This week has been one exciting week in Ardee pro shop! As we edge closer to the start of the golfing season, the leading brands are steadily releasing their product line-ups for 2015.

Before these arrive in store, we have completely re-vamped the shop making it look the best it has in years! Keep an eye out for next week's newsletter where you will be able to see the difference between before and after.

Back to the new products. We have taken a huge delivery from Titleist containing their 2015 shoe range, hardware and wedges! We have FootJoy's 2015 shoes in men's and ladies sizes; Titleist's 915 metal range with demos available to try! We also have Titleist's Vokey SM5 wedges in three different finishes, as well as the latest Scotty Cameron putters.

Srixon have also dropped off their 2015 hardware range with full demo clubs and custom fitting available on all products!

So if you are serious about playing better golf this year, come down and be one of the first to try out some of these fantastic products. If you want to be custom fitted, just click here to book an appointment.

What's this chap up to here? Is the drop he's about to take correct? For many of us this game is hard enough without trying to familiarise ourselves with the never-ending list of complex Rules. In fact, the reality is that we don't know many and even professionals struggle, frequently calling in referees for advice. However, rules are rules as they say, and they are pretty unforgiving.

With this in mind, over the course of the year look out for a new feature in the newsletters called 'Our Help with the Rules', with advice and help on…er, well….the Rules.

We'll start one off for you: In a stroke play event Dave comes up to you on the 6th hole and tells you he's just discovered he's been playing with 15 clubs. What's the penalty, bearing in mind you are allowed a maximum of 14 clubs?

Would you know what to do? Apart from offering your utmost sympathy, the answer is as follows: A two-stroke penalty for each hole at which a breach occurred up to a maximum of four strokes a round. So, four strokes. Bad luck Dave…