Well it’s happened, after 6 years in the making, the new universal WORLD HANDICAP SYSTEM (WHS) went live on 2 November. Know your Slope Rating from your PCC? So what’s the big idea – if it ain’t broke, why change the historical system we all know? For many the ‘black art’ of M&H is baffling,…
Cavendish Golf Club members were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Peter Greenwood on Tuesday 27 October. Peter, a member for nearly 20 years, passed away peacefully at home, having been unwell for some time. A wonderful character with a quick wit he was formerly a member of Buxton & High Peak Golf…
Cavendish Ambassador & Touring Professional, George Bloor, captivated the group of new/recently joined members who attended his special golf improvement clinic on Sunday. After putting and chipping demonstrations, George shared some of his professional insight and knowledge on how to practice certain drills designed to help reduce handicaps! Each delegate was desperate to put this…
Doctor Michael Reynolds has been appointed to the Membership Group as the club’s first ‘Accessibility Ambassador’. Mike will guide and direct the club through this developmental change and assist the Board in becoming more inclusive, In February 2019 ‘ACCESS FOR ALL UK’ was invited by the Board of the time and commissioned by Marketing Peak…
Report on Sunday’s AMAM and reflexions from Terry Hayward, Cavendish Chairman: ‘It’s hard to believe the season is drawing to a close. In what has surely been one of the most bizarre years in so many ways, it seems like only yesterday that we hoping and praying that the Govt. would relax the rules and…
Cavendish Captains’ Charity Day was a fabulous success on Saturday. The weather was great for October and the course looked stunning in all its autumnal glory. We raised an incredible £1400 on the day for Cancer Research and the Cavendish Bunker Fund. Thanks to Warwick and his team for their hard work preparing for the…
6th July 2020/0 Comments/in blog /by Ben Pritchard Yesterday, in the most atrocious of conditions that can be experienced at Cavendish, 47 pairs competed for the annual Bridget Newell Trophy. A Mixed 4BBB open to golfers who had travelled from far and wide to enjoy a day’s competitive golf at Cavendish. The Trophy was inaugurated…
Friday was a special day for not one, but two golfers playing at Cavendish. Firstly, one of our members, Phil Jackson, hit a hole-in-one on the long 13th hole and later on, Prestbury GC member, Gary Titchen, achieved his hole-in-one on the tough 17th. Quite a cheap hole-in-one from both players since the bars are…
Cavendish has welcomed some famous faces to the course in recent weeks with European Tour player and World No. 25 Matt Fitzpatrick playing the course alongside his brother, world number 65 ranked Amateur golfer, Alex. They were joined by their dad to play at Cavendish on Thursday 22nd May. The following week, Cavendish welcomed ‘The…
As you all know, the lockdown enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic had a dire financial consequence for the Golf Club. Our much-loved club was faced with significant financial challenges given a huge loss of expected visitor income during the seven weeks that the UK was locked down. As a member-owned club, we exist solely to…