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GOLFERMay 6 - May 19, 2013

Issue 1

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Inaugural Links Golf Cup In Scotland’s Golf Coast

TAYLORMADE sponsored major amateur event set to return for a third year in 2014 to East Lo-thian’s Golf Coast.

In March 2013 the inaugural Links Golf cup again took the re-gion by storm. Due to some horrific weather conditions during the cold-est march on record for some thirty years, with temperatures as low as -8 degrees and driving snow, it re-ally was a storm compared to the 30 degree heat wave we experience this time last year!

The Links Golf Cup is a major new amateur golf competition held over some of East Lothian finest Links. The championship format event enables club golfers to partici-pate in an event which gives the feel of a professional competition.

Attracting a field of 50, this year’s event which commenced on March 18th, saw competitors from as far afield as Germany come to battle it out on these spectacular links cours-es. After a welcome presentation at the Marine McDonald hotel North Berwick, The 5 day 72 Stableford event began the week at Gullane then moved to Longniddry finally finish-ing in reverse leader board order at North Berwick West Links.

With a prize table worth of over £3,000, the 72 hole Taylor Made sponsored event attracted fierce competition to take home the Cham-pions Trophy, to be awarded during a special Presentation dinner in the Bass rock Suite at the McDonald Marine Hotel on the final day. • Continued on pages 4 & 5.

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TaylorMade Lethal Golf Ball Reviewed By Golfer Newspaper

TaylorMade’s high end market golf ball offering for 2013 comes in the form of the ‘Lethal’.

As with all things Taylormade this ball comes with a great deal of hype. TaylorMade is renowned for its success in the driver and wood markets particularly since the intro-duction of their white head technol-

ogy in 2010. The golf ball market, however, is an area in which Tay-lorMade - along with most golf ball manufacturers - has struggled to keep up with the clear market lead-er Titleist...could the Lethal be the game changer for TaylorMade?

• Continued on pages 10 & 11.

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Equipment Testing 6TaylorMade ‘Lethal’ ball reviewed by Golfer

The Rules 8Golfer discusses the rules of golf using real examples

The Greenkeepers 9We talk to the greenkeepers to hear their views

The Glove 10Where has The Glove been this week?

19th Hole 11Checking in at the club house

Technology Corner 14Interesting stuff that you might like!

Have Your Say 15Send us your stories and we will share them with the community

Classifieds 16

Results 18Find out the results of the latest events and competitions

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Former European Tour and Ryder cup golfer and Sky Sports pundit, Andrew Coultart, director of Archerfield based TPEGS who is the events corporate partner, said “East Lothian is Scotland's Golf Coast, blessed with 396 golf holes and countless memories of Open Championships won and lost over the links here.

The Links Golf Cup is a unique opportunity for golfers to test them-selves over four of our best courses, and I am really looking forward to being a part of it”.

A cold and breezy Monday saw Gullane No2 play host to the day’s proceedings. Back for more at Gul-lane no 1 on Tuesday despite 30mph winds and driving snow.

Wednesday 20th March was scheduled as a rest day, and compet-itors could take in the surrounding area or simply relax. Alternatively

TPEGS offered a range of exclusive activities as it’s not every day you get to play golf with, and learn from, a former Ryder Cup player/European Tour Pro, and a renowned European Tour coach but thanks to the Links Golf Cup partners, TPEGS, the competitors were able to do exactly that in the stunning surroundings of Archerfield Links.

Tour Pro Experience Golf Schools is a unique and innovative collabora-tion between former golfer Andrew Coltart and experienced tour coach Gary Nicol, and exclusively for competitors of the Links Golf Cup, TPEGS have created two opportu-nities on Wednesday 20th March: Option 1, The TPEGS Trophy costs £100 per person and includes: cof-fee/tea & bacon rolls on arrival; a TPEGS Clinic; 18 holes at Archer-field Links; and a two course meal.




Wednesday 20th March was scheduled as a rest day, and com-petitors could take in the surround-ing area or simply relax. Alterna-tively TPEGS offered a range of exclusive activities as it’s not every day you get to play golf with, and learn from, a former Ryder Cup player/European Tour Pro, and a renowned European Tour coach but thanks to the Links Golf Cup part-ners, TPEGS, the competitors were able to do exactly that in the stun-ning surroundings of Archerfield Links.



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The Links Golf Cup is a unique opportunity for golfers to test them-

selves over four of our best courses, and I am really looking forward to being a part of it”.


Back for more at Gullane no 1 on Tuesday despite 30mph winds and driving snow. Back for more at Gul-lane no 1 on Tuesday.


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Wednesday 20th March was scheduled as a rest day, and compet-itors could take in the surrounding area or simply relax. Alternatively TPEGS offered a range of exclusive activities as it’s not every day you get to play golf with, and learn from, a former Ryder Cup player/European Tour Pro, and a renowned European Tour coach but thanks to the Links Golf Cup partners, TPEGS, the competitors were able to do exactly that in the stunning surroundings of Archerfield Links.

Tour Pro Experience Golf Schools is a unique and innovative collabora-

tion between former golfer Andrew Coltart and experienced tour coach Gary Nicol, and exclusively for competitors of the Links Golf Cup, TPEGS have created two opportu-nities on Wednesday 20th March: Option 1, The TPEGS Trophy costs £100 per person and includes: cof-fee/tea & bacon rolls on arrival; a TPEGS Clinic; 18 holes at Archer-field Links; and a two course meal.

Option 2 is limited to 24 partici-pants and includes a 2 hour TPEGS Clinic, and a two course meal. The cost is just £50 per person and is available on a first come first served basis.

Calmer weather at Longniddry and the added bonus of some trees to shelter from the conditions set the Thursday’s competition fair.

40mph gusts and the loss of two power caddys on to the beach off the 2nd tee did not stop the play at North Berwick west links on the final day.

Individually David Connachan, a member at Castle Park and East Lothian resident posted scores of 30-28-40-28 for a four-round to-tal of 126 to claim the cup and was presented with the trophy by North Berwick’s managing secretary Chris Spencer.

In second place came Bedlington-shire’s Craig Moat on a score of 120. Third place went to Charlie Wilson

David Connachan Of Castle Park Presented With Links Golf Cup


David Connachan Being Presented With Cup

from Kent third with a very re-spectable 118.

In the team event, the “Northern Nutters” hailing from the north-east of England – a team made up of second-placed Moat, Glen An-gus, Michael Pinfold and Karl Rob-inson – pipped four Kent-based golf-ers competing as “Team Big Rock”.

The overall feedback from the event was that it was well organised, a thoroughly enjoyable concept to be recommended with the major-ity of competitors looking to return

in 2014. The only request to be changed was the weather, however locally they do say there is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes!!

This event provides a truly unique value for money opportunity. Any golfer over the age of 18 who holds an official handicap is eligible to take part. Keep an eye on the event website www.linksgolfcup.com for details of 2014’s event. To see the results table for the Links Golf Cup, see results pages 22 & 23.

So I’m going to be the first to admit I am a complete novice. The last time I held a golf club was prob-ably circa aged 6 running around my grandfathers back garden with his putter merrily trying to get the ball somewhere near his custom made practise hole complete with little red flag! I can guarantee there was no skill involved then either! In fact the most notable positive outcome of that day was that I avoided launch-ing the ball over the wall into Broad-gait, the fire school or through the kitchen window!

Having been tasked by the board of directors with getting involved in the game on a practical level as op-posed to my day job within the paper I embarked upon a bit of local re-search. After some local conversa-tions and extensive online research I settled on Alasdair Good PGA (poor chap) the head pro at Gullane, to be the best bet, in my opinion, to get me on the road to becoming a “golfer”.

Alasdair is well regarded as an excellent coach and was last year named as one of Golf Worlds Top

100 coaches. Alasdair has also borne some brilliant results with his “wee wonders” programme which involves national tournaments and clinics for children. The pro shops own website says “He is renowned for his coaching skills for golfers of all ages”. Well.. let’s see how he gets on with a 30 year old, female, a feisty competitive one at that, who has spent most of her life riding horses or playing rugby! Will he ac-cept the challenge?

The phone call was duly made, I explained the situation, this did not seem to faze him at all. I can tell you it was worrying me!! I popped in to the pro shop a few weeks later, shook hands and immediately felt that we would be fine! Alasdair and his team’s warm welcome put me at ease. I explained I wanted to do things properly, I also want to un-derstand what equipment I am us-ing, the different options available and why?? Could he help me with a progressive knowledge as well as hitting the ball? No problem with this either. Is it ok to ask what may


From Scratch To Scratch With TaylorMade

seem extremely stupid questions – I mean, where do you start? Again, no problem. So I left the smart sur-roundings of the shop with its vast ray of equipment and clothing avail-able. I felt somewhat daunted at the prospect of being entirely rubbish

and being let loose on the hallowed turf of Gullane in all its glorious sur-roundings steeped in history and tra-dition.

I am to bring myself, they will provide all equipment etc – first les-son booked!

Laila Monaghan: In The New Gear

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New ‘Lethal’ Golf Ball By TaylorMade


Taylormade’s remit for the Lethal was to ‘create a golf ball with all-around performance for all conditions’ (Dean Snell, vice president of Taylormade golf ball R&D).

The Lethal aims to provide a pen-etrating ball flight ideal for windy conditions whilst being able to re-tain the greenside feel and spin that their Tour professionals require. The Lethal’s key features are:

• 5 layer technology, similar to that found in the Penta tp5, which provides the ideal amount of spin control for every club in the bag.

• Seamless low drag performance dimple pattern which gives the Le-thal the most penetrating flight of any Taylormade golf ball.

• Taylormade’s STA-White cast urethane cover which creates the best possible feel and the right amount of spin for each shot.

• Progressive velocity technology which promotes faster ball speeds across a wider range of clubhead

speeds making the Lethal more friendly for a larger number of play-ers.

Taylormade go on to emphasise how good the ball is by promoting that within a month of putting it in play Justin Rose had won a tourna-ment and helped Europe to win the Ryder Cup. Well of course Taylor-made think their new product is the best but how good really is the Le-thal?

Retailing in the region £35-40 the Lethal is certainly aimed at the top end of the golf ball market and in do-ing so goes directly into competition with the highly successful Pro V1 and Pro V1x therefore bringing its own expectations. It should be said though that the Lethal fares well up against such steep competition. Tay-lormade’s aim for the Lethal was to create a golf ball that performed well all round in and in all circumstances. It would seem then to make sense to analyse all aspects of the lethal from tee to green.

• Off the tee - Let’s be honest, off the tee for the most part we are look-ing for distance and this is certainly an area in which the Lethal steps up to the mark. For me this ball went a long way, it launched higher than usual although the launch was in the penetrating manner that Taylormade suggest the Lethal should provide. I have used the ball down, into and across wind and would definitely agree that this ball is good in windy conditions; it seems to remain very much on the intended line with the wind having little influence on the flight of the ball. Despite launch-ing higher than I am used to seeing the Lethal did land and roll out well once it hit the ground- I would say that usually it would roll on for an-other 10-15 yards from the point at which it landed. The feel from the driver was particularly explosive, re-ally giving the sensation of the ball jumping off the club face.

• Iron/wedge play - If distance was the objective off the tee then control and accuracy is certainly the objec-tive with irons and wedges. Again the Lethal’s ability to cut through the wind really shone through, this provided confidence knowing that the wind was not going to have as big an effect on the shot as might be the case with other golf balls. In turn this allowed the opportunity to pick a more aggressive line on which to attack the pin. Playing on relatively firm greens the level of spin provid-ed by the lethal was another positive aspect of the ball. From long irons to wedges and whether from the fair-way or the rough the ball came down softly and would drop and stop most of the time. When hitting irons and wedges you could really feel the compression of the golf ball, the feel was not too hard but not too soft- the feel falls somewhere in between the of a Pro V1 and Pro V1x. Off the tee the ball had come off higher than I was used to. However, in terms of iron play the Lethal was very work-able and could easily be worked high or low and could also be moved with small draws and fades.

• Putting - When it comes to putting the feel is the primary con-cern for most players. When putting I found that the Lethal provided a

soft enough feel that you didn’t feel like you were hitting something but not so soft that it felt mushy off the putter head. Using an insert putter myself I occasionally find some balls too soft and distance control can be an issue- that was not a con-cern with the Lethal. The golf ball came off the putter with a nice roll and I holed a good number of putts in the 10-12 foot range while trying the ball which is always confidence inspiring. For those of you that like to line up putts with a mark on the ball the lethal branding on the side of the ball has and an arrow at either end which I found to provide a nice alignment aid.

• Durability - A final positive to be found with the Lethal certainly came in this golf balls durability. Having managed to play a full round with the same ball and then using it for some further green side chipping practice the ball held up very well. Once cleaned there was one or two scuffs but certainly the ball could have been used again which is a big plus for this ball.

The overall verdict for the Lethal is that without doubt this is an im-provement on its predecessors. This golf ball goes a long way in living up to its marketing hype. From tee to green the Lethal succeeded in provid-ing the right balance of distance and

spin for the given shot all the while with a fantastic feeling off the club face. A golfer’s choice in ball can be very much down to personal prefer-ence, as something of a diehard Pro V1x user I know that the Lethal has given me something to think about in terms of golf ball selection so I would strongly recommend picking up a sleeve of these to try, they won’t disappoint.

For more information, visit www.taylormadegolf.com and sign up to TaylorMade Players’ Club at www.tmagplayersclub.com/register to re-ceive exclusive Tour content and win limited edition prizes.

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The Golfer ‘Lethal’ Review

Laila Monaghan Testing The New ‘Lethal’ Ball From TaylorMade

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Question:

My ball landed on a bridge that goes over a water haz-ard.

Can I ground my club prior to taking the shot?

My thought is...

I don’t think I can because I’m actually in the hazard, even though I’m above it.

Yes you can ground your club. A bridge is an obstruction. In a hazard, the club may touch an obstruction at address or in the backward move-ment for the stroke – see Note under Rule 13-4. Touching the bridge prior to address is also permissible, since an obstruction in a water hazard is not “ground in the hazard”. This applies even if the bridge has been declared an integral part of the course.

Except as provided in the Rules, before making a stroke at a ball that is in a hazard (whether a bunker or a water hazard) or that, having been lifted from a hazard, may be dropped or placed in the hazard, the player must not:

a. Test the condition of the hazard or any similar hazard;

b. Touch the ground in the hazard or water in the water hazard with his hand or a club; or

c. Touch or move a loose impedi-ment lying in or touching the haz-ard.

Exceptions: 1. Provided nothing is done that

constitutes testing the condition of the hazard or improves the lie of the ball, there is no penalty if the player

(a) touches the ground or loose im-pediments in any hazard or water in a water hazard as a result of or to prevent falling, in removing an ob-struction, in measuring or in mark-ing the position of, retrieving, lift-ing, placing or replacing a ball under any Rule or (b) places his clubs in a hazard.

2. After making the stroke, if the ball is still in the hazard or has been lifted from the hazard and may be dropped or placed in the hazard, the player may smooth sand or soil in the hazard, provided nothing is done to breach Rule 13-2 with respect to his next stroke. If the ball is outside the hazard after the stroke, the player may smooth sand or soil in the haz-ard without restriction.

3. If the player makes a stroke from a hazard and the ball comes to rest in another hazard, Rule 13-4a does not apply to any subsequent ac-tions taken in the hazard from which the stroke was made.

Note: At any time, including at address or in the backward move-ment for the stroke, the player may touch, with a club or otherwise, any obstruction, any construction de-clared by the Committee to be an in-tegral part of the course or any grass, bush, tree or other growing thing.

PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE:

Match play – Loss of hole;Stroke play – Two strokes.

13-4 - Ball in Hazard; Prohibited Actions

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Jeremy Pern was born in Great Britain in 1950, is a one of Europe’s most experienced golf course ar-chitects, many of his designs are considered to be amongst Europe’s finest and fourteen are listed in the Peugeot Golf Guide of Europe’s Best Courses. Having finished his studies in Agronomy at Harper Adams Uni-versity College, he spent two years working as a volunteer agricultural

extension officer in Colombia.In 1975 Jeremy became project

manager for the construction of golf courses in the UK, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Morocco and Iran. Working with renowned Golf Course Architects Robert Trent Jones, John Harris, Cabell Robinson and Don Harra-dine he mastered the difficulties involved in construction projects in diverse conditions and climates. Many of these courses have hosted prestigious events on the PGA Eu-ropean Tour.

Jeremy moved to France in 1986 to join a Paris based golf course development company as creative director and golf architect. In 1990 Jeremy established his own design

practice (Jeremy Pern.com) in Tou-louse (SW France) and continues to design quality golf courses world-wide. In 1999 he obtained an MSc in Protected Landscape Management from the University of Wales (Aber-ystwyth). His thesis “The Nature of Golf” considered the role which golf courses can play in the protection of the environment in Europe.

This Weeks Green Keeper: Jeremy Penn

During the period the fairways and tees were sprayed with Tordon Brushkiller to counter weed growth before fertilising with Sports Fert No 3, a mixture with an NPK rating of 14-3-7.

Greens were sprayed with Amis-tar as a protectant against Persistent Disease.

The Clubhouse switchboard fault in April caused a major blow-out in the shed when the irrigation decoder interface was burnt out. This put the system out of action, fortunately at a time when we were past the driest part of the season. The unit was to-tally written off and we are awaiting a replacement from the UK.

During May I attended the South

Island Fine Turf Seminar in Queen-stown. While there I enjoyed course walks on the Jacks Point, The Hills and the Millbrook courses.

A highlight of the seminar was the address by the guest speaker, Martin Greenwood, Superintendent of Australia’s Kingston Heath Golf Club. Martin spoke about the chal-lenges he and his staff faced in pre-paring the course for the 2009 Aus-tralian Masters which was won by Tiger Woods.

During my time in Queenstown I acquired a roller from the Queens-town Golf Club. This was used on our greens prior to the May Tourna-ment which resulted in smoother and faster surfaces for the event.

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Ravensmeadow Golf Club Receive Glove Visit

Our tame player goes out to clubs and does an undercover assessment of the facilities and people.

Hopefully this will give you the best possible information to decide on where to play and how to get in-volved.

The scores are the gloves opinion only and no member of the visited club were informed of their presence or their mission.

Ravenmeadow is a friendly golf club who are very keen to get as many people playing the game as possible and work hard at facilitating play. If you are after member exclu-sivity, forget it. However, the mem-bership appear strong and friendly and encourage everyone to get in-volved. A major plus is you can have a quick 9 holes virtually anytime and that does help, particularly those summer eve's and the quick escape from the office or home. There are loads of areas for improvement, but as a great club to start your golfing career from and learn the ropes, you will be hard pushed to find better.

General Comments

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Glove Questionaire

WebsiteEase of bookingMembers only timesLocationSceneryCar ParkMembers in generalPro ShopSignageInformation and HelpRange of goodsRestrictionsDriving RangeElectronic BaysFlood LitBalls CleanPutting GreenChipping HolePar 3No of holesTee BoxesMain CourseNo of holesTee BoxesFairwaysRoughHazard markersGreensHole positionsBunkersOn Course toiletsOn Course refreshmentsCourse MarshallBuggy QtyConditionTrollies availableRestaurantMembers only barPublic barBar Food MenuBar Food QualityRestaurant MenuStaff attitude and demeanourOpening hrsAmbienceAccomodationAvailableQualityConference FacilitiesPrivate PartiesWedding servicesWedding ReceptionsMembershipJoining FeeWaiting ListRange of MembershipsConstitutionComps for all sectionsMatches with other clubs

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SITUATED in the heart of the Worcestershire country-side but only five minutes away from the motorway network, the Bromsgrove Golf Centre provides some of the finest golfing, dining and conferencing facilities in the Midlands.

As you would expect from a family managed concern, the Cen-tre combines a warm and friendly atmosphere with outstanding levels of service and hospitality to ensure customer expectations are not only met but also surpassed.

A ‘pay and play’ Centre offering

top quality golf to players of all abil-ities; the centre is also home to the popular and successful Bromsgrove Golf Club with a 950-strong mem-bership.

Formed in 1993 the club’s affairs are managed jointly by a members committee and the proprietors, a partnership that has guided the club to become one of the most progres-sive and successful clubs in Worces-tershire.

Bromsgrove Golf Centre’s ar-chitecturally acclaimed Clubhouse is the ideal venue for golf societies, conferences, business seminars and

celebration events. Winner of the Bromsgrove Soci-

ety’s ‘Best New Building’ category in 1998, the attractive clubhouse features a fully licensed restaurant bar, sun terrace, conference suites, golf shop and changing facilities.

The adjoining fully floodlit 35 bay driving range contains a heated viewing area and also boasts two state of the art digital teaching stu-dios, supervised by the resident PGA professionals.

The clubhouse restaurant and bar provides members and visitors alike with a relaxed and comfortable en-viroment in which to enjoy freshly prepared home cooked cuisine com-plemented by a selection of fine ales and wines. With a full menu, daily specials board and an excellent val-ue-for-money Sunday lunch, we are confident that there is something to cater for all tastes.

We Had A Chat With The Restaurant And Bar Staff

Bromsgrove Golf Club

When Did We Go?

Thursday 2nd May, 2013

Positives

The place was empty and clean with very friendly staff

Negatives

Could have done with a few more people

We Had A Chat With The Bar And Restaurant Staff

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Wednesday 20th March was scheduled as a rest day, and compet-itors could take in the surrounding area or simply relax. Alternatively TPEGS offered a range of exclusive activities as it’s not every day you

get to play golf with, and learn from, a former Ryder Cup player/European Tour Pro, and a renowned European Tour coach but thanks to the Links Golf Cup partners, TPEGS, the competitors were able to do exactly that in the stunning surroundings of Archerfield Links.


Tour Pro Experience Golf Schools is a unique and innovative collabora-tion between former golfer Andrew Coltart and experienced tour coach Gary Nicol, and exclusively for

competitors of the Links Golf Cup, TPEGS have created two opportu-nities on Wednesday 20th March: Option 1, The TPEGS Trophy costs £100 per person and includes: cof-fee/tea & bacon rolls on arrival; a TPEGS Clinic; 18 holes at Archer-field Links; and a two course meal.


Tour Pro Experience Golf Schools is a unique and innovative collabora-tion between former golfer Andrew Coltart and experienced tour coach Gary Nicol, and exclusively for competitors of the Links Golf Cup, TPEGS have created two opportu-nities on Wednesday 20th March: Option 1, The TPEGS Trophy costs

£100 per person and includes: cof-fee/tea & bacon rolls on arrival; a TPEGS Clinic; 18 holes at Archer-field Links; and a two course meal.

Tour Pro Experience Golf Schools is a unique and innovative collabora-tion between former golfer Andrew Coltart and experienced.

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Wednesday 20th March was scheduled as a rest day, and compet-itors could take in the surrounding area or simply relax. Alternatively

TPEGS offered a range of exclusive activities as it’s not every day you get to play golf with, and learn from, a former Ryder Cup player/European Tour Pro, and a renowned European Tour coach but thanks to the Links Golf Cup partners, TPEGS, the competitors were able to do exactly that in the stunning surroundings of Archerfield Links.



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Results For The Links Golf Cup On Scotland’s Golf Coast







Wednesday 20th March was scheduled as a rest day, and compet-itors could take in the surrounding area or simply relax. Alternatively TPEGS offered a range of exclusive

activities as it’s not every day you get to play golf with, and learn from, a former Ryder Cup player/European Tour Pro, and a renowned European Tour coach but thanks to the Links Golf Cup partners, TPEGS, the competitors were able to do exactly that in the stunning surroundings of Archerfield Links.

Tour Pro Experience Golf Schools is a unique and innovative collabora-tion between former golfer Andrew Coltart and experienced tour coach Gary Nicol, and exclusively for competitors of the Links Golf Cup, TPEGS have created two opportu-nities on Wednesday 20th March: Option 1, The TPEGS Trophy costs £100 per person and includes: cof-fee/tea & bacon rolls on arrival; a TPEGS Clinic; 18 holes at Archer-field Links; and a two course meal. 18 holes at Archerfield Links; and a two course meal. 18 holes at Archer-field Links; and a two course meal.







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