Well I made it back from a week’s skiing in one piece, we had a fantastic time although after just a few days I was trying to hang on to the coat-tails of my nine year old son… The fearlessness of youth!

So I believe the weather hasn’t been too clever while I’ve been away, but just coming back in from a playing lesson, the course has held up remarkably well. The fairways and greens are bone dry which can’t be said for most other clubs in the region. It’s the first day that it actually feels like we're coming out of winter… at last. With the temperatures starting to climb the grass is also finally starting to grow. The greens staff will be out tomorrow verti-cutting which is a process to get the grass standing up for a better cut and also remove some of the dead moss. Myself and the Head Greenkeeper are due to head out on the course to look at shaping more of the fairways and I honestly think the course this year will look the best you've seen it. Watch this space!

On the Course...

On Sunday we held the re-scheduled Garret Cup from the snowed off Captain’s Drive-in Sunday. I have always looked at The Garrett Cup as one of the 'Majors’ here at the club and as you’d expect there was a very healthy field of over 80. There were some very good scores with four 68’s and a 67, but way out in front with a spectacular nett 65 was Colin Harris.

Now I’m not saying this was completely down to his brand new bag of TaylorMade clubs he only collected last week, but judging by the numbers he was generating in the Swing Studio it has made a big difference. However, new clubs or not, the person on the end still has to swing them, so a big congratulations to Colin for a cracking round.

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