One of our goals for 2014 is to increase the number of youngsters that take up the game and become involved as golf club members.
And please note, you do not need to be a member of Hainsworth Park Golf Club for your child to come along to coaching. Youngsters with no previous experience or equipment are more than welcome.
Introducing the New Junior Golf Passport at Hainsworth Park
We have decided to start the new junior golf lessons in March so the weather will hopefully be better and not put your child off golf just as they are getting started.
Before the groups begin we will be holding a one off, free to attend session for any youngster aged between four and 12 years old. No previous experience or equipment is needed.
This is on Saturday, February 1 between 10am and 11am with a Q&A session after.
New Junior Golf Passport Course Run - Spring 2014 (all 10-11am)
£6 per session or £40 for all 10 weeks (payable in advance)
Week 1: Sat, March 1
Week 2: Sat, March 8
Week 3: Sat, March 15
Week 4: Sat, March 22
Week 5: Sat, March 29
Week 6: Sat, April 5
Week 7: Sat, April 12
Week 8: Sat, May 3
Week 9: Sat, May 10
Week 10: Sat, May 17(Family festival)
You can sign your child up to the new course today, please speak to Peter or one of the performance centre team on 01964 542362 (Option 1)
Registration on the Passport also entitles your child to free membership of the putting green, clubhouse and short game course.
In addition to the above sessions we have scheduled a special Easter Fun Golf
Thursday, April 17 10am to 12pm
Including Easter Egg Hunt, lots of games and prizes.
£10 per child
About the Passport
HSBC Golf Roots is the Golf Foundation’s national programme to enhance the lives of young people through playing golf.
Within that, the Junior Golf Passport is the national structured learning programme for children aged four-12 years, endorsed by the PGA. The multi-layered programme progresses a complete novice golfer into a junior golfer ready for membership at a golf club.
The programme has 3 key levels: Start, Learn and Play. The Start level is all about fun and an elementary introduction to golf.
The Learn level is a move towards technical instruction through games based learning, always with the emphasis on fun.
The Play level teaches the child to apply their learning to the golf course, preparing them for potential club membership and competition.
However, access to the golf course and playing golf on a course are important features of the Junior Golf Passport from the Start in order to develop a real connection to golf.
The programme covers the following key areas of golf;
• Putting
Short putting, Long putting, Lag putting, Green reading.
• Short game
Lofted chip, Chip and run, Pitching, Bunker play.
• Swing
Grip, Stance, Ball position, Swing technique, movement.
• On the course
Rules of play, Course management, Awkward lies.
• Fit for golf
Power, Stability, Flexibility, Fundamental
• Ready for Golf
Preparation, Warm up, Rules and Etiquette
• Skills for life
Honesty, Respect, Cooperation, Perseverance.
There are some key new areas of content included within the new Junior Golf Passport such as Skills for Life, Fit for Golf and Ready for Golf. Skills for life is integral to our mission of enhancing the lives of young people through golf.
Each session contains a clear Skills for Life focus which will be constantly re-affirmed throughout the games and warm ups.
The programme is presented as both a physical and web-based resource using both formats to track performance and progression.
The programme is delivered in 10-week blocks covering a subject each week with a family festival in week 10 to allow the child and parent to play golf together in a fun environment.
Fit for Golf incorporates some key fundamental movements skills that will allow the child to become better physically prepared to take on the challenge of golf.
The aim is to raise the awareness of the child about the importance of fitness and movement to their lives and golf.
Ready for Golf is designed to prepare the children for playing golf on a golf course and the wider golf club environment. The children are on the golf course from day one of the programme; this section prepares them for the challenges of on-course golf and competitions.
Hainsworth Park aims to make the game as accessible as possible and as a result junior membership is available for less than £1 per week.
For more information on Junior Golf at Hainsworth Park please telephone the Performance Centre on 01964 542362 (Ext 1)
The Golf Studio – Your Captain’s Choice
The Golf Studio is the perfect environment in which you can play and practice your golf
No more stood on the range freezing cold or with so many layers on you can barely move.
The GC2 launch monitor with HMT (Head Measurement Technology) will track your club and ball flight with unrivalled levels of accuracy. No other launch monitor comes close in comparison.
Mark Bird (Hainsworth Park Club Captain 2014 and 5 hcp golfer) had this to say: “The Golf Studio is an immense piece of kit and a great asset to Hainsworth Park.
“I have a pretty good idea how I hit the ball and it shows the ball flight exactly as I know it would have been.
“I trust it 100% and find it really useful to go in and work on my game for an hour, especially in the recent poor weather.
“It beats standing on a range hitting poor quality balls in the freezing cold for sure.”
You can book the Studio for a 1hour or a 30 minute slot.
Special Offer: 1 hour £20 or 30 mins £12.50.
Availability for the next seven days is available online: http://thegolfstudio.setmore.com
Alternatively call 01964 542362 (Ext 1) to book direct.
Captains’ Challenge
This week’s challengers to the Captain and his Vice were Martyn Young and Steve Rossington.
As it was on the same day as the Monthly Stableford it was decided to play it as an aggregate of the scores from each player in a pairing.
Once again the captains’ team were victorious with Dave and Mark scoring 34 and 35 points respectively to give them a total of 69.
Steve and Martyn fought as hard as they could, but ultimately came up 10 points short, Martyn scoring 30 and Steve 29.
Total money raised from captains Challenge: £30
Captains Challenge record: Played 3, Won 2, Drawn 1
Two for Tony
For Tony Maundrill it was a mixed bag in Saturday’s Stableford as the first six holes yielded just six points but then, on the seventh, his fortunes changed.
Playing the difficult stroke index one hole he hit a good drive followed by a sweetly struck five iron, which he thought was on the green.
Having looked around for a while, he turned in dismay to place his bag near the next tee as he conceded the ball must be lost.
However, as his playing partners proceeded to putt, the flag was attended and Tony’s ball was found nestling in the bottom of the hole!
This gave Tony a nett one for five points to repair most of the earlier damage, great comeback Tony! We are sure there will not have been many twos on that hole in the past.