With the golf course, pro shop and clubhouse shut, for the time being, we’ve tried to get a little creative with our weekly emails. Here’s what you can expect each week:A weekly challenge to attemptGolf at home tips and drills to try Our weekly qu
 
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Hello Golfers,

With the golf course, pro shop and clubhouse shut, for the time being, we’ve tried to get a little creative with our weekly emails. Here’s what you can expect each week:

  • A weekly challenge to attempt
  • Golf at home tips and drills to try
  • Our weekly quiz to see who has the biggest golf brain among you
  • Video of the week

Hopefully, this will provide you with a bit of light-hearted fun during a difficult time for us all.


The lockdown calendar

We came across a lockdown calendar last week and it revealed some highly amusing answers for the team, so we wanted to get you involved too!

All you need to do is match your birth date and your birth month with the answers given and you’ll create a brilliant lockdown scenario, like these:

John Williams who is with Bubba Watson at Ian Poulters house for as long as Bryson Dechambeau to read a putt! ( could be there a while)

Also John is working out with Bernd Weisburger! (could be aching in the morning)

Simon Hinton is watching TV with Charl Shwartzel (and hoping he brings pizza and chips)

Phil Bannister is doing the ironing with Dustin Johnson (hoping Paula will be there as well) and also playing Augusta National for a year with Henrik Stenson (he wishes)

It’s a little bit of fun whilst the majority of us find ourselves at home, so click the link below to take part. Don’t forget to email us your scenarios at the end!

View lockdown calendar here.


SuperSpeed at home 

This week I got some messages of what type of things people can do from home to keep their game ticking over while in lockdown. So I sent the guys and girls I coach a video of me doing SuperSpeed level 1 protocol from my back garden using the CoachNow app.

I then shared it on my social media platforms. The full version is on IGtv. Make sure to watch it you can follow me at mb_golf_pro.

I believe it would benefit everyone and if you fancy treating yourself then you can go straight to the shop via my affiliate link at https://bit.ly/2Ek2dB7

If a few of you get the product then maybe we could start looking at some 'Facetime/Zoom' type group clinics.

Matt
 
 
Weekly quiz

Something new for our readers

Us golfers are competitive at heart, so we thought we'd try to harness some of that spirit by introducing a new feature to our weekly emails.

We're going to kick things off next week with our very own Masters Quiz - it was supposed to be Masters week after all - so be sure to do some research before then!

For now, we have put up a short poll on our website that we'd love you to answer by clicking the button below. We'll let you know the results next week.

Quiz of the Week
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Weekly challenge

It’s times like these when thinking outside the box can result in all sorts of fun. So, we’ve rummaged through the garden shed and come up with a little game for you to try at home! If you don’t have any buckets or pots to hand, try creating different sized rings using string, tape or even ties – this would make it indoor friendly too.

Weekly challenge - Chipping Snooker

The set-up

Mark out your hitting zone like we’ve done using a mat in the image above. Then, from smallest to largest, lay your targets out so they get progressively bigger as they get further from the hitting zone. You then need to decide how many points each target is worth, with more points awarded to the smaller targets.

How to play

The great thing about this game is that you can play it by yourself or with the rest of the family. If you’re giving the challenge a go alone, you have five balls to get the highest score possible. You can play the same way with others or you can set an overall target score (e.g. 50 points) and the first person to reach that score wins!

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Golf at home

This part of our newsletter is all about trying to keep your golf game ticking over whilst we’re being told to stay indoors. With putting being such a vital part of lowering scores out on the course (and the easiest to practice at home), we’re going to kick things off with a simple putting drill for you to try.

Golf at home - Putting drill

The set-up

Grab your putter, six golf balls and a tee peg. Place the tee upside on the ground – this will be your target. From here, measure out a putter’s length from the tee and place a ball down. Repeat this five times at equal distances apart so that you have a circle of golf balls surrounding the tee peg – just like in the image above.

Too easy? Make it harder

Your goal is to go around the circle and hit the tee peg with each putt. However, if you miss, you’ll need to go back and start again – a nice way to mimic some pressure from the golf course. If you complete the circle, keep going until you miss to set yourself a target to beat next time or try increasing the distance of each putt from the tee.

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Video of the Week

What's Padraig Harrington laughing at here? Well, if you ever needed reassuring that even the world's best golfers are human, give this video a watch! Enjoy.

European Tour | Worst Shots (14 Club Challenge)
 
 
I hope you enjoyed this week's newsletter. As always, if you have anything that you'd like to contribute please speak to one of the pro shop team. I'll see you at the club over the coming days.
 
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