Hello golfer,
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email, we take a closer look at product that's currently sitting on the shelves in-store, our video of the week is something that you have probably never seen before, whilst we also shed some light on the latest news. Enjoy the read.

Very successful

We held an in house PING and Callaway fitting day on Tuesday of this week. Our new PGA Professional Kevin McNiven had a very busy time as he was fully booked from 1am until 7pm. Kevin set up camp in our fitting bay and had all of our custom fitting equipment to hand including our FlightScope launch monitor.

Due to the popularity of this event, we plan to hold regular 'In House' fitting days, where you can come along and be fitted up for some new clubs.

We went with 40 minute sessions this time, but plan to stretch this out to 1 hour slots, so that we can give you the best possible experience.

You don't however have to wait for one of our fitting events if you are looking for some new clubs. We have one on one fitting sessions available 7 days a week and are an approved custom fitting centre of Callaway, PING, TaylorMade, Titleist and Cobra.

For more information on custom fitting, please give us a call on 01738 440678 or email info@noahsarkgolf.com.

New arrival

We have just taken another big delivery of Under Armour clothing and as ever, it’s proving very popular.

This latest delivery has polo shirts, wind jackets, hats, sweatshirts and…winter gloves!

Play better golf with Niall McGill

The perfect pivot

Golf is a difficult enough game without moving parts of your body that don’t need to. It is a game where LESS really is MORE. The less moving parts in your golf swing, the more consistent you will be.

Today I will talk about backswing pivot.

It is important on the backswing that you pivot your shoulders around your spine angle and do not straighten up. Maintaining posture will allow you to make a precise clean strike on the golf ball.

From a side on view your spine angle should have remained in the same angle at the top of the backswing as it was at address.

A great feeling to have is one where you turn your left shoulder to a position where it is directly under your chin. It will feel as if the left shoulder is traveling more down than across. This feeling however, is often confused with one of moving your left shoulder over to your chin. This latter feeling tends to create a body sway and a straightening of the spine. When this occurs, it will be very difficult to return to the ball with any consistency.

Try practicing your pivot whilst standing side on to a mirror so that you can see how well your posture remains. You may find that your backswing feels a little restricted, but don’t worry this will not reduce your power.

If you are interested in taking some coaching to help improve your game, then don’t hesitate, give us a call today on 01738 440678 or email info@noahsarkgolf.com

Gents Open results

What a great day we had for last Saturday’s Gents Open. The sun was shining and we had 90 golfers out enjoying the course. There were some fantastic scores on the day with our Head Green Keeper Glenn Campbell winning the Scratch prize (Campbell Trophy), with a 67. The Handicap section was won by C Crichton with a superb 61.

The over 60’s scratch was won by Tony Stafford with a 71 and the handicap by Bob Smeaton with a 66.

For a full list of the results, click here.

Golf Course maintenance week

Starting Monday, 11 September, we will be commencing our autumn maintenance works on the greens. This year, the following work will be undertaken.

• Verti cutting
• Hollow coring
• Over seeding
• Top dressing

This is essential work to help us continue with the improvement of the greens and although there will be some short-term disruption, you will really see the benefit of this work going forward.

During maintenance week, whilst a green is being worked on players should lift their balls and go to the next tee.