John Murray

I can’t believe that just over a year ago I was hobbling over the finishing line at the London Marathon. It’s amazing how time flies and this lockdown has certainly given us all time to reflect.

I decided to look out my running kit and medal from last year on Sunday and also tried on the top I’m wearing in the photo.....let’s just say it it’s not such a good fit now!!

Has this time at home given you the motivation to target something on your bucket list or have you set yourself some golfing resolutions for when we return?

I'm not sure about any more Marathons but I’m certainly going to make more time in the week to play more golf once we get the chance once more!!

What about you?

Time Flies

On The Course

It’s been another busy week for Kevin and Ryan working on the courses and with the weather improving the growth starts to kick in. With only 2 greens staff currently working on the courses it’s an incredibly difficult job to keep up with basic daily tasks.

Im sure you’ll agree the boys have been doing a great job and let’s hope mother nature helps plays ball and helps the guys out with some much needed rain for the course (preferably overnight!)

Lets hope we are all back playing before too long!

Look at those straight lines!

Kevie Working Hard

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Blairs Garden Range

Congratulations to this weeks garden set up of the week as Blair Leslie got so bored that he actually built a proper bay in his back garden using some spare posts and netting he had spare. What a great job he did here although I hope he got permission from his other half before he went. Check out Blair’s garden set up in action by clicking the link.

If anyone’s interested in such a facility in their own garden, give Blair a call!!

https://youtu.be/yZCZDh8RHUc

Slamming Sam

Well done to Sam Jarokyl who has been busy practising his game during the lockdown.

Sam had a go at the 5 ball challenge and did amazingly well with 4 out of 5.

Well Done Sam and keep up the great work!

Check out Sams attempt. Let’s see what your made off!!

https://youtu.be/uPnWwJtyA4U

A Wee Poem (supplied by the one and only...Mal Sharp)

Golf Possesses You......

But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell,
I've Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell.
My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same,
Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.
It Rules My Mind For Hours On End,
A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.
It Has Made Me Curse And Made Me Cry,
And Hate Myself And Want To Die.
It Promises Me A Thing Called Par,
If I Hit It Straight And Far.
To Master Such A Tiny Ball,
Should Not Be Very Hard At All.
But My Desires The Ball Refuses,
And Does Exactly As It Chooses.
It Hooks And Slices, Dribbles And Dies,
And Disappears Before My Eyes
Often It Will Have A Whim
To Hit A Tree Or Take A Swim.
With Miles Of Grass On Which To Land,
It Finds A Tiny Patch Of Sand.
Then Has Me Offering Up My Soul,
If Only It Would Find The Hole.
It's Made Me Whimper Like A Pup,
And Swear That I Will Give It Up.
And Take To Drink To Ease My Sorrow,
But The Ball Knows... I'll Be Back Tomorrow.
Stand proud you noble swingers of clubs and losers of balls....

A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year .
That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon.
Kind of makes you proud. Almost feel like a hybrid.

NHS Prize Draw

£357.50 RAISED FOR NHS

Thanks to everyone who has supported our NHS Prize Draw over the last few weeks. I’m delighted to say that we managed to raise a total of £357.50 for the NHS which is fantastic.

This also means we have a good prize fund to pay out a number of prizes. We will aim to sort out all the tickets and we will draw the winning prizes via a Facebook draw which we will record for next weeks newsletter.

Isolation Garden Tips

Controlling Low Point

This weeks tip talks about controlling low point in the swing (iron play)which is something lots of amateur golfers struggle with.

We see a combination of ground first (heavy) or thinner contacts as the club reaches the bottom of its arc (low point) before the ball.

We need to focus on ensuring that our sternum gets more over the ball and weight onto our front foot at impact.

Follow this simple drill which can be done with tees in the garden or if your able to hit balls then replace the tee with a golf ball and watch your strike improve. Click the photo or the link to watch this weeks video https://youtu.be/AO7zZarPzOE

Try this with your chipping and pitch shots too

Virtual Golf Event

We are planning to run a virtual golf event over 4 days starting on Thursday 7th and running until Sunday 10th May.

This is a fun online virtual Golf Tournament. You don't have to be a golfer to take part, it's fun for everyone.

The Tournament is being played on the mythical Par 72, Morays Revenge Golf Course.

Your score for each round will be decided by a spin of the virtual wheel and this could be anything between 63 and 83!!

Scoring will be streamed LIVE on Facebook each night at 7pm however you don’t need to watch live to take part.

The lower the score, the better. A 63 is a great score and is 9 under par. An 83 however, is not so good and 11 over par.

With a potential 20 shot swing in each round, this should keep everyone's interest going!

After each player has been assigned a score for round one, a leader board will be published.

The scoring format repeats again for rounds 2, 3 and 4 with leaders drawn out last just like a normal tour event.

Depending upon the number of entries, their may be a cut after 2 rounds and the tournament split into the Main Event and the Consolation Cup, for the final 2 rounds!

Entry Fee is £10 and Prizes to the value of the pot will be paid out and once we know how many people are signed up we can release the prizes on offer.

Click her to register your interest leaving your name and contact number or for further information email Johnmurraypgapro@icloud.com

Virtual Score Wheel

Moray Masters
Virtual Golf Event

Support Local

This week we try to support local dispensing opticians, McClintocks. They are based at 49A South Street and are still operating in line with current Government and NHS guidelines

If they can help with any lockdown emergencies then Tel: 01343 200 406 or Mob: 07816 215 159

Or visit www.mceyecare.co.uk

Another local business, Lossiemouth’s Seafood Restauraunt & Grill based on Clifton Road are still operating during the lockdown.

They are operating a safe collection from the restaurant or FREE home delivery in Lossiemouth.

Check out their current menus on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/seafoodrestaurantlossie/

or check out their website at https://www.theseafoodrestaurant.biz/

It's quiz time

Something a little different for you this week. The European Tour's social media team put this silhouette challenge up a while ago so we thought we'd share it with you too.

Each of the eight golfers below has won on the European Tour in the past four years; all you need to do is guess who each of them is by the outline of their swing. Easy, right? Send us your answers below (no cheating!).

*Answers can be found here.

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Weekly challenge

What do you have left in your food cupboard? Baked beans? Tins of soup? Peaches? Whatever it is, grab six tins (or more if you’re feeling adventurous) and have a go at this week’s golfing challenge. We guarantee you some fun!

The set-up

Put the golf balls away and use a tennis ball or stress ball for this one – you do want to eat the food after all. Create a pyramid shape using the tins as in the photo above; we’ve balanced them on a garden trug so they’re almost at eye-level.

The challenge

Just like when you’re at a fair, knock down all the tins in three shots and you win a prize - well, maybe not in this case! If you want to play with the family, let them have a go chipping or they can always throw the tennis balls if you’re super confident!

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Golf at home

This week’s drill is all about improving your strike when putting. With such a small stroke – in comparison to a full swing – it’s easy to think that you can’t go wrong when putting. Well, give this drill a try and see how you get on.

What to do

Measure a ball’s width on the centre of your putter face and place a piece of blu-tack either side, as depicted in the image above. Set up a 10-foot putt in your home or garden and hit a few putts – if your strike is off-centre you’ll certainly feel and see a difference!

Striking the Blu-Tack?

If your ball hardly moves or you barely feel yourself striking the ball at impact, chances are you’ve hit a piece of blu-tack rather than the centre of the putter face. Give this a few tries – as well as from different distances – and see if you can spot a pattern. Let us know how you get on.

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Video of the Week

Some of you may have seen this European Tour impressions video before but it's one of our favourites and is perfect for a little bit of light-heart entertainment! Enjoy.

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

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