Hornsea Golf Club

Good Afternoon,

Welcome to this week's newsletter with all the latest news from Hornsea Golf Club.

Enjoy the read.

Pro's news

Stretton's news

I’m starting this week by letting you all know that the fantastic offer for personalised Titleist golf balls is back. Please follow the below link if you would like to order some. I know in the past many of you have taken up this great offer.

Click here to start your order.

Pitch Marks

I know everyone I speak to says they repair at least 2 or 3 pitch marks per green, but I’m sorry to report yet again that many people can’t be doing any at all as we really have a problem again.

This picture was taken earlier in the week and clearly shows 4 un repaired marks that only members could have made. Just because your ball might not have come from a great height it does not mean your ball will not have made some sort of impression.

Please look after you course and repair all pitch marks you see.

Shop Offers

This week we have a couple of Callaway clubs in stock that are massively reduced to clear. We won’t be able to get any more at these prices.

Ladies Callaway XR Hybrid 4. Was £119. Reduced to £85
Gents Callaway XR16 9° Stiff Shaft Driver – Was £249. Reduced to £180

Look out for more offers that will be coming up over the coming weeks.

200 Holes In A Day

Now I thought 100 was mad, then 150 crazy, but Joe Palmer and Leigh Gawley who obviously must have found it easy are going to challenge themselves even further next year by playing 200 holes, yes 200 in one day. No buggies. They will be walking!

Preparations are in the early days, but I’m sure before long one of them will be writing something for me about their next challenge and I would hope that all the members will get behind them to support them both again.

Work On Bays Has Started

I am sure by now some of you will have noticed that work has started on creating a few covered bays behind the shop. Big thanks to Stuart Wood and his lad who so far have done all the ground works.

The next plan is to get the concrete base down in the next few weeks. The concrete is being supplied by Mark Edgar from Edgar Concrete and Andy Reed has supplied the ‘road forms’ to hold the concrete in place whilst it dries. A canopy will then be put over the area.

It is nice to see members helping out at the club so thanks to you all.

Tiger is back!

Not only is he back swinging Tiger announced on Monday that he will shortly be making his competitive comeback at his own event The Hero Challenge.

Please click here for more details.

Great Video From Gary Player

Every now and then I come across what I think is a great video. This is one of them and shows Gary Player giving a bit of a coaching session to a small group of very lucky people.

Well worth watching all the way through and quite funny in places.

Click here to watch the video.

Club news

Reduced Membership At East Riding Leisure Local Gyms

After quite a while of trying to sort some sort of a deal with Hornsea Leisure Centre I am glad to inform you that we now have a deal in place. If you are a playing member of Hornsea Golf Club you can now get 30% discount off Premier Membership, which at their current prices would make it £23 per month. All you need is a letter from us if you want to join to confirm you are a playing member at Hornsea.

Click here to visit their website.

Winter Saturday Stableford

It was good to see quite a few enter this last week.

Remember if you want to be a part of it you need to pay your £10 entry in the Professional Shop.

Night golf

Tomorrow night is the ‘Night Golf’ event at Hornsea. This is the first time we have held an event like this here but looking at how popular it has been I am sure we will be doing one again.

For those of you that might be wondering what it is all about here is a quick video of what can be expected although it might be a little cooler and the standard not as good!

Click here to watch the video.

Winter Alliances

Last Thursday took the team to Hessle looking to not lose any more shots to the home team. Nathan Wright and Malcolm Train performed very well coming 4th with a 7 under 65. With me not being able to play, I went for a walk and watched most of their last 9 holes and they really did perform well as a pairing with Nathan playing nice and steady and Malcolm coming in when needed. Unfortunately, Hessle also achieved a 65, so nothing was gained on them heading into the final Hull and District Alliance before Christmas at Cottingham one week today. Big performance needed to start catching up.

Yesterday the East Riding Alliance was played at Hainsworth Park. Heading into the event we were 1 shot clear. Our two pairings were Steve Uzzell and Ross Meggison with Sam Middleton and Nathan Wright. If I don’t get chance to put a report for this in then keep an eye on twitter and there will be something posted on there. Let’s hope that the lead is extended.

Ladies Christmas Shotgun

Tuesday saw 24 ladies teams from all over the local area come to Hornsea to participate in the annual ladies AmAm Christmas shotgun. This again proved to be a very popular event with many teams securing their place again for next year. Despite a drizzly start, the course played well and again many positive comments were received. In total 12 team prizes were awarded all with a Christmas theme.

The winning team however managed an incredible score which resulted in many of the other teams taking in a sharp intake of breath!

The results were as follows;

1st. Sharon Cane, Emma Hanson, Tina Baker, Terrie Thompson (Hornsea/Ganstead/Hainsworth) 87 pts

2nd. Wendy Lockwood, Caroline Barker, Jane Sykes, Heather Brocklebank (Hornsea/Ganstead/Hainsworth) 75pts

3rd. Anne Rossington, Joanne Young, Jo Roach, Sue Robinson (Hainsworth/Hornsea).

European Tour Fantasy League

Despite topping this week’s results, I only made up a few points on Paul Gibson as we had practically picked the same team. Quite a few this week had Justin Rose as captain so with his win point scoring was high. It was a disappointing week for Locky Lockwood who dropped from 2nd place to 6th overall. Just 3 events remaining now and I need to make sure I don’t pick the same captain as Paul if I am to try and overturn his big lead.

Competition results

Mid Week Stableford 26/10/2017

Christopher Stephenson won with 7 pars beating Anthony Sproats by 1 point.

1st £25 Christopher Stephenson 40pts
2nd £15 Anthony Sproats 39pts
3rd £10 Alan Beaumont 37pts

Pro's Stableford 28/10/2017

Joe Palmer won with 3 birdies and 10 pars beating Adrian Bird in a card play off.

1st £39 Joe Palmer 40pts
2nd £32 Adrian Bird 40pts
3rd £26 Jack Maxey 40pts
4th £21 Dave Blanchard Jnr 40pts
5th £18 Neil Jordan 37pts
6th £16 Paul Lockwood 36pts
7th £15 Malc Train 36pts
8th £13 Lee Guest 36pts

4 others also had 36pts. 5 of the 8 winners this week off 9 handicap or less. Lots don’t enter as apparently only suits the higher handicappers. Hmmm…

Individual Stableford inc Mark Hurn Qual 29/10/2017

Tom Walker won with 1 birdie and 10 pars beating Jonathan Raw by 5 points.

1st £25 Tom Walker 43pts
2nd £15 Jonathan Raw 38pts
3rd £10 Alan Beaumont 37pts

Junior Jeremy White Memorial Trophy 29/10/2017

Matthew McDonnell won with 2 birdies and 9 pars beating Jack Maxey by 6 points.

1st Matthew McDonnell 39pts
2nd Jack Maxey 33pts
3rd Alfie Tidder 31pts

Junior John Woodhead Cup 30/10/2017

Harry Anderson won with 6 pars beating William Marshall by 1 point.

1st Harry Anderson 32pts
2nd William Marshall 31pts
3rd Alfie Tidder 31pts

Tour news

How Did Steve Uzzell Do Last Week

I mentioned last week that Steve Uzzell was away playing in the Euro Pro Tour Championship Final. Well he did quite well. Just a few bad holes with too many dropped shots cost him but a tied 16th finish out of 55 was not a bad effort. He had Hornsea member Ross Meggison with him as his caddie and Ross did a great job not only caddying but also on Facebook keeping everyone informed of his day to day progress. Thanks Ross.

I did like the video of him teeing off on the 2nd day and for him to be announced as representing Hornsea Golf Club. Steve is now planning on taking a good few months off from competitive golf but his plan is to be back out on the fairways again next year.

Click here to watch a video of Steve.

Course news

Pics on the course

I have a few pictures for you this week from not only at Hornsea, but also from Ganton and Windermere.

The first is of our Vice Captain Rees playing here having a little bunker trouble on the 15th on Saturday.

The next is a picture Paul Duckworth took of the clubhouse at Windermere and finally a couple of pictures from Ganton where Howard Palmer took Joe, Leigh and Rees for a game on Sunday.

Upcoming events

Upcoming Competitions

Friday 3rd November – Night Golf Event
Saturday 4th November – November Stableford
Sunday 5th November – Bonfire Night!
Sunday 5th November – Individual Stableford, Including Mark Hurn Qualifier
Sunday 5th November – Junior November Stableford

Clubhouse News

Julie and Diego leave in the early part of next week and just to make sure the kitchen is fully set up and all in order for Sam Bodsworth our new Steward to take over, it will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday. The main carpets in the clubhouse lounge are also going to get cleaned on Wednesday, so please use the Rolston Bar on Wednesday.

Dont miss this evening

We'll be holding the Captain's Finale Dinner on Friday 17th Novemeber, starting from 7.30-8.00pm.

We'll be celebrating our Captain's year with a finale dinner with disco along with a three course meal with coffee.

Dress code is Lounge Suit and tickets cost £25 and are available from Allan Scarlett, Sarah Stonier, Sue Howell or from the Hornsea Golf Club Bar.

Be sure to join us for one the best evenings of the year.

Rules Night

Friday 24th November 2017

6.30pm for 7pm

Members and Visitors welcome.

£3 per person - to include a bar snack.

Come along and brush up on your rules, ready for your next round of golf.

Coaching news

Paul Gibson Blog

Please click here to see Paul's blog.