\n Niamh Carruthers, 14, from Barrow, first picked up a golf club at the age of nine, having not previously shown an interest in the sport.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cShe was never into golf, she was a gymnast,\u201d Niamh\u2019s mum Rosie said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was 2021, it was a bit of an off chance because her dad had seen a girls\u2019 golf rocks programme at Barrow Golf Club advertised at work and enrolled her.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cShe absolutely loved it and she\u2019s literally never not played since.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Niamh has already won tournaments including the PING Lee Westwood Junior Major (Image: Rosie Carruthers)\n<\/p>\n
\n Niamh has enjoyed great success since taking up golf, representing Cumbria County Ladies, as well as winning in her age category at the PING Lee Westwood Junior Major.\n<\/p>\n
\n For Niamh, she enjoys Golf due to the feeling that winning on her own brings, compared to winning in a team sport.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: \u201cI like to play new courses. I enjoy it when you win, when you do it by yourself, I feel like it\u2019s different.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cCompared to winning in a team sport, it feels better.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Niamh\u2019s golfing journey is only just beginning and she\u2019s already making plans for the future, with sights set on the USA.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rosie added: \u201cShe\u2019s planning for when she leaves school to go to Myerscough College in Preston to do Golf Management Studies. That\u2019s for two years, the equivalent of doing your A Levels.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAnd she\u2019s already signed up to a scouting agency in America for universities so she\u2019s just got to keep improving and keep getting better.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Niamh has recently received the backing of local business RF Miller & Co (Image: Rosie Carruthers)\n<\/p>\n
\n Niamh is now competing in English Girls National events and the Stephen Gallagher Scottish Tour and has received the backing of local business RF Miller & Co, with the accountancy firm going to have their logo printed on part of Niamh\u2019s kit.\n<\/p>\n
\n There are also exciting competitions on the horizon for the teenager.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIn April, I\u2019m playing in the Ping Scratch Tour, which is in Dunstanburgh,\u201d Niamh said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s a group of elite golfers. It\u2019s a new competition because she\u2019s played on the Ping Junior Golf Tour for a few years but this is one that they\u2019ve made for the more elite golfer,\u201d Rosie added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Niamh will be taking on elite golfers in her age group at the PING Scratch Tour in April (Image: Rosie Carruthers)\n<\/p>\n
\n With tournaments at various different courses across the country, Niamh\u2019s mum Rosie is often on taxi duty and has played a big part in Niamh\u2019s golfing journey too.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rosie said: \u201cIt\u2019s basically every single one of our weekends so I work full-time and along with her dad I\u2019m a full-time taxi for Niamh too.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable, the amount of time and money you have to spend. It\u2019s just constant but it\u2019s what she wants.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n You can follow more about Niamh\u2019s golfing journey by following her on Instagram @nlc_golf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Niamh Carruthers, 14, from Barrow, first picked up a golf club at the age of nine, having not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-441064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}