Hello golfers,

In this week’s email, we recap all the latest news from the club, we look at the news on tour, and bring you the latest equipment releases.

Enjoy the read.

Tiger's back

Tiger Woods is back in action this week at the Farmers Insurance Open, played at one of his all-time favourite tracks, Torrey Pines. His record around that course alone is better than many PGA Tour players career record. Tiger has won an amazing 7 times round Torrey Pines, 6x Farmer Insurance Opens and the 2008 US Open.

So is this the first real test for Tiger? Probably not, but to be fair to him, I’d also plan to play my first proper tournament back around a golf course that I had a great history on.

Whatever happens and however he plays, TV viewing figures will be through the roof this week, especially if he makes the cut and is in contention at the weekend. All in all, it should be a great weekend of golf.

It is also a big week for Spaniard John Rahm, who could with a win at the Farmers, jump Dustin Johnson and take the World #1 spot. The Americans are not happy about this, as they believe their man Johnson and the former number 2 Jordan Spieth should not be at risk from the on-form Rahm.

Let’s hope Rahm does it, just to stick one up the Yanks!!

TayorMade M3/M4 Drivers - at first glance

In case you missed it, TaylorMade have announced a new range of Drivers, M3 and M4. These new clubs are to replace the M1 and M2. There are a few differences between the new models and the outgoing ones. The major one being the Twist Face technology. I’ll go through that in more detail along with a few other changes.

M3

The first difference that you will see between the M3 and M1 is the looks. The weight system is where you will notice this the most. It is no longer a “T-Track”, it is now a “Y-Track”. To do this they have moved the Draw/Fade track from the front of the club to the back and have introduced Hammerhead technology in that area.

M4

The M4 is very similar in looks to the M2, but again, the technology is where you will see the biggest difference. It again has Hammerhead, and Geocoustic technology.

Want to make 2018 your best season ever?

With the new golf season only 10 weeks away, it is now time to get your Pre-Season practice underway. Work done on your game at this time of year, can make such a difference when the new season kicks off. We fully understand that it can be expensive if you are going to hit lots of baskets of balls and this was the reason we launched our Driving Range membership scheme back in 2013.

Play Better Golf with Noah’s Ark Golf Centre - Keep It Low

At this time of year, the weather conditions can be quite a contributing factor to higher scores. Some of these things you can’t influence, however others you can try to limit the impact that they have on your game.

Specifically, I am talking about how to combat the wind. There are two ways to play golf successfully in windy conditions. The first one is to play with the wind, which means you must aim further off target and allow for the strength of the wind to influence your golf ball flight. A couple of negatives with this are that you may find yourself aiming towards trouble in the hope the wind does in fact bring your ball back towards your target. The other negative effect this strategy may have is that it can cause a huge amount of loss of distance.

The other option which I am going to discuss is how to play a “knock down” shot.
The set-up for this type of shot is vitally important. Firstly, make sure your feet are around shoulder width apart. Once you have done that, put 60% of your weight onto your lead foot…

Read on …..

Junior Golf Academy

Our next 4-week block of junior golf lessons have started this week. Our classes are proving popular and this latest block are a complete sell out!

Playing golf is a great way to get your children away from their iPad's and out in the fresh air playing some sport.

It is a great game to learn as it can be played for your entire life and is a great way of making friends. In fact, golf is probably the most social sport on earth and that’s why we love it.

During our coaching sessions PGA professional Kevin McNiven will deliver some great instruction in a fun and friendly way, with lots of fun competitions helping you learn.