Danny Willett continues to chase Johan Edfors after the second round of the Open de España

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A new initiative from Bondhay Golf Club has brought together groups of young golfers from Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire to play in a competition supported by European Tour professional Daniel Willett.

The “Wee Willetts” – boys and girls all aged between 4 and 16, from Bondhay, Phoenix and Sitwell Park Golf Clubs will be playing a set of fun competitions over 9 months culminating in a final awards presentation in November.

Over 27 children took part in the first competition, a texas scramble played on Bondhay’s Par 3 Academy Course in glorious spring sunshine. Each of the teams comprised of a junior from each club, with their first piece of teamwork deciding their own team name. This lead to some great choices such as “The 3 Musketeers”, “ABC”, “Golf Buds”, “Playing Fore Par” and “Out of Bounds”.

The photo album from the event is available at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=169113&id=689456461&l=25d260099e.

The Wee Willetts project is being developed under the watchful eye of Head Teaching PGA Professional Justin Fores from Bondhay Golf Club assisted by fellow PGA Professionals Rebecca Davies (Bondhay) and Julie Chandler (Phoenix) and Junior Organisers Glynn Perry (Phoenix) and Michelle O’Rourke (Sitwell Park).

Justin commented “The Wee Willetts is a fun and exciting way for the youngsters to develop their golfing skills as well as learning more about rules and course etiquette. Playing with juniors from other clubs and visiting other clubs promotes the key attributes of golf like honesty, respect, co-ordination and self-motivation. I hope that this pilot project in 2010 will be very successful and that we will be able to invite more local clubs to take part next year”.

The Wee Willett competition adds to Bondhays growing junior golf calendar and underlines its work in the community as part of being a English Golf Union GolfMark accredited club and recognised Golf Foundation Golf Roots Centre.

The Juniors vs Scratch Team fixture due to be played upon Sunday 2 May 2010 has been postponed.

Check the website and Junior notice boards for an update on the fixture when it is rescheduled or contact Dennis Clarke or Martin Skinner.

Be sure to check out the Coaching page for more information on changes to the Saturday morning roll- up sessions for juniors.

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The Lee Westwood Golf School Open Day is to be held on Saturday 17^th April at the Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf & Spa in Portal, Cheshire, to which any young golfers are invited and would ask that any interested parties contact us and confirm their attendance on 0844 879 3467 or email our team at info@leewestwoodgolfschool.com.

Maintaining an interest in education whilst developing golfing talent within 16 year olds and above, has always been an area that will benefit from a structured and results driven programme – the team at the Lee Westwood Golf School will aim to deliver this, through our structured two year full time programme.

The management team behind the Lee Westwood Golf School have an excellent track record of achievement – having founded and run the Junior Golf Academy – the only full time golf/education school on the island of Ireland- www.juniorgolf.org.uk. The programme has been further developed and honed to ensure that all students attending the Lee Westwood Golf School will have a fantastic experience and achieve the results that they are capable of; in both education and golf.

As you can imagine, I personally have a passion for the success of this programme and am genuinely excited at the talent we will uncover and results we will achieve.

“The school is an extension of me giving something back to a game which has given me a lot. Our school hopes to give all those… the chance to develop their golf skills along with life skills and, very importantly, their education.”- Lee Westwood