What Golf Experience Have You Missed Out On Due To Covid-19?
The pandemic has badly affected peoples' health and almost every industry this year, including golf...
The pandemic has badly affected peoples' health and almost every industry this year, including golf...
What Golf Experience Have You Missed Out On Due To Covid-19?
Covid-19 has scuppered the plans of lots of golfers this year, with courses closed for significant periods of time, borders closed and professional golf going behind closed doors.
A lot of golfers have missed out on a lot of golf in 2020, from regular social rounds to bucket list experiences and holidays.
For me, I missed out on the chance to play the Old Course at St Andrews for the first time.
We had a trip planned back in April to play the world famous links as well as the stunning Dumbarnie Golf Links before it had even opened.
I was getting nervous about my first tee shot in front of the R&A Clubhouse and imagining posing on the Swilcan Bridge, although it all came crashing down due to Covid.
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Having never been to St Andrews I was also equally excited about staying in the town and sampling the local pubs the night before teeing off on the Old.
Still, there's always next year?
I also missed out on attending The Open at Royal St George's and the BMW PGA Championship, which was the first time I've missed the event in a decade.
It seems our audience has also missed out on an awful lot of great golf too, from bucket list rounds to holidays and watching professional tournaments.
We asked the question and here's what you told us:
What Golf Experience Have You Missed Out On Due To Covid-19?
Let's hope everyone can re-book for 2021 and next year can be a success on all fronts.
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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