Melville
Golf Centre Open Day for Midlothian juniors
Melville
Golf Centre, which has signed up to the national junior golf
development programme, clubgolf, is holding an Open Day for
juniors on Saturday 29 March (from 10.00am to 1.00pm).
The
Open Day will include putting and pitching lessons for
boys and girls. There will be free competitions
for children aged between eight and twelve years old,
and an opportunity to win a free place on the Centre’s
clubgolf Summer Term programme and free rounds of golf
at Melville Golf Course, starting 12 April.
“We
are hoping that around 100 children will come along for
the morning,” said Centre Manager, Alastair Macfarlane.
“This
would be ideal for primary school children that are having
clubgolf coaching at school this coming term and are
looking to progress to the next stage.”
Emerging
out of Scotland’s successful bid to host the Ryder
Cup, clubgolf is a partnership between the Scottish Golf
Union, the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association, the
Professional Golfers' Association, the Golf Foundation
and sportscotland. The programme has been developed
as a direct result of the Scottish Government’s
commitment to introduce every nine-year-old child in
Scotland to golf.
Melville
Golf Centre signed up for clubgolf last year and to two
of its members are PGA Level 1 volunteer coaches. Together
with the Centre’s PGA professional, they will be
running clubgolf Stage 1 coaching programmes this summer.
“We
started clubgolf a year ago and before that we were with
the Golf Foundation for nine years,” said Mr Macfarlane.
“We
are a family centre so we have all the facilities set
up for children and we have a pro that is committed to
coaching the children.
“We
are hoping to get as many children as many as possible
to our coaching over the spring and summer so the Open
Day will be an opportunity for them to get out and join
the fun.”
For
information on the Open Day and classes starting April
12th please contact:
Alastair
MacFarlane, Melville Golf Centre, Lasswade, Midlothian,
EH18 1AN
Tel:
0131 663 8038
