John Richards

Hello Golfers,

Difficult times...

These are hugely testing times for everyone and unprecedented in our lifetimes. It’s now so important that each and every one of us show solidarity and support one another and the golf club itself. If we can all pull together we are stronger as a group and that is the big benefit of being involved in a club. Everyone will have challenges in the coming days and weeks and the support of others can mean a lot so please keep in touch with your golfing friends. As I mentioned these are unprecedented times and we need to look out for each other.

Please look after yourselves and each other Stay safe and let’s hope we can get through this very soon and back out onto the golf course.

Pros' news

Last Weeks Photo Quiz

The answer was the 18th hole. The photo was taken from the back of the 18th Green.

Well done to Mike Newbury and Paul Creswell who were the first 2 members to get the correct answer.

Favourite Hole at Shrewsbury?

Thank you to the members who have responded but to build up a chart I need more responses so please let me know which is your favourite hole?

Pro shop

If you find yourself on the internet looking at golf equipment, please let us know if you require anything and we will try and price match and get the product to you.

Thank you to the members who have contacted me to pay off their shop accounts and have those who have added an amount on to their account to have a credit balance. Your continued support through this difficult time is very much appreciated.

For those members who wish to pay off their shop accounts or add an amount please email john@johnrichardsgolf.com and I will email you a statement and the Pro Shops Bacs details.

The pro shop is now closed but If you have questions reference golf equipment/ technique etc please email me.

Newsletter Content

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 else 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.

Anything that you would like to share with the members please get in touch

Club news

Hole In One League Table

This week we have added Jean Evans on to our Hole in One list with 6. Well done to Jean

The List so far

Graham Pennie 15 ( waiting Confirmation)

Rod Lloyd 9, Gordon Taylor 8, Chris Male 7 & Barry Ruddick 7, Jean Evans 6

I have been told that Kevin Roche has had a few so we will wait for confirmation from Kevin.

Practice at Home

Practice Ideas

Thanks to Trey who has put a video together to show you what to practice in your garden. If you are hitting golf balls in your garden with makeshift homemade nets be carefully social media is full of various clips some funny and some look painful.

Click here to watch Trey's video

Just for Fun

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:

Baking with Rory McIlroy
Cleaning your car with Fred Couples
Taking your bins out with Tiger Woods

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.

Stay Safe and Best Wishes to you all.

The Pro Shop Staff

Now sit back relax and enjoy the rest of the newsletter we've put together.

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.

take our poll >

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.

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.

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 have a great week.

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