Martin Heggie

Trolley Store Revamp

New Social Distancing Lines!!

Whilst dropping his lining machine off at the club, Martyn Robinson couldn’t resist giving the car park a little once over, after I’d brushed every line in the car park – amazingly nearly 2 miles!! It does look better though but would prefer it full of cars!

Pro's news

Your support means the world to me

I have had a great response from the members to my email this week. I said in the email that “it makes me realise how lucky I am to be the Pro at what I always say, is the best members golf club in the country.” That couldn’t be truer. If you missed the email –

Whilst we are currently unable to open for business in the professional’s shop, I have decided to introduce a 'one-off' April Masters Offer which hopefully many members will find of value. You might have been researching the latest driver, the newest set of iron, maybe a new putter or some new shoes that you are going to treat yourself with when we get back to some sort of normality.

During April anyone who tops up their Pro Shop account will get a special Covid-19 boost.

Buy between £100-£500 of Pro Shop credit and receive 10% extra top-up boost
Buy between £1000-£2000 of Pro Shop credit and receive a massive 15% extra top-up boost

If you were planning on a new set of clubs, that nowadays could be £2,000+ you would know that not only were you getting them fitted by me or Eddie at the best nationally advertised price, but you would be potentially saving an extra 15%.

If you would like to take advantage of this offer, then please just email me at: mheggie@moortown-gc.co.uk or text me on 07976 799957 and I will give you a call to arrange with you.

Stay in touch

I really do appreciate every email, call, text, WhatsApp, meme that people send through. The lockdown has made me realise how much I take for granted all the conversations with so many people every day.

So, if you are bored and want to pass a few minutes feel free to give me a call, as I said I’ve been ringing round but can’t get around to everyone. I’m in the shop most days or can be reached on my mobile on 07976 799957.

Stay safe everyone.

Masters week

My favourite golfing week of the year. If you have Sky Sports, suspend your subscription as they do not stop you watching the sports channels and they will just resume your subscription when the live sport returns. They are showing the final days from 2016 – 2019 every day from Thursday to Sunday. Not quite the real thing but better than nothing! Until then, here are some of our favourite Masters moments...

That Tiger Chip-In (2005)

You will have all seen the clip.

Tiger Woods, dressed in his statement Sunday red, found himself left of the 16th green with what looks like a pretty simple chip. However, what TV doesn’t show is the huge slope towards the water. So, not only does Tiger aim 20 foot left of the hole but he also purposefully hits his chip long, allowing gravity to do the rest.

From here, two things stand out. First, the ball slowly trickling back down the slope towards the centre of the hole only to stop right on the edge for a couple of seconds, before eventually falling into the cup for a birdie. Second, the wild celebrations between Tiger and his caddie, the euphoria of the crowd and the rather over-excited commentator. What a shot!

Watch the clip here.

Faldo Overcomes Norman (1996)

Nick Faldo won his third Green Jacket and final Major title at the 1996 Masters, but was dealt a huge helping hand from final-round playing partner Greg Norman.

The Shark (Norman) led the field from the first round and never gave anyone else a sniff, heading into the final round six shots clear of Faldo.

A bogey at the opening hole was quickly put right with a birdie at the second. Unfortunately for Norman, he went on to drop six shots over his next nine holes, with a double-bogey at the short par-3 12th seeing him relinquish the lead for the first time in over three rounds of golf.

Whilst The Shark was seemingly falling apart, Faldo painted a picture of complete confidence. The Englishman shot a five-under-par 67 to win by five, beating his playing partner by 11 shots on that final round!

There are so many iconic moments to choose from so let us know what stands out for you by sending us a message here.

Did you know?

A little fact for you all...

Tournament announcers at the Masters MUST refer to spectators as 'Patrons' or 'the Gallery', or risk being booted out.

Slightly harsh!

Weekly quiz

Masters edition

As we promised in last week's newsletter, our Quiz of the Week is here.

It's meant to be a bit of fun and a chance for you to see how good your golfing knowledge is - although, we all know how competitive we can be!

So, as it was supposed to be Masters week, we're kicking things off with a very special Masters edition.

Good luck and make sure you come back to test yourself again next week.

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Weekly challenge

We have a great game for you to try at home this week and, if you can succeed, it’ll really help to improve your touch and feel around the green. We've highlighted a couple of different ways that you can give it a go in the image below, and it can easily be made indoor-friendly too!

The idea

So, when chipping, a big part of the process is understanding where you need to land the ball on the green in order for it to finish close the hole, and this week’s challenge mirrors this by getting you to land the ball in different zones of a ladder.

The set-up

Lay a ladder on the ground in front of your hitting zone with a final target at the end. No ladder? Use your clubs to create one. Want to give it a try indoors? Get creative by using masking tape or anything that’ll end up looking like a ladder – and send us a photo!

How to play

The challenge is to chip a ball into each zone, starting with the closest and working your way towards the final target.

If you want to make it harder, move the ladder further away, try to hit each zone consecutively without missing or make each zone smaller.

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Golf at home

Hopefully, you enjoyed last week’s clock drill to try at home – if you didn’t see it, visit our website and you’ll find it under the 'Articles' tab. Carrying on with the putting theme, this week’s drill has been designed to improve the consistency of your stroke.

What you'll need

All you'll need to give this drill a go is your putter (no surprise there!), a golf ball, some tees and a mug.

Start off by finding a straight putt somewhere in your house. Place the mug down at one end with the open top facing towards where you’re going to be putting from. This is your make-shift hole.

The set-up

Then, take a few paces away from the hole and put your ball down. Grab your putter and address the ball as if you were about to hit a putt. Whilst your putter is down, place a tee upside down on the floor either side of the head (green tees in image). This is your gate. The idea is to make your stroke without hitting either of the tees.

Make it harder

If you find this easy then great, it means that you’re returning the putter to the middle of the ball.

To make things harder, give yourself a longer putt, reduce the distance between the two tees surrounding the putter or add some more tees at a ball's width halfway down the putt.

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Video of the Week

We stumbled across the video on The Masters' YouTube channel a few months back and, whilst this year's tournament has been postponed, we thought it was too good not to share with you! So, sit back and enjoy as Tiger Woods shares his insight on how to play Amen Corner at Augusta National.

I hope you enjoyed the newsletter and have a great weekend.

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