In order to continue promoting junior golf, The Golf Foundation have appointed regional development officers in English Golf.

These first ever appointments are one of the initiatives of the England Junior Golf Partnership - involving the Golf Foundation, English Golf Union and English Ladies Golf Association.

The appointees are Philip Beard from Llandudno (North); Chris Jew from Worcester (Midlands): Brendon Pyle from Burton, Somerset (South West); and Stuart Armstrong from Banbury (South East).

Over the next three years, the regional development officers aim to:

• Encourage more clubs to promote junior golf
• Teach golf to over 80,000 school children and prepare them for places at golf clubs with junior handicaps
• Introduce Tri-Golf - a new version - to children from the age of four at over 3,000 primary schools
• Support the 325 Starter Centres nationally and encourage young golfers to take up the Merit Award Scheme