Wow - what a great response to the Summer Competitions!!

Draws are being made and we would like to thank Dave Thomas for his assistance in setting up the competitions.

Its going to be an exciting summer - if you have entered - please ensure that you pop your entry fees into the competition box and let Sarah know 🙂

NB we have space for one more pair in the Men's Pairs KO if you are still thinking about entering - please be quick 🙂

Please excuse the disruption to the car park over the next week or two.  Weather dependant we will be working on:

• New space demarcation solution for the car park to encourage more consistent spaces being left between cars
• Improved disabled pathway by the members entrance using tactile slabs
• New signage for trial spaces for people with mobility challenges

Apologies for any inconvenience and we hope that you will all see the value of the improvements in due course 🙂

You may also see Alan Jackson doing some work on the Pro Shed's roof over the next week or so - some essential maintenance which will also smarten up the course exit area.

As ever - lots happening to improve your experience

As a clubhouse team we have reviewed how to improve the customer service we provide to members and guests - front of house and back office.

The first of these changes is in member administration.

Sarah began this process with the delegated authority to Luke of membership administration - great for his personal development - and allowing Sarah to step back and review how to best manage these aspects moving forward.

With Luke moving on we have separated these back office functions to a new back office member administration function - freeing up the front of house team to focus on service.

Sarah's new back office resource will specialise on improving the back office administration.

What it means for members:

You will receive renewals from Lisa, memberships.prgc@gmail.com

Any new membership enquiries and administration will be managed by this new membership function

Any queries about handicaps or HowDidIDo, please email to memberships.prgc@gmail.com.  Lisa will triage and move handicap committee enquiries to the handicap committee and manage all other enquiries herself or through England Golf/ HowDidIDo.

What it means for Sarah and her team

More specialised resources, with the time to work with Sarah on finding improvements to better serve our members and guests

Any questions - please speak to Sarah - as with all new processes their will be learnings and opportunities for feedback.

Thank you

WAGS has now extended the window of play to 1pm to 5.30pm - this should enable more local workers to also attend and enjoy a little bit of golf and social mid-week.

Remember WAGS is just £7 and includes a Free Drink - there are cash prizes to be won, jokes to be heard and a nice mid week break to be enjoyed!

Just rock up and join one of the groups or call the clubhouse on 01844 346989

A question was raised last week with regards to lateral relief possible on red stakes.

In summary...

Your relief options for Red Stakes (each for one penalty stroke)

All relief is based on the point where your ball last crossed the edge of the red penalty area.

• Stroke‑and‑distance — Replay from your previous spot. This is always available.
• Back‑on‑the‑line relief — Keep the crossing point between you and the hole and drop anywhere back on that line. Unlimited distance back.
• Lateral relief — Only for red penalty areas. Drop within two club‑lengths of the crossing point, no nearer the hole.

If the ball is not found but it is known or virtually certain it entered the red penalty area, you may still use these options.

For full information, please read the detail within the R&A rule book - including helpful illustrations

Penalty Areas