The end of the Season is like a cold sore, when things start to get a bit run down you know it`s just around the corner! |
With all the Fixtures finished, the Strokeplay & Matchplay Trophies off to the engravers and the weather getting worse quicker than the Solskjaer starting 11 it`s fair to say, again like Man United, the Season is as good as over!
But that didn`t mean there wasn`t any Silverware left to play for or any event to look forward too!
Far from it. With the sun rising on a fresh Octobers morning I was able to roll out the first edition, and playing, of The Cappro Cup. An end of Season Ryder Cup Style match featuring 24 Members who either Qualified or were given ’Wildcard’ Invitations from the Qualifying Campaign/Points List.
These guys were then split onto either The Captains Team or my Professional Team.
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The weekend saw them meet for Breakfast & Team photographs before proceedings getting underway in the morning Greensomes Match-Ups.
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As the afternoon proved as well, there was a real ebb and flow of momentum, however, at lunch my Professionals Team had managed to sneak a 3.5 – 2.5 lead.
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When we also took the 1st point in the afternoon the lead stretched to 2, however, the Captains Team rallied to claim 3 wins and a half out of the next 5 matches to tie things up at 6 – 6 going into the 12 Sunday Singles. |
However, mother nature didn`t get the memo and the Course was flooded and unplayable come Sunday morning.
It looked as though we would have to use Harry Hill tactics, whereby ‘there’s only one way to settle it – FIGHT!’ but thanks to our fantastic Indoor SW:ING STUDIO Simulator we were able to have Head-To-Head ‘Nearest The Pin’ Challenges to play for the points. |
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Thankfully for me, my Professionals Team pulled it out the bag and the 2019 Cappro Cup stayed with me thanks to a 13 - 11 Win. |
The weather didn`t play its` part, but I know all 24 Members certainly did and made it a fun and extremely enjoyable event. I hope everyone involved individually enjoyed being part of it as much as I did.
Roll on next year. The Qualifying will start again in April so it would be great to get more Members joining that race to be in the End Of Season Match. Why not check out this short video to get a feel and a flavour of what you could`ve been involved in this year.
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There definitely something special about being involved, and successful, in an event on home turf. And that`s certainly what happened in Jon Rahm`s case as he got his hands on the Open De Espana on Sunday with a quite dominant display. I`m sure he feels it made up for him missing out on the Valderrama Masters earlier in the season when he lost out to Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
I think it`s also fair to say that the engravers over at the Shriners Open on the PGA Tour didn`t have anywhere near as big a headache as the ones who had to tackle ‘Bezuidenhout’, and breathed a sigh of relief when Kevin Na won in a Playoff over Patrick Cantlay. A great putt on the 2nd Hole of the Sudden Death Playoff was the fitting end to a record-breaking week for Na on the Greens where he holed nearly 559’ feet of Putts for his 4 rounds. That`s the equivalent of holing a 7 footer on every hole in a 4-day event! Clearly his Christmas has come early!
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Christmas might not be coming early this year, but it`s certainly coming around quick. And so too is the year 2020! A significant year for Duddingston GC as it enters its 125th Year of existence.
To help celebrate it the Club have issued a Commemorative Anniversary version of the Club Crest and we will very soon be releasing simple and select e-Brochure which will showcase a few handpicked items, from clothing to golf accessories, memorabilia and knick-knacks that you can PRE-ORDER from in time for a Christmas delivery.
Here is a small sample selection of some of the Garments (For Ladies & Gents) that will be on offer.
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Now whilst much of the new Golf Clothing material makes it much easier to iron these days, so too do the latest additions to Titleists New TS Family!
Hot on the heels of the TS100/200 & 300 Iron range comes the TS500 & TS510 Utility Irons. These Clubs are designed with so much speed and forgiveness in the Long Iron area of your Set (#2, #3 & #4) – Clubs that many or most struggle with, leading a lot of golfers to switch to either Hybrids or lofted Fairway Woods.
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These new Titleist Utility Irons complement the new TS Iron Range perfectly whilst still offering features and benefits to a whole spectrum of abilities.
These are now in-store for Trial & Fitting so don`t be shy to ask to take one out for a test drive On-Course – A service option you’ll struggle to get anywhere else!
Too Book a Trial or Fitting – Click Here
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Our Winter Offering also took delivery of some more Woolies & Warmers in time for the inevitable drop in Temperature.
We added another colour story to our Galvin Green Collection whilst also topping up the Titleist Winter Accessories.
Pop into the pro shop to check them out for yourself. |
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