Three novice golfers have earned a spot within the BMW PGA Championship Professional-Am after profitable the Golf Basis’s Unleash Your Drive Remaining held at The Grove.
The prize has been generously supplied by BMW and the DP World Tour and is the end result of a fundraising marketing campaign by the Golf Basis, which noticed 147 golf equipment registering to run a qualifying competitors with 3,552 golfers participating.
Golf Basis President Nick Dougherty was on website at The Grove to fulfill all the 60 gamers and to current the winners with their prizes, generously donated by TaylorMade, together with the information that they are going to be teeing the ball up alongside a lot of Europe’s Ryder Cup Staff at Wentworth in September.
The three gamers to compete within the BMW PGA Championship Professional-Am can be Thomas Peachey, 13, from Peterborough Milton Golf Membership, received the qualifier with 43 factors; Paul McHugh, from Royal Blackheath who completed second with 41 factors; and Colin McGee, from Pine Ridge Golf Membership who additionally shot 41 factors.
The Golf Basis can be the nominated charity for the BMW PGA Championship for the primary time this 12 months.
Finishing his third 12 months as President of the Golf Basis, Dougherty commented: “It’s such a privilege to work with the Golf Basis, a charity that helped me in my formative junior days, and is now aiming to supply all younger folks in faculties with the event instruments and alternatives that this sport taught me by means of its Unleash Your Drive programme. Why wouldn’t we wish to give our younger folks the precious life expertise that golf is uniquely positioned to supply?”
For Colin McGee, profitable was significantly particular. “Successful a spot to play in a pro-am at Wentworth is the very best factor that has occurred in my 51 years of golf,” he commented. “I’m now 71 years previous, so I doubt I might ever have this chance once more.”
Joel Westwell, Director of Golf at The Grove, stated, “We had been delighted to welcome The Golf Basis, Nick Dougherty, and the winners of the Unleash Your Drive qualifying competitions to The Grove. It’s been a unbelievable day each on and off the course, and we’re proud to have hosted such a memorable occasion and to assist this essential marketing campaign.”
