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Issue 57 July 2016 StreetGolf National Final: youngsters show the sportsmanship and ‘Skills for Life’ of golf Start, Learn and Stay – finding new golfers The Golf Foundation’s HSBC Golf And in this issue we demonstrate that we pitching golf to city football communities with Roots programme helps young people have the innovative resources and great exciting follow-on opportunities at golf clubs. to enjoy the benefits of golf and partners to reach our goals. encourages them to ‘Start, Learn and It is expected that more than 3,000 Stay’ in the game through a unique The first Tri-Golf shot might take place in a PE youngsters will visit our team in the community-to-club pathway. class at a small primary school. Not long after, Spectator Village during The Open week at the same child may be filling in his or her PGA- Royal Troon. As guests of The R&A and It’s all about that opportunity for children from endorsed Junior Golf Passport at the golf club alongside ClubGolf and the PGA, we will all backgrounds and this charity is now seeking with the help of the club professional. welcome every boy and girl – from 5-18 year- to go to the next level in terms of helping to olds – many having that first swing of a club create and retain many more junior members ‘StreetGolf’, the creative format for before seeing Rory, Dustin and Jordan out on at golf clubs in support of our national teenagers, saw boys and girls pick up a golf the course. Inspiring stuff! partners in England, Scotland and Wales. club for the very first time recently and then find themselves playing competitive regional A highlight of the week will be the visit of In our ‘Welcome’ on page 2 you will read finals at a variety of venues including the Dame Laura Davies to receive the Golf more about our ambitious targets in which football stadia of Crystal Palace and Derby Foundation’s Spirit of Golf Award, the first we aim to encourage 50,000 young people County, before a national final, on a real golf female recipient of this prestigious accolade, through the gates of our golf clubs each year course (pictured) for the first time. Our with previous winners including Tom Watson, by 2018. partnership with Premier League 4 Sport is Gary Player, Ian Poulter and Tony Jacklin. Inside this issue: Feature story: l Thanks to European Tour 4 The chance to change lives l Awards: Heroes of junior golf 14 HSBC Golf Roots Plus funding can make a huge l Girls Golf is Rocking! 16 difference for young people growing up in deprived l Ready for The Open 17 areas and in challenging circumstances. l Coaching young Danny Willett 18 n See more on page 19. JUNIOR GOLF MATTERS The official bulletin of the Golf Foundation Welcome… Welcome As we enter the peak of our season, we can look forward to an inspirational few months of competition for golf. The Open, the Oldest club in Olympics in Rio, the Ryder Cup, and the British Masters at The Grove. satellite orbit The oldest of all English golf clubs, Royal These high profile events provide a North Devon (RND), is engaging in a wonderful opportunity to showcase golf thoroughly modern way of encouraging and the dignified and respectful manner youngsters into the game. with which we play the game. The Golf Foundation has embraced the benefits Fever pitch for ClubGolf Dubbed ‘The St Andrews of the South’, RND of competition for attracting and was founded in 1864 and was home club to retaining young people in the sport by youngsters at Troon five-time Open Champ JH Taylor in the early developing its StreetGolf format into 1900s. regional and national finals, introducing The Open Championship at Royal sharing the facility with coaches from the community venues such as schools, Troon can provide the perfect PGA and welcoming many children and The club is an HSBC Golf Roots Centre and leisure centres and even football stadia, showcase for the Golf Foundation families to enjoy this unique facility. PGA Head Pro Mike Wilson and Teaching Pro but ultimately aiming to move the again this year. Ross Daniel offer the Junior Golf Passport. players onto a golf course. StreetGolf has played a key part in Scottish London calling for Super Sixers Championship organisers The R&A will Golf’s ‘Drive to The Open and Beyond’, in They have been coaching in local schools and It’s a competition where all involved format as part of the School Games create ‘The R&A SwingZone’ in the which children across South Ayrshire have at the club where there are well over 100 The Foundation also understands the have been super-keen to win: teams programme. Spectator Village at Troon for the whole of been playing to qualify for a StreetGolf boys and girls involved in a thriving academy opportunity provided by golf’s inclusion from four of the city’s North and South Open week. The Foundation team will deliver Challenge in Troon to help tee-up The Open set-up. in the Sainsbury’s School Games, a legacy Boroughs battled it out at Central The four finalists qualified from South and its innovative golf activity – StreetGolf and itself. Supported by the Stanley Morrison of the London 2012 Olympics, that London Golf Centre to be crowned North London events held at Addington Tri-Golf – in partnership with ClubGolf, the Charitable Trust, this is sure to be an inspiring Royal North Devon has now signed up to encourages more competitive sport in Super Sixes Champions of London. Court Golf Centre and Metro Golf Centre. junior golf programme for Scottish Golf, local project. See more on page 17. create a local Golf Foundation Satellite Club state schools. Under HSBC Golf Roots, Langley Park School from Bromley were the our adapted formats – Tri-Golf and at Bideford College, in which a golfing pathway Super Sixes is the fast-paced team format overall winners. is created to encourage youngsters to first StreetGolf – have created popular events (six kids play six holes in 60 minutes) that is reaching over 5,000 schools in England, play StreetGolf after school, receiving six growing in popularity in secondary schools Daisy Brierley, RDO for the London area, sessions of coaching from Ross, before being providing 35,000 pupils with the chance up and down the country and London is said: “This was a great event involving so to play golf against other schools. Our HSBC Hour – new kids welcomed along to the club itself with the proving to be a hotbed for the competition, many brand new golfers who have all now chance to develop their golf on one of the Skills for Life ethos plays a key part, with many of the city’s Boroughs playing the been inspired to play more golf.” where pupils are scored on key personal welcomed into golf clubs golf world’s most famous courses. JH Taylor skills such as how well they work would be proud! alongside their team-mates to win the Some 250 HSBC Golf Roots Centres coveted Skills for Life award at the end have signed up to an initiative to of each event. encourage new young golfers called Sandiway’s century for girls the ‘HSBC Hour’, which runs every The challenge is to ensure that more of day during the week of The Open (see Sandiway Golf Club in Cheshire the young people involved in the School #anyonesgame on Twitter). The HSBC aimed to mark its 100th year in Games and StreetGolf can progress Hour is expected to have a 2020 by introducing 100 girls to through the gates of a golf club and are “Wimbledon effect” for golf during the game of golf. Well, it has hit welcomed by the clubs and PGA Coaches. this iconic golf championship. that target four years early with In 2015/16, 38,000 youngsters went support from England Golf and through the gates of a club in England via Each participating club will open its the Golf Foundation. HSBC Golf Roots and 14,000 continued to practice facilities for an hour on one day at play regularly. Our target for 2018 is to no charge to children and their families The project has been led by Ali leads the way help 50,000 prospective golfers experience with the purpose of encouraging golf in the local and national PR channels and centrally Sandiway member, Ruth Elliott- golf in a club and continue playing (see local area while raising the profile of the at www.theopen.com/hsbc. Clubs taking Smith, and its aim is to inspire girls The Presidents’ Awards ceremony in May page 12 for new research by SMS Inc. to club in the community. Each club’s part will receive a box of goodies for all to take part in taster sessions was teed up perfectly by Ali Jodiyawalla, a help realise this aim). involvement will be publicised through participating children. specially designed to appeal to their ‘player pathway’ from golf in school to 17 year-old from Birmingham who won the sporting ability and sense of fun, both at playing regularly at this welcoming club, 2015 Gallacher Award for Best Volunteer. Ali None of our work is possible without their schools and at Sandiway, and then where they can strive towards their first was given the honour of actually opening the support of a huge array of partners build on this with more regular coaching at handicap using the Foundation’s PGA- this year’s awards to much applause.