Hello golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email, we give you the chance to cast your vote in our monthly poll, we try not to get too excited about some news from last week, and we have another video from Lee Westwood on perfecting your fundamentals. Enjoy the read.

What do you carry?

This week I would like to ask you about the wedges that you carry in your set. Most of you are probably still carrying only a Pitching Wedge and Sand Wedge in your sets. This is fine but will certainly limit your shot selection when approaching the greens.

Most Tour Pro’s are carrying 4 wedges in their bag. They will have a Pitching Wedge (45’) a Gap Wedge (50’), a Sand Wedge (54’,55’ or 56’) and a Lob Wedge (58’ or 60’). With a good player these 4 wedges are the scoring clubs and if you are able to have a consistent strike with your wedges you should be able to get your ball close to the flag without having to adjust the length of your swing.

Those that do will also know that this is not an easy up and down especially with a SW or PW from a downslope and out of the rough. I’m afraid you will need that Lob Wedge again for this shot. If you don’t have one again it will be tricky to stop the ball on the green and that bunker at he front of the green awaits!! Guess what club you should be hitting out of that green side bunker?? Yes that 60’ Lob Wedge!

If you would like to demo one of these wedges and see the benefits for yourself or would like some more information about what wedges you should be carrying in your set please come in and see Jack, Glenn or myself in the pro shop.

We have an excellent range of wedges in stock from PING, Callaway, Titliest and Tiger Shark with prices starting from £49.99. With Christmas just around the corner this could be an excellent idea for your list!

Did you hear the news last week?

Tiger’s back! Some of you may have seen the teasers that he’s been feeding on his social media recently, showing off his ability to hit balls once again now that the doctors have given him the green light. Last week the 14-time major winner announced that he’s going to return to competitive golf at the Hero World Challenge after 15 months out; an event that boasts a stellar field of the world’s very best.

We’ve been down this route several times before with Woods, so let’s hope that this time is different in that his body can hold up to the rigours of professional golf. If it does, 2018 promises to be an interesting year with a fully-fit Tiger prowling the fairways once again.

What is your main golfing goal for 2018? Maybe it’s to lower your handicap, shoot a PB or simply play more golf. Let us know using the link below.

Cast your vote.