Whinhill youngsters enjoy golf trips

Members of the Whinhill Golf Club ‘Mini-Junior’ Section recently enjoyed two action-packed days out.

The first outing of the season was a trip to the Golf Practice Facility at the Inverclyde National Sport Centre at Largs. The facility is one of the best golfing facilities in Scotland and was of terrific help to the youngsters as many of them are in the middle of their clubgolf Stage 1 and Stage 2 courses.

A total of 33 ‘Mini-Juniors’ practised their driving, iron-play, chipping, putting and bunker play. Every ‘Mini-Junior’ was given a medal and a certificate for completing the coaching tasks. Congratulations go to all the “Mini-Juniors” who took part on the day.

The second trip of the season was a trip to the Practice Day of the European Tour’s ‘Barclay’s Scottish Open’ competition held at Loch Lomond Golf Club. The competition is one of the biggest on the European Tour and attracts the world’s finest golfers.

‘Mini-Juniors’ got the opportunity to walk around the course, watch some golf, take part in the activities in the tented village and most importantly obtain some autographs from their heroes.

Defending champion Gregory Havret, England’s Lee Westwood, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, ‘2005 US Open Champion’ Michael Campbell and rising Scottish star Lloyd Saltman, to name just a few, were terrific with the youngsters and made their day by taking time out of their busy schedule to sign autographs for each and every ‘Mini-Junior’.