Thornbury Tigers

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What are the Thornbury Tigers?

The Thornbury Tigers is the name given to the latest young recruits to the game of golf who come along to the group lessons run by myself.

The idea behind the Thornbury Tigers (TT's) is to give all new young golfers the opportunity to take part in a structured programme that covers all facets of the game of golf. It's different to many junior lessons where you roll up, hit balls and that's that.

In the TT's, you can look forward to buiding a solid golf swing as well as picking up many of the rules of the game and tips on etiquette to help you along. You will have great fun in a group of other students who are of a similar standard to yourslef.

The courses run during school term time, which means they run in approximately 6 weeks segments. During the 6 weeks you will cover swing techniques using all the different clubs in your bag, you will work on the long game and the short game and there will be a major focus on putting.

I believe in getting pupils out on the course as soon as they have the confidence in their swing and they are hitting the ball fairly consistently. This is the key, if a person can address the ball and hit it more often than they miss it, they can get out and start playing. Thornbury Golf Centre is an excellent facility because it has the short Par 3 course and we use this as often as we can.

Once a pupil has experienced playing golf on a course, everything makes much more sense. The importance of direction and accuracy is clearly understood, all the time spent practising chipping and putting starts to pay off and our knowledge of rules and etiquette comes into play.

We play 9 holes on the Par 3 course every fortnight, this is where the TT's come together and go out to play. I am collecting scorecards and will be able to work out TT Handicaps in due course. The longer term aim will be to get all the young Tigers to be able to score their games an play in fun competitions.

During the school breaks I hold Coach and Play days where pupils can have a days golfing fun. Firstly, we go and warm up on the range and then practice and work on our swings. Then it's off to the course we go and we play the front 9 holes before coming in for a well earned lunch. Once we're fully refreshed we head out and finish off the back 9 holes before totting up our scores. These days are great fun and a great way of improving your game and gaining more valuable experience. They run from 10.00 in the morning until 4.00 in the afternoon.

Please go to the booking form >> and click for details of the next courses.

How can I join in?

It's really simple, you can get in touch via this web site, the booking form or through the golf centre itself.

Classes start during the first week of each school term, so you can easily get started then. You can see all of the start dates along with Coach and Play days and all other events by clicking on the calendar of event link below.

See you soon, why not tell all your friends and they can start with you.

Calendar of events >>Click here for all the details of course dates, please get in contact as I am happy to start pupils and fit them in at any time. The Saturday roll ups and the Coach and Play days are open to all juniors who'd like to join in.

Thornbury Golf Centre >> Certainly one of the best facilities for family golf in the West of England. TGC has a warm welcome for all golfers and a particularly warm welcome to kids, families and all beginner golfers. You can go straight to their website by clicking here...

www.thornburygc.co.uk

Galleries >> Tons of 'golfy' pics. Click here to see Thornbury Tigers in action and having fun

Book a lesson >> Here's a feedback form where you can get in touch.

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