Junior Golf /
English Schools Team Championship and McPartlin Trophy
For 2005 there is a new format for the English Schools Championships and Warwickshire Schools would like to hold a County Competition for the McPartlin Trophy. Full details of both competitions are in this feature and it will be of special interest to Teachers and Club Junior Organisers for each competition respectively.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
The review copy arrives at the offices. There is no fuss about the envelope. No glossy brochure, just a disc and a simple invitation to try the new Tiger Woods from EA Games. Its ready to play in about 30 seconds … and the disc doesn’t come out of the games player for about 9 hours. This game is AWESOMME!
Coaching Golf Successfully
By Bill Madonna – a specialist book from Human Kinetics. 20 000 coaches for 300 000 young golfers is the background to this book, a complete guide, actually the official training manual for the National Association of Golf Coaches and Educators (in the US), a book written by the man who started the organization, Bill Madonna.
GOLF STARS SUPPORT LAUNCH OF NEW CENTRE AT STIRLING
The University of Stirling will played host to a wealth of golfing talent when it officially opened its new Golf Centre on Wednesday 1 December. Richard Cole-Hamilton, Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, was the Guest of Honour.
Statsmachine is here
Up until now, golf statistics have really only been for the Tour professionals, with the facilities such as the Reuters Stats for the European Tour which are featured this month on this site. It is possible to develop a spreadsheet or use paper and pen to record a round but now there is a new web site which makes the process very simple for recording several hundreds of rounds, a system which offers one of the most complete analyses of any golfer’s game, no matter what their handicap, and gives the opportunity to compare a players game with others all over the country,
Warwickshire Juniors take on the Pros
At the Warwickshire Professional 4Ball Championship, held at Coventry Hearsall on Monday 27th September, there were two Junior pairings and they produced some excellent golf. Hearsall has held this championship 16 times and the course is set up as difficult as is possible, so anything under par is good golf.