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While focus is firmly fixed on La Grande Mare’s future, two people who have lived and breathed the project from the very beginning are Operations Manager Fay Boyd and Events Co-ordinator Bonny Hamilton. We sat down with them for a chat about La Grande Mare’s history, their pure enjoyment of playing on the new course and what makes the team behind the project so special.

Less than two months after the Golf Performance Centre opened, the transformation of La Grande Mare is also progressing well. We caught up with Fay Boyd, Operations Manager, La Grande Mare Golf Performance Centre, to discuss next steps.

We spoke to Rick Hamilton, Course Manager at La Grande Mare, about the challenges of working with the elements, career highlights from around the world and why he wants Clint Eastwood to ‘make his day’.

We’ve all heard the expression that bad carpenters blame their tools. But in the world of golf, sometimes, badly-fitted clubs really can be the problem. Sue Shapcott PhD, La Grande Mare’s Golf Performance Director and specialist club fitter, explains how even the world’s best instruction can’t fix a golfer’s game if the clubs don’t fit.