After the first round David Howell and Colin Montgomerie had to settle for 69s but that was still two better than the other big name contenders like Angel Cabrera, Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley. With a very rainy Ireland play has been interupted and difficult at times, anything off the fairway is generally plugged or left with a very tough lie.

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Last week I was playing golf in Turkey and below are a few of my pictures. The courses were unlike anything ive played before! The courses were beautifully maintained and truely something else to look at, the photos do not do them justice but you can get the idea!

Without doubt the new Nick Faldo course ‘The Cornelia’ was the highlight of the holiday. This was the first time I had played this course and it was tough to say the least.

The Cornelia:

The new r7 draw irons have been released, and with Taylor Made’s Draw-Weighted Technology behind them have been designed to incorporate the natural draw we’re all after!

By maximising the degree of offset and positioning the leading edge of the clubface behind the front of the hosel this will allow an extra fraction of a second to square off the club face and results in what should be a natural draw.

By introducing their draw-weighted technology to these irons Taylor Made has removed significant weight from the toe and repositioned it in the heel resulting in a movement of the centre of gravity closer to the shaft, also resulting in a deeper toe-based cavity design. The benefits of the deeper cavity will allow for easy launch off the clubface both in terms of height and distance. The r7 draw irons not only have a large cavity but also the sole is wide and cambered, designed to prevent digging and instead glides smoothly through the surface.

The r7 draw with its oversized clubface and cavity will provide greater consistency and reliability, especially on the off centre and miss-hit shots. Similar in technology and feel to the Callaway Big Bertha irons, Taylor Made have taken the next step from their RAC oversized irons and introduced their Draw-Weighted Technology to an iron. The Draw-Weighted Technology has been a massive success on the r7 drivers and hopefully these irons will continue in that success.

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