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Competition results 

Easter Adult and Junior Fair

It was the Easter Adult and Junior fair on Wednesday with another tight finish being decided on countback in this better ball competition. Nick & Charlie Reynolds took the first prize from Dave & Louie Cameron both pairs having shot 44pts. 

It was followed by the Junior AGM with George Moore junior taking over the reigns as junior captain with a question and answer session following, with this year our juniors grilling our top golfer, England international Alfie Plant.


Medal

It was an excellent start to the season for one of our Perman Team stalwarts Danny Smith as he shot a nett 69 to win Division One of the medal on Sunday. Tom Major took the runners-up spot with a nett 70 on countback from Bill Wardrope with Jack Edge taking fourth with a nett 71.

In the Silver division it was one big photo finish with four shooting nett 72's. So with countback in full swing it was Gary Bowley who took top spot from Dave Simpson, in third was Gordon Ireland & fourth Aran Dart.

Tita McCart showed some early season form with a very steady 35 points to win the Silver Division in the ladies stableford played on the East course recently, Liz Martinez-Gray took the runners-up spot with 32pts. In the Bronze Division Rose Yadzani shot an excellent 37pts to take the top spot in the Bronze division with Wendy Yuen shooting 35pts to take the runners-up spot.


Tour news 

US Masters

British golfers celebrate the start of the golfing season proper this week as the US Masters encourages thousands to dust off the clubs and head back to the fairways. As ever, a great field has assembled at Augusta National to contest the 81st Masters.

The 2017 Masters has all the makings of a classic with a number of players displaying fine form heading into the tournament. World Number 1 Dustin Johnson has won six events in his last 16 starts, including the recent WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Rory McIlroy and Jason Day have come close to Masters victory in the past and both will be hoping this might be their week, 2015 winner Jordan Spieth will be looking to bounce back from the disappointment of last year's meltdown while new kid on the block Jon Rahm will be aiming to defy the accepted wisdom that first-timers can't win at Augusta… Only Horton Smith, Gene Sarazen and Fuzzy Zoeller have done it in the past.

The UK will be well represented with 15 players competing, including defending champ Danny Willett and Lee Westwood, who has six top-10 finishes at Augusta on his CV.

At the time of writing, the field for this year is 93 strong with 18 former champions currently on the start sheet.

There's a great amateur tradition at Augusta stemming from tournament founder Bobby Jones, this year there will be five amateurs in the field. They are: Curtis Luck of Australia who made it through two separate results - he won the 2016 U.S. Amateur and the 2016 Asia Pacific Amateur Championships, Brad Dalke who was runner-up in the U.S. Amateur, British Amateur champion Scott Gregory and Latin America Amateur Champion Toto Gana.

Played over the same course each year and packed with tradition and character, The Masters is, perhaps, the most iconic tournament in world golf. Since it was first held in 1934, it's been won by many of the greats of the game. Sarazen, Snead, Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus, Player, Watson, Ballesteros, Faldo and Woods have all won here. To don the famous green jacket is a must if a player is to earn legendary status within the game.

Last season witnessed a typically dramatic Augusta back nine as Jordan Spieth blew a five shot lead and Danny Willett took full advantage of the young American's mistakes. Spieth, winner at Augusta in 2015, birdied four straight holes from the 6th to move five clear but he dropped strokes at the difficult 10th and 11th holes. Then, on the famous par-3 12th, he hit two in the water en-route to a quadruple bogey seven. Willett birdied the 13th, 14th and 16th holes to take command and he ended up winning by three.

Augusta is a challenging course, particularly for those without experience around the layout. It's a track where a strategic approach is essential and knowledge of where the ball will feed in from, and away to, is key to success.

The weather looks good for the weekend but it could be windy on the Thursday and Friday.

Player watch: The top-10 ranked players will grab most of the attention. But who else might have a chance this week?

Charl Schwartzel - The 2011 Masters champion clearly knows how to play the course at Augusta. He's been flying under the radar but played well in the Valspar Championship last month and again in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

Marc Leishman - The Australian won the Arnold Palmer Invitational and made the top-10 in the Match Play. He was tied fourth in the 2013 Masters.

Thomas Pieters - This may be his first Masters but he has shown he can mix it in the big events. He played superbly in last year's Ryder Cup, displaying he can handle the pressure and he has some good recent results, including a tie for fifth in the WGC-Mexico Championship.

Click here to keep an eye on this week's leaderboard.


Shop news 

Battery Trade In

Trade in your old electric trolley battery for £25 OFF a new Motocaddy or LitePower Lithium battery. Lithium batteries are the way forward. They charge quicker, are lighter, retain charge better and last longer. 

Pop in and one of the team will be more than happy to help you out.


FootJoy Shoe Size Challenge

Throughout the month of April I challenge you to come in and get your foot professionally measured by our team using our fitting brannock. Seven out of ten of you are wearing the wrong sized shoes and this can affect your performance on the golf course.

If your shoes are already the correct size I will give you a FREE pair of FootJoy ProDry Crew socks. 


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Starting this week we will be offering 4 dozen Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x for the price of 3, this includes FREE personalisation as well as the option to customise your play number for a small fee. Our online ordering page can be found by clicking here, and orders will finish Sunday, 23 April, so you'll want to get in quick.

If you have any questions or queries then please come in-store or click here and we will be happy to help.  

 
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