Phuket Junior Golf Foundation

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About the Phuket Junior Golf Foundation

The aim of Coconut Club's exciting new initiative is to introduce a group of young children from some of Phuket's free education schools to golf. These children will spend between 2 to 6 hours each week learning and practicing golf. Program Director Graham Haslam and other volunteers will get together with a group of eager students to teach them golf.  The program will also improve their English and allow them to attain greater self esteem.  The young golfers will strive to win the end of year Golf Foundation Tournament.

How Does the Golf Foundation Help the Children?

The students at the Golf Foundation will learn how to play golf along with so many other valuable skills. We will teach them discipline, responsibility and commitment by asking them to sign up for a 9 month program. The Foundation is run by an English speaking instructor and golf has many non translated terminology so the children's English will improve. Due to the nature of golf with its complicated scoring systems, yardage and distances to be evaluated the students' maths will develop.

 
How Can I Help the Golf Foundation?

Come down and help out with the Foundation's training sessions. You don't need to speak a word of Thai as we have Thai golf enthusiasts who are assisting every week, nor do you have to be a golf Pro. The program that the Golf Foundation is following is designed to be taught by non professionals and takes the students through the basics week by week untill they are excellent little golfers. 

We always need monetary donations which can be used to cover our general costs or sponsorship of a specific trip or activity. We also need donations of golf balls, t-shirts and golf shoes for the students to wear on the golf course.

Phuket Junior Golf Foundation would like to take this opportunity to truly thank the Yorkshire Hotel in Patong for its most generous donation of 40 golf clubs. These are high quality junior clubs that are ideal for juniors to learn the correct golf swing whilst not putting excess strain on young tendons and joints. These are being shipped from the UK where Paul Gibson, part owner and General Manager of the Yorkshire Hotel has previously worked as golf pro and golf club maker. Paul, now a resident on Phuket, has been very active on the Phuket community and runs his own charity as well as being generous with both his time and money to the Phuket Junior Golf Foundation.  A huge thank you from us Paul, it is the great donation that will help ensure the success of our goals  Changing Childrens' Lives.

A huge thank you also to Asia Pacific Superyachts, as well as The Yamu  and Limcharoen Hughes & Glanville who are sponsoring a young golfer.

If you would like to help out with either your time or a monetary donation please contact Graham Haslam on graham@phukethasbeengoodtous.org and he will answer all your questions about the Golf Foundation.

We are hoping to start the program in September.  Keep visiting this site for updates; we will have player profile pages for all the children once they have been selected. Coming soon are links to several media articles we will be featured in as well as a Facebook and Twitter page

Thank you for your support!