Andrew Wells

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to another edition of our newsletter.

The British Masters took place at Walton Heath in Surrey last week and was hosted by the local favourite, Justin Rose. The tournament had a stark weather contrast from start to finish with conditions declining and making it a real grind for the players. The tournament winner was Eddie Pepperell who dealt with the conditions the best and led from start to finish to claim a two shot victory. Eddie’s highlight of the week was his impressive hole in one on Thursday at the ninth hole, earning £20,000 for charity and a celebratory bottle of wine from the tournament host.

Enjoy this week's read.

Accuracy over distance

If you watched the Ryder Cup last month then one thing should have become clear to you: finding the fairway off the tee is a must. Whilst distance does help, there's no point thrashing a drive as far as you can if you don't hit the fairway, finding yourself cutting down trees as a result - as depicted in the illustration below.

Find the short stuff

In order to shoot lower scores you need to put a premium on finding the fairway, something that a custom fitting for Callaway's Rogue driver will certainly help with. Its Triaxial Carbon Crown allows for a huge amount of forgiveness, meaning your bad shots will be less destructive. If you tend to miss with a slice, the Draw bias version will be the perfect option for you.

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Grounded

The proposed changes to the Rules of Golf are less than three months away, so we thought we'd look at one introduction which will put your mind at ease when your ball has landed in a penalty area (previously referred to as water hazard)...

Under the current Rules of Golf (13.4), when your ball is in a water hazard, you cannot touch the ground with your hand or club. However, under the proposed changes (17), there will be no special restrictions meaning you will be allowed to move loose impediments and touch the ground with hand or club, so long as the conditions for the stroke aren't improved by doing so.

The reasons for the change stems from the confusion and complications in applying the original Rule, such as what constitutes "touching" if a player does so as a result of, or to prevent falling into, the hazard.

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