JUNIOR GOLFERS GOING FOR GOLD AT WOODHALL SPA

A total of 8 junior golfers will be trying to emulate Gary Boyd, who at 11 years of age was the youngest player to compete in and win the 1998 national final of the English Golf Union Gold Medal.

James Molyneux of Tyrrells Wood is the youngest in the final this year at 13 years of age and he is joined by Mark Northey (Yelverton), John Savage (Priors Hall), Nikk Mihajlovic (Bloxwich), Scott Crombie (Sunbury), Glyn Bateman (Royal Eastbourne), Adam Turnbull (North Warks) and Richard Oddy (Huddersfield).

Alongside the juniors will be Mark Sevier of Beckenham who is returning to Woodhall Spa after competing in 1998. Having won his medal competition at club level his score enabled him to be one of the finalists representing the four clubs from Kent.

The Golf Medal is open to all male golfers affiliated to the EGU. Qualifying rounds are staged at club level with the leading players in each county gaining a place in the final. The number of places per county depends on the number of affiliated clubs, the scale being one place for twenty clubs.

A total of 77 players will tee off on the Bracken Course at the National Golf Centre, Woodhall Spa, on Saturday 14th August with the final round on this 36 hole Stableford competition on Sunday 15th.