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Welcome to this week's newsletter, which contains a great quiz on the past decade of golf for you to give a go, as well as the latest golfing challenge that s well worth trying at home. Stay safe and enjoy the read.

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to this week's newsletter, which contains a great quiz on the past decade of golf for you to give a go, as well as the latest golfing challenge that’s well worth trying at home.

Stay safe and enjoy the read.

Pro Shop Corona-virus Precautions

With the government's Corona-virus safety guidelines and the precautions they want us to take, due to the size of the Professional Shop and the limited space we have, I have decided to serve from the entrance to the pro shop. This should help limit the risk of spreading this horrendous virus further whilst allowing us to remain open and able to provide you all with our professional services.

We will put a table outside the pro shop with some of the smaller more popular day to day items on it such as drinks, chocolate, gloves, balls, tees etc, these items are for display only so please don't touch them! The professional staff will be more than happy to get anything from the shop that you require so please just ask!

We will know more next week once the government have laid out their plan on how and when we will be allowed to get back to playing golf and so next week's newsletter will be more detailed in how we plan to operate, so please look out for next wee's newsletter.

Mullion Golf Club have put out some guidelines that we would all ask you adhere to, this is for the safety and wellbeing of all members and staff at Mullion Golf Club as at this time there is nothing more important than our health! If we all do our bit and abide by these rules we will all be back to our wonderful golf club sooner rather than later.

I also wanted to say a big thank you to Nic Avery our Club Captain, Ray Griffiths our Secretary, the committee members and Greenkeepers for all of their hard work! The work they've been carrying out behind the scenes is really appreciated so thank you to all of you!

From all of us at Mullion Golf Club, we are looking forward to seeing you all again as soon as possible and hope you all stay safe and well!

Golf's greatest rivalries

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.

Did you know?

In 1971, Alan Shepard – the first American astronaut in space – became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. Here’s what he said to the USGA after landing back on earth:

“I shanked the first one; it rolled into a crater about 40 yards away. The second one, I kept my head down. I hit it flush and it went at least 200 yards.”

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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Video of the Week

If you're a watcher of golf on TV then you'll be fully aware of the brilliant Wayne 'Radar' Riley. In this video from PING, we take a look at the best bits of his 'A Round with Radar' series, including cameos from Lee Westwood, Tyrrell Hatton and Miguel Angel Jimenez. Enjoy.

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