EIGHT golfers club together to set up Britain’s first society of players who have had organ transplants.
The Mulligans was formed a few weeks ago by Mandy Ambert, 67, who had a liver transplant last year.
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She said: “They’re are all fantastic people who have all been through a similar journey.
“We all know what it’s like to need a life-saving transplant, so we all have such a connection.”
Members include George Halstead, 19, who had a bone marrow transplant in 2012.
Martin Searle, 55, has had two kidney transplants, Andy Bright, 59, had a lung transplant in 2018, and David Logue, 47, also had a kidney transplant in 2003.
Samantha Drewett, 61, got a new liver in 2020, as did Martin Mapplebeck, 67, in 2021. And Vince Essex, 47, had a kidney transplant in 2017.
A mulligan is an unofficial rule in golf that allows a player to have another go at a fluffed shot without penalty.
Mandy added of the West Midlands-based society: “We called ourselves the Mulligans because we’ve all been given a second chance.”
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