We hope you managed to celebrate Easter weekend in some way, shape or form – especially, with an Easter Egg or two. This week’s newsletter is packed with some great features that we think you’ll enjoy. Our weekly quiz continues, there are more dri
 
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Hello Golfers,

We hope you managed to celebrate Easter weekend in some way, shape or form – especially, with an Easter Egg or two.

This week’s newsletter is packed with some great features that we think you’ll enjoy. Our weekly quiz continues, there are more drills and challenges for you to try at home, as well as a brilliant video at the bottom of this email.  I have also included an example of the personalised videos that I have been recording for our driving range members.  These have been well received and this is something that I plan to expand on.

To kick things off, we’re going to look at one of golf’s greatest rivalries! Enjoy the read.

 
Golf's greatest rivalries

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to discuss some of the game’s greatest rivalries but would love you to get involved too! So, let us know which rivalry stands out for you the most and why by getting in touch here.


Nicklaus vs Palmer

A lot of you will remember this one and it’s for far more than the fact they were the two best players on tour for most of the 60s.

It was trophies galore for both gentlemen, with nine Major titles between them from 1960 to 1964 and one of them winning the PGA Tour’s money list each year between 1962 and 1965.

However, whilst Jack is recognised by many as the greatest of all time (let’s save the Tiger vs Jack debate for another time!), he didn’t have the love of the fans that Arnie had.

If you read up on the pair’s rivalry, you’ll quickly find out that they were close friends too. From travelling together during their playing days to Nicklaus being by Palmer’s side when his wife sadly passed away, their friendship was a strong as their fierce rivalry on the course.

Coaching from home
Garden Golf, Episode 5: Stay Connected

In this episode of Garden Golf, I will show you a great little exercise that will help your body and arms stay more connected throughout your swing.

Garden Golf, Episode 5
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Garden Golf, Episode 6: More Power

We would all like some more power in our golf swings and this is a great oportunity to be able to spend some time working on this at home. In Episode 6 of my Garden Golf series, i will show you a great drill to really help gain some extra yards off teh tee.

Garden Golf, Episode 6
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Range Member Oline Lesson

I have been busy recording lots and lots of personalised golf instruction videos for our driving range members.  During teh lockdown, all of our driving range members are being offered the oportunity to email/message me their golf swings and I will record a personalised video with some hints and tios on what they can work on.  This has been really enjoyable to do and I hope that those of you that have received your videos, are finding them helpfull.

Range Member swing analysis
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Virtual Masters
 
Virtual Masters
Virtual Masters

As there was no golf being played at Augusta, we decided to hold our own Virtual Masters on Sunday evening.  It was a fun event and (hopefully) enjoyed bay all who took part.

Virtual Masters Leaderboard
Virtual Masters Result

Congratulations to Bryan Nicol and John Lawson, who were joint winners.  They both won £60 vouchers, which will be available to pick up once we re open.  Alan Berwick was in 3rd place and won £30

 
 
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!

Quiz of the Week - Golfers' Nicknames
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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!

Chipping archery - the set up

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.

Chipping archery - how to play

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.

Putting speed drill to try at home

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!

European Tour: 45 things golfers say
 
 
Hope you enjoyed the newsletter and have a great weekend.
 
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