Stuart Walker

Hello Golfers,

We hope our weekly emails are providing you with a little bit of normality in these difficult times and with a little bit of positive energy, with everyone healthy; we will soon be back playing golf!

The main question everyone is asking is, 'when can we play golf?'. I wish I knew, but the Golf Club are making the plans for a ‘Back to Golf’ scenario, whenever that maybe??
As for us, we are planning on how to re-open but to still account for social distancing, keeping you and us safe! In today's newsletter, we will give you a little glimpse into how that could work post lockdown, how our shop will run and how you can still shop with us safely. Once the picture becomes clearer the Golf Club will outline its plans for the course, but in the meantime let's not get our hopes up just yet and continue to fully adhere to the plans the government currently have set in place!

Here's what's coming up in today's newsletter:

• Pro shop Re-Opening Plans

• Guess the hole??

• Send in a pic of the home holes!

• Deal of the Day

• NHS Prize Draw Update

Back to golf

What Happens when we Re-Open?

Current Plans

We are crossing our fingers for a swift return to golf and for a re-opening of our shop, but some may I ask what will happen when we open with lessons, the shop and safety?

Shop- The shop will have clear external signage that will show only 2 golfers will be allowed in the shop at any one time. Outside the shop, a socially distancing queue will be set out for those busy days, think the outside of a supermarket. There will also be a hand sanitizers station outside the Shop.

Staff will wear gloves and regularly change these or after any potential cross-contamination situation such as handling cash. (hopefully, we can source gloves, trying our best!)

Transactions will be on card or account as much as possible. One way you could help us do this is by topping up your account by an amount that may cover you for drinks/chocolate when you play.

The shop will be laid out with all essentials close to the till, but feel free to browse the store as normal, we will help whilst adhering to social distancing measures.

Lessons & Fittings- Once back open we will be back coaching & fitting, bookings will be taken as normal by contacting us direct in the shop. Again all measures taken in the shop will be in action during lessons.

Fittings require more handling of equipment so we will be keeping all equipment sanitised before & after sessions. We will also be wearing gloves, changed between sessions.

Our Services- We will operate all club repairs as normal, tee bookings and monitoring the golf course. Anything we can help with, no matter how big or small, we will be there to do so!

Lastly, we are looking to have a screen put in place at the shop desk. This has been ordered and we hope it will arrive in time for the re-opening but will certainly be there in the very near future.

This is a bit of an overview, but we will have a document in place that can be read by all when we re-open the shop. This will feature the above, plus more information in greater detail where needed.

Guess the hole

I’ve been out on the course the last couple of morning taking some pictures of some holes from slightly different angles and positions. I’ve had a few funny looks as I’m taking pictures from in amongst the trees if I’m honest but all your entertainment.

Email in your answers and I’ll publish the answers next week and who got them all correct…..might even stretch to a prize!!!

Golf's greatest rivalries

We want to hear from you

There’s much debate as to golf’s greatest rivalry. From one era to the next, elite players have gone head-to-head and produced some truly memorable moments on the course.

At this current time, there’s a whole host of young talent jostling for position at the top of the rankings: McIlroy, Koepka, Rahm and Thomas to name just a few. However, in terms of a rivalry between two golfers, we don’t seem to have that right now.

So, we want to know what your favourite golfing rivalry has been through the years. Click the link below to head to our website and take part in our poll.

Enter our poll here.

Home golf

Who’s home holes?

We arranged for plenty of practice matts to head out to members gardens over the last week so why not send in a picture of your home-made net as I know a number of you are very proud of them and puts my ‘duvet over the goal post’ effort to shame.

Firstly, 2018 Men’s captain, Mr David Barnett self made net with Olly testing it out. However, more impressive is the lawn!! Wish mine looked like that??

And here we have rising junior Super star, Kieran Hackett who’s created his own Crazy golf course…..looks tricky. And a very Happy Birthday for Kieran last Friday!!!

But I think Jason Reads will take some beating, built by his own fair hand apparently but I think we can spot the builder here. Very impressive…..although I’m not sure id be on those sun-loungers while practice is going on! ????

Send in your designs and I’ll show them off to the membership!!!!!

Shop news

Deal of The Week

A cracking deal this week…....due to a mix up in an order I got this superb Odyssey Stroke Lab 7 Fang putter on a bit of a deal and want to pass it on to my members. Normally £219.00 this one is up for just £150 but there only one so let me know asap.

It's quiz time

What can you remember from the last decade?

We hope you enjoyed last week's Silhouette Challenge; some were certainly easier than others.

The end of 2019 also marked the end of a decade, but how much can you remember - on a golfing front - from those 10 years?

Put your memory to the test with this week's quiz as we challenge you to recall some amazing feats in the world of golf. Good luck!

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Weekly challenge

Much like the pitch shot that fizzes onto the green and stops dead on the second or third bounce, the flop shot always looks spectacular when you pull it off. It’s the inspiration behind this week’s challenge, so grab your highest lofted wedge and take to the garden for our Flop Shot Challenge.

The set-up

Like the images above, place a garden trug or bucket on top of a table facing away from the house with the aim of landing the ball inside. You can also play this game by putting something tall in front of you – garden fork or washing line – that you need to get the ball up-and-over.

Not confident?

Flop shots aren’t the easiest shot to play, which is why they do look great when executed to perfection. If you’d rather attempt something different, you can modify this challenge by placing your garden trug on the floor and see how many you can chip in – but it can’t bounce first!

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Golf at home

Hopefully, you’re finding our Golf at Home drills useful in keeping your golf game ticking over during lockdown – maybe, even improving it?! For this week we’ve gone back to basics and have found an effective way of checking one of golf’s key fundamentals…

Alignment is key

Getting your set-up spot on is easier said than done, but getting it right more often than not will certainly help your golf game on the course.

One part that often changes over time is our alignment, which incorporates far more than just where the clubface is aiming.

How to check

Find some flooring in your house or garden that runs in straight lines. Place a ball down and set up as if you’re hitting a straight shot.

From here, check whether your feet, hips and shoulders are running parallel to each other by using the flooring as a visual cue.

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