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August 2010
August was another busy month for most of my clients, I however managed to grab a week away at the European Amateur Champs followed by a family holiday in Finland.
Attended a couple of great conferences also in August with the Stack and Tilt founders and also a great green reading clinic with the Aimpoint guys.
As for my elite clients, James Whatley has had a solid year on the national stage following up his runner up spot at the Welsh PGA with a 3rd place at the English PGA, James however had his first MC of the year at the British Club Pros, which has forced us into a re-think in a couple of areas. Ian Walley has continued to play solid golf on the pro am circuit and notched up a few top 10's in order of merit events. James Stafford is having a great year in only his 2nd as a pro, currently leading the Derbyshire Assistants order of merit and 2nd in the Pros.July 2010
July 2010
See the August edition of Todays Golfer for a few tips/articles that I shot for them back in June, especially if you want to learn to hit that fade shot!! Click here to view.
2nd week in July brought the Midland Masters at Kedleston Park and an unbelievable pro am day with 4 clients shooting a total of 28 under par between them. First in Kevin Taylor of Brailsford with a career low 67 (-5) then followed closely by James Whatley and Ian Walley (-7) but then Lee Clarke topped them all with a (-9) 63, great shooting but all peaked a day early as only Walley and Clarke could manage top tens with -3 and -2 respectively in the Midland Masters order of merit event. Whatley won the Ashbourne Pro Am earlier that week also with a stunning 64(-7) to remain in red hot form during peak season. Big events coming up, English PGA Champs and the Glenmuir British club Pros.
The first week of July carried on where June left off as Ian Walley (66) and Lee Clarke (70) both breezed through local qualifying for the British Open, at Final Qualifying Ian came up just one shot short of a place in the Open Championship at St Andrews as he shot a solid 3 under total for 36 holes at Kingsbarns. James Whatley of EMGA also came up a shot short in the PGA Welsh Open as he lost in a playoff after making up a 6 shot defecit in the last round in tough conditions, a great result for James and a big win is just around the corner. Craig Young also continued his fine run of form shooting a solid 3 under at Coxmoor over 36 holes to finish 3rd in the Midland Boys Championship firmly establishing himself as one of the countrys form juniors at present.
June 2010
A fantastic 10 day period for SA Golf Clients, starting out with Derbyshire Boys qualifying for the national finals for the first time in their history. Craig Young part of that team then followed up by winning the Derbyshire Amateur Championship at Kedleston Park. Scott Howarth of Marple, Cheshire blew away the field at the Northern Qualifier for the PGA English Open shooting a stunning 64 (-7). James Whatley finished 3rd at the South Staffs Midland Order of Merit event (-8) and won the Shirley Pro Am, and Lee Clarke stormed to victory in the Notts Pros Championship with 66 in the afternoon at Woollaton Park. Ian Walley completed the set with a great 2 under in terrible weather conditions at Morley Hayes to win the Derbyshire Alliance.
Derbyshire Mens 1st and 2nd team then proceeded to both beat local rivals Notts, a great result.
