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Stage One: First Swings

Before handicaps, before opens, before any of it, Stage One is simply about falling in love with the game. Get this bit right and everything else gets easier.

Why this stage matters more than any other

It's tempting to think of Stage One as the "easy bit" before the real development starts. In practice, it's the stage that decides whether there's a Stage Two at all. Juniors who fall in love with golf here — through games, freedom, and small wins — tend to stick with it through the harder stages later. Juniors who get pushed too hard, too early, often don't.

There's no fixed age for this. Some juniors arrive at Stage One at five, others at eleven. What matters isn't when they start — it's how it feels while they're there.

Coaches often describe this as the "sampling" phase — trying the game out, at low intensity, with no expectation attached. Golf has a longer sampling phase than most sports, because unlike football or swimming, a junior doesn't need a team, a fixture list, or even a lesson to start. A pitching wedge, a bucket of balls, and twenty free minutes is genuinely enough.

What Stage One actually looks like

• Fun comes first, always. Short sessions — twenty minutes is plenty at this age. Games on the range beat drills every time: closest to the flag, longest drive, target chipping.
• No scorecards yet. Counting shots too early turns exploration into judgement. There's plenty of time for medal cards later — right now it's about contact, not counting.
• Chipping and putting first. The short game is where juniors get the fastest feedback and the quickest wins — full swing can wait.
• Other sports stay in the mix. Juniors who play multiple sports at this age tend to develop better all-round coordination — and are less likely to burn out on any single one, golf included.
• Parents set the tone. A relaxed, low-stakes start at this stage tends to carry through every stage that follows — the habits (and the pressure, or lack of it) set here are sticky.

A quick word on kit

Stage One doesn't need much — a half-set sized to their height is plenty, and it's genuinely one of the areas where second-hand makes the most sense, since they'll outgrow it fast. Sizing should always be by height, never by age — a well-fitted set makes contact easier and more rewarding, which matters far more at this stage than club quality.

Our marketplace is the easiest way to pick up a well-priced starter set, and our independent equipment reviews compare the main junior ranges honestly — we've no commercial relationship with any manufacturer, so the recommendations are ours, not theirs.

Stage Two: Building the Game

Once a junior has fallen for the game, Stage Two is where it starts to take shape: first proper lessons, first fitted clubs, first junior section.

Why this stage is where habits get built

If Stage One is about falling in love with golf, Stage Two is about learning to actually play it. This is where fundamentals get built — grip, stance, the basics of a repeatable swing — and where a junior moves from hitting balls on a range to genuinely playing the game.

It's also where golf usually becomes social. Joining a junior section means training alongside other kids, not just a parent — coaches report this is often the single biggest driver of whether a junior sticks with the game long-term. Golf stops being a thing they do with you and starts being a thing they do for themselves.

There's a temptation at this stage to measure progress — handicaps, scores, comparisons with other juniors in the section. A little structure is healthy. Too much, too soon, and Stage Two starts to feel like Stage Three arrived early, which rarely goes well.

What Stage Two actually looks like

• First proper lessons. Regular sessions with a PGA pro, working on grip, stance and the basics of a repeatable swing — the fundamentals that everything later gets built on.
• Joining a junior section. Group coaching, other kids at a similar stage, and the first sense of golf as something social rather than solitary.
• A properly fitted set. The half-set from Stage One usually gets upgraded here — still height-fitted, but built for someone playing regularly rather than just having a go.
• First real holes. Playing on the course itself, not just the range — usually a few holes at a time, with a parent or coach, learning etiquette and pace of play in context.
• Scoring enters gently. Not competition yet — just an awareness that shots are being counted, usually introduced through the club's junior section rather than anything formal.

A quick word on kit

This is usually when the first real upgrade happens — from a starter half-set to something built for regular play. Still always fitted by height, not age, but now it's worth thinking about a fuller set as lessons progress and more clubs come into use.

Our marketplace is worth checking before buying new — juniors at this stage still grow through kit quickly — and our independent equipment reviews cover the main junior ranges at this level honestly, with no manufacturer relationships behind the recommendations.

Stage Three: Getting Competitive

This is the stage where golf starts keeping score for real: first handicap, first opens, first proper nerves on the first tee.

Why this stage changes the relationship with the game

Stages One and Two were about falling for golf and learning to play it. Stage Three is where it starts to matter in a different way — a handicap gets registered, an entry form gets filled in, and for the first time there's a number attached to how the round went. That shift is bigger than it looks.

Done well, this is where junior golf gets genuinely exciting — the first-tee nerves, the first good finish, the first "I can't wait for the next one." Done badly, it's where golf can start to feel like a test rather than a game, and that's usually where juniors quietly drift away.

The difference between the two rarely comes down to talent. It usually comes down to pacing — how many competitions, how much scrutiny, and how much room is left for it to still be fun.

What Stage Three actually looks like

• A first official handicap. Usually registered through the club or county union once enough qualifying rounds are in. It's a number, not a verdict — worth saying that to a junior more than once.
• First real competitions. Club junior opens, county events, maybe a regional tour stop — entered deliberately now, not just played as extra holes on the way home.
• Learning the entry system. BRS, HowDidiDo, intelligentgolf, county portals — every organiser seems to use something different. It's confusing at first for every parent, not just yours.
• Scoring formats start to matter. Stableford, strokeplay, medal — understanding the format before teeing off changes how a junior plays the round, not just how it's scored afterwards.
• Balancing golf with everything else. School, other sports, friends, downtime. The juniors who last are rarely the ones playing the most golf — they're the ones with the most balanced week.

A word on WHS and general play cards

Once that first handicap is in, it's tempting to keep submitting general play cards from every relaxed weekend round to try to bring the number down quickly. It's worth resisting that urge. General play scores, posted outside the pressure of an actual competition, don't always reflect how a junior performs when it counts — and a handicap that drops faster than the game underneath it can leave them under-clubbed against the field.

The better path is usually to let the handicap come down through competition rounds themselves, once that first number is established. It moves a little slower, but it keeps the handicap honest — and an honest handicap is what keeps a junior genuinely competitive in Stableford events, rather than finding the points just don't add up the way they expect on the day.

On good days and bad days

This is the stage where the highs and lows really start — a brilliant back nine one week, a card that falls apart the next. Our Competition Day Guide covers how to handle both, so a tough round doesn't shape whether they want to play another one.

A quick word on kit

Most of the kit decisions are already made by Stage Three — a fitted full set, decent shoes, a glove that actually fits. What's worth checking now is whether the set still fits: growth spurts are common at this age, and clubs that were right last year can quietly become wrong this year without anyone noticing until scores start to suffer for no obvious reason.

Our marketplace is still the easiest place to move on a set that's been outgrown and pick up the next size — and our independent equipment reviews cover the ranges built for this stage specifically.

Stage Four: County & Beyond

Trials, squads, Order of Merit series and the wider pathways they open onto — Stage Four is where junior golf can start to feel like a genuine pathway rather than a series of one-off events.

Why this stage changes the game again

Stage Three was about entering competitions off your own initiative. Stage Four often starts with someone else's decision — a trial, a squad list, a county call-up. That's a real shift: for the first time, being good enough to play isn't entirely in the junior's control, and that takes some getting used to for the whole family.

Done well, this is where junior golf starts to feel like a genuine pathway — an Order of Merit points total building across a season, a county vest, training days alongside juniors from clubs they'd never otherwise have met. It's also usually where the logistics get harder: more fixtures, more travel, more portals to juggle between club, county and national bodies.

Selection, by its nature, means not everyone gets picked every time. How that's handled — by parents as much as coaches — tends to matter more here than at any stage so far.

What Stage Four actually looks like

• County trials and squads. A first trial, training days alongside county-picked juniors, and the step up in standard that comes with it.
• Order of Merit series. Season-long county leaderboards where points, not just one round, decide the standing — Sussex, Kent, Surrey and others all run these.
• Regional and national pathways open up. Home Internationals, England Golf regional squads, national tour stops like PING JGT, Faldo and BJGT start to feel reachable rather than aspirational.
• More travel, more portals. BRS, HowDidiDo, county union entry systems, national tour sign-ups — the logistics multiply as the geography widens.
• Selection isn't guaranteed. Being good enough one month doesn't guarantee a place the next. Learning to handle a "not this time" is as much a part of this stage as making the squad.

A word on club, county and country

It helps to know roughly how the ladder works before a junior starts climbing it. Club junior sections are where most juniors play most of their golf. County squads are picked from club players, usually through an open trial or an invitation based on performance and handicap. From there, county performance can lead to regional or England Golf representative honours, and eventually the national tours, where the strongest juniors from across the country compete against each other rather than just their own county.

Every junior's route through it looks different, and most never go past county level — which is exactly as it should be. Stage Four is still meant to be enjoyed, not just endured on the way to somewhere else.

On the ups and downs of competition

At Stage Four, results start to carry more weight than before — an Order of Merit position, a squad place, a ranking against juniors from right across the county. That makes the highs feel bigger, and the lows sting more, than they did back at Stage Three's first nerves on the first tee. Trial days bring their own version of this: the outcome isn't entirely down to how the round goes, and it can be hard for a junior — or a parent — to separate a good performance from a good result.

None of that is a problem to be solved. Ups and downs are the game working as intended — the same unpredictability that makes a good round feel so good is what makes a bad one sting. What matters most is not letting either one define the week.

Our Competition Day Guide covers the practical side of all this too — knowing the format, the tee time and what to expect takes one whole category of nerves off the table before a shot is even hit.

A quick word on kit

By Stage Four, most of the core equipment decisions are already made — but travelling to more fixtures and courses tends to bring a few new questions: a proper stand bag rather than a carry strap, ball choice as scoring starts to matter more, and making sure gloves and grips are replaced before they wear thin rather than after.

Our marketplace is still the easiest place to pick up kit for a growing junior without paying full price, and our independent equipment reviews now cover balls and accessories as well as clubs — with no manufacturer relationships behind any of it.

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Stage Five: Transition & College Golf

The junior chapter is closing — adult equipment, adult competition, and the biggest decisions of the whole journey so far.

Why this stage carries more weight than any before it

Stages One to Four were about falling for golf, learning to play it, and learning to compete. Stage Five is different — it's not about getting better at golf any more, it's about deciding what golf is actually for. Equipment moves to adult specification. Competition moves into adult amateur golf. And for the first time, there's a genuinely serious question on the table: what happens next?

The most important thing a family can do at this stage is have honest conversations about the pathway. There are two genuinely strong routes worth weighing up side by side: American college golf, and training as a PGA Professional through The PGA's own UK qualification. Neither is the "main" option with the other as a fallback — they suit different players and different circumstances, and a fully professional playing career is a third question worth its own honest answer too.

Most families we speak to have only ever heard of one of these routes. Both deserve a proper look before either gets ruled in or out.

What Stage Five actually looks like

• Precise yardages become a baseline, not an advantage. Every serious amateur and professional knows their carry distance to within two yards, for every club — including wedges at half, three-quarter and full swing.
• Two genuinely strong pathways, weighed up properly. American college golf and training as a PGA Professional in the UK both offer a serious, structured route forward — neither is the "main" option with the other as a backup.
• WAGR enters the conversation. For families exploring US recruitment, the World Amateur Golf Ranking is the number coaches check first — and most UK parents have never heard of it until now.
• The mental side gets harder before it gets easier. Recruiting emails, adult competition, exam pressure and comparison with equally serious players all land at once. A dip in motivation here is normal, not a warning sign.
• The parent's role changes fundamentally. From logistics and lift-sharing to something closer to a trusted advisor — available when asked, quiet when not.

American college golf

The United States college golf system is one of the most significant opportunities available to a talented British junior golfer — and one of the least understood. A full or substantial athletic scholarship, four years of structured coaching and competitive golf far beyond anything available in UK university golf, and a degree from a recognised American institution. Division I coaches can start contacting players from 15 June after US sophomore year. For UK families, that's the summer after Year 11, once GCSEs are finished and most players are around 16. Division II coaches can message players at any time, and Division III and NAIA coaches have no fixed start date. Coaches form their view of a year group well before that date, so the research, the player profile and the right competitions need to be in place during Years 10 and 11. Recruiting dates checked September 2026. NCAA rules change regularly, so check the current calendar before planning around them. The families who navigate it successfully almost always start researching at 14 or 15.

The PGA Professional pathway

Training to become a PGA Professional isn't a fallback for players who don't make it to America — it's a genuine, degree-level qualification held by over 8,500 members working in more than 80 countries. Trainees are employed and paid at a golf facility from day one, study part-time over three years towards a real qualification (or full-time via the BSc Applied Golf Management Studies at the University of Birmingham), and stay competitive throughout rather than fitting golf around lectures. There's no upper age limit, and courses are available on standard UK student finance. We spoke directly with The PGA's Student Recruitment team while building this section of the guide — worth a proper read via PGA Qualification Courses, starting an application, or the PGA's own Be Inspired stories.

A word on WAGR

A handicap tells a coach how good a player is on paper. WAGR — the World Amateur Golf Ranking, run jointly by The R&A and the USGA — tells them how that player actually performs against ranked opposition, and it's usually the number a US college coach checks first. A player isn't even visible on the list until they earn 6.5 points in a single strong event, which is the single most common reason a genuinely talented UK junior never appears on a recruiter's radar.

A quick word on kit

This is the most significant equipment investment of the entire junior journey. A proper custom fitting matters more here than at any earlier stage — wedge specification, driver shaft selection and putter fitting all deserve individual attention from someone who understands the specific challenges of the junior-to-adult transition.

Our marketplace is still worth checking as a full junior set gets moved on for the last time — and our independent equipment reviews remain manufacturer-free, for whatever comes next.

That's the Journey — Stage One to Stage Five. Thanks for reading all five parts. The full guide stays live and free at every stage — worth bookmarking, and worth sharing with a family who's earlier in the journey than you are.

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1,000 Followers, Or a Good Tempo?

A trend we've noticed among some junior golfers and can't quite decide what to make of: posting season goals, in order — hit 1,000 followers, beat a target score, be a good person on the course. Not all of them, and maybe not even most — but enough that it caught our eye. Genuinely curious what you make of it — get in touch, because we keep going back and forth.

The Pattern, And Why The Order Matters

It's showing up on some junior golf accounts right now — not all of them, not even most — but often enough to notice: a caption listing "goals for the season," and it opens with a follower count. Then a scoring target. Then, almost as an afterthought, something about sportsmanship or being a good person on the course.

The follower number itself doesn't seem like the interesting part — plenty of juniors enjoy building an audience, and there's a reasonable case that it's just how this generation talks about ambition. The part worth debating is the order. Does listing character last actually mean anything, or are we reading too much into where three sentences happen to fall in a caption? There's a case both ways.

The Case For Taking The Order Seriously

• It's entirely outside their control. A scoring goal is earned through practice and decisions on the course. A follower count is earned through an algorithm, other people's scrolling habits, and luck of timing.
• It measures attention, not performance. A junior can shoot the round of their life and gain no followers, or shoot a poor round and post something that goes viral for unrelated reasons.
• It ties self-worth to something contingent. Young athletes who tie their sense of value to external validation tend to show more anxiety and less resilience after a bad performance than those who tie it to effort or improvement.
• It rewards the wrong content. Trick shots and highlight reels generate followers. Grinding out a two-hour practice session on a weak short game does not.

Or Maybe It's The Wrong Thing To Focus On Entirely

Here's the counterargument: sportsmanship and honesty aren't really "goals" in the same sense as a scoring target — they're more like a baseline, the entry price for playing at all. If that's true, then listing them last isn't a warning sign, it's just a category error that doesn't mean much. So is this actually revealing something about priorities — or are we over-reading three lines in an Instagram caption?

One Framework, For What It's Worth

Sport psychology usually splits goals into three tiers: process goals (specific, controllable actions — "commit fully to every pre-shot routine"), performance goals (personal standards — a scoring average, a handicap target), and outcome goals (results that depend partly on others — winning an event, a ranking). A follower count doesn't sit neatly in any of those three.

How The Pros Actually Set Goals

Since we're floating a framework, it's worth checking it against how the actual best golfers alive describe their own goal-setting — because none of them, it turns out, lead with an outcome.

Three very different golfers, three different eras — and not one of them leads with a number they can't control. Make of that what you will.

Genuinely split on this one internally — get in touch and tell us: is this a real pattern worth watching, or are we overthinking three lines in a caption?

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

Clubs: What To Actually Buy, And When

Every set on the market — US Kids, TaylorMade, Callaway, MKids, the lot — is built around height, not age. Two nine-year-olds can need completely different clubs. Yet age labels are what most shops put on the box, and what most parents shop by, because it's the easier number to know off the top of your head.

Height beats age, every single time

A club that's too long is one of the most common reasons juniors pick up bad habits early — coaches spend years undoing it. Our own sizing chart, and every reputable manufacturer's own chart, starts from height for exactly this reason.

Stage 1–2: buy second-hand, every time

At this stage clubs are outgrown, not worn out. A second-hand set typically runs £80–100 against £200 new, and US Kids' Ultralight range in particular holds its resale value well — a set can be sold on again once your child grows out of it, recovering much of the original cost.

When to actually upgrade

• Outgrown sizing — the clearest, most objective signal.
• Competing, and being limited by the kit — not just "could play better," but genuinely held back.
• Damage — a cracked shaft or worn grip that affects performance, not just cosmetic wear.
• A genuine shift in interest — moving from occasional play to regular competitive golf.

Fitting only becomes worth paying for from Stage 3 onward — before that, height-based off-the-shelf sizing does the job.

What holds its value, and what doesn't

US Kids and PING both hold resale value well, which is exactly why buying second-hand at the early stages works so cleanly — you're not losing much by reselling later. Ben Sayers, Cleveland and Fazer don't hold value in the same way, which flips the advice: buy those cheap and new rather than paying a premium for second-hand.

JuniorCaddie has no commercial relationship with any brand mentioned — no affiliate commissions, no sponsored placements. Next in the series: the small brands doing junior clothing properly.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

Clothing: The Small Brands Doing It Properly

Walk into most golf retailers and junior clothing reads as one shelf. It isn't. One group of brands designs for a child's swing from the first sketch — small, mostly direct-only, easy to miss. The other takes an adult range that already exists and sizes it down. Neither is wrong, but it's worth knowing which one you're buying into.

The small brands built for junior golf specifically

• Avant Golf — streetwear-styled junior golf wear for ages 7–13, aimed at making the kit feel current to kids, not just functional for parents.
• Chinnydipper — a UK brand designing golf and sportswear specifically for young female golfers, right down to a skort built around the golf swing rather than borrowed from tennis or hockey.
• everyshotcounts — a small independent brand partnered with US Kids Golf, cut with stretch through the hip and thigh for an active young swing rather than a general kids' sportswear pattern.

All three trade high-street availability for a genuinely better starting point — worth knowing about even if you don't buy today.

Where the mainstream names actually earn their place

adidas is the default for a reason: stocked by nearly every golf retailer in the UK from age 3–4 through to teen, easy to replace when a size is outgrown. FootJoy's junior line is really a footwear and rainwear specialist rather than a full clothing range. Galvin Green makes the same tour-level seam-sealed construction in junior sizes — genuinely excellent, and a category where second-hand is worth checking first, since a growing child moves through sizes within a season or two. Under Armour's strength is layering — ColdGear base layers and quarter-zips worn under a polo, rather than the polo itself.

None of this is a ranking. Unlike our club reviews, this guide doesn't score or verdict any brand — we haven't hands-on tested clothing the way our PGA Professional has tested clubs, so we're not going to pretend otherwise.

For girls, clothing is a bigger deal than it looks

We published a full guide to junior golf for girls this week, and one figure from it belongs here too: 73% of teenage girls say being watched puts them off sport. Clothing she actually feels confident in makes that easier — most clubs are fine with skorts, tailored shorts or leggings designed for golf alongside the usual polo, so it's worth checking the dress code before the first visit. It's also expensive and outgrown fast, which is exactly what the marketplace is for.

Buying second-hand clothing

A junior can grow through two or three clothing sizes in a single season, so barely-worn kit changes hands often within the junior golf community. Ask sellers for the child's height, not just their age, since sizing varies between brands. Check zips and fastenings on waterproofs still work; for polos and base layers, check for underarm wear and fading.

Next in the series: part three — accessories. Why there's no such thing as a "junior" golf ball, and an honest look at trolleys and GPS.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

Gloves, Balls, Bags and More: What To Buy, And When

Clubs and clothing get the attention, but the smaller kit is where the spend quietly adds up — a trolley here, a rangefinder there. The honest answer for most of it is less than you think, and later than you think.

What they actually need, stage by stage

• Stage 1 — First Swing: a light stand bag sized to their height, one snug-fitting glove, soft compression balls (lake balls are fine) and tees. No trolley, no GPS.
• Stage 2 — Finding the Game: a re-measured glove, a ball matched to swing speed, pitch repairer and marker. A trolley only if they're regularly walking 9+ holes.
• Stage 3 — On the Course: a trolley now earns its place, plus a spare glove and a competition-legal GPS or rangefinder. Alignment sticks for practice — at home, not in the round.
• Stage 4–5 — Serious Junior and beyond: a spare of everything, a tournament-legal rangefinder, and known yardages for every club.

Gloves: measure the hand, not the age

A golf glove goes on the lead hand — the hand closest to the target at address. For a right-handed golfer that's the left hand; for a left-hander, the right. It's the opposite of what many parents expect, and once a glove's been tried on it's hard to send back.

Then size it like clubs — by measurement, not age. Measure from the crease at the base of the palm to the tip of the middle finger and check it against the brand's own chart, because sizes aren't consistent between brands. It should fit snug, not "to grow into": a loose glove slips, and gloves are cheap enough to replace each season.

Our picks are editorial assessments drawn from specifications and coaching guidance, not hands-on tests. FootJoy's Junior glove is the safe default — leather palm at a budget price. US Kids' Good-Grip prints a hand-placement guide on the glove, which helps a beginner still learning where their hands go. For a junior playing through a wet UK winter, Callaway's Weather Spann is built to keep its grip when damp.

If in doubt, the Callaway Supersoft is the sensible default from Stage 2 onward — soft enough for a developing swing, durable enough to last. For the very youngest swingers, Wilson's Duo Soft+ goes softer still and comes in high-visibility colours.

Lake balls: the honest money-saver

Juniors lose a lot of balls. Lake balls — recovered from water hazards, cleaned and graded — can cost roughly £10–£30 a dozen, and Pearl or Grade A play like new. The junior-specific catch: mixed packs are often full of firm tour balls that a developing swing can't compress, so buy by model, not brand mix. Grade B is perfectly sensible at Stage 1–2.

Bags: sized by height, like everything else

The same trap as clubs: a bag bought "to grow into" makes today's clubs awkward to reach and the straps awkward to carry. A lightweight stand bag matched to the clubs your child has now does the job from Stage 1 through competition golf. Bags are outgrown long before they wear out, which makes them one of the best second-hand buys in junior golf.

Trolleys: don't buy one before you need one

Trolleys aren't sized by age or stage the way clubs are. What matters is an adjustable bag bracket, a weight your child can fold and lift themselves, and whether it fits in the car boot — not wheel count or accessory consoles. US Kids make trolleys sized to their own bag range, so match it to the set your child already has. The MKids/Masters junior trolley takes the opposite approach: one height-adjustable frame designed to grow with them. When they move to an adult-length bag, look at compact adult models rather than full-size ones.

GPS and rangefinders: what's actually legal

There's no junior-specific market here — juniors use the same devices as adults. Start with a simple GPS unit rather than a laser: cheaper, easier to use unsupervised, and it teaches course management without the learning curve of aiming at a flag.

On competition day the rule is clearer than most parents think. Distance-measuring devices are allowed under the Rules of Golf by default, but slope or "plays like" distances must be switched off — for every golfer, not just juniors. It's a mode, not a ban, so a rangefinder with a physical slope switch works for both practice and competition. The one exception: a committee can prohibit devices entirely for a specific event, so always check the competition conditions first.

Practice aids: home, not the course

Alignment sticks are the best-value training aid in golf — but using one during a competition round to check aim or rehearse a swing breaks Rule 4.3. The penalty is two strokes for the first breach and disqualification for a second, even if the stick is picked up again before the shot. Carrying them is fine; using them isn't. The easiest habit is to leave them in the car on competition days.

That's the series: borrow, then buy used, then buy new, then get fitted — and buy for the stage your child is at, not the one you hope they'll reach. JuniorCaddie has no commercial relationship with any brand mentioned, and scores on the accessories page are editorial assessments, not hands-on tests. Full scored reviews of trolleys and GPS units will follow once they've been properly tried on the course.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

Dark Nights and Half-Term: Keeping the Game Going

The clocks go back on Sunday 25 October, the day before half-term starts for most schools. The season is winding down and the evenings are closing in. Here's how to keep a junior's golf alive through it without simply filling the diary, and what starting strength and conditioning actually looks like at each stage.

What "keeping going" should actually mean

When the days shorten it's easy to read it as lost momentum, and to reach for more: more lessons, more indoor sessions, one more event before the year ends. It's worth pausing on that instinct.

From Stage 2 upwards our guides say a junior should have at least three months a year without competition, and winter is the natural place to take it. At the youngest stage the only measure of success is whether a child wants to come back next week. That doesn't change in November. So momentum, in our view, isn't a full diary. It's a junior who still wants to play in March.

Winter is when the body work starts

With no rounds to recover from, winter is the natural time to start working on the body. It's also where parents get the most mixed messages: swing-speed programmes, gym memberships, YouTube routines. Every one of our stage guides has a Body & Readiness section, and the honest summary is that "starting strength and conditioning" means something very different at 7 than at 15. For most juniors it doesn't mean a gym at all.

• Stages 1–2 (roughly 4–11): the best golf fitness is every other sport. Children who run, throw, catch, swim, climb and balance are building the movement a golf swing is made from. No golf-specific fitness work is needed. Research on young athletes links specialising in one sport before 12 with more overuse injuries and earlier drop-out. Two things to start this winter: the age rule (weekly hours of all organised sport no more than your child's age), and a five-minute warm-up before every session — arm circles, gentle trunk turns, leg swings, then a few half swings. At this age the habit matters more than the exercises.
• Stage 3 (roughly 9–13): work with the growth spurt, not against it. This is when most children hit their fastest growth, typically around 10–12 for girls and 12–14 for boys. A swing that worked in spring can stop working by autumn because longer limbs change the timing. That's normal and temporary. Keep the warm-up and add a few minutes of gentle hip and trunk mobility. During a spurt, cut range-ball volume rather than golf itself. Growing bodies need more sleep and more food.
• Stage 4 (roughly 12–16): this is where proper strength work begins. Two strength and mobility sessions a week, planned by a qualified strength and conditioning coach or physio who works with young athletes. Bodyweight and technique first, heavy loads only once technique is solid. Focus on hips, trunk and balance: research on golfers links low back pain with limited hip rotation and weak trunk muscles. And a ten-minute warm-up before every round and range session. Swing-speed programmes done badly during growth load the back and wrists hard, so supervise them.
• Stage 5 (roughly 15–18): an adult athlete's programme. Anyone on a competitive route should be working with a qualified strength and conditioning coach and having a physio screening at least once a year. If that isn't in place yet, this winter is the time to set it up.

The golf side, stage by stage

• Stage 1 · First Swing. A winter away from golf does no harm at this age. If they do want to play, keep sessions short and game-based, 20 to 45 minutes. A putting game on the lounge carpet counts.
• Stage 2 · Finding the Game. Short evenings suit the short game, which should take about half of practice time anyway. Thinking about a first event next year? Try the Ready to Compete? quiz.
• Stage 3 · On the Course. A winter break from competing works well here, and so does winter golf on the course rather than the range. A simple record of putts, up-and-downs and penalty shots gives the winter some shape. Girls' growth spurts often arrive earlier, and our girls' guide covers what that means.
• Stage 4 · Serious Junior. November to February is the off-season for technical changes, strength work and the short game. October is meant to be the rest month, with at least two weeks fully away from golf. A launch monitor session every four to six months keeps yardages honest. Put the numbers into the yardage chart.
• Stage 5 · Transition & College Golf. Winter is planning season. The Stage 5 page sets out a Year 10 to Year 13 timeline for US college, UK university and the PGA route side by side. Plan the calendar around exams rather than through them.

Half-term, if you want an event

As of 11 October, the competition finder listed these junior opens for 25–29 October, all marked Stage 3–4: Lincoln (Sun 25), Old Fold Manor (Mon 26), Bewdley Pines and Gillingham (Wed 28), and Gog Magog, Cirencester and Worcestershire Golf Club (Thu 29). Entry deadlines are set by each club, so check before you plan around one.

One event is plenty. At Stage 3 our guidance is roughly one event a fortnight in season, and a Stage 4 player who hasn't yet had their October rest may be better off using half-term to take it. First open? The competition day guide walks you through the day.

A quick word on kit

Autumn is when a summer of growing catches up with the bag. Our guides suggest rechecking fit every six months, or every few months during a growth spurt. If winter golf is on the cards, the shoes guide explains when waterproofing is worth paying for. JuniorCaddie has no commercial relationship with any equipment brand.

One small thing this week: start the warm-up habit. Five minutes before every session, whatever the age. It costs nothing, and it's the first brick of every strength programme that follows.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

21 August 2026

Good morning, and what a week to be picking up a scorecard. Final-hole birdies, a playoff that went right down to the wire, and a fresh crop of county champions heading for Woodhall Spa in September — junior golf delivered on every front that week.

Headline — Gog Magog, Cambridge

Brooks holes the winning birdie as Jimenez survives a playoff thriller. It doesn't get much more dramatic than this. At the English Girls' Under-14 & Under-16 Open Amateur Championships, England's Maybel Brooks produced the shot of the week — a birdie on the very last hole — to snatch the Under-14 title in style. One group and one age category up, the Under-16 crown needed extra holes to settle: Spain's Paula Jimenez came through a tense playoff against Germany's Lorena Guth to take the title.

It could easily have gone England's way at the top too — home hope Selina Bartaya led the Under-16 field after round one, only to be reeled in by Germany's Jinlei Zhong as the tournament wore on. In the Under-14s, Italy's Elena Sartori pushed hard and finished third, keeping Brooks honest right to the closing stretch.

County Round-Up

Two counties wrapped up their junior championships that week, both sending fresh names through to the England Golf Champion of Champions at Woodhall Spa — one of the 410+ hand-verified competitions on the JuniorCaddie competition finder.

One to Watch

Down in the South West, early word from the West of England Under-18 Open at Burnham & Berrow pointed to strong performances from England internationals including Arianna Virik — final scores weren't confirmed at the time of writing.

That's your lot for that week — congratulations to every champion above, and to everyone who teed it up.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

28 August 2026

Good morning, and happy Bank Holiday weekend. This was a big one — a full month of GB&I results to catch up on, a heavyweight team match at The Island, Faldo Futures wrapping its biggest season yet, and 47 newly hand-verified competitions landing on the finder.

Headline — The Belfry, Warwickshire

Faldo Futures closes out its biggest season yet. The Faldo Futures Final was staged over two days (26–27 August) at The Belfry, running alongside the DP World Tour's British Masters. Boys and girls aged 7–12 who came through qualifying events and Regional Finals earlier in the year competed across age-group divisions, with category winners earning an invitation to the 2026 IMG Junior World Championship in California.

This season was a record one before a single ball was struck at the Final: almost 4,000 junior golfers entered across more than 150 qualifying events at clubs throughout Great Britain and Ireland — comfortably the biggest field in the series' history.

Quick Hits — Junior & Amateur Golf, August Round-Up

The Island, Dublin — Europe Edges GB&I

A classic team match: the Continent of Europe beat GB&I's boys 14½–10½ in the Jacques Léglise Trophy and the girls 9½–8½ in the Junior Vagliano Trophy — despite GB&I's girls leading after day one.

On The Finder — 47 New Competitions, Two Brand New Counties

Every one of the 47 new entries checked against the club's own site or a genuine county/tour source before going live. The full list now stands at 442 hand-verified competitions, up from 395.

Plus Worcestershire's full Junior Order of Merit (5 clubs), and fresh Opens across Kent, Sussex, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Yorkshire, Devon, Shropshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Somerset, Scotland and Wales. See everything on the JuniorCaddie competition finder.

That's your lot for this week — enjoy the long weekend, and good luck to anyone teeing it up at Minchinhampton, Hickleton or Maylands.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

4 September 2026

This week we're leading with something a bit different — a conversation that's been building across junior golf parent circles, and one we think is worth adding our voice to. Alongside it: reassurance that October's calendar is far from thin, five titles in a row for England's juniors internationally, and a new junior tour recruiting partnership.

Headline — Are handicap ballots quietly shutting juniors out of the biggest events?

Andy from Father Son Golf (@father_son_golf) posted a series this week that's struck a nerve with junior golf parents, and we think it deserves wider attention. Using England Golf's own published ballot data, he tracked the entry-handicap cutoff for three of the country's leading junior championships over the last three years — and the trend is stark.

His point isn't just about the numbers falling — it's about what's driving them. England Golf's own Championship Entry Policy allows an entry to be refused if a handicap record contains more than four General Play scores, fewer than four Competition scores, or is otherwise incomplete — a rule designed to keep ballots reflective of genuine ability. Andy's argument is that this now squeezes honest players out at the margins, at exactly the moment a place in these fields can matter for college recruitment and rankings, not just the trophy itself. As he put it: for a 15, 16 or 17-year-old trying to build their future through golf, one decimal point can be the difference between playing and watching from home — and that pressure is real.

It's also why this debate landed close to home for us. We've written about exactly this pattern before — Stage 3 of Our Journey has a section called "The general play trap", built around the same principle Father Son Golf's data is now showing at national scale: a healthy handicap is built mostly from competition rounds, with general play used sparingly to fill genuine gaps between them — not as the main source of scores. Submit too many relaxed evening cards and the index falls faster than the child's game actually has, and a junior ends up arriving at a competition off a number they've never really matched under pressure. That's a confidence problem at club level. At McGregor, Carris and Reid level, with real places on the line, it's the same gap — just with much higher stakes.

Father Son Golf is asking people to comment "CHANGE" on the post, or reach out by DM, to help build the conversation. If this resonates with you as a parent or organiser, it's worth adding your voice too.

The Finder — 45 Competitions Still to Come in October

Following on from our last note about the shape of the autumn calendar — the picture is a genuinely good one. 45 verified junior competitions across roughly 25 counties, tours and nations are still to come in October, from Droitwich and Neath on the 3rd through to a packed final week including Worcestershire GC's Junior Open and the Race to St George's Final on the 29th. It's all on the JuniorCaddie competition finder, hand-verified as ever.

International — Cork, Ireland

England make it five in a row at the Girls' & Boys' Home Internationals. England's junior golfers have retained the title for a fifth consecutive year, seeing off Scotland 13-8 in a dramatic decider at a sun-soaked Cork. It came down to the same script as 2024 — England edging the foursomes 4-3 before pulling clear in the singles, 9-5. England's girls topped their own leaderboard with three wins from three, while the boys finished second behind Scotland but still did enough to seal the overall title — five trophies on the spin since the combined format began in 2021.

Pathways & Tours

A new route from junior tour to US college golf. The British Junior Golf Tour has named CAMPUS — a college golf recruiting platform — as its official UK recruiting partner, giving BJGT members a direct route to build a verified recruiting profile for US college coaches: tournament results, academic record, swing video and highlights, all in one place. You'll find BJGT's full 2026 schedule among the national tours on the JuniorCaddie competition finder.

Equipment — Tour Edge Max-J

Tour Edge has just launched its new Max-J junior range, built around real parent feedback and player testing rather than simply shrinking an adult set. It's a reminder that junior kit still gets genuine engineering attention, not just a smaller headcover — worth a look if a growth spurt has your junior between sizes right now. As always, we've no commercial relationship with any manufacturer — our independent equipment reviews stay that way on purpose.

One To Watch

The county circuit isn't done yet either. The English Boys' County Champion of Champions returns to the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa on Saturday 16 September, 36 holes of stroke play deciding which county's champion stands above the rest — a fitting follow-on from the county titles we've been covering these past few weeks.

That's your lot for this week. If the ballot conversation resonates with you, go and find Father Son Golf's post and add your voice — and as always, if your county or club has news we haven't covered, get in touch and we'll make sure it gets its moment in these pages.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

11 September 2026

A big one on the amateur stage this week — Great Britain & Ireland retained the Walker Cup at Lahinch, with three names from our pathway coverage on the winning team. Alongside it: two more junior international titles, Gloucestershire's back-to-back Girls' Champion of Champions win at Woodhall Spa, the boys' and men's events there this weekend, and — new this week — a first look at which junior opens are actually getting the most clicks on our own finder.

Headline — GB&I Retain the Walker Cup at Lahinch

Great Britain & Ireland successfully defended the Walker Cup at Lahinch on 5–6 September, seeing off the USA on home soil. Three names on that GB&I team sheet — Josh Hill, Luke Poulter and Jack Whaley — are exactly the kind of players our Stage Five coverage talks about: juniors a few years further down the same pathway, now competing at the very top of the amateur game before (for some) a move into the pro ranks. Worth a read if the college or PGA pathway conversation feels a long way off right now — it's where it can lead.

Quick Hits — International Junior Results

Road to Woodhall Spa

The Girls' event already played out the weekend before — Mariella Buchanan, a member of the England Girls' Squad, made it back-to-back titles for Gloucestershire, following 2025 champion Neve Jeffery. Buchanan held a four-shot lead at halfway with a level-par 72, then closed with 74 to finish +2 over 36 holes on the Bracken Course, 5 September. Northamptonshire's Lila Bisset pushed her all the way with a -1 afternoon to finish just two shots back.

Following on from the county championships we covered back in August — Tommy Hulance and Selina Bartarya in Kent, Amelia Parker in Hertfordshire — it's the boys' and men's turn this weekend. The EG Boys' County Champion of Champions plays out on the Hotchkin Course on Saturday 12th, with the Men's event and the Scottish Boys' Area Team Championship following on Sunday 13th. We'll have the winners in next week's issue.

The Finder — Half Term Is Where It's At

We're seeing a lot of activity on the competition finder right now. September's busy, and October half term is shaping up to be one of the biggest windows of the autumn before things quiet down for winter — worth a look now, while there's still time to plan an entry rather than scramble for one last-minute.

• It's often the last real run of decent weather before events thin out for winter.
• Popular county and club events tend to fill quickly once term ends — entry deadlines often land earlier than parents expect.
• A week off school is often the easiest window to actually get to a competition without juggling it around normal term-time commitments.

Most-Clicked Junior Opens — September & October 2026

New this week, and something we'll keep an eye on going forward: real, verified clicks from the finder itself — no estimates, no dead links. Four of the top five fall right in the run-up to, or across, half term.

Not Sure They're Ready Yet?

It's one of the questions we hear most — "is my child ready for their first competition, or am I pushing too soon?" There's no single right age or handicap for it, so instead of guessing, we built a short quiz that walks through what actually matters: how they handle a bad hole, whether they can play a full round unaccompanied, and whether the interest is coming from them rather than a keen parent. Two minutes, a few honest questions, a clear answer either way.

No pressure either way — but if you've been meaning to enter something, this is the week to look rather than the week before half term. As always, if your county or club has news we haven't covered, get in touch and we'll make sure it gets its moment in these pages.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

18 September 2026

Last week we promised the Woodhall Spa winners once the dust settled — they're in below, alongside a Hertfordshire golfer picking up a title in Germany, one more county final still to be decided this weekend, and a handful of October competitions picked from right across the country.

Headline — Woodhall Spa Champions Crowned

On the Hotchkin Course, Albie Beeston (Hampshire) won the EG Boys' County Champion of Champions after a play-off with William Psenko — the same tournament Amelia Parker and the other county champions we followed all August were competing to reach. A day later, Zac Mudford (Dorset) took the Men's County Champion of Champions after a three-way play-off with Rio Saigal and Sam Done. Two 36-hole stroke-play fields, two events settled by a play-off — a fitting way to close out the county season at the home of English golf.

One To Watch — A Hertfordshire Name Abroad

Quick Hits

• Scottish Boys' Area Team Championship — Lothians won the team title, 13 September.
• The Justin Rose Mid-Amateur — Sam Whitaker (ENG) won, 11 September.

October Spotlight — Around The Country

Five from the finder, picked for the venues as much as the golf — proof that "410+ competitions" isn't just a Hertfordshire number.

That's five of 45 October entries on the finder right now.

This Weekend

The Gerald Micklem Cup plays out 18–19 September — one more county final before the season properly turns toward autumn. We'll have the winner in next week's issue.

If You Missed It — Sunday's Debate

Some junior golfers are listing follower counts as season goal #1, character last. We checked that against how Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods actually set goals — not one of them leads with a number they can't control.

That closes out the county season at Woodhall Spa — a good moment to look back at how far this year's champions have come. As always, if your county or club has news we haven't covered, get in touch and we'll make sure it gets its moment in these pages.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

25 September 2026

Matt Fitzpatrick. Georgia Hall. Charlie Hull. All three played in the same UK junior team competition as kids — one that's not on our finder, running qualifiers right now, that you've probably never heard of. That's this week's headline. Plus a national-tour date in Royston this weekend, and one we should have caught two weeks ago.

Headline — A Competition We Hadn't Covered

Junior Team Golf (JTG) is a UK-wide club-team championship — not individual stroke play, but clubs fielding teams against each other. Over 50 Regional Qualifiers and Semi-finals run across England, Scotland and Wales in June/July and again in September/October — which means qualifying is happening right now — before national champions from all four home nations meet in the Home Nations Final. This year's was decided at Carlisle GC in April: England's Waterfront beat Scotland's Whitecraigs and Drumpellier, plus England runners-up Wrag Barn, to become the 31st holders of the Nigel Dolton Trophy.

The alumni list is the real hook: Matt Fitzpatrick, Grant Forrest, Georgia Hall and Charlie Hull all played JTG as juniors before reaching Walker, Ryder, Curtis or Solheim Cup level — elite players once lined up alongside "double-figure handicap teenage golfers," in the organisers' own words.

Quick Hit — One We Missed

The PING Junior Solheim Cup — the girls' team event that pairs with the real thing — was played 8 September, USA retaining the trophy 13–11 after Europe won the Tuesday singles 8.5–3.5. Should have been in an earlier issue; here it is now.

From The National Tours — Straight Off The Finder

Still Waiting On

We promised the Gerald Micklem Cup winner in this issue — it played out 18–19 September, but no result has been published yet, even on our usual sources. Rather than guess, we'll carry it forward until it's confirmed.

This Weekend

The Men's County Finals run 25–27 September — starting today. We'll have the outcome next week, along with (hopefully) Micklem.

As always, if your county or club has news we haven't covered, get in touch and we'll make sure it gets its moment in these pages.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

2 October 2026

England's National Squads for 2026/27 are out, and six names on them are golfers we've already covered this season. Alongside it: England in the hunt at a live World Championship right now, two loops we've been carrying for weeks finally closed, and PING's 2027 season launches.

Headline — National Squads 2026/27

England Golf has named its National Boys' and Girls' Squads for 2026/27 — eight boys, six girls, selected to represent England internationally over the coming year. Six of the fourteen are golfers whose results we've covered already this season:

The remaining Boys' squad members are Max Blake, George Cooper, Sullivan Goddard, Ezra Hartland and Alfie Turner. The remaining Girls' squad members are Daisy Lee, Millie Marsh and Georgia Richardson.

Live Right Now — World Junior Girls Championship

England are competing in the World Junior Girls Golf Championship at Brampton G.C., Ontario (30 Sept–3 Oct) — 23 countries, three-player teams, 72 holes of stroke play for both team and individual honours. It's a genuine proving ground: Canada's own Brooke Henderson, now a 14-time LPGA Tour winner, finished fourth here at the inaugural event back in 2014.

England's team is Lauren Crump, Ellie Lichtenhein and Annabel Peaford — Crump making her third appearance, coming off a personal-best finish last year; Peaford making her debut. After round one, the United States and hosts Canada shared the team lead at 7-under, with Crump tied 4th individually at 3-under. The championship concludes Saturday — we'll have the finish, and where England placed, in next week's issue.

Closing The Loop — Two Weeks In The Making

Quick Hits

• Irish Junior Open Tour — one of their Elite WAGR-ranked stops, this one at Lough Erne. Padraig O'Docharatigh (IRL) won, 26–27 September.
• North of England Open Amateur — Lucas Martin (ENG) won, 29 Sept–1 Oct, a straightforward stroke-play title to close out the North's amateur season.

PING Junior Golf Tour — 2027 Season Launched

33 events, 5 Majors, one Grand Final — the same Rookies (6–12, nine holes, forward tees, no handicap needed) and Masters (13–21, 18 holes, season-long Order of Merit) split as before, across 11 age divisions in total. First event is Hadley Wood Golf Club in Barnet, Monday 5 April 2027, with further Majors confirmed at Dunstanburgh Castle (the PING Scratch Trophy) and Windermere.

Worth knowing now, not in the spring: membership (£69.99/season) entries open 1 November — a full month ahead of general release — and that head start is the difference between getting into Hadley Wood and finding it already sold out, as happened this year.

This Weekend

BJGT's Players Championship (Major) plays out at The Springs, Wallingford, Sun 4 Oct. BJGT's own policy is explicit about what's at stake: Major events carry extra Order of Merit points, meaning this single Sunday plays a disproportionate part in deciding who tops the tour come the end of October.

Congratulations again to everyone named to the National Squads this week. As always, if your county or club has news we haven't covered, get in touch and we'll make sure it gets its moment in these pages.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie

9 October 2026

This week's lead comes from both ends of the junior pathway. At international level, England's Under 16s beat Ireland 21.5–8.5 at Wallasey. At the other end, the county schools championships have started, with seven events across four counties in the past fortnight. Their winners ranged from a +2 handicapper to a 22. Also inside: Lauren Crump is the World Junior Girls champion, two Hertfordshire opens this weekend, and a half-term planner.

Joint Lead — International: England U16s Beat Ireland 21.5–8.5

England's Under 16 boys and girls beat Ireland 21.5–8.5 at Wallasey Golf Club last weekend. The girls won their match 11.5–3.5 and the boys won theirs 10–5.

The match was played over two days: foursomes on Saturday morning, singles on Saturday afternoon and singles again on Sunday. After the foursomes, the girls led 2–1 and the boys trailed 2.5–0.5. Both teams then won the Saturday afternoon singles 5.5–0.5, and both won the Sunday singles 4–2.

Why it matters to you: Under 16 is the age group many of our readers' children are in now. Last week we listed England's new National Squads. Five of those names played at Wallasey: Millie Marsh, Alfie Turner, Max Blake, George Cooper and Ezra Hartland.

Joint Lead — Grassroots: Seven County Schools Championships, and a 22-Handicapper Among the Winners

The English Schools' Golf Association season is under way. County schools associations in Bedfordshire, Surrey, Derbyshire and Lancashire held championships between 24 September and 7 October. Most were scored both gross (the scratch result) and nett (after handicap), so each produced two winners.

Handicaps in brackets. Four of these wins were decided on countback: Nathan Nolan (tied with Oliver Smith on 71 gross), Niccolo Marsala (from a three-way tie on nett 67), Jack Austin (tied with Theo Colkett on nett 68) and Harry Hunter (tied with Luca Rogers on 39 points). Source: English Schools' Golf Association results.

As Promised — Lauren Crump Wins the World Junior Girls Championship

Last week we reported England's start at the World Junior Girls Golf Championship at Brampton G.C., Ontario. Lauren Crump went on to win the individual title, one shot ahead of Korea's Seoah Kim. She had been tied 4th at 3-under after the first round. The team title went to the United States at 15-under, five clear of defending champions Korea.

Why it matters to you: Lauren plays out of Hill Valley in Shropshire and came through county junior golf, the same route most of our readers' children are on. Charlotte Naughton won the same title for England in 2025. Before that, no English girl had finished in the individual top three since the championship began in 2014.

This Weekend — Hertfordshire

Half-Term Planner

October half term is a busy fortnight for junior opens. Four worth knowing about, with dates, so you can check entry before they fill:

• Sun 25 Oct — Gleneagles Junior Open, Scotland
• Tue 27 Oct — Royal Porthcawl Junior Open, Wales
• Thu 29 Oct — Gog Magog Junior Open, Cambridgeshire (second most-clicked on JuniorCaddie this autumn)
• Thu 29 Oct — Race to St George's Final, Royal St George's, Kent

Dates For The Diary

Still Waiting On

BJGT Players Championship (Major) — The Springs, Wallingford, Sunday 4 October. The result hasn't been published yet. We'll include it once it's confirmed.

Congratulations to England's Under 16s on their win at Wallasey, to this fortnight's county schools champions, and to Lauren Crump, Ellie Lichtenhein and Annabel Peaford on a fine week in Canada. As always, if your county or club has news we haven't covered, get in touch and we'll make sure it gets its moment in these pages.

Dan & Jacob, JuniorCaddie