hosts 1999. Three of the best golf courses I've ever stepped foot on. 

All thanks to my three eager amateur partners, Steve Moores, Steve Finan & Paul Traynor. And in team two was Chris Hey, Paul Ralphs & Ian Ferns, with their professional Ryan O'Neill, one of the Northwests finest professionals. 

  

We had a truly memorable experience with a respectable finish if 37th as a team and individually 25th from a field of 76. While Team 2 finished 16th and Ryan a very respectable tied 7th collecting a tidy cheque for his weeks work. 

Thank you for the experience chaps!


Golf fitness

Stretch to Win 

Fancy a free Physio session? 

Hamstring flexibility is really important for maintaining good posture, especially when putting or preparing to swing. Tight hamstrings cause you over-flex your back and can be a cause of back pain. 

So, I challenge you to improve your hamstring length. 

You need a ruler and a step. Set it up as shown below, with the edge of the step being at the 9" (23cm) mark and the 0" being closer to you. Keeping your knees straight stretch forwards and see how far up the ruler you get. If you can't reach the ruler you need to have a word with yourself!!! 

Email me your distance at physioholloway@aol.com between now and 21st of October to be in with a chance. 

Then retest yourself in 6 weeks. Biggest improver wins! This same position is used to stretch, but when stretching make sure you hold for at least 10 seconds. And 2 times a day is the most efficient number for stretching. More is OK, but you'll get diminishing returns.

I'll remind you via this newsletter for final results in 6 weeks and announce the winner soon after. (I'm relying on you all to show the same sportsmanship with your measurements as you do counting shots out on the course. 

Please don't cheat by letting your knees bend, or exaggerating your improvement) 


Club news

Lockers 

A great piece of news we've all been eager to hear at Stamford Golf Club. The Locker room & changing facilities was opened today by honorary life member Mr. Bill McNaul. Bill is a long standing member of the club and contributed towards many projects with his time and efforts. With that in mind, Bill was asked to officially open the ribbon to celebrate the new facility, and he did just that on Tuesday 4th October at 16:30. 

Should any member require the use of a new locker, please contact admin@stamfordgolfclub.co.uk with your details.


Competition news

Monthly Medal 

Considering it hasn't been the best summer we've ever had, these late dry conditions we are receiving are providing some fantastic golfing conditions. This week in the October Monthly medal it seemed 66 was the number as all three divisional winners took that route. 

Division 1 - James Woodcock 72 gross - 6 = 66 
Division 2 - Garry Foster 83 gross - 17 = 66 
Division 3 - Andrew Angelone 84 gross - 18 = 66 

 
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