Junior Coaching 2022

The South of Scotland Golf Association announce the Junior Development Coaching Programme for the 2022 season. The Programme is open to any Junior golfers (male & female) in the South of Scotland that meet the following criteria:  Aged 12-16 handicap 12 and belowAged 16-18 handicap of 9 and below  The 2022 Junior programme will take […]

PERFORMANCE DAY SATURDAY 4 MARCH 2017

The final coaching session of the winter was competition day for the elite junior golfers in the South. On a lovely mild early spring day with little wind, twelve players gathered full of excitement on Saturday 4 March at Brighouse Bay Development Centre to put to the test the skills and lessons they had learned […]

Junior Winter Coaching 2016 – 2017

On a fairly mild but dreich winter’s day on Saturday 18 February, one girl and sixteen boys gathered at Brighouse Bay for the third Performance Coaching Day of the winter. Under the supervision of PGA Professionals Chris Robinson and David Broadfoot the group ignored the weather conditions and showed commitment and an eagerness to learn. […]

JUNIOR PERFORMANCE DAY 2

Sixteen of our regions best young golfers attended the second performance squad coaching day at Brighouse Bay recently. PGA professionals Chris Robinson and David Broadfoot had set up a distance control and yardage assessment for the morning session. This required players to hit shots to six random targets inside 100yards and again to 120, 150, […]

Junior Performance Day 29 October 2016

The first Performance Day of winter for the South of Scotland Junior Elite Squad was held at Brighouse Bay on Saturday 29 October in misty and damp conditions with no wind. Under the tutelage of PGA Professionals, Chris Robinson and David Broadfoot fourteen boys enjoyed a day of instruction and assessment. In the morning the […]

JUNIOR COACHING – PERFORMANCE DAY 5

The final winter coaching session took place at Brighouse Bay Development Centre on a beautiful but cold windy day on Saturday 5 March 2016 under the tutelage of professional golfers Chris Robinson and David Broadfoot. Sixteen aspiring young golfers attended to improve their techniques and course management skills. After they had warmed up on the […]

JUNIORS – PERFORMANCE DAY 4

Fourteen juniors returned to Brighouse Golf Development Centre on a beautiful but cold winter’s day on Saturday 27 February for their fourth coaching session with regular professionals Chris Robinson and David Broadfoot. The aim of the day was to improve their pitching and chipping techniques which had been identified as a weakness in all the […]

JUNIORS _ PERFORMANCE DAY 3

On a bleak and miserable day fifteen of the best young golfers in Dumfries & Galloway gathered at Brighouse Bay on Sunday 21 February for the third of the winter Performance Days. With the weather damp in the morning the boys went to the range to get rid of their rustiness and worked on distance […]

JUNIOR COACHING: PERFORMANCE DAY 2

On a beautiful late autumn day with the sun shining out of a cloudless sky 12 boys attended the Development Centre at Brighouse Bay on Sunday 22 November. It was cold but this did not deter the South elite squad from enjoying a day’s golf under the tutelage of PGA coaches Chris Robinson and David […]

JUNIOR COACHING

Fourteen boys, all under 18 years of age attended the first of the winter coaching days at a cold and windy Brighouse Bay Development Centre on Sunday 25 October. These boys will form the basis of the South Junior team for next season to take part in Scottish Golf and Northern Counties Federation events. The […]