Hello golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter. In this week's email, we have an exclusive interview with Rory McIlroy (scroll down to the bottom to watch), look back at the weekend's Solheim Cup and pose an interesting question to you. Enjoy the read.

Lesson of the Week

Here are two videos from the lesson tee this week in which we worked on the arc of Stuart's putting stroke to improve the consistency of strike and roll, helping on both straight and breaking putts.

If you are struggling with your game this summer and would like to book a lesson here at Alnmouth Golf Club, please click here to get in touch.

Seniors' 4BBB - Thursday, 17 August

First place - Dennis Greenslade, Alan McVittie, Robert Braithwaite and Richard Blackshaw (87 points), second place - Barry Golding, Kenneth Hunt, Derek Milne and Peter Peutherer (86 points) and in third place - Peter Brown, Brian Burrows, Andrew Cadge and Mark Lennox (86 points).

Friday Flyer - Friday, 18 August

Joint first place - T. Lilburn and S. McCleon (20 points) and in joint third place - J. Southward and J. Hunter (17 points).

Norman Watson Trophy and Medal - Friday, 18 August

First place - Elizabeth Ross (83 - 9 = 74), second place - Hilda Tulip (103 - 29 = 74) and in third place - Lianne Johnston (86 - 11 = 75).

Ladies 9 Hole Stableford - Friday, 18 August

First place - Margaret Hart (17 points), second place - Mary Tait (16 points) and in third place - Judith Tulip (15 points).

Pro V1 Draw

This week's winners of the Pro V1 draw were Ian Wilson who won a dozen balls and Bill Wilson who won a sleeve of three.

Outplayed from start to finish

It was a convincing win for the United States over the weekend as they retained the Solheim Cup with a 16.5-11.5 victory in Iowa. The European team found themselves five points behind heading into Sunday’s singles, partly down to a whitewashing in Friday afternoon’s fourballs, but, in the end, they left themselves with too much to do, being outplayed from start to finish.

Watching golf being played in a team format certainly adds a bit of excitement to the game, and hopefully will have prompted a few of you to get back out on the course over the next week or two. With this in mind, we were wondering which time of the day is your favourite to take to the course. Maybe you prefer to tee off early morning and get round before lunch or you might be the opposite and prefer a quiet evening round when you have the course to yourself? Either way, visit our website via the link below and take August’s poll to let us know.

Seniors’ Invitation Day - Wednesday, 4 October

This is a new event, to be played annually. It’s a 4BBB competition for male club members and their guests aged 55 and over. Congo rules apply. The entry fee is £10 per pair (Member and their guest), to be paid at the pro shop on the day. The fee includes prize money and a buffet lunch. There will be no green fee.

We will play this competition in the regular Seniors’ Wednesday morning slot, and to enter please place your name on the entry sheet (Placed on the Seniors’ board in the entrance hall). We will draw pairings to form four man teams, and update the computer with each team’s starting time. The closing date for entries is 12:00pm on Wednesday, 28 September.

There are only 24 slots, so it’s first come, first served.