Langlands Golf Club
Est.1985
Club ‘‘Open’ Events:
John Kelly
Club Captain 2014
Entries are now closing very
shortly for these open
competitions. All details and
entry forms are available from
the club website.
• Wed 2nd July – Ladies
Greensome Open
• Sat 12th July – Gents Open
• Thu 7th August – Gents
Seniors Open
A warm welcome to our Golf Club
As Club Captain may I
welcome you to Langlands Golf
Club. It is an honour and a
pleasure for me to serve as
Captain this year and I look
forward to meeting as many of
you as possible and to play in all
the excellent competitions the
match committee have in store
for this year.
round and the friendly
hospitality, then why not
consider joining us as we have a
fantastic Gents and Ladies
Section where you will certainly
be made most welcome.
“Langlands GC
welcomes all our new
and returning members
who have joined the
club this year. We hope
you all get involved and
have a great year.”
If you are a visitor to the club
today and have enjoyed your
News from the course
The weather this June has not been
too shabby, with the past week or
so warming up to enable some of
us to play with our short trousers on.
Unless, that is, your name is Brian
Mackinnon where no matter the
weather the shorts are always on!
But, back to the course and the
improving playability that is now
evident. Firstly the new 11th green is
definitely providing a sterner test
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Oystercatcher – A common
visitor to our course.
with the pin always tucked behind
the new front contoured bunker! All
the greens are also improving
rapidly and there is a delivery due
very shortly of sand to back fill all
the bunkers. So all in all things are
improving, but a common bug
bear is the heavy uncut rough in
the free-drop plantations as it is
near impossible to find your ball in
there! – so keep it out!
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The clubhouse fantastically set up
for an evening function
Newsletter June/July Edition 2014 ● Clubhouse Tel. 01355 248173
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The Millennium Trophy - 21st June 2014
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playing partner Elizabeth for my
many duffs and in losing her ball)
was a great day and everyone had
a superb time. Congratulations to
Donna and Stan for lifting the trophy
with an outstanding score of 63, well
deserved (must be the genes!).
Another pair we must mention is
Brian and Cindy, and we just did!
Competitions
Remember to play your ties
in good time, especially
with the holiday period fast
approaching. Don’t be
caught out and have to
concede!
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Champions 2014
Donna and Stan Rodgers
So on behalf of all those playing,
thank you to Connie and the ladies
for all the organizing and in running
the event. Especially so when
Robert Alexander confused
everyone with his claims of incorrect
handicapping…… Robert, you
should know better!
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The annual event run by the Ladies, which is a
mixed greensomes format (apologies to my
Have you ever wondered?
Is it possible to cry under water?
What disease did cured ham actually have?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we
figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on
luggage?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a
hearing?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality
come from morons?
Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
have the same tune?
Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when
we know the batteries are getting dead?
Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
The statistics on sanity shows that one out of every
four persons is suffering from some sort of mental
illness.
Now think of your three best friends - if they're all
okay, then it's you.
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Ladies Prize Evening on 24th January 2014
Congratulations to all the ladies who won during the 2013
season. The very well deserved prize winners include:
Elizabeth Moyes; Gwen Blair; Linda MacDonald; Cheok Yong;
Margaret McAspurn; Susan Griffin; Tracy Macpherson; Nan
Massie and Connie Charkiewicz.
A special mention must be made to Susan (17) Griffin! Why the
seventeen you ask? Go on….. go ask her….!
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Newsletter June/July Edition 2014 ● Clubhouse Tel. 01355 248173