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Taking your golf lessons to the course

Golf lessons will typically take place on the driving range, where balls can be hit successively in order to practise and hone your game. This is ideal for perfecting the different types of shots, learning about distance, and being able to do this at your own pace.

The game itself is of course played on a course, and after the initial practise it’s here that the fun really starts!

Dukes Meadows Golf Club has a superb nine-hole course, with fantastic greens, great scenery and some challenging holes – it’s perfect for beginners and experienced players alike.

Many golfers are nervous when stepping out onto the first tee for the first time, so an on-course lesson can be great to calm those nerves, learn about the etiquette of the sport, and be guided on which clubs to use and when.

It’s the perfect way to make the transition from the driving range to the course, and it won’t be long before you’re knocking shots off your score with every round…

Please click here for my teaching hours and price list

Westwood shoots career best of 60 in Thailand

Lee Westwood shot a 12-under-par 60 – the best round of his career to date – to establish a five-shot lead on day one of the Thailand Golf Championship.

Westwood carded 10 birdies and an eagle at the Amata Spring Country Club.

“I made a dream start and you start thinking about 59, I guess,” said Westwood, the world number three.

Westwood set the tone for his round with birdies at one, three, four and five and an eagle at the par-five second.

“I guess 59 is one of those numbers where if it is meant to be, it is meant to be. I messed it up with a few pars!”

Westwood really is in the form of his life, if only his putter could remain hot he could be the best player in the world without a doubt.

The competition starts today – Six FREE golf lessons to be won!!

I’m running a competition from today to win six free golf lessons over the next 7 days. All you have to do is click here and like my facebook page, and then enter you details in the contact form provided.

The lessons will take place at Dukes Meadows Golf in Chiswick ,West London, where we can cover any aspect of the game.

Good luck in entering and I hope to see the lucky winner soon!

James.

Six FREE golf lessons to be won!

Tomorrow I will be offering a fantastic prize to end the year with. I will be giving away six free half hour golf lessons which you can use for yourself or you can give to someone as a Christmas present.

They can use the lessons as 6 x half hours or 3 x one hour lessons. The lessons can be on the driving range, on the course or at any of the Dukes Meadows wonderful practice facilities including our fantastic Video Analysis Studio.

All you will have to do is ‘like’ my facebook page and enter your email address. If you have already ‘liked’ my page then you will just be required to enter your email. Then a name will be chosen at random.

The competition will last for a week and will be drawn on the Dec 21st so I will have time to send out a nicely presented gift voucher to the winner.

So keep your eyes open for the start of the FREE lesson giveaway tomorrow!

Luke Donald seals US & Europe money list wins

Luke Donald finally became the first player ever to win the money list both sides of the pond after finishing third in The Dubai World Championship.

Donald only needed a top nine finish to complete the job in Dubai despite what McIlroy did, the only way things could have been different was if McIlroy won and Donald finished 10th or worse. McIlroy finished ten shots off the lead in the end.

Spaniard Alvaro Quiros, the overnight leader, won the title by two shots after a 67 left him at 19 under par. Quiros played great golf all week and thoroughly deserved the win on a course that suited his long hitting.

After accumulating £4.19m in winning the US money list, Donald finished with earnings of £3,632,685 from the European Tour.

He won four tournaments this year, including the World Golf Championship Match Play event and the European Tour’s flagship event, the PGA Championship at Wentworth,  which also saw him crowned world number one after beating Lee Westwood in a play-off.

One more tournament left for Donald which is the Australian Masters starting on Thursday.

The tension in Dubai is hotting up for the weekend

An interesting day in Dubai today saw Alvaro Quiros hit the top of the leaderboard with an outstanding round of 64 following his round 0f 68 yesterday. An eagle on the last capped a bogey free round of brilliant ball striking.

Luke Donald found some form today and managed to finish with a flurry of birdies on the last three holes giving him a respectable round of 68 which keeps him right in the tournament and still in with a great chance of winning the money list.

Donald would have been slightly relieved watching McIlroy making a bit hash of the last two holes, bogeying the par 3 17th and then hitting his tee shot in the water at 18 also resulting in a bogey giving him a round of 71.

So the weekend is perfectly set up with McIlroy and Donald both in the top 12 of the leaderboard and playing a course that can offer a lot of birdies and a lot of bogeys which can see some big swings on the scoring.

Make sure your watching when the players tee it up again early tomorrow morning!

Christmas gift vouchers for golf lessons

It’s getting nearer to Christmas everyday and I for one haven’t even started my shopping yet as I’ve been too busy with work and I’m sure a lot of you are in the same boat.

If you’re struggling on ideas for Christmas presents then I’m providing Christmas gift vouchers for golf lessons which come nicely presented on a piece of card which you can even personalise yourself.

The voucher prices are:

£25 for 30 minutes.

£50 for 60 minutes.

£135 for 6 x 30 minutes.

to order your voucher either enter your details here

or contact me personally 0n 07879 652 367

or phone the Pro Shop 0n 0208 994 3314  ext 2 and give my name when ordering.

Good luck with the shopping and hopefully see you soon.

James.

Rory McIlroy leads Luke Donald by six in Dubai

Rory McIlroy stormed into a six-shot lead over Luke Donald after day one of the Dubai World Championship after a shaky start.

It’s a must win tournament for the Northern Irishmen and he must hope Englishman Donald finishes outside the top nine to end the year top of the European rankings.

McIlroy dropped two shots on the second hole but six birdies on the back nine  moved him to six under par, two behind leader Peter Hanson.

World number one Donald, who has the chance to become the first golfer in history to win both the European and American money titles, finished the day in a tie for 26th place.

After the first nine holes McIlroy was three behind Donald and seven shots off the lead.

But Donald hit a wayward drive into bushes on the 14th and had to chip out to safety before dropping a shot and that slip was followed by two more bogeys.

Donald’s driving wasn’t up to his usual standard today, and he will have to put that right on the range if he’s got any chance if stopping a buoyant  McIlroy.

McIlroy, who won in Hong Kong last week, started his revival with a birdie on the 10th and finished carding five birdies in his last six holes.

Donald V McIlroy – The final showdown in Dubai

Well it’s nearly here, the final event of the year in which we will see who is going to be crowned winner of the Race To Dubai. It couldn’t be any better poised really, with two of Europe’s finest talents battling it out over four days of which is set to be scintillating golf.

Luke Donald could make history this week being the first player to win the order of merit on both sides of the Atlantic, and McIlory the youngest player for 30 years to win the European money list.

This would finish off a remarkable season for both players, McIlroy winning his first Major title at the US Open after the disappointment at The Masters, and Luke Donald winning numerous events and consistently finishing in the top 10 of the ones he didn’t win.

Luke has to finish outside the top 12 and McIlroy has to win if they are to change places at the top of the list this week.

I will certainly be keeping a close eye over the next few days, so make sure you are too! I will be posting regular updates, so keep checking.

Virus hits Rory McIlroy Dubai World Championship hopes

Rory McIlroy is suffering from the effects of a virus as he seeks to top the European Tour’s money list.

McIlroy triumphed at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday to keep alive his hopes of winning the Tour’s Race to Dubai.

He now needs to win this week’s season-ending Dubai World Championship and hope Race leader Luke Donald finishes outside the top nine.

“I visited the doctor yesterday,” McIlroy revealed. “I won’t get the results back until later in the week.”

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