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Promising local golfers who benefitted through the Guernsey Golf Development Squad are giving back to the sport through a mentoring initiative.
Megan Graham, Hamish Glass and Tristan Perkins will this year help younger golfers named in the 2016 squad improve their game.
Phil Sykes, one of the Guernsey Golf School’s directors and PGA golf professional said: "These three individuals have stood out as not only being excellent golfers, but also proving themselves as positive individuals who make a difference when in a team or group environment in many different and positive ways as leaders.
"The ABN AMRO Golf Development Squad helps nurture some of the island’s best young golfing talent. We are looking not only to help these young players with their golf games, but help make them positive and rounded individuals who can also use their chosen sport as a life skill moving forward.
"Again ABN AMRO has been fantastic in offering to continue its support of the initiative and we look forward to working them during the season ahead."
The squad initiative aims to develop the talent of the island’s most promising young golfers of all ages and from all golf clubs.
They receive free training and coaching from Phil Sykes and Matt Groves, professionals at Guernsey Golf School, and fitness training from Ashley Carter, a professional gym coach at La Grande Mare Gym. They will also be provided with team kits and golf bags and work with local charity, Male Uprising Guernsey (MUG), involving themselves in a number of charitable events over the year ahead and helping at selected golf events, introducing new players into the game.
Graham Thoume, managing director of ABN AMRO Private Banking said: "We are delighted to be able to support the Guernsey Golf Development Squad for a fourth year. The progress that has been made by these young golfers is fantastic and they are great ambassadors for Guernsey."
