Hello golfers,

Welcome to this week's newsletter. This week's mail brings you an in depth look at the brand new 917 drivers, the latest winter league results as well as a stunning week of performances from our knockout teams.


 

New 917 Titleist Drivers 

I did my first fitting with these fantastic new drivers from Titleist and was incredibly impressed with the increased flexibility for fitting over the 915 models and the potential increases in performance they offer to the golfers who benefit from this increase in adjustability.

The basic difference between a 917 and the old 915 models is:

An improvement in head shape on the D2 model that reduces spin rates by approx 300 rpm, meaning players that would previously would have been fitted into the smaller, lower spinning D3 model can now get optimal performance from the friendlier D2 model. 

There is a slight change in the face construction that give a small increase in performance on off centre hits.

The biggest difference is the ability to move the weight bias in the club (via a removable weight) to make the club either more draw or fade biased. This can also be used to adjust the swing weight of the club (As far as I know this has not been possible with any other brand before during a fitting).

The old 915 is still a fantastic driver and will perform equally as well the new 917's for some golfers, but where for some golfers this performance could have been beaten by other brands who required the increased adjust-ability, Titleist have changed this and now offer a driver for pretty much everybody.

First fitting with David Shilson 

As you can see from the Trackman data report, David had been using a PING G5 driver (approx 12 years old) which the modern 915 easily beat in distance and accuracy. 

The 915 offered similar ball speeds to his old PING G5 but the lowered Spin rates and improved launch angle gave him an extra 12 yards average carry. David's swing characteristics meant that being able to move the weight to a draw bias in the new 917 (with the same shaft and hosel setting as in the 915) we saw an increase of just over 2 mph ball speed, further lowering of Spin Rate (due to the new shape) and a further 13 yards over the 915 model. 

A perfect example of how this new adjustability can help certain players. 

So from this fitting, with his new 917 David has increased his average drive by a massive 14 yards carry and 29 yards in total distance. An excellent result.

Click here to find out more about the 917 driver.

If you would like to be the next to try out the 917 driver, click here to get in touch or come and have a chat with us in the pro shop.


 

If you have purchased a Titleist 915 from me in the past couple of years and would like to compare it on Trackman ball launch monitor with the new 917. There will be no charge.

Click here to get in touch to arrange your fitting session.


 

Winter league Results - Saturday, 29 October 

1st - Earnest Craske & Andre Otto - 48points 
2nd - Sandy Daninos & Mike Douglas - 46points 
3rd - Gary Thomas & Dave Perry - 45points 
4th - John Turner & Dave Pryce - 44points 
5th - Tony Watling & Mickey Matthews - 43points 
6th - Tom Ruhrmund & Paul Slater - 42points 
7th - Ian Alford & Roland Hardman - 42points 
8th - Lee Bushby & Dean Garton - 42points 
9th - Rod Handyside & Simon Hewes- 42points 
10th - Perran Griffin & Brian Joy - 42 points

Nearest the pin was won bu Jordan Musitano 

The booby was collected by Antony Richards & Ian Hanley with 33points in the absence of David Winks & Del Pomphrey who shot 30 points.

The latest Winter League standings can be seen by clicking here.

The next Winter league is on the 12th November, You can enter by clicking here.


 

Congratulations to all our team players 

We have now managed to successfully progress through the first rounds of all 4 of the Cornwall Golf Unions Winter Knockout competitions:

The Frank Wills Salver 
The Cornwall Aluminium Windows Cornish Bowl 
Presidents Trophy 
and
The Cornwall Team Championship 

This is fantastic for us as a club and shows the strength in depth we have as a club. Congratulations to all the players, we seem to have a great spirit and bonding between the players in this year's teams so hopefully we will continue this success through the next rounds. Fingers crossed.

The results of last weekend's matches 
CTC 
West Cornwall v Trevose-  

a.m foursomes 
Matt Richards & Dean Tulley - won 1 up 
Jon Coleman & Jason Hacket - lost 5&4 
Phil Weaver & Seamus Stevens - lost 3&2 
Luke Stevens & Jordan Musitano - won 3&1 

9th man - Rod Handyside - lost 5&4 

Score at lunch WC 2, Trevose 2.75

p.m Singles 
Dean Tulley - won 2&1 
Jon Coleman - Half 
Matt Richards - won 6&5 
Luke Stevens - won 3&2 
Jason Hackett - lost 3&2 
Seamus Stevens - won 1up 
Jordan Musitano - Half 
Phil Weaver - Half 

Overall Result - WC 7.5, Trevose 5.25


Presidents Cup - West Cornwall V Killiow 

Steve Lagor - won 1up 
Brian Joy - lost 6&5 
Dave Phillips - won 2up 
Paul Horsell - won 2&1 
Ian Hodge - Half 
Gary Wignall - won 8&7 
Neil Hodding - won 2 up 
Andy Postans - won 5&3 
Adam Wade - Half 

Result - WC 6, Killiow 3


 

The final junior county competition of the year saw a field of 70 take part in the CGU junior Maxam at the Point at Polzeath on Wednesday, 26 October.

The West Cornwall team of Bradley Barnes, Finn Rule, Noah Badcock, Jordan Musitano, Cameron Richards and Emily Jenkin claimed second place on a very enjoyable day, played in a great atmosphere. The pairing of Noah and Jordan also took overall second place with 77 nett in their final appearance as juniors - well done lads.

We took advantage of the occasion to field some of our next generation players, with Joseph Haddy and Kira Barnes returning a nett 72.5 and both pairings of Katie Jenkin and Jack Kevern then Sam Foster and Jonty Jenkin returning nett 72's - most of these players had never played the course before, so well done to all.

The prize giving also included the presentation of the 2016 Order of Merit, with overall winner Bradley Barnes taking the shield with Finn Rule as runner-up. Finn also secured the top spot in the Under 16 scratch and second overall in the Under 16 handicap categories.

Recent Club competitions have seen Jordan Pidwell take the Roach Cp on a very testing day and the pairing of Casey Olds and Jamie Bushby winning the first of our Winter League matches. 

Winter League Nr 2 is being played this coming Saturday,5 November - so we hope for some fireworks.