Driving Range Offer
Buy £100 worth of driving range balls for just £50! Offer ends Friday, 31 July. The credits will be then valid on your driving range card until you run out. Visit the pro shop for more details.
Membership Offer
Full membership is available from just £560. Click here to get in touch for more details or call us on 01270 820955.
Corporate golf taster day - Tuesday, 15 September
Join us from 8am for breakfast and an indroduction followed by 18 holes and post golf refreshments. For more information you can contact our sales team on 08449802323 or by email wychwoodsalesteam@deverevenues.co.uk.
Time for nine (Open to members and non-members with a current congu handicap)
Throughout July every Friday evening the pro shop team will be running a nine hole competition with first tee off at 4.30pm. Each Friday will see a different format event, starting with a pairs betterball today. The Rules are as follows:
Maximum score: Double par i.e. 6 on a par 3, 8 on a par 4.
Penalties: All are one stroke, including out of bounds, water and lateral hazards, lost ball and unplayable lies. Drop a ball near where the original was lost and play on.
Search time: Two minutes maximum, if lost proceed under rule 2.
Conceded putts: Putts may be conceded with your playing partners' consent.
Equipment: no restrictions.
Common sense: when in doubt, use common sense and fairness.
Cost of entry: £4 per person. Food available after in the Claret Jug.
Pro shop voucher prizes.
Opens at Wychwood Park
We have the following Opens coming up at Wychwood Park:
Monday, 14 September - Ladies Team Open
Tuesday, 27 October - Seniors' Pairs Open
Tuesday, 17 November - Men's Pairs Open
Tuesday, 15 December - Christmas Pairs Open
To book yourself a place please click here!
The Knockdown Punch
The punch shot is not really a shot at all. It's nothing but a long, hard chip. It may be hit with anything from a 6-iron to a pitching wedge, depending on the length of the shot and whether you want it to run a long way or stop quickly. The punch is a wise shot to play on holes where you have a wide expanse of firm fairway leading to an open green, as is often the case on the British and Irish courses. But it's probably most useful in a heavy wind, as its low, boring trajectory is less buffeted by the breeze. The address position is almost the same as for a chip shot. You grip down on the shaft of the club and play the ball back near the centre of your stance, so that your hands are well forward and about two thirds of your weight is on your left side. However, this is one short shot that you may play from a square stance. There's no need to open up your body for a more vital hit, since your object is to hit the ball with a relatively shallow angle of attack.
Another aspect of the punch shot is that it is played with a relatively fast swing, like a boxing jab. It's a quick back and through motion with some snap to it. Keep your wrists out of it and try to keep the club as low to the ground as possible throughout the swing. The follow through is very short, your hands shouldn't move much past your left knee. Practise this one on the course a few times if you can to get a feel for the distance the ball goes. Yardage is virtually irrelevant on the punch shot, you can punch a wedge 100 metres but you can also punch a 6-iron the same distance, so get a feel for the way this shot behaves when hit with each of your clubs.
If you would like to improve your golf this summer please click here to get in touch!