John Murray

Thanks to everyone who took part in our Virtual US Masters event on Sunday night. We ended up with over 70 taking part which was fantastic to see.

Our chosen year was 1992 in the end, which saw Freddy Couples lift the Green Jacket.

Congratulations to our winners:

1st Place - Nicky Wood (Titleist Driver)
2nd Place - Keith Robertson (Titleist Fairway)
3rd Place - Craig Johnston (Vokey SM8 Wedge)

Look out for a few similar ideas we have coming over the next few weeks.

Alone for Dinner Again!!

Alone for Dinner Again!

Unfortunately, this is the 2nd year that we have had to cancel our planned Masters Sunday Par-3 Challenge. Last year my golfing pal decided to get married on Masters Sunday and well we all know about this year!!

Will John Ever Lose His Green Jacket?

Our first and only winner, John Watson (2018) can be seen above collecting his snuggly fitting Green Jacket 2 years ago. Unfortunately John spent another year Alone at the Masters Champions Dinner!

On the Course

Kevin and Ryan have been extremely busy looking after the courses as best possible as our only 2 green staff currently working on the courses. The growing season is fast approaching and so it’s going to be a very difficult job trying to look after 2 courses between them but they are doing a fantastic job so far.

Guess the Fairway?

Here’s a couple of snaps taken from Kevin and Ryan themselves while working on the courses. The weather has been very dry lately and so as much as it’s nice for our daily exercise I’m sure the course could do with some rain too.

Guess the Tee?

Can you guess which fairway they are cutting and which tee is being given the once over with the Flymo? Answers on a postcard or alternatively email me at johnmurraypgapro@icloud.com.

NHS Prize Draw

Thanks to everyone who has already bought a square(s) for our NHS Prize Draw.

We will continue to run this draw while we are in lockdown and so if you’d like to buy a square you can email us on johnmurraypgapro@icloud.com or contact me on mobile 07877275912.

Alternatively, just pay through PayPal (friends & family payment) or send via BACS to the following details:

SortCode - 83-25-04

Account Number - 00184059

(PLEASE MARK YOUR ‘NAME & NHS’ AS A REFERENCE SO I KNOW WHO THE PAYMENT IS FROM)

NHS PRIZE DRAW

We have currently managed to raise £65 towards the NHS and so hopefully we can get over the £100 mark by next week's newsletter. Prizes so far include a 2 lesson package, a 2-hour simulator session, a dozen TaylorMade Tour Response Balls and a Titleist Cart Bag. As we raise more for the NHS, we will also see the prizes on offer increase. Thanks for your support!

Isolation Putting Tips

Putting Stability

This week's putting tip looks at a couple of ways of stabilizing the lower body to help improve the consistency of your putting strokes.

Excessive lower body movement can have huge impacts on your putting as it can negatively affect your stroke path, clubface control (open or closed) and centredness of strike as we discussed in last weeks newsletter.

‘Click here to view this week’s video

https://youtu.be/ih8TmGftlnU

Members Challenge

This week I’d like you to send in your attempts at the 5 Yard, 5 Ball Bucket Challenge if you have enough space to do so.

Obviously your unlikely to beat my score, but give it your best shot!! I’ll be available for lessons once this is all over (haha)

https://youtu.be/OS9GyujVRcA

There will be a prize for the best video received!

How the Pros Do It!!

Members Locker Room

Darren Gee Isolation Practice

This week thanks to Darren Gee for sharing his attempt at the ladder Drill utilising some of his daughter's gym equipment. Fantastic Darren we’ll all be expecting big things on your return to the Links!!

Sam Jarokyl Garden Practice

Thanks to new member Sam Jarockyl who managed to get hold of a driving range net but added some nice hanging baskets for his short game.......fantastic use of the flower pots!!

Garys Garden Golf

Finally this week we have one of our most active members, Gary Whitlock who has added to his previous short game set up.

Gary has utilised his washing line and duvet cover to help keep his long game in shape. Keep them long and straight (for your neighbour's sake!!)

Check out Gary’s set up by clicking here

https://youtu.be/DuiDO4MgCtE

It's quiz time

What a response to last week's quiz! Hopefully, you all enjoyed it and learnt a thing or two on the way.

For this week, you'll need to match the golfer with their nickname.

It starts relatively easy with a few that we think the majority of you will get, but there are certainly a few curveballs in there that you may have never heard of before!

Click the link below to take part and, remember, have fun!

take our quiz >

Weekly challenge

If you’re a fan of archery or darts then you’re going to love this week’s challenge. It’s one for you and the family to try, or even have a go with your golfing buddies (at your own homes, of course) and see who’s at the bottom of the leaderboard!

The set-up

Once again, you’re going to need to get creative for this one. We’ve used bamboo sticks from the garden to create our target area, but it can easily be done using golf clubs or ties too.

Set your hitting zone (the mat in our images) as far away as you feel comfortable with – we’d recommend starting at 5 to 7 yards – before grabbing yourself a wedge and some golf balls.

How to play

There are so many ways you can play this challenge. In our example above, we’ve given each zone on the archery board a score with the larger score for the smallest zone in the middle.

From here, set yourself a target – say 100 points. You then take it in turns to hit three balls and tally up your score based on where your ball ends. The first person to reach the target score wins!

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Golf at home

Do you find that you putt better when in a practice game compared to competitions? It’s a common problem for many golfers and often stems from the fear factor associated with missing a putt during a competitive round that simply isn’t there when knocking it around for fun.

The idea

It all comes down to confidence and our gauge as to how quick the greens are. If we can be certain that any missed putt will leave us no more than a foot or two from the hole, we needn’t have any fear about missing and three-putting will (hopefully) become a thing of the past!

The set-up

In the image above, you’ll see we’ve placed two tealight candles on the floor about a hole’s width apart followed by four coasters one-foot past the hole. This drill requires you to hole the putt (putting through the tealights) and get your ball to finish within the inside square of the coasters.

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Video of the Week

How similar are we as golfers? Give this video a watch and count how many of these you say on a regular basis. We bet you say a lot more than you might think!

I hope you have enjoyed this week's update.
We hope to see you soon
John

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