Andy Hobbs

Nationality
engEngland
Current Team
England – Sport Parkinson’s Four Nations Golf 2021

Sport has always been an important part of my life both from a physical fitness and mental wellbeing point of view. I’ve done the New York Marathon pre-parkinsons, ran-walked London in 2018, and rode the Etape du Tour in the year I was diagnosed, with my eldest son.

I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in October 2014 then aged 49. My golf steadily declined, and eventually I could no longer putt, and so I retired the golf clubs in 2017. I got bullied into playing crazy golf with my youngest two boys on a weekend in Weston, and decided I’d have to play left handed. Interestingly, I can make a putting stroke left handed, so I bought a second hand putter and dusted off the clubs in the summer of this year. I once got as low as 10, and had a best ever gross round of 68 at Moor Hall Golf Club, located just 5 miles north of The Belfry, but I find Parkinson’s has severely impacted my ability to play anything other than a full shot. Having submitted a handful of cards at my new club, I’ve been given an index of 21.7

I withdrew from a career in IT in 2018 to concentrate on increasing awareness of Parkinson’s Disease and to dedicate my time to raising funds for medical research.

My personal target is to raise £1m before I die, and as I’m not dead yet, well, game on. www.drewstersmillions.co.uk is my website which tells you more about me and my fundraising endeavours.

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Good luck Andy and Team England! I’m sure you’ll do us proud!

Caroline Hobbs

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