Hello Golfers,
Winter is officially here now with a vengeance, although for some it has been lurking around for a little while.
All the talk about town at the moment is about the upcoming first origin game on Wednesday night, which is being billed as an absolute blockbuster.
I was fortunate enough on Sunday night to witness the entire blues team exiting the restaurant adjacent to ours and judging by their swagger, you would never believe they were gearing up for a gigantic battle on Wednesday night!
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Anchors Away!
Golf's two ruling bodies will ban the anchoring of putters in competition from 1 January, 2016.
The R&A and the US Golf Association first unveiled plans last year which were supported by the European Tour but not the PGA Tour.
The ban will apply to any club rested against a part of the body, such as the broom-handle or the belly putters. Four of the last six major winners have used anchor putters, most recently Adam Scott at this year's Masters in April.
Rule 14-1b
In making a stroke, the player must not anchor the club, either "directly" or by use of an "anchor point."
Note 1: The club is anchored "directly" when the player intentionally holds the club or a gripping hand in contact with any part of his body, except that the player may hold the club or a gripping hand against a hand or forearm.
Note 2: An "anchor point" exists when the player intentionally holds a forearm in contact with any part of his body to establish a gripping hand as a stable point around which the other hand may swing the club.
Rule 14-1b, which was proposed on 28 November, has now been given final approval by the R&A and the USGA following an extensive review by both organisations, and prohibits anchoring the club in making a stroke.
A 90-day consultation process was allocated for consideration of comments and suggestions. The USGA dealt with approximately 2,200 individual responses, and around 450 comments from 17 countries were received by the R&A. The PGA Tour, who said in February there was "no overriding reason" to ban putter anchoring, said they would have discussions with their Player Advisory Council and Policy Board members over the next month.
"We will now begin our process to ascertain whether the various provisions of Rule 14-1b will be implemented in our competitions and, if so, examine the process for implementation,"
a PGA Tour statement said.
"We will announce our position regarding the application of Rule 14-1b to our competitions upon conclusion of our process and we will have no further comment on the matter until that time."
"If the decision is made I think everyone should follow it. You can't have everywhere banning it and then one tour doesn't. "There are already too many things going on so I think we should all go with it, I'm sure the guys affected by it will figure a way."
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2013 State Of Origin
NSW has claimed the 2013 State of Origin in thrilling fashion after some final hole heroics, defeating Queensland 16 matches to 14 at Newcastle Golf Club.
Leading 9.5 – 8.5 heading into the singles matches, NSW got off to a really fast start with Amy Chu defeating Caitlin Cotterill 5&4. Rebecca Kay answered back for Queensland with a 4&3 victory over Doey Choi to cut the margin to 1 match once again.
Then came the turning point as NSW got out of jail on the final hole on numerous occassions.
Chris Fan made a brilliant birdie on the last, nearly pitching in from 40m out to square his match against Josh Wellwood. Josh Armstrong hit the final green in 2, to set up a birdie and win the match 2 up against Bailey Knoll, and Celina Yuan spun her approach shot to within 5 feet, her birdie putt doing a full 360* lap of honour before dropping in to give her a come from behind 1up victory over Karis Davidson.
Three final hole birdies got NSW to 14 points and within sight of victory, but Queensland closed the gap once more. Kate Law stormed home to beat Jess Lasky. DeeDee Russell came from 2 down through 10 holes to defeat Lizzie Elmassian 3&2, and Shae Wools-Cobb defeated Grant Booth 1up after Grant’s drive found the bushes on the 18th.
Blake Windred steadied the ship for NSW, with a narrow victory over Kodie Koski and that left the score at 15-13 with the 17 years matches still on course.
Mia Martin was 3 up with 3 to play on Nicha Jomjaturong, whilst Cameron Davis was 3 up with 5 to play on Ryan Gaske, but it wasn’t over yet.
Nicha managed birdies on the 16th and 17th to close the gap to 1 down, but her birdie putt from 8 feet on the last sat on the edge of the hole, and Mia hung on for victory.
Cameron secured the outright victory for NSW when he won the 16th hole to go 2 up with 2 to play, but Ryan extended the match with a birdie on the 17th. The last hole was halved, leaving Cameron 1 up, and giving NSW the title 16-14.
A big thankyou to all 24 players, rules officials and the GNGF staff and volunteers for making the week a very enjoyable one.
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Website Update
We recently updated our Golf Traders website to include a direct link to our eBay store. In order to supply and maintain our customer service levels we made this step to improve stock control, pricing and stock availability to our valued customers.
We can also still take payment over the phone, by direct deposit or in-store for any of your orders.
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What's in the bag
2012
Name: Ben Curtis Age: 27 Professional Wins: 4 Clubs: Titleist
Fairway Wood: 910Fd
Irons: AP1 712 Wedges: Spin Milled C-C 200 Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2
Ben Curtis entered the The Open Championship at Royal St George's in 2003 as a 300–1 outsider, defying the odds to win the tournament by one stroke from Thomas Bjørn and Vijay Singh on the final day.
The 2003 Open Championship was Curtis' first appearance in a major; he became the first golfer since Francis Ouimet in the 1913 U.S. Open to win his major championship debut. After his victory, Curtis jumped from 396th in the world rankings to 35th, the highest jump for any person.
This victory and a solid first season on the PGA Tour led to Curtis' being named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for 2003.
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Record Breaker
Andrew Dodt makes European Tour history with two holes-in-one, Dodt has become the first man in European Tour history to record two holes-in-one in the same round.
The 27-year-old achieved the feat on the 11th and 16th holes at the Nordea Masters in Stockholm on Friday.
It helped Dodt card 65 to make the cut and finish two-under-par, 11 shots behind leader Matteo Manassero.
"I can't get my head around it. I'm pretty proud to be the first one to do it."
He was given a box of champagne by the tournament sponsors and continued:
"The shot at the 11th kick-started things. I didn't putt very well today so I'm glad I was able to hole with a long club." |
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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:Tee it High, let it fly
With the deep-faced drivers on the market today, make sure to use a longer than standard tee peg. Make sure the ball is positioned off the left instep (for right-handed golfers). If you tee it up too far back in your stance the tendency is to pop the ball up into the air because the angle of attack into the ball is too steep.
Finally, make sure you keep your head behind the ball through impact to ensure a slightly upward blow to get the maximum launch angle and improved distance.
Start teeing the ball a little higher and a little more forward in your stance and wittiness the results!
Happy golfing
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David Fearns (PGA)
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