As part of its commitment to the future of the game, one of the worlds leading sports management companies, Golf Management International, who currently represent 25 European Tour Pro’s such as Brian Davis & Scott Drummond, have teamed up with Mill Ride Golf Club to offer two Junior Scholarships to promising young golfers who fancy themselves as the next Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods or Laura Davies.

A high number of applicants were received and narrowed down to the final twenty hopefuls at application stage, with two assessment days carried out at Mill Ride. Head Professional Terry Wild and assistant professional Russell Neill, put the young prospects through their paces on its excellent practice facilities, with the final piece of the assessment being a dress code check, rules quiz and questions as to why they want to be a golf idol and what their future golfing plans are.
Responses varied from ‘ to grow up as a golfer’ from the youngest 5 year old applicant, to ‘be better than my dad’ and the common answer: ‘to be a tour pro ‘.

Terry Wild commented:
‘ The standard of golf seen over the two assessment sessions was unbelievably high, with some fantastic swings from even the youngest of applicants which stood up well under the nervousness of being assessed’.

The Lucky Winners were:
Adam Briggs, 15 years old from Bracknell, playing off a handicap of eight, despite only playing for a year and never had a lesson.
Jamie Crane, 13 years old & achieved highest grades in the pro’s swing check.

A Special ‘third’ Scholarship was awarded to Richard Warren, aged 11 from Ascot, who despite suffering from Cerebral Palsy is determined to compete at golf with able bodied junior golfers and impressed us all so much with his positive attitude.

The three winners each received GMI scholarships covering Mill Ride Junior Membership and joining fees, involvement in the clubs junior team, regular competitions, free use of the clubs excellent practice facilities including short game area and covered range, complimentary group & individual lessons from a PGA professional and regular swing reviews with GMI European Tour Pro’s such as Gary Evans in August this year.

Watch this space.

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