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The 146th Open Championship – Royal Birkdale

It’s nearly time for Harry to strut his stuff at The Open.

He has spent the week up in Southport where he has been practicing and getting ready for the main event. Harry was lucky enough to have a round with U.S Open champion Brooks Koepka who was at the same college as Harry in Florida.

The draw has been kind as he has been paired with ex Open champion Darren Clarke and the big hitting American, Gary Woodland.

Fingers crossed he makes the cut, then who knows?

Harry

Course news

Adder

Adder sighting

There has been a sighting of an Adder or two on the course and as our only venomous snake we must give it total respect.

My advice is to retreat away warn others and then report it to us on completion of your round.

If you have seen one on the course you can let us know here.

Club news

Happy Birthday

Here is a rare picture of our Russian friend in a dress she thought she would treat us because it was her birthday on Monday. Tasha has been with us a couple of years now, her English is now very good and her written English is even better.

We all hope she stays around for a few more birthdays with us, many happy returns Tasha!

Trick shot

We had a help for heroes golf day on Friday and had the amazing Jeremy Dale doing his trick shot display, the crowd that watched really did not appreciate the difficulty of some of the shots he pulled off, to watch him live was a real treat for me. I did do a live video on Facebook but if you want a flavour of what he does watch this.

Tasha

It's not just about hitting the green…

If you really want to lower your scores this year it's important that you don’t just settle for hitting the green, but instead focus on hitting the right part to avoid three-putt territory. This will be a key consideration for the pros at Royal Birkdale this week, just take the 17th green for example:

Birkdale 17th green

THREE-PUTT TERRITORY

While aiming for the middle of the green is usually a safe bet, if the flag is on a tier an approach to the wrong level (red zone above) will often lead to a three putt.

TRUST YOUR CLUBS

Having faith in your clubs and knowing their yardages allows you to be confident and aggressive when you need to go at a flag that is hidden by a hazard or tier (green zone above).

Srixon Z 765 iron

CUSTOM FITTING WITH SRIXON

One way to enhance your confidence and learn all your yardages is to have a fitting session with a member of our team.

If you’ve not upgraded in a while, you’ll also notice that new sets like the Srixon Z 765 irons can offer a lot more forgiveness in a relatively small head, helping your mishits fly much straighter, whilst remaining relatively easy to shape.

Come and speak to a member of the team next time you're at the club or get in touch via the button below.

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Playing a new course isn't easy

A lot of golfers get excited about going to play at new courses - whether that's in club matches, invitation days or just a game with friends - but usually they go ill-prepared and find themselves struggling when it comes to judging new holes and hidden hazards. Take the below illustration for example:

Hole Illustration

A GARMIN GPS DEVICE CAN HELP

When you tackle a new course it can be very tough to gauge how far you have to hazards and to greens that sit above or below the fairway, which is why it's often difficult to play to your handicap.

However, with a GPS golf watch like the Garmin Approach S60, you can have a caddie on your wrist that identifies trouble via large colour maps on its touchscreen display.

It also delivers precise green and lay-up yardages for over 40,000 courses worldwide and you can get distances to any point on the course using Touch Targeting.

Garmin Approach S60 watch

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The most forgiving model in golf

We know that many of you have chosen to play PING products in the past, which is why we're sure that you'll love their brand new driver.

The G400 comes with PING's first ever forged face, more prominent turbulators and a tungsten sole weight to deliver longer drives and fairway-finding forgiveness - the ideal combination. A new iron, Crossover, hybrid and fairway wood complete this impressive line-up, so watch our video below to find out how your game could benefit from PING's latest range.

PING G400 woods

PING G400 video

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Video of the Week

It's Open Championship week so what better way to get into the spirit than by watching an exclusive interview with three-time winner Gary Player on Royal Birkdale, The Open and who he wants to see lift the Claret Jug come Sunday?

I hope you have a great week.

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