Junior Golf News Vol 1 Issue 2

Sporting Schools

November 2015 Volume Issue

Junior Golf News

Sporting Schools is a $100 million Australia

Government initiative designed to help schools

to increase childrens participation in sport, and

to connect children with community sport.

Funding is available for schools to pay for

qualified sports coaches in 30 different types

of sports to deliver coaching before, during or

after school hours.

I have had the privilege of coaching golf at

three schools participating in the Sporting

Schools program, Wheelers Hill Primary School,

Harkaway Primary School and Wantirna South

Primary School, with 62 students enjoying the

game of golf. School are welcome to apply for

funding at www.sportingschools.gov.au

Page 1

Inside this issue:

Local Junior Golf

Programs

2

Coaches Corner 3

Famous Golfer

Profile

3

Golf Quiz 3

Golf Etiquette/Rules 3

Famous Golf Quotes 4

MyGolf Juniors at

Aust Pitch & Putt

4

Upcoming Events 4

Golf Coaching &

Websites

4

JUNIOR GOLF NEWS is produced as a free publication to actively promote junior golf and connect juniors to

opportunities to develop their golf skills, knowledge and love of golf.

Editor and main contributor Lynette Hayhurst, Junior Golf Coach

Feel free to submit an item for inclusion in the next edition of Junior Golf News. All items submitted are included at the

discretion of the editor and will be edited if chosen for publication. Please limit pieces to no more than 100 words

Email : [email protected]

Students at Wheelers Hill

Primary School participating

in Sporting Schools program

Page 2 Junior Golf News

Local Junior Golf Programs MyGolf at Australian Pitch and Putt—Waverley Course

Mygolf junior golf coaching has been running at Australian Pitch and Putt—Waverley Course for nearly a year with

a growing number of juniors attending for this exciting and challenging program.

Students are encouraged and inspired to learn and enjoy the art of the golf swing and the game of golf. Juniors

learn etiquette, good sportsmanship and the technical skills involved in all the golf swings, with a focus on games

and fun.

I learned how

to do chipping

and how to

drive. I like

playing driving

because I got

70 metres.

Kristen 4C

I did the Golf Clinic. I

thought it was really fun

because we got to play

golf and learn how to hit

the ball when it is in the

sand. I learnt that if you

touch the sand in the

bunker it’s a penalty. I

recommend this clinic to

anyone who wants to learn

how to play golf.

Cooper Naylor

An excellent program has been running at Huntingdale golf

Course under Kate Dunn, assistant golf professional. There

are three levels—junions (for beginners), intermediate level

and cadets—with around 60 students.

The focus is on coaching students, both juniors and adults, to

make solid progress in their golf. Kate sets the bar high and

the students revel in the challenge and strive to be their

very best at golf.

Huntingdale Golf Course—Junior Program

Sporting Schools—Comments from Wheelers Hill Primary School Students

Linken de la Rosa and Lynette Hayhurst Clement Li

Kate Dunn (left) with students

Golf is great! Last we did driving. I

learnt all the steps and hit a perfect

shot 70 metres!!! I was amazed with

my hit. I really thank Miss Hayhurst

for her excellent teaching and hope

to see her at Pitch and Putt

sometime. Thank you for teaching us

golf. Now I have another sport to

admire!

Alex M 4B

I learnt how

to do a drive

and I really

liked doing

the chipping.

I wasn’t so

bad at it.

SweeSiang 4B

I like golf

because I

learnt lots of

things like

driving. I

liked it

because we

got to hit

hard.

Georgie 4B

Driving

1. The player must place the ball between the two markers at the teeing ground, no more than two club

lengths behind the line of the marker.

2. In stroke play, if a competitor when starting a hole plays a ball from outside the teeing ground, he

gets a penalty of two stroke and then must play a ball within the teeing ground.

Coaches Corner

Page 3

Golf Etiquette/Rules

Good Sportsmanship

Golf has been seen for a long time as a ’gentleman’s game’, where players expect each other to play according

to the rules and they trust each other. So when players are caught cheating it is a serious offense with

heavy penalties! When players do not follow the rules it is really unfair to everyone, including the cheat. If

you won a hole of a competition by cheating, then you really haven’t won, but have lost respect for yourself

and the respect of other players .

“Doing the right thing and doing what I know is right in my heart and in my conscience is more important than

short-term success” Blayne Barber, 22, after disqualifying himself from Q-School for signing an incorrect

scorecard six days after advancing to the second stage.

“ Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you only cheat yourseslf.” Tony Lema

By Lynette Hayhurst—golf coach for Mygolf, (juniors), Playgolf (teens &adults) and Sporting Schools

Golf Quiz 1. What is the term used if you score one shot under the par?

2. Four shots under the par is a swan. True or False.

3. The furthest player away from the hole goes first. True or False

4. You can carry your golf bag on to the green. True or False.

5. Par for the hole is the number of shots expected for that hole. True or false

Answers on page 4

Peter Senior, at the age of 53, was the oldest player to win the Aus-

tralian Open. He was recorded 13 hole in ones and he is still hungry to

win at 56. His advice to young players ...is

“Through every generation the most successful players are the

ones that work hard and work with a purpose.”

Senior is playing in this year’s Masters at Huntingdale Golf Club in

Melbourne (see more at www.australian masters.com,au.

Famous Golfer Profile—Peter Senior

MYGOLF JUNIORS at AUSTRALIAN PITCH AND PUTT—

SNAPSHOP Term Three

Duffee Zhu Felix Li

Natasha Zhu Clement Li

Yu Xiang Ng Linken de la Rosa

Cooper Renshaw

Term Four

James Ou Luke Wilkinson

Jacky Gan Johannes Thokchom

Aaron Kuusela Oliver Suwono

Eli Ziakas Yu Xiang Ng

Finn O’Sullivan Natasha Zhu

Mal O’Sullivan Duffee Zhu

Henry Pola Rishi Teckchandani

Curtin Chan

Upcoming Juniors Events

Below are some of the events coming up soon!!

November 2015 7 Stuart Appleby Junior Golf—Oakleigh Golf Course

December 2015 14 Steve Allan Junior Open at Berwick Montuna

16 SAJG Club Teams Championship at Rosanna

23 Sandhurst Junior Masters at Sandhurst

January 2016 4-6 Victorian Junior Masters at Waverley and

Churchill Park

8 Victoria GC Junior Open

12 Kingston Health Junior Open (Stableford)

18 SAJG Regional Series (18 holes) - Metropolitan

22 Box Hill Junior Open (Stableford) - Box Hill

Page 4 Junior Golf News

Famous Golf Quotes

“Our game is about integrity, about following

the rules. There’s no reason to cheat, and if

I have to cheat to win, I don’t want to win.”

Michael Allen, Champions Tour 1st Round

Leader, who penalized himself two strokes

for moving pinecones that he initially did not

realize were imbedded

“The word is control. That’s my ultimate—to

have control.”

Nick Faldo

Golf Quiz Answers 1. Birdie

2. False (Condor)

3. True

4. False

5. True

Golf Coaching and Websites

MyGolf Junior Golf Coaching is an excellent

program that is run at some local golf

courses in Melbourne

see: mygolf.org.au (lists all mygolf centres)

Huntingdale Golf Course runs another great

program for beginners, intermediate and

cadets. All programs are run by Kate Dunn,

an experienced and enthusiastic golf coach.

She also runs a school holiday program

Wheelers Hill Primary School runs a great

PE program including a unit on golf, capably

run by Nicole Thompson.

Australian Pitch and Putt runs golf coaching

for juniors. See mygolf.org.au

The next program runs in Term 4

Adult beginners programs are also run at

Australian Pitch and Putt.

See: golfvic.org.au (then go to Playgolf)

Berwick-Montuna Golf Course has a junior

cadet program which has been running for

about 20 years. Program run during school

term and it is a junior friendly golf course.

See: www.berwickmontuna.com.au

Masters at Huntingdale 19th—22nd November 2015

The Masters Tournament will be held in Melbourne this

year at Huntingdale Golf Course. Many of the top ranked

male golfers will be playing, including Peter Senior (see

article).

Come along and see the best players in the world in action

“If the Masters offered no money at all I would be here

trying just as hard.” Ben Hogan