NO ORDINARY MR JONES!!

I recently had the pleasure in presenting a #YOURGOLFCHALLENGE evening to the members at Royal Lytham and St Anne’s. It was a wonderful evening with a packed clubhouse – men, women, juniors and seniors of all levels and abilities coming together, curious about how they could look to improve their game in a different way. At this point, though, I must declare a special interest in that Lytham does have a very special place in my golfing heart. As a youngster, I can vividly remember being entranced by golf for the first time as a dashing young Spaniard called Severiano Ballesteros won his first Major Championship on the windswept Fylde links. At times during that 1979 Open, Seve carted the ball to all points of the course but played some remarkable recovery shots and beat American Hale Irwin into submission in the final round with his wizardry. Ballesteros was the epitome of passion and excitement that fuelled my then young golfing mind to want to play more of the game.

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