Dick Pooley’s April 2024 Update

Sarah handing back the Glenfiddich Putter after close fought match...

PR GC Captains Monthly Message - April 2024.

Once again, a really warm welcome to all our new members who have joined in the last few weeks, both men and ladies.

As most players know March has been a really busy month, and April promises to be just as busy, in spite of the weather.

More reminders of dates for the Men.

Wednesday April 3rd - WAGs start up, front nine holes this week from 3.30 pm onwards, followed by (as short as possible) Mens Presentation evening. Both ladies and gents welcome to join in the WAGs golf. (Dave Mackenzie)

Saturday April 6th  -  Club Stableford (in lieu of April medal) - details in the changing room.

Tuesday April 9th - Seniors Monthly Club Stableford (Steve Williams/John White).

Monday April 15th  -  "On Course Foundation" Charity visit (Dick Pooley).

Thursday April 18th - Seniors second Friendly Match - Wycombe Heights away - tbc.  (David Orford)

Saturday April 20th - The Men's Spring Stableford. (Sods & Grumpies roll up etc) - [Phil Sloan and Pete Smith]

Tuesday April 23rd - St. Georges Day Celebration & Captains Challenge {Three clubs AND a putter} followed by roast beef lunch - £15.00 p.p. Both ladies and gents welcome (Dick Pooley)

The Seniors Winter CBL is culminating this month, with matches (weather permitting) on 4th, 8th, and 16th April, with the "wrap up" on 22nd April. Theoretically if we win all three of these matches, we could overtake Chartridge Pk who we lost to last week in a match which should probably have been called off, such was the deluge of rain!!  (Steve Sergeant)

The usual Tuesday and Friday competitions are always organised.

  1. Winter rules (pick & place on fairways) are still in place until 31st May 2024, an extension authorised by England Golf.

March Results.

In the Seniors Winter CBL, we played four matches, winning one and very narrowly losing three.

In the first Seniors Friendly, we beat Whiteleaf away 4 - 2.

The Captains team beat the Management team (Distinguishables vs Incorruptibles Challenge) 5 - 4.

Individually:- Congratulations to the following:-

Seniors Monthly Stableford - Tom Langton.

Club Monthly Stableford - Steve Wagerfield.

Mixed Friday Monthly Stableford - Tony Taylor.

Future Events.

Barry Woledge has now made the various draws for the five main internal Summer Club Board Competitions and all entrants will have been notified individually. I am determined that there will be NO excuses for not completing your matches by the time scale given; so please organise your matches as early as possible. {Failure to do so, may lead to the toss of a coin!}

I will be asking all those who have signed up for the Mens Away Golf Break to Staverton Pk Hotel & Golf Club, on 7th, 8th & 9th May 2024 to send over the trip balance very shortly.

Local Derby Match... We are delighted to announce that on Saturday 13th July we will be reigniting a special rivalry between ourselves and our friends over at Whiteleaf Golf Club..  This competition is open to members from both competing  9 hole golf clubs and will include 7 No Pairs from each club in a Matchplay event.

Starting the day with breakfast at Princes Risborough followed by our Front 9, this will then be followed by a back 9 at Whiteleaf Golf Club, with a lunch and presentation to finish.

Further details will be provided in due course, but if this is something you’d be interested in signing up for, please contact your Vice Captain, Phil Sloan who is organising the event.

Message,  from the "Red Socks" (run by Steve Wagerfield) - We would welcome some new members, playing on Tuesday and Friday mornings, teeing off around 11.30 am, playing to R & A Rules of Golf, with cards going in to the HowDidiDo system, monitored HCPs and small prize money winnings.

Pro Shop, Etiquette and a Gripe.

My regular request to support our well stocked Pro Shop run by Luke Viney;

My regular reminder to "rake bunkers, replace divots, and repair pitch marks";

It would appear that one or two gentlemen players have got a bit "lazy" in completing their score cards. These cards are not particularly onerous to fill in, and if the V1 computer is not working, the organisers of our competitions need to be able to read clearly the results from the cards. (at least five players last Friday were reprimanded!)

Finally a big "thank you" to all the staff who help to keep our Club running and work so hard; ie. front of house, bar staff, catering team, and greenkeeping team.

Most of all - Enjoy your golf!

Dick Pooley, Club Captain.

mob. 07785 996511, land 01494 269615, email "richardpooley5@gmail.com"

 

 

Simmo proving that he too is human...

Bruce’s April Update

Hello to all,

April is upon us and hopefully this brings with it some better weather back in the UK for you all to get out on the course as much as possible. I also hear that the green staff have been working extremely hard under very difficult conditions trying their absolute best to prepare the course to the best they can, well done gentlemen! I’m sure all the members and guests appreciate your hard work.

Laguna has been getting hotter and hotter, but still as busy as ever with over 200 guests playing daily, quite something. I have enjoyed working here and the other Pro’s here are extremely nice guy’s who have made me feel incredibly welcome. There are two Brits and one American Pro here coaching on a permanent basis, it’s been good to work with them all.

As promised I have been looking at some dates for a two day short game clinic in May and I will send a flyer over to the club to advertise this very soon. I have been looking at two, two day classes, one at the weekend and one midweek, hoping to cater for all. The weekend class looks like being the 4th and 5th, starting at 10:00 til 12:00 on both days, the midweek class looks like being Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th starting at 17:00 til 19:00. Please lookout for this and sign up as early as you can, as I only intend to take 5 per class if possible, ensuring you get maximum benefit from the time and class. 

Some people have kindly already asked to get into the diary for when I am back and I would encourage more of you to please do the same so that  you can guarantee your spots for private one to one coaching for when I return. I have not changed my prices in over three years to try and make coaching as affordable as possible for all. As you know members get a reduced rate compared to non members, so please try and support the coaching at PRGC to not only improve your own games and enjoyment, but also ensure the club do have a resident PGA professional. 

One or two Laguna pictures to end with….

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you all very soon!