The “s” word is of course snow; a word which sends an icicle through the heart of any golf club manager. We have been lucky so far this winter, he says, clutching his lucky rabbit's foot and touching wood, at both Dale Hill and Chart Hills.

When James Cornish - the Director of Golf at Chart Hills - came to me with an idea to set up a performance centre, I confess that I just thought it was a posh name for a golf academy - it sounded a little bit like a tuning service for sports cars.

Well it’s time to dust off my clubs for another golfing year. Am I a fair weather golfer I hear you ask?

 

I don’t think so; it’s just been a busy few months since I last played (at the Dale Hill Hotel and Golf Club - Children In Need Day).

 

Now I have a rather special trip coming up in March with Andy Wild - the General Manager of Sandford Springs. We’ve been given the opportunity to play Muirfield and St Andrews.