LINCOLNSHIRE'S COUPLAND TO SPEND FOUR MONTHS DOWN UNDER
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David Coupland (Boston, Lincolnshire) will spend the next four months in the sunshine of Australia under the EGU’s annual arrangement with the Waverley Golf Club of Melbourne.
He will guest for the club’s team in their title-defence of the Victoria Golf Association’s Pennant Series of events, which run from March to May, as well as competing in the major Australian amateur championships prior to that.
The arrangement with the Waverley club, which has run for several years, will see Coupland staying with club members, as did Todd Adcock in helping Waverley to the title a year ago.
“It will be my first visit to Australia,” said Coupland. “I’ve never been further than America so I’m quite excited. I was also a bit nervous as I don’t know what to expect but having spoken to Todd he has really wetted my appetite for the adventure.”
Coupland enjoyed success in 2010, particularly on the Kent coast, winning the Tillman Trophy at Royal Cinque Ports and finishing runner-up in the inaugural South East of England Links Championship at Royal St George’s.
He also finished fourth in the Lee Westwood Trophy, fifth in the Welsh Open Stroke Play and equal tenth in the Brabazon Trophy, performances which helped him to 14th place in the final Titleist/Footjoy EGU Order of Merit.
In 2009, Coupland won the Lagonda Trophy at Gog Magog and reached the semi-finals of the English Amateur Championship at Rye.
Coupland, who will celebrate his 25th birthday Down Under in mid-March, is hoping the trip will also give him a head start for the English season when he returns in May.
“I’m usually a slow starter when the season gets underway so I’m hoping my game will be sharp when I return,” he added.
Commenting on David’s visit to Australia, Peter Mattsson, EGU Director of Coaching, said:
“David follows a tradition of high profile English players at Waverley where he will play an important role in the club's ambition to capture 'the Pennants', the inter club leagues around Melbourne. For David this is a great opportunity to test himself in a different environment and to come back to the UK one step ahead of many of his opponents.”
The Pennant Series is a club team competition which commenced in 1899 between five clubs. This year, 44 clubs will be involved divided into six divisions with promotion and relegation operating at the end of the series.
Matches are played each week at a different venue on a round robin basis in each division with each club represented by a seven man team.
Lynne Fraser
EGU Marketing and PR Manager
lfraser@englishgolfunion.org
David Coupland (Boston, Lincolnshire) will spend the next four months in the sunshine of Australia under the EGU’s annual arrangement with the Waverley Golf Club of Melbourne.
He will guest for the club’s team in their title-defence of the Victoria Golf Association’s Pennant Series of events, which run from March to May, as well as competing in the major Australian amateur championships prior to that.
The arrangement with the Waverley club, which has run for several years, will see Coupland staying with club members, as did Todd Adcock in helping Waverley to the title a year ago.
“It will be my first visit to Australia,” said Coupland. “I’ve never been further than America so I’m quite excited. I was also a bit nervous as I don’t know what to expect but having spoken to Todd he has really wetted my appetite for the adventure.”
Coupland enjoyed success in 2010, particularly on the Kent coast, winning the Tillman Trophy at Royal Cinque Ports and finishing runner-up in the inaugural South East of England Links Championship at Royal St George’s.
He also finished fourth in the Lee Westwood Trophy, fifth in the Welsh Open Stroke Play and equal tenth in the Brabazon Trophy, performances which helped him to 14th place in the final Titleist/Footjoy EGU Order of Merit.
In 2009, Coupland won the Lagonda Trophy at Gog Magog and reached the semi-finals of the English Amateur Championship at Rye.
Coupland, who will celebrate his 25th birthday Down Under in mid-March, is hoping the trip will also give him a head start for the English season when he returns in May.
“I’m usually a slow starter when the season gets underway so I’m hoping my game will be sharp when I return,” he added.
Commenting on David’s visit to Australia, Peter Mattsson, EGU Director of Coaching, said:
“David follows a tradition of high profile English players at Waverley where he will play an important role in the club's ambition to capture 'the Pennants', the inter club leagues around Melbourne. For David this is a great opportunity to test himself in a different environment and to come back to the UK one step ahead of many of his opponents.”
The Pennant Series is a club team competition which commenced in 1899 between five clubs. This year, 44 clubs will be involved divided into six divisions with promotion and relegation operating at the end of the series.
Matches are played each week at a different venue on a round robin basis in each division with each club represented by a seven man team.
Lynne Fraser
EGU Marketing and PR Manager
lfraser@englishgolfunion.org
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