After a great Christmas at home (with enough festive outdoor lights to rival Vegas), James is enjoying his coaching sessions at Branston in preparation for the Spanish Junior Open at the end of this month. James has been invited to join other children at his level from across the globe. This is also a qualifier for the inaugural world championship event, the Veritas Golf Tournament, in Los Angeles that will take place this July so a lot rests on James’ performance in Spain.
Dad Phil and James will be leaving for La Cala Golf Resort in Spain at the end of January on a ‘lads only’ tour (sorry girls) as it takes place during school time. Meanwhile James is taking advantage of extra coaching sessions in readiness for the event.
James is now fully recovered after his broken rib and looking forward to giving his brand new Ping golf clubs a much needed workout.
He starts with England Golf Academy Coach, Mark McEvoy at Sandwell on Saturday where his county coaching begins.
James look set to spend the next few weeks only able to practice his putting following an accident at school where he broke a rib. The doctors have advised him to avoid sport for a few weeks so it looks as though he is going to be a demon putter by the time he recovers! It is extremely frustrating for James who is keen to get playing with his new PING G20 clubs that he took delivery of only last week.
Following a trip to Gainsborough, the PING fitting centre in the UK, James is the proud owner of a new set of custom fitted woods, irons and tour series wedges.
“I love my new clubs” commented James. “They’ll take some getting used to but I can already tell they are going to be amazing” he finished.
After 6 weeks off school and golf, James is glad to be back into his golf training regime with coaching starting again on Monday of this week. Over the holidays, James played some leisurely golf with dad Phil but mostly took it easy and recharged his batteries. He also met his hero Lee Westwood, not for the first time, and is now back in training for the day in the future when he hopes to play against him!
After a great Christmas at home (with enough festive outdoor lights to rival Vegas), James is enjoying his coaching sessions at Branston in preparation for the Spanish Junior Open at the end of this month. James has been invited to join other children at his level from across the globe. This is also a qualifier for the inaugural world championship event, the Veritas Golf Tournament, in Los Angeles that will take place this July so a lot rests on James’ performance in Spain.
