May 2024 Newsletter
· By Chris Crowder
Finally the season is here?
It is great to see all the golf courses making a fantastic recovery after a terrible wet winter.
My Upcoming tournaments. My first start of the year is in the PGA Club Professional Qualifier at Sand Moor in Yorkshire. If I am successful the main event is a 4 round tournament, this year played at Conwy Golf Club. Its our flagship event and beside good price money a place in the PGA Cup team is up for grabs (PGA version of the Ryder Cup).
In preparation for the qualifier I have had a practice round at Sand Moor(last week), booked my B&B for the night before. I like to play 9 holes the night before a competition to get a feel for the speed of the greens and make any last minute strategy plans. I liked Tigers comment last week. He likes to make contact with a club a 1000 times a day in the run up to an event. I don’t think I can do that but if I can at least make some contact every day I hope to gain some feel and improve touch.
Lee Park G.C
Conwy G.C
Three Video Tips this month
- Tip 1 – How to Play from a ball above your feet
- Tip 2 – How to play from a ball below your feet
- Tip 3 – Pitch like a Pro-Learn to hit crisp pitches
Club Adjustment & Repairs. For Price List Follow Link. Club Repairs (historical PDF)
Trackman Data
This week, Trackman launched their updated tour-pro data. It looks at what the average pro does with such things as launch angle, ball speed, club data etc.
Something that stands out is male tour pros are still hitting down on the ball with driver, on average.
You don’t HAVE to hit up on a driver to play good golf.
All things being equal hitting up will gain you yards and lose you accuracy. However both gaining yards and accuracy can be worked on to optimise your game.
Video Tip #1
How to play a ball above your feet.
How to play a ball above your feet.
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Video Tip #2
How to play a ball below your feet
How to play a ball below your feet.
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Video Tip #3
Pitch like a pro
Pitching. How to strike like a pro
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For lesson info and prices please follow link. Price list & Gift ideas (historical JPEG)
Clinics
In addition to 1-1 coaching
I also run monthly clinics from April to September 2024
Each clinic has a dedicated theme that I believe will have a positive impact and really improve your game and scoring this year.
Each clinic is limited to 6 to 8 pupils and will be 3 hours long. Time 5pm to 8pm.
LIMITED SPACES STILL AVAILABLE
- Monday 10th June – Short Game Clinic
- Monday 15th July – Short Game Clinic
- Monday 12th August – Short Game Clinic
- Monday 9th September – Short Game Clinic
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