BOOST FOR SCOTTISH GOLF ACADEMY PROGRAMME

LAWRIE AND COLTART SHARE EXPERTISE

WITH YOUNGSTERS AT INVERCLYDE

NEWS RELEASE FROM SGU
Ryder Cup Scots Paul Lawrie and Andrew Coltart are to share their expertise with players from the Scottish Golf Academy at Inverclyde Golf Centre, Ayrshire this weekend.
The pair – who have 10 European Tour wins and three Ryder Cup appearances between them – are passing on their guidance to help with the development of the nation’s young talents at Scotland’s national residential sports centre on Saturday afternoon.
Twenty-two players, boys and girls, are attending the last Academy performance camp of the winter and the second camp for the Year 1 Academy players, with Lawrie’s youngest son, Michael, among them.
Ahead of watching his Aberdeen side in Sunday’s League Cup final against Inverness CT in Glasgow, Lawrie, 45, is to hold three golf clinic and Q and A sessions, lasting about an hour each, for three groups of players.
The 1999 Open winner, and one of Europe’s Ryder Cup heroes at Medinah in 2012, is sure to pass on invaluable experience and advice. Lawrie’s own junior programme, The Paul Lawrie Foundation, continues to thrive, encouraging young golfers to play to the best of their ability and to have fun playing golf.
Kevin Cademy-Taylor, Scottish Golf Performance Development Manager, said: “Having an Open champion attending an Academy camp is fantastic for the programme. All the players look up to Paul so it’s such an opportunity for them. It’s a great chance for the players to ask him some questions up close.
“Tour players are very busy people so to take time out to share their journey with the young players is just great, very kind indeed. Paul will no doubt surprise them with how hard he trains and works to get the rewards.”
Coltart, meanwhile, who played in the 1999 Ryder Cup, is at Inverclyde to observe a camp as part of his role on the SGU Performance Committee, and is delivering a workshop on course management and getting the most out of practice rounds.
The 43-year-old will be sharing some of his observations, both as a Tour player and from someone who now attends golf events across all levels of the game.
Other topics being covered over the weekend are: strength and conditioning/flexibility profiling; aerobic fitness assessment; on-course rules school; nutrition and hydration for competing and training; ball-flight testing on TrackMan; putting stroke assessment on SAM Puttlab; and short game and bunkers focus.
“The camps are designed to monitor the players’ progress over the winter in key areas such as their flexibility, conditioning and golfing skill level, but also to provide appropriate education on all areas of performance golf,” added Cademy-Taylor.
The input from Lawrie and Coltart further illustrates the support of Scottish professionals to the amateur game, with European Tour winner Scott Jamieson also assisting at Inverclyde last month.