Proud Members Honour Casey

English Amateur champion Paul Casey has been awarded honorary lifetime membership at Burhill Golf Club, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey for his outstanding achievements in golf.

The 22-year-old, currently in his fourth year of a golf scholarship at Arizona State University, hit the headlines when he smashed Tiger Woods' American University record with a round of 60 in Seattle.

He then stormed to success in the 1999 English Amateur Championship at St Mellion, which earned him a place in the GB&I Walker Cup team which beat the USA at Nairn.

Casey helped England to victory before going on to win further international caps, most recently in the St Andrews Trophy tournament at Turnberry.

A member at Burhill since 1993, he has taken part in many of the junior medal competitions, clinics and inter-club competitions.

"We are delighted and very proud of what Paul has achieved over the last year and this award is, I am sure, only the first of many for a young man of such talent," said Burhill managing director Paddy Mitchell.

Said Paul: "This award is very special to me because I have spent so much time at Burhill and have many friends there."