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Smiths Falls Golf Junior News
Smiths Falls is a Junior friendly facility ... it is our goal to help grow the game by introducing young people to the game of golf and give them a platform where they can learn the game properly, develop their skills and create something that they can enjoy and use for their entire life.
We've had numerous successful juniors (over 14 to date) who have chosen golf not only as a hobby but have also made career choices as club professionals and assistants.
We also currently have one of Canada's most successful junior girls players, National Team player Brooke Henderson, as a member of our club. Both Brooke and her sister Brittany (attending Coastal Carolina University on a golf scholarship) developed their games at Smiths Falls. Brooke moved into 1st place in the Canadian Amateur rankings for women as of April 2, 2012. Shortly after, her sister Brittany, won her first NCAA tournament by a whopping 7 stroke margin.
This summer our pro shop staff will conduct various Junior Programs:
Junior Clinics
Junior Plus Camps
Please contact the pro shop or email Paul Vaillancourt at littlepro59@aol.com to sign up.
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Starting Sat May 19, 2012 our Annual Junior Golf Clinics will commence. Three age categories at three time slots. Runs for 6 weeks.
Clubs are supplied if needed and a good selection of kids clubs are available for purchase in our pro shop.
9:00 - Ages 4-7
10:00 - Ages 8-11
11:00 - Ages 12-16
Each Saturday lesson is 45 minutes long with the last week being our on course play beginning at 2pm followed by a barbeque for all the participants.
Cost - $75.00 + HST
Sign up by calling the shop or emailing littlepro59@aol.com
Junior Plus Camp
Advanced camp for Kids 12-16, starting July16th-20th, who have played golf on a regular basis and can mange 18 holes of golf 5 days in a row. The participants, Starting at 10am, will spend two hours daily working on the range and around the putting green honing their swing and short game fundamentals. During the half hour break for lunch our instructors will go over golf etiquette and rules of golf before teeing off for 18 holes of golf at 12:30. The kids will learn different formats of play including stroke play, Match Play, best ball and alternate shot team play.
Our Chef, Denis Routhier provides daily lunch specials at a reasonable prices or you may bring your own lunch.
This program is designed for kids that have had at least a years' worth of playing experience and that can manage to walk 18 holes daily....alot of the daily play is based on team play very much like the Ryder Cup, so it is important for ALL players to finish 18 holes everyday.
Cost for the 1 week session is $160.00 + HST and is limited to the first 24 registered Players.
Girls Only Clinics
Starting Monday, May 28th at 4pm, we will be hosting a girls only series of lessons and 5 hole play for 5 weeks. Jason McGrath, CPGA Associate Professional, will go through basic swing and short game fundamentals for 1/2 hour prior to 5 holes of play for the girls. The series is designed to get the girls establishing some fellowship amongst themselves so that they are inspired to come and play more golf as well as improve.
Cost for this series is $60.00 +HST.
Sign up Dates: Sat April 28th and Sat May 5th from 8am - noon at the Pro Shop.
For further details on any of our junior sessions, please call us at 613-283-3050 ex 1.
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