With only two months until the 2018 golf season kicks off NOW is the time to assess your game to know exactly where you can make improvements before handicap counting competitions commence. Do not wait for me to rescue your game mid summer, be ambitious and look to start the season in April in winning form!

The Game Changer package is the perfect M.O.T to identify your weaknesses and to give you the fixes which will save you shots. Here’s what you get:

• 4 Holes On Course Tuition – analysing driving, iron play, wedges, bunker play and putting. Advice will also be given on course management and club selection.
• Upon completion of the 4 holes we will go to the area that you performed the weakest in – so this could be driving range, putting green or short game area. You will go home with the knowledge of how to score better.
• You will receive video analysis and a comprehensive email summary of the lesson so that you will never forget the key Points that make you play your best golf.

The Game Changer Options
Option 1 – 4 holes on course tuition & 30 mins analysis = £60
Option 2 – 9 holes on course tuition & one hour analysis = £100

To book please contact me on petermccarroll@live.co.uk or 07791741078
February dates almost sold out, availability for March & April

Peter McCarroll
Class A PGA Professional
Allen Park Golf Centre

Euro prize limit reduced in Ireland for amateur golfers

Following requests from affiliated golf clubs in Ireland, the Amateur Status Prize Limit in the Euro area in Ireland will be lowered from €750 to €575 and will take effect from 1st February 2018.

The move, which is supported by The R&A following requests for consideration by the Golfing Union of Ireland and the Irish Ladies Golf Union, will ensure that the Prize Limit for amateur golf is now better aligned to the Sterling Pound limit of £500 and continual review of this will be undertaken by both Unions to assess the impact of this change.

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Please find attached important information relating to the recently announced changes to the CONGU Handicapping Scheme, effective from 1st January 2018.

It is recommended that you pass this information on to your club Handicap Committee and to your membership in general, as well as displaying it in a prominent position in your clubhouse.

If you have any queries on the changes, or wish to have any aspect clarified, please contact your provincial GUI branch office. The contact details for these are contained in the attached documentation.

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