{"id":339252,"date":"2025-12-10T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/339252\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:03:08","slug":"welsh-golf-club-sees-memberships-surge-after-aig-womens-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/339252\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh golf club sees memberships surge after AIG Women’s Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

AIG Women\u2019s Open organisers The R&A were able to plan a series of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for the juniors.
\n\u201cIt all kicked off on the Monday with a fantastic day behind the scenes, seeing how the players are treated and what they have to deal with \u2013 it was a really good insight,\u201d said Evans.
\n\u201cMeeting Lydia Ko was the highlight for the juniors \u2013 she did inspire a few to play more. Then on Saturday we had a range session with Ashleigh Buhai, seeing how she warms up and the types of shots she tries to hit.
\n\u201cEveryone was excited about that and then they had the chance to watch some of the golf as well.
\n\u201cHolly, who carried the trophy, also had a lesson from Lydia Ko earlier in the week, so she is over the moon and her Dad tells me it has pushed her on, she has gone crazy for golf now and is always wanting to get out and play.
\n\u201cWe got so many mentions on Sky Sports, it was awesome for those involved. Oliver and Holly were nervous, but when it came to the time they nailed it.\u201d
\nThe opportunities show the benefit of applying to be the Wales Golf Junior Club of the Year, on the back of the work over the last few years to build up that section of the club.
\n\u201cIt has been an amazing journey. We started with nine juniors at this club nine years ago, now it is 170, with 80 of them playing in the weekly competitions and a few involved in international squads.\u201d
\nKevin Barker, Director of Golf Development in Great Britain & Ireland and Africa, added: \u201cIt is\u00a0hugely\u00a0encouraging to see the AIG Women\u2019s Open inspiring meaningful growth in junior golf. When clubs are able to harness that momentum, it strengthens the pathway for young people entering the sport.\u00a0
\n“Our focus at The R&A is to support this progress and ensure golf remains accessible and welcoming for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AIG Women\u2019s Open organisers The R&A were able to plan a series of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for the juniors.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-339252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}