Greetings golfers,

Welcome to another edition of the weekly pro shop newsletter from Bude.

Bring and buy second hand clubs at Bude...

If you are looking for a certain second hand club, or if you have clubs collecting dust in the garage we may be able to match up buyers with sellers. So let me know what you after or what you have to sell and I will try to help. Wanted:

• Ladies graphite 5-wood or 7-wood with oversized head.
• Ladies sets of graphite irons that would suitable to be used by junior golfers (Not pink or lilac in colour please).

We are also short on practice balls so if you have any old ones lying around please drop them into the golf shop.

Autumn Open - Sat, 23 Sep

We still have spaces available for this great event and you can sign-up on the start sheet in foyer. This year Charlotte has organised some additional sponsorship with Peter Bull Resorts resulting in a three night luxury caravan break for each of the three winners and one night of glamping for each of three the runners-up. These prizes will be awarded on top of the normal prize fund so make sure you don't miss out and get signed-up to play.

Social Functions

• Happy hour food and beverages - Every Friday between 6:00pm and 7:00pm.
• Food, live music and cocktails - Every Friday following happy hour - FREE entry - all welcome.

Future Competitions

• Seniors' Open - Fri, 15 Sep.
• Woolacott Salver (Foursomes) - Sun, 17 Sep.
• Autumn Open - Sat, 23 Sep.
• Tree Cup - Sun, 24 Sep.
• Extra Stableford - Sat, 30 Sep.
  
• Captain vs. President Match - Sun, 10 Oct.
  
• Extra Medal - Wed 4, Oct.
  
• Pro's Open Challenge (Replacing the Real Ale and Wine) - Sat 7, Oct.
• 4BBB - Sun, 15 Oct.
• Extra Stableford - Sat, 28 Oct.
  
• Daily Mail Foursomes Qualifier - Sun, 29 Oct.
  

Cornish Bowl

Players are needed for the Cornish Bowl team so if you wish to play can you contact the golf shop ASAP. Details are as follows:

• First round -  Sat, 14 Oct or Sun, 15 Oct.
• Second round - Sat, 4 Nov or Sun, 5 Nov.
  

End of Season Sale

We have a number of special offers in the pro shop this week, including:

• All clothing up to 40% OFF.
• Titleist AP1 2017 irons, 4 - PW, regular shafts - RRP £699, now only £499 (Save £200).
• Titleist AP1 2016 irons, 4 - PW, regular shafts - RRP £699, now only £349 (Save £350).
• 20% OFF Oakley sunglasses.
  
• Titleist NXT Tour and Tour S 12 pack - RRP £35.99, now only £25.99 (Save £10).
• Srixon Z-Star 15 ball pack - RRP £49.99, now only £37.99 (Save £12).
• Pinnacle Soft 15 ball pack - RRP £21.99, now only £14.99 (Save £7).
  

So be sure to pop in-store and pick up your bargains, and remember you can always see what's in-store at my website here.

Seniors' Medal Bowl Third round - Fri, 8 Sep

First place - Llew Courtenay (Nett 69), second place - Peter Reay (Nett 72) and in third place - Norman Tucker (Nett 76).

President's Day

What a fantastic day everyone had, the weather turned out to be much better than the forecast, 15 juniors golfers, 65 adult players and some great scoring. Jim Ryan did the golf club proud with a fantastic prize table and it was great to see most of the field enjoy his clockwork like presentation. Well done Jim.

It turned out to be Doug Holt's day as the overall winer with 39 points which was a brilliant score in the windy conditions. Other scores were as follows:

Junior winner - Dan Put.
Ladies winner - Nancy Bailey.
Men's winner - Simon Greatbatch.
Seniors' winner - Pete Greatbatch.

New arrivals

This week in the pro shop we have taken delivery of the ladies JRB winter collection with the following pieces now available:

• Lined 1/4 zip jumpers.
• Padded gilets.
• Fleece lined winter caps.
• 1/4 zip thermal mid-layers.
• Thermal lined trousers.
  

All in three great winter colours so keep warm in style this winter.

Hynes Lifeboat Salver (VL) on Wed, 30 Aug

12 played - CSS - 73. First place - Mandy Congdon (41 points) and in second place - Shirley Percy (37 points) both cutting their handicap.

Ladies Medal - Sun, 3 Sep

Only two crazy ladies played in gale force winds and driving rain and the winner was Liz Underwood (78).

Stableford - Wed, 6 Sep

8 played and the winner was Nancy Bailey (32 points).

Quarter Final Round of Annodata - Sat, 16 Sep (9:30am)

The Bude ladies have been drawn to play at home vs. Blackmoor Golf Club. The team is as follows: Chris/Dave, Collette/June, Georgia/Glen, Hana/Jean Dimbleby and Kay/Avril. Reserve - Jean Reed.

Georgia’s News

At the Ladies British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at North Berwick, Scotland, on 6 – 8 September, Georgia finished in T17th place out of 144 entries.

Gammon Trophy Final on Sun, 10 Sep

Perranporth defended their title to win for the sixth time against Carlyon Bay at Trevose 7 - 0 in the final of the Scratch Team Tophy. A congratulations card has been sent to the winning team’s Captain.

Coffee Morning - Wed, 20 Sep

In aid of the Lady Captain's Charity (Breast Cancer) with various stalls and raffle. Entry £4 includes coffee and cake on arrival from 10:00am – 1:00 pm. Tee times available if you wish to play golf afterwards (See board in the locker room).

Ladies August Newsletter

Please click here to read the latest ladies newsletter.

11 Hole Junior Matchplay

Please click here to see the junior matchplay results.

The next round will be held this Saturday at 1:30pm, so please be at the club by 1:00pm.

Coaching Prices

Looking to improve your golf for the season ahead? Why not book a lesson, or course or lessons here at Bude? Prices are as follows:

• 45 minutes - £25.
• Buy five 45 minute lessons for £100 (Save £25).
  
• One hour on-course lesson - £30.
• The one hour short game experience - chipping, putting and bunkers - £30.
  

Click here to get in touch for more details.