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could have been in my previous job for the rest of my life if I wanted, like the guys before me. That never really crossed my mind in terms of have I done the right thing, that didn’t really come into it because you make decisions based on what is in front of you at the time, and that was what I felt was the right decision. I didn’t really beat myself up or anything like that, but it did cross my mind. But obviously, you do think what does the future hold, as everyone was and maybe still is. Being in a new job, you’re also thinking it’s a lot easier to get rid of someone that’s only been there a few weeks, no matter how well they might think of you, which they do, and I appreciate that.


The club and the company backed me really well during that time and were in constant dialogue, and they showed appreciation for what I was doing when it was me on my own.”


“So it was never a worry as such, but there was a general worry for everyone. But, as I said, it was strange for everyone. My house is down at the bottom of the practice ground, and you’re looking out thinking what’s going on. You can see the ‘House in the Clouds’ and eighteenth hole from the house, and you look out and see loads of dog walkers and people having picnics. Every day I’d go around and make sure everything was okay for my walk, and there


would be four or five picnics and days out going on and kids playing in bunkers and things like that, it was an absolute bizarre time. We actually had a picnic going on in front of one of the greens when we’d only been open for two days, and they were still doing it even though golfers were out playing.”


“I started working on 3rd February, and we were working on things, machinery deals and projects were moving forward, but it all died within five weeks of being here.” “The only people I knew were the guys


here, and I hadn’t had a chance to meet anyone. I actually picked up my dog,Arnie, just before lockdown, so it was him and me


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