Hello golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. This week's email recaps a busy few days of competitions, we take a look at a simple way to bridge the gap between your long irons and woods, whilst our video of the week focuses on Rickie Fowler's warm-up routine - how similar is yours to his? Enjoy the read.

Galvin Green is coming to Noah’s Ark, Spring 2018

I know it’s still 6 months away, but I am excited to announce that we have signed up with Galvin Green to be a stockist starting in Spring 2018.

I have been trying to open an account with Galvin Green for over 10 years without success. They are very loyal to their stockists and won’t open another account on their door step. As there is no longer a stockist in Perth, this has opened the door for Noah’s Ark and it’s one that we made a dash to get through!

Galvin Green are renowned for being the world’s best waterproofs and are the official supplier to the European Ryder Cup team. They utilise the very latest Gore-Tex waterproof membrane, which comes with an amazing lifetime waterproof warranty!

I’ll keep you up to date with delivery dates and availability, but it looks like it will be March 2018 when the first delivery arrives.

You can find out more information by clicking here.

Play Better Golf – with Niall McGill

Make your practice swing count

If you want to make a consistently good contact with the ball, then it’s time to start making the best use of your practice swing.

Before I go any further and get hounded by the slow play brigade, I am only advocating a single practice swing which should be taken in a timely fashion!

Too often I see players making completely aimless practice swings without purpose. These swings are made simply because the golfer has seen someone else do it and followed suit.

The following advice is aimed at the average club golfer and is not so relevant for the more elite player.

When making your practice swing, you should be trying to make some contact with the turf. Just enough, so that you get a feel for where the ground is.

Too little turf contact and you will be prone to thinning the ball, too much turf contact and you’ll be prone to fatting the ball.

Away from the golf course, as an exercise it is good to simply make swings without a ball and with the sole purpose of contacting a spot on the range mat or turf. This will really help your ball striking and consistency when you hit the course.

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

Hay Robertson result

A great day was had by all our team who entered the Hay Robertson 4-man team competition on Saturday. The runaway winner of the competition with an amazing score of 113, was the team led by Ronnie Rattray. Ronnie was accompanied by Dale Baxter, Dave McIntosh, Brian Fleming. Well done guys!

For a full list of the results, click here.

Junior Open result

Another typical Scottish day met our juniors when they came along to play the North Inch Junior Open on Sunday. Despite the weather, there was some amazing golf played and some extremely good scoring.

Click here to see the results.

Course maintenance week

We got a great start to this week’s maintenance works with dry weather on Monday and Tuesday. During this time, we managed to get all the greens cored and the cores removed. Unfortunately, on Wednesday the heavens opened and it rained all day long. This has meant that the top dressing was delayed by a day, but forecast looked better for the end of the week, which should allow everything to catch up.

Due to all the greens work, this has meant that we are behind on our cutting schedule and as a result there will be a fair bit of cut grass lying around until middle of next week.