Craig Knowles

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to another exciting edition of the weekly newsletter bringing you all of the latest goings-on from around the club.

Enjoy this week's read.

Pro's news

A New Start

Welcome to the first of my weekly newsletters. Each week I will be sending you out some information regarding what has been happening and what is about to happen at Arbroath Golf Course, Club and Pro Shop.

My first week flew by and it was great to meet many of the members and I look forward to meeting more of you as I go. I have started a Pro Shop Facebook page which many of you will have come across but for those of you who haven’t if you search for Arbroath Links Golf Pro Shop you will find me. For those of you who don’t use Facebook or any other form of social media then I will also be keeping you up to date with posters and signage around the shop and club to keep you up to date with what is going on. There is also the good old fashioned way which is by popping into the Pro Shop for a chat and a look around where either myself or my Assistant Connor will be on hand to have a blether or help you with your golfing needs!

Both Connor and I have managed out on the golf course with some of the members during our first week and this is something we would both be keen to continue, although Connor will probably have a bit more free time than I will so if you are ever looking for an extra player give us a shout and we would be delighted to get out on the golf course with you.

Course news

Work on the greens

Last week there was some maintenance work done on the greens, the Blec Seeder was out which was borrowed from Carnoustie, the greens were Hollow Tined and Tined (both small tines) the greens were then overseeded then watered a couple of days later and then cut. The greens had to be left uncut for a couple of days to allow the seed to bed in. The work has a minimal effect of the greens and shouldn’t take much more than a week or so to fully recover.

In the last couple of days the Temporary Greens have been lined out in preparation for the Winter. If all players could take full relief from these areas and please do not run your trolley or buggy over the marked out temporary Greens this would be appreciated.

Competition news

Upcoming Events

Lindsay has passed on the Magic 2s to myself so if you win the pot or share of the pot you can now use your winnings to purchase something from the shop. Also I will be running a Members Account book which you can pay into or use towards purchases from the shop. At the last count there were no 2s winners over the weekend and the pot is now sitting at £59!

Sunday 7th October - Texas Scramble Open

We have a few times left for the Texas Scramble Open on Sunday the 7th October. To enter pop into the Pro Shop to book your time or I have attached a link where you can enter online. If you can let any fellow golfing friends know of this event, hopefully we can have a full field for my first Open and Lindsays last Open here at Arbroath. https://www.arbroathgolfcourse.co.uk/open-competitions/

Shop news

A new look

Over the coming weeks the Pro Shop will start to look a little different with Lindsay’s stock dwindled down I have brought my stock in to show some of the things I plan to stock. I like to stock a wide variety of products from Callaway, TaylorMade, Lynx, Under Armour, Sunderland, Stuburt, Skechers to name a few!! By the end of October I plan to have made some alterations to the shop and look forward to displaying all of the golfing goodies for you to come and peruse! Here are a couple of pictures of some of the latest Autumn/Winter clothing I have on offer.

RTX 4 now in-store

It feels like we've waited a while, but the eagerly anticipated landing of Cleveland's incredible RTX 4 wedge is finally here. Cleveland has been at the forefront of wedge design for many years and has used feedback from its tour players to make the RTX 4 wedge its best yet. It provides more spin than ever before, is more versatile than previous generations and has never felt so good off the face.

watch our video>

Pressure putts

With the Ryder Cup coming up next week, we can expect plenty of tense moments, particularly on the greens. You’ll probably notice that players on both sides will have the ability to hole out under the huge amounts of pressure – who can forget Ian Poulter’s clutch putt on the 16th green at Medinah in 2012?

Find a putter you can trust
To replicate these kind of putts, whether that's in the monthly medal or playing for money with your friends, you need to choose a flatstick you can trust.

Why not try out the Lynx Prowler putter? The main piece of technology that's going to help make more putts is its Curved Face Technology, which reduces backspin at impact to create a truer roll. It also had a unique T-alignment system that'll help improve your aim, making this blade one worth considering if you want to hole those clutch putts.

watch our review >

A sticky situation

The proposed changes to the Rules of Golf are less than four months away, so we thought we’d take a look at one introduction that you may not have been aware of…

Under the current Rules of Golf, if a player makes a stroke on the putting green and the ball then hits the unattended flagstick that was left in the hole, the player gets the general penalty (17-3).

However, under the proposed changes, there will be no penalty if a ball played from the putting greens hits a flagstick left in the hole (13.2b). Players will be able to choose whether they want the flagstick left in, removed or attended.

The R&A say this change will improve the general speed of play but be careful, the ball can easily bounce out of the hole when hitting a flag!

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Spotlight: TaylorMade GAPR

TaylorMade believe it has found a performance gap in today's game, between your longest playable iron and your shortest metalwood. Simply put, hybrid technology hasn't kept pace.

Well, new in-store is the exciting GAPR family from TaylorMade, providing you with three options - Hi, Mid and Lo - to fill the gaps in your long game, with each model offering you something unique. Which model will be best suited to fill your gaps?

learn more >

I hope you enjoyed the newsletter. If you have any thoughts or queries please contact me in the golf shop.

Arbroath Golf Links
Dundee Road
Elliott by Arbroath
DD11 2PE

Phone: 01241 875837

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