Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email we look back at The Masters and draw comparisons, we review all the latest competition results, and we explore which golf ball would be the ideal choice for you.

Enjoy the read.

A great tournament at Augusta

The tournament was alive to the 72nd hole, but Patrick Reed was very steady and just played too well. If Rory played as he did in the third round things may have been different but as we know this was not the case.

Possible Golf Course changes

On the evening of Tuesday 22nd May, Ken Moodie is conducting a presentation in the club house which members of Reddish Vale are welcome to attend. If you didn’t already know, Ken is a highly experienced and respected golf course architect.

Ken has produced a course report for Reddish Vale, which analyses every hole individually, and suggests how it could be improved. The report is very detailed, very interesting and could form the start of a long term plan of improvement.

Some projects are easier than others, such as reinstating some original bunkering that has been lost over the years. Another proposal is to landfill the 18th hole back towards the tee, reducing the severity of the gradient we know so well. How I hear you say. Well Ken Moodie knows what he is talking about as he has tackled major projects at other courses over the years and Ken thinks it could be done in a winter. Wow! Put this date in your diary because Ken’s presentation will be well worth attending.

Masters Prize Draw

Thank you to everybody who had a go in our Masters prize draw at the weekend. The draw was conducted by Colin Farrow - thank you Colin - and the winners were as follows:

1st Franc Brown £77.50
2nd Alan Bell £46.50
3rd Mike Radcliffe £31.00

Knockouts

The last day to enter the knockouts is Sunday 15th April, which is this Sunday so don’t miss it. If you would like to play but don’t have a partner contact us in The Pro Shop as you are not alone.

Saturday’s Stableford

Ivan Kennedy’s 40 points was an exceptional score and won by four points – and that was without scoring on the 11th. Ivan said it was thanks to the return of an old putter that was a bit longer than the one he had been using and helped him to stand taller – and the putts dropped.

1st Ivan Kennedy 40
2nd Simon Pearson 36
3rd Paul Wheelton 36
4th Tim Crampton 35
5th Duncan Hayes 35

Pro’s Stableford

An excellent entry so prizes went all the way down to 6th. Dean Martin’s 39 points finished top of the pile.

Click here to view all prize winners, voucher values and 2’s winners.

Wednesday Section

85 people played so another very good entry. Just the winner of each division receives a prize as follows:

Div 1 (handicaps 0-9) Peter Connolly 38pts
Div 2 (handicaps 10-14) Tim Crampton (there’s a surprise) 36pts
Div 3 (handicaps 15-28) Vinny Costello 36 pts.

Twilight Golf Club

Tuesday’s event was a success; a total of 23 people played which I thought was very good for the first one. Duncan Cheslett was leading the way with 18 points and I would think Duncan was quite relieved when Liam Glennon from Davenport came in with 19. The next event is on Thursday 19th April, you can enter on BRS and keep up to date on the Facebook page here.