You will be pleased to hear that I have started taking lessons from Bruce :-))))) As the song goes... things can only get better :-))))))

Click here for details of Captain's Charity Day on Friday September 15th... let's raise some serious money for Rennie Grove

Think your team can beat me? If you can - I donate - so get practicing!!

Rules:

Your team of 4 nominates one different player for each of the 4 participating Academy Holes.  If you all beat me I donate £12 to Rennie Grove.  Bring it on!!

This year we are supporting Rennie Grove - a charity providing care and support for patients in Bucks diagnosed with life-limiting illness. They make it possible for patients to choose how and where they want to be cared for towards the end of life.  The support they provide for families both during the illness and after bereavement is an integral part of their care. 85% of the funding required is from public donations - this is a special charity that needs and deserves our support.

Princes Risborough Golf Club are big supporters of Rennie Grove and after visiting their website we hope that you will be too

If you are a golfer or know golfers who would like to participate in this event to help raise awareness and money for Rennie Grove ...

Please contact us

PS This year features a special Academy Challenge. If all 4 of your team beat Gary - he donates!! You can't lose!!

The home match with Chesfield Downs on Saturday 12th August was once again a hard fought affair resulting in a draw three matches each. The highlights for PRGC were once again provided by the Wagerfield brothers with another stonking win and Alan Jackson and Gavin Adams who once again delivered a solid victory. The outstanding performance came from John Tubb and Dave MacKenzie with a massive 5&3 win. John is something of a cameo player making occasional appearances when in the UK. As such he is unbeaten in the CBL for 10 years-its a pity we cannot get him to play more often!!

Our last two matches of the season are as follows:

• Saturday 2nd September HOME to Aldwickbury Park
• Saturday 16th September AWAY at Chartridge Park

The big question is - can we hold our unbeaten record at home against top of the league Alwickbury Park and can we score our first away win of the season against Chartridge Park

Come on chaps!!

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The men’s team continued their impressive home form in the Chiltern Breakfast League with a 4.5 : 1.5 win against Oakland Park on Saturday 22^nd July. The four winning pairs delivered solid wins and the other two matches both went to the 18^th hole so an altogether very satisfactory result. Thus far PRGC are unbeaten at home in the CBL 2017 but the away form is less impressive. The next match is the return away at Oakland Park on Saturday  05 August followed by the home match with Chesfield Downs on 12 August. These are vital matches for the team to win.

Barry Woledge, Competitions Secretary

A quick heads up on priority work carried out by golf clubs on their greens during the July / August Summer months...

The core to the programme recommended by our consultants is to stick to the 6 basics:

1. Reduce the stress on the greens by not cutting too low for long periods
2. Avoiding 'dry patch' by ensuring that water gets to the root system;
   1. Avoiding water  'running off' by removing the summer wax deposits within the soil (aquasorb)
   2. Avoiding greens turning into 'sponge' through a combination of scarification, verticutting and grooming - in short reducing the 'thatch' layer (surface organic matter) on the greens
3. Aerating / improving drainage to the root system through a combination of tining and sarol rolling - in short, punching thin holes through the thatch into the root system
4. Reducing compaction through a combination of tining, vertidraining and hollow coring (plus top dressing)
5. Feeding the greens with state of the art fertilisers to maintain their vitality
6. Disease avoidance through regular testing and a combination of 'prevention and cure' applications

Why now? our recovery time is circa 1 to 2 weeks for this essential work during the summer and circa 6 weeks if we wait until September.

We apologise in advance for the small inconvenience now but hope that you will both understand the necessity of the work and enjoy the rewards across the whole season.

Please note that we have hollow cored and top dressed greens 2, 3 (partially) and 5 (fully) after first successfully testing on the practice green.