Wimbledon Park Golf Club Junior Academy

Dean Jeeves PGA Professional
07969 558908 / wpgc.golfacademy@gmail.com

"Our aim is to strengthen children’s golf skills, whilst developing confidence in themselves and their abilities."

Wimbledon Park Golf Club recieves GolfMark accreditation

We can proudly announce that we have been awarded GolfMark status for the next 3 years. This award is given to clubs meeting high standards in the following areas;

- Coaching and Playing
- Club Enviroment (including sports equity and ethics)
- Child Protection and Duty of Care

 This showcases our appeal to young golfers and our ability to nurture their talent whilst showing each and every participant a good time.

Junior Golf Academy for Children

Wimbledon Park Junior Golf Academy is the ideal way for children from ages 6 to 14 years to be part of a game that will teach them respect, social discipline, honesty, integrity, motivation and much more. Golf is a game that will give children positive influences and can be enjoyed for a lifetime . The experiences and friendships children make through golf will continue through to adulthood. Our junior academy is a fun and safe environment providing various courses, holiday camps, individual tuition and ultimately, junior membership

We can also offer advice for parents and guardians on how to support young golfers. Parents will also have the  knowledge that Wimbledon Park Golf Club has your child's best interests at heart.

Golf has the potential to instill patience and discipline in children. Achievement in golf requires regular practice and patience, and for those children who possess the desire to develop their skills they will learn the sense of fulfillment that comes with overcoming the challenge of improvement in golf.

Children are able to take on a sense of accountability, independence and confidence as they make choices about the kinds of shots to play in different situations and manage their rounds of golf.

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Junior Membership

Junior Membership is available to all children. Depending greatly on both the age and experience of the child we follow a rigid process to ensure each prospective member is clear as to the ideals of being a golf club member and has the ability to play the course to the required standard.

For most children we have an initial introduction through our popular day courses, generally these run 1-2 days per week in the school holidays and are aimed at the 6-13 age bracket.

In 2014 we will be running weekly classes for kids on a Saturday afternoon. This goes some way to further enhancing our reputation as specialist in golf tuition for children.

Once we feel that a child is ready to join we would look to schedule an hour long playing lesson for them to truly assess this, we believe that the children are only ready to join once they are capable of playing the course unsupervised by an adult and we therefore concentrate heavily on their understanding of the rules and etiquette required to play.

If we are content that the understanding is there then we will be happy for them to join, we have many competitions available to the children each year and are involved in a local Junior league competing against other local clubs.

Dress Code

Sensible clothing should be worn, trousers or shorts are fine but preferably no denim should be worn. Trainers are advisable if you don't have golf shoes.