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Pro's Tip: Fairway Bunkers

It isn't pretty watching most golfers try to hit out of a fairway bunker. The problem is, they use their normal swing. If you drive with your legs on the downswing, like on regular shots from the grass, you sink in the sand and hit behind the ball. That's no way to get to the green.

Focus on two keys:

First: Stand tall at address and feel like you keep that height all the way through the shot.

Second: Swing a little easier and with less leg action (above). That will help you clip the ball off the top of the sand instead of driving down into it. If you do it right, you'll feel like your arms are swinging past your body through impact. A good swing thought is, 'More arms, less body'.

One last thing on fairway bunkers: Take a club with enough loft to clear the lip in front of you. If there's no lip, take an extra club because you want to swing easier.

TaylorMade Sale

We are currently having a big sale on all TaylorMade clubs currently in stock.

TaylorMade JetSpeed Driver, Was £249 NOW JUST £120
TaylorMade JetSpeed Fairway Wood, Was £189 NOW JUST £100
TaylorMade JetSpeed Hybrid, Was £149 NOW JUST £70
TaylorMade RSi Irons 4-SW, Was £599 NOW JUST £499
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Bletchingley GC Wedding Fayre!

Join us at Bletchingley Golf Club for one of our wedding open days. Our Wedding Fayre's are a great opportunity to meet the best suppliers in the area as well as giving you the opportunity to discuss your special day with our Professional Wedding Coordinator Evie Perry-Mason. So please join us one of the following dates to see our great venue in all its splendour!

Saturday, 28 February - 11am-4pm
Saturday, 6 June - 11am-4pm
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Bletchingley GC Reciprocal

Just to remind all the 5 and 7 day members there are 9 reciprocal courses that are available for you to play. If you are interested in booking a round at one of these courses please contact Steve or Michael on 01883 744848, or click here to get in touch.

For more information on the courses and the playing conditions please refer to the main noticeboard.

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods has lost the "desire and energy" to "climb back up the mountain" and rediscover his best form as a golfer, his former swing coach says.

Woods, 39, announced an indefinite break from the game this week.

Hank Haney, who spent six years with the 14-time major champion, told BBC Radio 5 live that Woods had "no choice" but to withdraw from competitive golf.

"Whatever the reason, he definitely has not practised like he did earlier in his career - and it shows," Haney said.

"Make no mistake about it, this is not a bump, this is not a hill... this is a mountain he has to climb to get anywhere near back to where he was.

"Has he lost the desire and energy? I don't think there is any doubt. Who knows when we'll see him again?"

Haney said injuries and having two young children had impacted on Woods.

He also claimed "big, big issues" in the former world number one's game meant the decision to take time out was "pretty predictable".

BBC golf commentator Peter Alliss believes Woods needs "a guru" to rediscover his magic on the course.

"Tiger might go to India like the Beatles and discover something magical," said Alliss, who hoped Woods would remain a force in the game

"He'd be a huge miss. He's been a giant in a land of Lilliputians for years."

Woods has begun his break from golf at Beaver Creek in Colorado, where he is supporting girlfriend Lindsey Vonn as she competes in the Alpine Skiing World Championships.

The American missed the cut at the Phoenix Open at the end of last month with an 11-over-par 82 - the worst round of his professional career - and finished last of a field of 132.

Woods, who has not won a major in seven years, also withdrew from last week's event at Torrey Pines in California after just 12 holes, citing a back problem.

"I need a lot of work on my game and to spend time with people that are important to me," Woods said earlier this week.

However, he indicated on his website that he could return as early as the Honda Classic, which starts on 26 February.

Alliss, 83, says he is at a loss to explain the reasons behind the recent decline of Woods but only wants him to return if he can banish his problems.

"I'd like him to finish and play well," said Alliss. "I don't want him to remember him hitting 82 and walking off courses in a wounded state."

Paul Azinger, 55, has urged fellow American Woods to take a back-to-basics approach and stop over-thinking his swing.

Azinger told USA Today: "What Tiger has done is sacrifice a winning swing at the altar for a quest for the perfect swing. And a perfect swing doesn't exist."