Hello golfers,

Only 12 sleeps until Christmas morning, which means only 12 shopping days to go so I hope you are totally prepared in your quest to look after your lovely family, friends and loved ones. Rest assured, we will be open until Christmas Eve so if you need gifts right up until the last minute then please make sure you come see us. Vouchers, lesson vouchers and gifts under £20 are especially popular as we get closer to Christmas Day; all are available in store now. Moving on from a quick pitch on last minute gifts it's worth nodding our head to the weather recently that has well and truly kept us on our toes with snow, rain, sleet, hail and freezing conditions. The good thing is we can get beautiful mornings like the one pictured. The bad news is we can then end up with damp conditions when the rain comes soon after. Please be careful in these dodgy conditions, pay attention to signage, wear the right footwear and be vigilant on the course. The green staff will continue to work over Christmas to keep the course open and playable, however can we please ask during this time that those who can play without trolleys to do so, allowing those who CANNOT the opportunity to carry on golfing.

Thank you to those lovely members and friends that have dropped in cards and the odd gift, it is very welcome here at Heysham. For reference I'm partial to Desperados, Linda likes pink fizz and Ryan Carling.......ahem!

This will be our last official newsletter of 2017 so we would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your business, your friendships and laughs throughout the year. We will continue to improve in 2018 in every aspect from teaching... to the items we stock. As our customers you are of most importance to us so please pop in for a free mince pie and a chat if you have some spare time over the next week. We even have an elf on hand to help you with your last minute gifts. On behalf of Clubfit Golf, your Heysham Golf Club Professional Team, may we wish you a very Merry Christmas.

Winter League and Winter Open

Don't worry everyone, Paul didn't place in the prizes this week... Back to the usual 4BBB format Adi Lockhart and Phil Osborne scored an incredible 44 points over 16 holes and only won on a countback over David Hughes and Alan Knott. This week's Winter League is a four man team event with no hidden extra rules to confuse everyone.

In other results our third Winter Open was held last Friday with 40 pairs taking part in the shortened day field. M. Kippax and T. Longton were victors on 46 points, they managed an easy victory of the next group in at 43. Full results can be found here.

The Swing Lounge

The winter league is in full swing so remember you can view our updated table via our website by clicking here. Bookings before Christmas are filling up very fast so please call us if you are thinking of having a game and a few beers before Christmas Day.

Kids Coaching Partys

Paul held a kid's birthday coaching party this past weekend and despite the very cold weather the kids had an absolute blast. Even going home with some sweetie bags and the birthday boy winning an award. If you want us to run a children's party for your child's birthday please message us for details. These are often bespoke events so we do not have a structured price list.

Christmas Coaching

Ryan also held his annual junior Christmas coaching session this past Saturday. You can check out the picture of everyone fully geared up in their Christmas sweaters...

Coaching in the bad weather...

Despite the poor weather we often carry on coaching using either the fitting studio or the Swing Lounge. Remember it can also be a good opportunity to have a putting lesson using our state of the art SAM Putt Lab. Take Tom for example, we worked on a simple drill for him to use at home. His face balanced putter needed a straighter stroke with less rotation, two cheap allignment sticks does the trick and the data came through straight away showing an instant improvement.

Get booked in here to improve your putting over winter.