As junior golf training grows at The Dragons Tooth Golf Course, one dream is that a Highlands Youngster will progress from West Coast golf to the Scottish Golf Academy.
We read with interest that the 2011 intake is just announced. Entrants are invited from golfers aged 15 and under on 1 January 2011 with a handicap limit of 10 for boys and 20 for girls. The Academy programme provides aspiring young players with a comprehensive coaching and support programme. More at www.scottishgolf.org/go/performance/academy
So, do we have anyone in Glencoe, Kinlochleven or Ballachulish who would like to attend?! The course near Fort William already has a Modern Apprentice, and is keen to support all skills training. Indeed, it was interesting to get a call the other day from the University of the Highlands and Island MI (UHI MI), where participants on a rural skills course at West Highland College asked if they could do some practical work on the Lochaber Golf Course. Of course Head Greenkeeper David Lawrence said "yes!".
Meanwhile, plans are coming along well for the Junior Golf Training Programme for the Spring and Summer. Four new adult trainers have kindly volunteered to attend an SGU programme, and will then support the existing group of loyal junior and youth trainers - led for a number of years Ballachulish enthusiast Charles Young. More on this in another golf blog . . . .
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