CHAMPIONING JUNIOR GOLF
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About the Golf Academy
Monifieth Junior Golf Academy is a single, focused organisation dedicated to championing junior golf. Our junior members will have access to coaching, gaining handicaps, competition play and financial support as they progress through the stages of their skills development.
The committee will work with our Golf Pros, Scottish Golf, Schools and our volunteers to promote the game locally and provide a fun, safe environment for juniors to learn, compete and excel at the game of golf.
Membership Levels
Level 1
Pre-course membership giving access to practice ground learning with occasional organised golf on the Ashludie course.
£20 yearly
Level 2
For improving juniors with, or ready to obtain, a handicap. Gives access to play on the Ashludie course and performance based coaching.
£50 yearly
Level 3
For experienced juniors. Gives access to play on both the Ashludie and Medal courses, subsidised coaching and funding opportunities for County/Scottish level competitions.
£95 yearly
Group Coaching
Developed in partnership with the PGA and with input from PGA coaches from across Scotland, ‘Learn to Golf’ will provide new junior golfers with a 5-Level programme to support them from beginners to obtaining their first handicap, with a focus on fun, learning, skills, and on-course play.
The Learn to Golf programme covers 5 key areas:
- Physical Skills – Developing skills such as speed, agility, co-ordination and balance.
- Golf Skills – Developing technical skills in putting, chipping, pitching, full swing, and bunker shots.
- Mind Matters – Fostering mental qualities such as selfconfidence, perseverance and learning to deal with mistakes.
- On the Course – Preparation for playing on the course and participating in fun team and individual competitions.
- Golf Knowledge – Understanding important elements of golf such as rules, etiquette, equipment and safety.
Coaching dates/times
Coaching takes place on Thursday evenings throughout the summer season and is available to all Level 1 and Level 2 junior members. There are also Easter and Summer camps during the school holidays
Competitions & Handicaps
We hold weekly Saturday 9 hole Competitions on the Ashludie Course forLevel 2 and Level 3 players which includes a 9 hole order of merit tournament.
The Saturday afternoon sessions are also ideal for returning cards for handicaps once a player reaches Level 2 to allow them to compete.
Inter club matches and inter club Sixes competitions are also available together with a number of competitions run by the other clubs at Monifieth.
Full Benefits of Monifieth Junior Golf Academy
- New juniors are introduced to golf in a fun and safe environment, with a five point Scottish Golf led plan to enable them to improve and achieve at their own pace
- Handicaps can be achieved and maintained via the Monifieth Junior Golf Academy with a variety of competition formats enabling individual and team challenges
- Coaching available from beginners to rising stars with appropriate financial and learning support on offer, enabling any junior to achieve their best potential
- All juniors are welcome to use any of the clubhouses together with their family and friends
- All Level 3 juniors can participate in mens’ and ladies strokeplay and matchplay competitions in any of the clubs
- Some club competitions also available to Level 2 juniors – check the fixture list
- Level 2 and 3 juniors have access to the relevant Links booking systems to book their own tee times online 6 days in advance
- The committee, volunteers and PGA professionals are 100% focused on junior golf and the development and wellbeing of the junior members of the club
- Lifetime friendships are the norm for juniors who start the game together
- The ability to compete with male and female relatives of all ages makes golf unique for families
- The opportunity to travel and meet new people across Scotland, the UK and overseas is available to all who work hard to improve their skills
- Golf is a game for life where an early start reaps rewards throughout adulthood.
Elliot Smith
Listen to Previous Juniors
The benefits of playing golf from a young age last a lifetime. Listen to what former Juniors at Monifieth have to say about what golf has done for them.
Jemma's Story
Monifieth GC has had its fair share of success over the years with some players going on to international success as well as dozens more that have made their mark at county and regional level
I am grateful to have come through during Ann Hunter’s time, which at its peak boasted forty girls in the group aged between 8&18 years old.
Monifieth provided five players in the Angus team of eight that won the Scottish team championship for the first ever time at Montrose in 2012 and repeated the feat twice more by 2016.
I will always look at my junioir golf days at Monifieth with nothing but fond memories. I made great pals, saw lots of places and I was fortunate enough to travel to America on a golf scholarship aged 18. This was a life changing experience and again I met players and made pals from all over the world, a lot of who I am still in touch with today.
Golf is a great platform for kids to exercise, meet new friends and share a common interest forming bonds that last a lifetime.
Heather's Story
Some of my fondest memories are of my time as a Junior at Monifieth Golf Club. I learned to play on the “Ludie,” seven holes each Friday during the summer months, playing a Texas scramble with Monifieth legend, Ann Hunter. At the age of 11, I had no idea how those Friday nights, and the example set by Ann, would shape me into who I am today.
With the support of Monifieth’s junior section, I was fortunate to develop into a fairly skilled player, being selected to play for Scotland for the first time at the age of 16, and earning a NCAA Division One full scholarship to a university in North Carolina at the age of 18. With this scholarship came a free education at a nationally recognised institution and the opportunity to travel all across the US competing with some of the best players in the world, it was truly a dream. Without the skills I developed during my junior career, both physically and mentally, and the support of the golf community, I know that I would not be sitting here today, reminiscing on the countless memories I have made on golf courses across the world.
Not only did my time as a junior help me develop into a good golfer, it truly shaped me as a person. Through travelling to competitions across Scotland as a junior and spending hours upon hours practicing and competing at a high level, I developed strong interpersonal skills and a determination to achieve anything I put my mind to. I also When challenged with moving to the US at the age of 18, I felt confident in my golf skills and in my ability to start a life halfway around the world, because my family and community believed in me. Most importantly, I believed in myself, a trait that I had started to develop 7 years earlier on Friday nights on the “Ludie.”
One of the greatest gifts golf has given me is the many close friends I am still in touch with today. From partners and teammates to even just the people I was paired with in a tournament one time, the connections made on a golf course are unlike any other and it is a benefit that I couldn’t have even imagined when I first began playing.
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