MEMBER NEWS
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2023 MONTH 2023
In this Edition:
• GM, Course, Golf Update • Club Captain Updates
• Upcoming Competitions
GM UPDATE Daily Course Status Updates
This a reminder that you can see daily updates on course conditions on the “Course Status” page of our website available here: https://aldwickburyparkgolfclub.co.uk/course-status-page/ The page is updated every morning at 7am and will let you know if the course is open/closed, whether buggies are allowed, if any bunkers are GUR and any other important information ahead of your round such as greenkeeping work going on that you may need to be aware of.
Tree Work Ian McDowell General Manager
Dear Member,
While reasonable weather tried its best to hold on it’s fair to say that we are now in the depths of winter, but it’s great to see that so many of you don’t let a little rain, wind and cold get in the way of enjoying your golf! The course is holding up well and we will continue to do everything we can to keep it in the best shape possible. This will involve more posts and rope where necessary to protect specific areas, move pinch points away from fairways and approaches and keep trolleys well away from the green complexes. Thank you all for adhering to the traffic management during your round.
Every five years we have a full tree survey undertaken by a Consultant Arboriculturist to ascertain the health and condition of all the trees across the site, identifying any that require work to address issues/ promote healthy growth or felling for safety reasons. Having received the report, we are now working through the 92 actions identified that range from dead-wooding to pollarding and in some cases felling. While some trees will be removed, we are also engaging with schemes which will support us in introducing more trees and hedging throughout the site – please don’t worry though, any new hedging will be kept well away from the middle of the fairway!
Cancellation of Tee Times Daylight and tee times are at a premium over the next three months, please remember to cancel any tee times you no longer require as soon as possible so they are available to others to book. Tee times can easily be cancelled through the Elite Live app up to 24 hours before the booking.
7-Day Membership The 7-day membership has now been closed and a waiting list is in place. There is a payment of £200 to join the waiting list with £150 going to the joining fee when a space becomes available and the remaining £50 being transferred into the bar levy.
Gift Vouchers With Christmas fast approaching it’s the perfect opportunity to point out that you can now purchase gift vouchers through the website! Retail vouchers are available from £5 and cover any shop purchases, green fees or hire items.
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GM UPDATE Sunday Carvery The Sunday Carvery is back and will be taking on selected weekends through the winter so it’s the perfect opportunity to enjoy a delicious roast lunch with the family after your round. One course is £15.95 or £22.95 for two courses, and members receive a 10% discount!
Greenkeeper Chelcie Wins The First Ever iGolf Open! Congratulations to greenkeeper Chelcie Lawrie who came out on top winning England Golf’s first ever iGolf Open at Woodhall Spa in August. Competing with 57 other golfers, Chelcie enjoyed brilliant back-to-back birdies on holes 17 and 18 to see her pick up the women’s trophy.
Boiler Replacement We are currently in the process of replacing the main boilers in the clubhouse, a project which is costing over £75,000. There is a temporary boiler in place during the work to ensure the continuity of our heating and hot water and we hope the work should be completed by the end of December. As a company, BGL aims to achieve net zero by 2026 which means that environmental impact is considered front and centre of all our purchasing decisions. The new boilers will be consuming 18 to 20% less gas than the previous ones and are expected to reduce our carbon footprint by 14,500kg over the next five years. In addition, we are also looking at the potential of introducing a supplementary solar thermal system to further improve efficiency.
Miranda Ties The Knot! Congratulations to Administration Controller Miranda who became Mrs. Abrahams after tying the knot with husband Andrew on Sunday 10th September 2023.
Seniors Scratch I’m pleased to be able to say that at the recent Senior Scratch County League AGM our club’s Senior Scratch team has been voted in as a full member of the league and will join and play in the 4th division next year. My congratulations to those who have worked hard to achieve this success and I wish our club’s Senior Scratch squad the very best of luck for your first season in the County League.
New Year’s Eve and Christmas Party Availability We have lots going on at the club over the coming weeks as we hit the Christmas season and if you are looking for a great night out to celebrate with friends, family, or work colleagues we still have availability left for some of our shared party nights. Our New Year’s Eve celebration also promises to be a fantastic night and it would be great to see in the new year with as many members as possible! For prices and availability please contact the Sales Office who will be more than happy to help. I look forward to seeing you at the club soon! Ian McDowell General Manager
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CAPTAIN’S UPDATE Steve Pick Club Captain
A Message From The Captain I hope you’re all well and still managing to get out a play as the weather takes a wintry turn. As the season winds Dearand Redbourn down the days become shorter, I took a moment to consider how lucky we’ve been Member, with both course Giatinum the nobitae eiciand the weather over the past few months. late summer heat was a officipicit ventur, The conesequat welcome bonus after a quatur, quodist ruptat. bit of drizzly July and August, but this was offset by how green the Ecte verest qui necation course was. And as ever, massive thanks to natem cori sament officid Craig and his team for keeping the course in quiatem facidusam ducid mi, such wonderful shape. odis eatus autas doluptae fugia dunt quam Iexeratium also wanted to mention how nice it is to see vellandit ipis con peligendel more and more members enjoying the food etur, odisciis doluptur, eum on offer at the club. I know many have spoken dolum of repra am faccus highly the offering and the “members expel iunt. specials” seem to be proving particularly popular for golfers after their round. A big Bitatur,tosinctin thanks all thenobist F&B team for keeping us fed modiatio blaboritat estia and watered. quo voluptatur aperfer Ifercia will just take the chance to pick up on pos ut optaquid quas bunkers. At times, rain damage ipsaniet dolorep erspelistiis on the bunkers is unavoidable and we reptio occatibuscil int also get some fourlegged friends frequenting qui omnimendit, occum the bunkers too. But I have recently reports from several sendelendi se remhad as as people that they have seen vendele ctotas doluptatis groups simply not bothering rakeillaboreri bunkers. Or have played early volore est,tosunt in the morning and comequia across bunkers that officae invende sequid have been used that morning by players and quidero quat. not raked. I would ask you all please to ensure Aquibus, ipid ex exerum bunkers are raked once you’ve used them. The verumqu iaestio rporro picture on the top right side of the page was taken early in the morning and as you can see, if your ball happened to land in the footprint towards the front, you’re going to struggle to get a decent shot on it.
Moving on to some of the recent competition results. First up was the Aldwickbury Shield which was won by the team of Richard Hyne, Roger Gibbs, Dave Borrett and Geoff Benson:
Next up was the Langshaw Trophy on Bank Holiday Monday, and this was won by Ed Laver and Dinah Howard:
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CAPTAIN’S UPDATE The ever-popular Gents Summer League concluded in August. Winning the Summer League Bowl on the day was the Team of Mike Van Wyk, Adam Duke and Stewart Fox. The top-placed team in the league was made up of yours truly, nobly carried by James Lawrance and Matt Phillips. The Kitchener Trophy, for winners of weekly stablefords and medals, was won by Aaron Ewing on the day. The Thursday Evening League provided a lot of the finalists for the Kitchener Trophy, and was won by Josh Mann.
We’ve also recently seen the conclusion of many of the summer knockouts: The mixed greensomes was won by Pete Laurence and Elaine Meager. The singles scratch knockout was won by Matt Brown Dave Borrett won the singles knockout. And finally, Haroon and Ziad Ahmed won the 4BBB knockout.
The Gents pairs competition, the Autumn Cup, was keenly contested with a large field and won Dear Redbourn on the day by Paul and Matt Bullock.
Member,
And Finally… The Fox-Hunter Trophy Giatinum nobitae eici was won by James Miller for the third time in four years, an officipicit ventur, conesequat extraordinary achievement. Trophy sponsor quatur, quodist ruptat. Jock Hunter was on hand to Ecte verest qui necation give out the trophy.
I was delighted to be invited to the Seniors Charity Day and a massive thanks to Mick Beaufoy and Mike Tozer for organising this. Together, the Gents, Seniors and Ladies sections have raised well over £16,000 now for the Hospice of St Francis and I thank you all for your support and generosity. Steve Pick Club Captain
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CAPTAIN’S UPDATE Mick Beaufoy Aldwicks’ Captain
The Triangular Trophy was presented to Mike Tozer (Aldwicks VC) by the Burhill Captain Duncan Howarth.
A Message From The Aldwicks Captain Welcome, to the autumn/winter edition of the newsletter – The autumn time was filled with much Dear rain, butRedbourn also some periods of warmth, which provided perfect growing conditions, keeping Member, the course lookingeici stunning. At this rate, the Giatinum nobitae greenkeepers will conesequat be mowing until Christmas. officipicit ventur,
quatur, quodist ruptat. There is lots qui of good news to share in this Ecte verest necation newsletter. least,officid our club’s Senior natem cori Not sament Scratch Team has been accepted as a full quiatem facidusam ducid mi, member of the Seniors County League and odis eatus autas doluptae will join the league next season. The team exeratium fugia dunt quam recently hosted two Division 2 teams, drawing vellandit ipis con peligendel against Brickendon Grange GC and beating etur, odisciis doluptur, eum Harpenden (Hammonds End) GC, so we know dolum am faccus they willrepra be competitive. expel iunt.
On the 17th of July, the Harpenden Seniors Bitatur, sinctin was nobist Championship played, and I would like modiatio blaboritat estia Common GC as to congratulate Harpenden quowinning voluptatur aperfer the team. Aldwickbury Park finished fercia pos ut optaquid quas with Harpenden in a creditable second place ipsaniet dolorep (Hammonds End)erspelistiis GC in third. The best performance in the team reptio occatibuscil int was by Graham Payne, who finished third in the individual qui omnimendit, occum competition withrem a net sendelendi se as67. as vendele ctotas doluptatis Ivolore am sure you will all be delighted to hear est,that sunt illaboreri that Theinvende Aldwickssequid won the Burhill Triangular on officae quia the 12th of September for the first time!!! and quidero quat. the competition been running since 2009. Aquibus, ipid exhas exerum Iverumqu believe that the total of 319 pts for the nine iaestio rporro counting players from the 12-man team is a record and represents an average score of 35.44 points per player!!
We have now finished playing all our 24 friendly matches against other teams. Since the last newsletter, we have played 12 more matches. Five were at home (we won four and lost one) and seven were away matches (we drew two and lost five). Our best win was 7.5 to 0.5 at home against Whitehill GC but this is counterbalanced by an 8 to 0 away loss against Redbourn GC. So overall, including the Burhill and Harpenden results, we have a winning ratio of 50% in 2023. We had 54 different players turn out for the club, so five new players volunteered since the last newsletter. I would like to thank every one of the players, the individual organisers and Robin Edwards (the match administrator) for helping us achieve another successful season. Continued on the next page
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CAPTAIN’S UPDATE Honours Board Competition Results: On the 4th of July, the Seniors’ Memorial Trophy 2023 was held. The Winner was Ray Crawley with a remarkable 43 stableford points. Three players scored 37 but the runner-up (on countback) was Terry Daly.
The Senior Singles Autumn Cup (aka the Ian Kerr Memorial) was held on the 3rd of October. The winner (on countback) with 38 stableford points was: Alastair Holt Thomas. The runner-up also with 38 points was Trevor Pyne.
The Aldwicks Charity Day Was Held On 5th October. Dear On the Redbourn 29th of August, the Seniors Pairs Autumn Cup was held (aka the Mick Railles). Member, The winners were: eici Robert Harper and Jim Giatinum nobitae McGown with 43 points. officipicit ventur, conesequat Terry Daly and Tricia quatur, quodist ruptat.Wyatt finished as runners-up points. Ecte verestwith qui 42 necation natem cori sament officid
We had an amazing day and raised over £7,550 for the Hospice of St Francis. This amazing amount of money was raised thanks to many different income streams: The Alan Goodenough Charitable Trust (a friend of Pat Hayward) contributed £1,000 to sponsor the whole day. I will be writing to the trust to thank them. Mike Tozer’s very generous offer of a week in his duplex in the Algarve sold for £1,753 and was bought by Eugene Hickey and his wife (thank you both so much). The auctions of the reciprocal 4 balls (courtesy of Ian McDowell), a meal voucher and three bottles of malt whiskey raised £1,205. My thanks to John Harris for doing a great job as auctioneer.
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CAPTAIN’S UPDATE The raffle ticket sales raised £1,085. Alistair Holt-Thomas & Sid Sinclair deserve recognition. Hole sponsorship raised £626. My thanks to Pat Hayward, my wife Liz, Cocksparrer and the weekly swindles who contributed at least £100 each. Guest’s green fees and sundries (including £77 donations at the Halfway House) raised over £600. My thanks to our General Manager, Ian McDowell, for allowing this to happen. Mike and Sarah Hodge also contributed £150 which was much appreciated.
Dear Redbourn The winning team of the Charity Day with Member, a remarkable team score of 139 was: Pete
Giatinum nobitae eici Chris Woodcock, and Russell, Colin Watkins, officipicit ventur, conesequat Dinah Howard. quatur, quodist ruptat. The 129 were: Andrew Walker, Ecterunners-up verest qui with necation Pauline Anderson, Helen natem cori sament officid vd Kraan, and Tony Hatch. quiatem facidusam ducid mi, odis eatus autas doluptae The third team 127 was Steve Pick, exeratium fugiawith dunt quam Darrell Martin, Jim McGown vellandit ipis con peligendel and Margaret Chury. etur, odisciis doluptur, eum dolum repra am faccus My most profound thanks to everyone who expel iunt. contributed, and this goes to prove that the Aldwicks is a wonderfully generous bunch of Bitatur, sinctin nobist lovely people. modiatio blaboritat estia quo voluptatur aperfer Other fercia posSignificant ut optaquid quas ipsaniet dolorep erspelistiis Competition Results: reptio occatibuscil int qui omnimendit, occum 17th October - Ladies vs Aldwicks Men sendelendi se rem as as Singles Competition: vendele ctotas doluptatis to the Ladies on My sincere congratulations volore est, sunt illaboreri another well-deserved win (11 to 7). Well officae invende sequid played Ladies – a clean quia sweep in 2023. My quidero thanks toquat. Jan and Sid Sinclair for organising the Aquibus, ipid ex exerum day. verumqu iaestio rporro 25th July – July Monthly Medal - my thanks to the organiser Ray Crawley The winner of Division 1 was Nick Boardman with a net 67 and the runner-up was Andy Wyatt (73).
The winner of Division 2 was Robert Gold with a net 72 and the runner-up was Peter Tonathy (73). 24th August – August Monthly Medal – my thanks to the organiser Pat O’Higgins The winner was John Harris with a net 66, Peter Miller was second (69) and Norman Kershaw was third (70). 28th September – September Monthly Medal – my thanks to the organiser Glen Rootman The winner of Division 1 was Antony Phillips with a net 70 and the runner-up was Axel Flaig with 71. The winner of Division 2 was Harry Bech with a net 70 and the runner-up was Robert Gold with 72.
Upcoming Events and Competitions 5th December – December Winter Stableford 12th December – Turkey Trot – organiser Mike Childs The Aldwicks Christmas Golf and Lunch will appear on Howdidido soon. Please check your diaries and sign up on Howdidido/PSI if you possibly can. Okay – that’s it for now – the year is drawing to a close so wrap up warm and enjoy the Winter Rules. Cheers Mick Beaufoy Aldwicks Captain
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LADIES REPORT Chiltern Ladies Golf League “CLGL” Ryder Cup Finale The finale is where all clubs in the CLGL congregate at a host club. This year the hosts were Oakland Park. This is different to the matches as the teams play for stableford points in formats of betterball, greensomes and individual. All the points in your club are added up to determine the winner. Usually, APGC come second to the hosts, but this year our team of eight ladies were successful and won with 175 points, quite a margin on second place.
Autumn Cup Again, the summer continued for this event with us being able to sit on the patio after our round. The winner with a nett score of 70 was Elaine Meagher with the runner-up being Lucinda Mileham with a net score of 74. The day was organised by Caroline Leith.
Aldwicks v Ladies Captain’s Trophy This should have been the Lady Captain’s Trophy. As we do not have a captain this year, it was agreed that the trophy should still be played for. On a lovely day in late September, the winner was Judith Pearson with 39 Dear Redbourn points, and the runner-up was Linda Reeve with 38 points on countback from Jenny Member, Maxwell. The day was Giatinum nobitae eici organised by Diana Godden. officipicit ventur, conesequat quatur, quodist ruptat.
Our annual singles match against the seniors. It was very close halfway 5.5 to 5.5, then we had a spur of wins finishing the match 11 : 7. As usual this was very well organised by Jan Cookson, and here she is collecting the trophy from Mick Beaufort.
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COURSE UPDATE Craig Betts Course Manager
Dear Members,
done and recovery is very quick. We can blow the cores to the side of the greens and into the semi-rough. We followed this up a few days later with light topdressing and greens are back to their best.
It’s been a while since we have done a course report so there is quite a lot that has been happening on the course. I’ll do my best to inform Dear Redbourn you all and bring you back up to date.
Member,
Giatinum nobitae eici Greens officipicit ventur, conesequat quatur, quodist ruptat. Back in August, we managed to undertake our Ecte verest qui necation renovations on the greens, this consisted of a natem cori sament officid deep scarifying down to -6mm to help remove quiatem facidusam ducidfollowed mi, unwanted organic matter, up with a odis eatus autas doluptae heavy topdressing of over a ton of sand per exeratium fugiawere duntthen quam green. Greens verti-drained with vellandit ipis con peligendel 20mm tines down to a depth of 10 inches to etur, odisciis eum which creates drive the sanddoluptur, into the sward, dolum repra am faccus large air channels for roots to follow, and to expelmove iunt. water through the profile in the help winter months. We then ran our procore with Bitatur,tines sinctin 10mm to anobist 4-inch depth to help push modiatio estia more sandblaboritat into the top profile of the green. By quo voluptatur aperfer we can relieve more hitting different depths, fercia pos utand optaquid quas compaction increase oxygen levels within ipsaniet dolorep erspelistiis the soil profile. reptio occatibuscil int Greens were thenoccum overseeded with a brown top qui omnimendit, bent grass send which we have been doing sendelendi se rem as as over the last couple of years vendele ctotas doluptatis which has started to help est, reduce need to spray fungicides volore suntour illaboreri and lower our nutrient inputs officae invende sequid quia as it has better disease quidero resistance. quat. Aquibus, ipid ex exerum During October have managed to stealth verumqu iaestiowe rporro tine greens twice in the space of three weeks which has been a great effort from the green staff. This is a technique that targets the top 25mm of the green and takes out a 4mm core without sacrificing playability after the work is
Tees and Approaches All tees and approaches were also scarified and followed up with a well-timed over seeding which throughout winter will pay dividends. Over the last few years, we have been able to overseed very regularly which is now really starting to show with the tees now looking very strong going into winter. We have also started our winter aeration verti draining work on tees and approaches. We will verti draining regularly on a lot of areas around the course in the next few months.
Course We recently had our tree survey which each site within the BGL Group has done. This gives us a complete detailed plan of what work needs to be carried out over the foreseeable future regarding tree management.
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COURSE UPDATE On the list, we have over 90 trees with a lot of dead wood that needs to be removed and there will be a few trees that will unfortunately need to be removed due to being either dead, rotten, or dangerous. All the work we will be carrying out is essential either for the health of the tree or for the health and safety of those on the golf course.
Dear Redbourn You will have seen work undertaken at the Member, back of the 1st green, 2nd tee, and 5th green
Giatinum eici where we nobitae have managed to flail and remove officipicit ventur,brambles conesequat a lot of unsightly and growth. Upon quatur, quodist inspection, eightruptat. ash trees had signs of ash Ecte verest quiwere necation dieback which rotting and needed to be felled. the areaofficid has been cleared, we will natem Now cori sament look to overseed withducid wild meadow grasses and quiatem facidusam mi, introduce wildflowers to give great colour and odis eatus autas doluptae visual. exeratium fugia dunt quam vellandit ipis con peligendel Over the winter months going etur, odisciis doluptur, eum forward we will be tackling all the canopies around the whole dolum repra am faccus site, expelraising iunt. these. This is done to help shape the trees, to give a better visual through the golf course. Bitatur, sinctin nobist modiatio blaboritat estia quo voluptatur aperfer Bunkers fercia pos ut optaquid quas You will have possibly seen the new way we ipsaniet dolorep erspelistiis have to rakingint bunkers over the last reptiotaken occatibuscil few weeks with the faces still being flat raked qui omnimendit, occum but using a spring to help scratch up the sendelendi se remrake as as bases. This gives a better vendele ctotas doluptatis visual to the bunker and playability. volore est, sunt illaboreri
Sadly, there are still too many bunkers being left unraked after people have played out, with people even walking over the rake that is placed in the bunker and ignoring it, this is unacceptable and unfair to most members who look after them correctly not to mention the greenkeeping team.
Winter Golf We are now getting into that time of the year where we must protect the course as much as possible and over the next few weeks, we will be adding more posts and rope out of the course. I know this is frustrating, but this is all done to help manage traffic around high-wear areas of the course and to keep areas around greens in the best condition possible for next season.
With the greens being a little softer pitch marks are a lot more common. all members should be looking to repair their pitch mark and looking for another on the green when waiting for their playing partners to putt out. The sooner the pitch mark is repaired the sooner the green recovers and we then continue to have great greens over the winter months.
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COURSE & PRO UPDATE Staff Scott Walker who was First Assistant Greenkeeper has moved on to Ashridge Golf Club. Scott was a brilliant member of the green staff, and his knowledge and experience will be a big loss to us at Aldwickbury, but we all wish him well on his new challenge. This month we welcomed Jack Kenworthy to the team who joins us as a Trainee Greenkeeper. If you see me or any of the green staff out on the course or in the clubhouse and you have Dear Redbourn any questions or queries, please ask and we’ll be more than happy to discuss. A few Member, weeks ago, I had the Giatinum nobitae eicijoy of talking to some of our lady members about a question they had officipicit ventur, conesequat regarding the tree work quatur, quodist ruptat. and it was great to be able explain work and reasons why and Ecte to verest quithe necation upcoming work planned. natem cori sament officid quiatem facidusam ducid mi, See you all at the club very soon. odis eatus autas doluptae exeratium fugia dunt quam Craig Betts vellandit ipis con peligendel Course Manager etur, odisciis doluptur, eum dolum repra am faccus expel iunt.
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A Message From Steve Dear friends, I have been deeply moved by all the cards and messages of support, which I‘ve received since my cancer diagnosis. I miss you all and my life at the club terribly. My first chemotherapy cycle started on Thursday 27th October. I’m going to receive four cycles over two months. After which there will be a period of recovery before surgery. This is followed by another two months of chemotherapy. It all seems like a long way off in the future but at least I’m on the road to recovery. The care I am receiving is amazing. I have met so many exceptional people already from other patients to the selfless nursing staff. It’s very humbling indeed. There has been a mixture of good days and bad since my treatment began. I am using all my years of golfing experience to adjust to the new challenges I face each day. My mantra is “play it as it lies” which I guess is just another way of saying “face up to it and do the best you can”. Just like on the course you must accept where you are so that you can move on. So far so good. I am lucky to have such brilliant work colleagues, especially Ian and Robin, who have given me an incredible amount of support over the last few months. I shall be forever grateful for all their kindness in helping to make this difficult situation more bearable. Aldwickbury Park is such a fantastic club. I hope that you all enjoy your rounds during the winter season and remember it’s only a game. See you on the course sometime. Steve Barker
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PRO UPDATE Tip Of The Month
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5 great ways to keep your scores low over winter
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Keep Warm – Wear extra layers to keep your muscles warm and relaxed through the round. Handwarmers are a great way of keeping your fingers warm and maintaining your feel for short game shots.
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Equipment – Try to keep your equipment warm too, leaving your bag in a frozen car overnight will harden the grips and reduce the performance of golf balls. A drive hit with Redbourn a 100mph clubhead speed can travel Dear up to 21 yards shorter with a ball stored at Member, freezing temperatures compared to one Giatinum nobitae eici stored at room temperature. officipicit ventur, conesequat • Yardages – You are going to hit the ball quatur, quodist ruptat. shorter, it and club up! The wet Ecte verestaccept qui necation conditions give less roll and the air is denser natem cori sament officid in cold weather. Ifducid you carry quiatem facidusam mi, your 7-iron 150 yards in 30 degrees odis eatus autas doluptae celsius expect the same shotdunt to go just over 140 yards in exeratium fugia quam freezing vellandit ipisconditions. con peligendel etur, odisciis doluptur, eum conditions are • Ball Position – If the ground dolum repra am faccus wet try moving the ball back in your stance expel iunt.(to the right for a right-hander) for a a little crisper strike with your irons. Bitatur, sinctin nobist • Pitchmarks – Even pitch and chip shots can modiatio blaboritat estia a pitchmark in soft conditions, repair quoleave voluptatur aperfer as many as you can and the smoother fercia pos ut optaquid quas greens will help your putting. ipsaniet dolorep erspelistiis reptio occatibuscil int Robin Turley qui omnimendit, occum Head Professional sendelendi se rem as as vendele ctotas doluptatis volore est, sunt illaboreri officae invende sequid quia quidero quat. Aquibus, ipid ex exerum verumqu iaestio rporro
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PRO UPDATE Hedgehog Winter Wheels
Will we have trolley bans?
The Hedgehog Winter Wheel Policy came into force on Monday 13th November 2023 and Hedgehog wheels are now COMPULSORY for all golf trolleys used on the 18-hole Park Course. Some of you may be new to the club so here is a brief explanation of the policy and why we use it.
The biggest benefit to members of the policy is that in normal circumstances* we will be able to allow the use of trolleys throughout the winter. Prior to Hedgehogs to protect the course we had to implement day-to-day trolley bans which were very inconvenient to our golfers who relied on a trolley to play the course. Having the confidence that you can use a trolley throughout the winter also makes it far easier to plan tee times and be able to play in competitions. The policy has also allowed us to keep the course open over the winter far more than other local clubs.
What are Hedgehogs? Hedgehog is a brand name for a spiked or bobbled sleeve that fits around a trolley wheel to raise the wheel off the ground and reduce Dear Redbourn the surface contact between the trolley and the grass. Hedgehogs come in sleeve form or Member, complete detachable wheel sets. Powakaddy Giatinum nobitae eici and Motocaddy make a cut-out wheel officipicit ventur,also conesequat which has a honeycomb-like appearance, these quatur, quodist ruptat. are fine qui to use. A Hedgehog is not required Ectealso verest necation on the small front wheel of electric trolleys/push natem cori sament officid trolleys. you are unsure your trolley wheels quiatemIffacidusam ducidif mi, conform to the policy, please ask a member of odis eatus autas doluptae the golf shop team. exeratium fugia dunt quam vellandit ipis con peligendel Why do we ask for them? etur, odisciis doluptur, eum dolum repra am faccus When the ground becomes wet or there is a expel iunt. deep frost, pulling a trolley wheel over the grass causes significant damage (image below). A Bitatur, sinctin nobist hedgehog wheel reduces the surface contact modiatio the blaboritat estia between grass and the wheel by up to 85%, quo voluptatur aperfer significantly reducing the wear on the course ferciathe pos ut optaquid over winter months. quas ipsaniet dolorep erspelistiis reptio occatibuscil int qui omnimendit, occum sendelendi se rem as as vendele ctotas doluptatis volore est, sunt illaboreri officae invende sequid quia quidero quat. Aquibus, ipid ex exerum verumqu iaestio rporro
*In periods of extreme weather such as prolonged storms or after snow thaws it may be possible to open the course on a ‘carrying only’ basis but whenever possible we will try to allow the use of Hedgehog trolleys. Where can I get Hedgehog wheels? The Golf Shop at Aldwickbury Park stock the following types of Hedgehog winter wheels Hedgehog 10 Inch Sleeve £29.99 Hedgehog 12 Inch Sleeve £32.99 Hedgehog Electric Trolley Wheel Kit £39.99 Motocaddy Hedgehog Detachable Wheels £89.99 Members of Aldwickbury Park receive 10% off the prices above. We monitor our prices regularly to ensure they are competitive but if you do see the same product available from any genuine golf retailer for less than our members price, we will match it for you.
If you have any questions about the Hedgehog Policy or are unsure which type is suitable for your trolley please see us in the Golf Shop and we will be happy to advise.
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