Hello Golfers,
Another weekend of wild weather across the country, we even had a blackout in our street on Sunday night, Sunday of all nights! But in saying all that said it didn't stop me from playing 9 holes in extremely windy conditions along the coast on Sunday afternoon. At one point I thought the wind would push me over the edge!
It was so nice to get out there, away from the daily stresses and strains of life, it's just one of the many reasons why we play this great game.
So read on we have a great news letter for you this week.
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Sneak Peak
Another week with the back-room staff in the warehouse at Golf Traders H.Q. has seen us take delivery of some new stock items from our extensive network of suppliers. Due to demand we are unable to clear stock items in time to list them onto our online stores. If you are chasing a certain item that is not currently listed, please give us a call as we probably have it waiting to go online in our in-house sorting department.
We are always ready for your equipment inquiries and look forward to helping you find your perfect club(s) or equipment for your game. Along with our award winning service and first class repair service, we are Australia's best second hand club and equipment centre, so drop us a line today on 02 9517 3471 or go online to www.golftraders.com.au
Golf Traders will always have a warm welcome for you.
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What's in the bag
Name: Geoff Ogilvy
Age: 35 PGA Tour Wins: 7 Clubs: Titleist
Driver: 913D2
Fairway Wood: 913F.d Low Spin Wedge: Vokey Design SM4 Putter: Scotty Cameron Prototype Bag: Titleist Staff Bag
Geoff Ogilvy was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 11th June 1977. He is best known for winning the 2006 U.S. Open.
Geoff turned professional in May 1998 and won a European Tour card at that year's Qualifying school. He played in the 1999 and 2000 European Tour, finishing 65th in his first season and 48th in his second. He joined the U.S. based PGA Tour in 2001, and finished in the top 100 in each of his first five seasons. His first professional tournament win came in 2005 at the PGA Tour's Chrysler Classic of Tucson.
Geoff won his first major championship at the 2006 U.S. Open, becoming the first Australian to win a men's golf major since Steve Elkington at the 1995 PGA Championship. This success moved him into the top ten of the rankings for the first time at Number 8. He has spent over 80 weeks in the top-10 of the rankings.
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Clean and Lean
Want more spin on your iron shots, more feel and control on your shorter shots, then take the time to clean your equipment, and it will look after you.
Try wetting your bag towel before you go out, maybe wet half of it under the tap and use the other half to clean and wipe your clubs and golf balls as you go, paying particular attention to the shorter irons after each shot.
It takes about 10 seconds but yet many of us fail to clean the grooves on our equipment and yet still expect high performance at all times! So next time out on the course if you are first to tee it up, go back to the bag, give the club a clean and wipe around the face and grooves and put it away ready for the next shot.
In this game every little bit helps.
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4 Club Challenge
There are many different variations to this game, but essentially the idea is that you take only a handful of clubs onto the course and play the course without your full arsenal of weapons.
The idea of this drill is to make you manufacture shots and strokes that would you would never normally hit or even dream of hitting.
Suddenly faced with a shot that requires a wedge, you have to conjure up a shot that will work with a 7 iron. This will test your imagination, skill and technique to the full, and when this format is played in a group scenario, it is great fun to see who can handle the challenge.
Another quick drill is to reverse your normal shot pattern! By this I mean if you normally hit a 3 wood then a wedge to a particular par four, try hitting first with the wedge then the 3 wood second and see if you can still make par!
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Old clubs?We'll buy them from you...
Golf Traders and The Custom Golf Shop have joined forces to offer customers another fantastic service.
With the golf season in full swing and Christmas just passed, we all have clubs that are being made redundant every day. Instead of letting them collect dust in the garage, turn them into cash...
or at least let them go some way to buying the new clubs you so desperately need.
View all of our stock here or come in store and have a shot on our Triple Surround Simulator to try before you buy!
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PRO TIP:Stay down through
Next time you get the opportunity, try hitting a few balls as you normally would on the range and get warmed up. Then place a ball about 30-35cm in-front of your normal ball position. I want you to hit THAT ball with your normal swing and see what happens.
The aim of this drill is to make sure your club head stays down through the impact area. So many amateurs scoop the ball or hit it too heavy, if your are still thinning the ball after a dozen or so attempts, then try starting out at 10cm or so, or until you can fully complete the drill.
David Fearns (PGA)
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