Radical Route to Advancement; Duncan Weir, Director of Golf Development, Explains Why the R&a has Had to Alter Its Priorities
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Fresh back from Namibia, Duncan Weir, the former Scottish boys' champion who is now director of golf development for the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, draws on a football allusion to describe the state of the courses in some of the newer countries.
"Most are what I would call jumpers-for-goalposts golf, really; golf of sorts," he said while back this week for the R&A's 250th birthday yesterday. As he spoke, he was at HQ, overlooking the Tom Morris Green on the Old Course, where the only jumpers in sight were of the Pringle variety.See the full content of this document
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Radical Route to Advancement; Duncan Weir, Director of Golf Development, Explains Why the R&a has Had to Alter Its Priorities
It must have seemed like a world apart.
"In Namibia, they have 21 courses, only three of which are grassed and not many consist of 18 holes because it lies between two deserts and there are water shortages," he said.The R&A now have 110 affiliated countries, of which 80 are already receiving support, double the number of just four yea...See the full content of this document
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