Whether you're an experienced junior golfer who wants to be the best, or a youngster who is thinking about starting the game, this site's for you.
If you're a parent with a young golfer in the family, take a look around the site and feel free to contact me with any questions. Better still, join the Gozblog and then other parents can share the knowledge.
Click here for the dates and times of the coaching sessions with Dave
First4golf is a series of competition days held at Thornbury Golf Centre with the specific aim of providing fun competitions for young golfers under the age of twelve, who haven't yet achieved a senior level golf handicap. Everyone's welcome, you don't have to be a member of Thornbury to play and you can get more details by emailing Dave Owen at first4golf@googlemail.com
We play over 9 holes on the Low Course, where all the holes are par 3's with an average length of 150 yards.
See you on the 1st tee!
Visit the following pages for more info...
Getting into golf Here's where you can find out more about junior golf and what the game has to offer. If you're new to the game and it's all a bit of a mystery as to how to get started, visit this area and you will find the answers you're looking for.
TuitionDrills, tips and skills, they're all here and are guaranteed to help your game, this area will be updated regularly so make sure you bookmark this page and keep coming back.
Events There will be plenty of competitions and events coming up in the new season, this is the place to check them out and join in.
Contact Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or queries, it would be great to hear from you or drop me an email at dave@dwg-juniorgolf.com
Links There's loads of great stuff out there for juniors and these links are amongst some of the best sites to visit for all you golfing needs.
Latest News This is the place to keep coming back to, it will be full of all the latest happenings at DWG as well as the rest of the golfing world.
ShopYou can visit Goz's Mall to get all things junior golf. I will be constantly searching and adding to this area because it's not always easy to find decent junior golf equipment. If you would like to see anything added to the Mall, please get in touch and let me know.
BlogYou can visit the Gozblog to keep up to date with news, views and reviews regarding junior golf and tons of other things
European GolfI am the Head of Programmes for European Golf Development, which means I am currently working on a schools golf programme for all schools and colleges, plus programmes for specialised TennGolf Academies and a full club programme. This will mean there's a complete system in place that will enable any potential golfers to access the game by gaining all the skills and knowledge they need.
This project is incredibly exciting because it means many more people will be able to start golf with ease and schools will now be able to offer golf tuition and learning as part of their lessons.
These videos give you an idea of what I am working on at the moment. Later this year a full blown schools golf programme will be completed and launched with the aim of giving youngsters the best possible start in golf. This programme can be used indoors or out and actually teaches kids the fundamentals of the golf swing as well as etiquette, rules and life skills.
If anyone is interested in having golf as part of the curriculum at their local school or even interested in becoming an instructor, please get in touch with me and I'd be happy to provide further information.
I started playing golf when I was just 8 years old and in the 1970's there weren't too many other junior golfers at my local club. There was only 1 junior competition each year which was held on the Captain's Day. I can remember winning this trophy as it was the first competition that I entered, I was 24 under par and my handicap was immediately cut from 54 to 30, ouch!
Since I was 12 years old I always wanted to become a golf professional and I played and practiced as much as I possibly could.
I was mad on the game, I built a little course in my back garden so I could use plastic balls and chip them into small plant pots. I sometimes played 5 rounds in a day or I would caddy for a couple of rounds and only play 3 times. I was really lucky because the greenkeeper would pick me up on his way to work at 6.00 o'clock in the morning!
