News 2005
PRESS RELEASE
GRAHAM MOORE INTERNATIONAL GOLF SCHOOLS
“BILLY-JOE STRIKES AGAIN”
Billy-Joe Bugden aged 8 years old, one of Graham Moore's Development Programme pupils, played the game of his life so far to win his age group in the Young Masters event in “La Manga” Spain, recently
He also was 2 nd overall in the boys division, scoring a gross 79 against a par of 73
His 2 nd place was a dramatic finale after Rhys Pugh aged 11 i.e Billy-Joe tied after conventional play and after the 20 th hole Rhys won by being closer to the flag
The event was covered by sky T.V. and is scheduled to be released shortly
Billy-Joe was interviewed by sky after the event and quoted “ Graham Moore was his coach & that his development programme had contributed extensively towards his fine performance”
Moore quotes “For his tender age Billy-Joe is very matured, he knows his goals and all the items I have put into his game has helped take him to new levels and I know with his determination and supportive Parents Lorraine and Derek who regularly bring Billy-Joe from their home in Bornemouth to see me, he will
achieve his ultimate goals and for Billy-Joe to say these kinds words makes all the work we have done together speak louder than his own words
This standard of golf will be seen on my new Junior Golf Tour beginning in July this year anybody interested and feels that can compete at this level please contact me or visit the GMIGS website for details”
Lorraine & Derek Billy-Joe Parents quote
“It is very important for an individual especially a junior to keep with one coach, we first met Graham at the Ryder Cup and again at the Open at Royal St. Georges in Kent when he was teaching for the P.G.A. on those two occasions prior to registering Billy-Joe under his wing, his simple, common sense & effective approach to coaching Billy-Joe on all aspects to become a better player has certainly has been seen with his results, we would recommend Graham Moore to coaching any aspiring junior
Billy-Joe is now looking forward to the new Junior Tour covering the UK & Ireland from Graham Moore which begins in July 2005, to play with the best players in the UK and ultimately the world
There are no other events of this magnitude available in the UK for juniors playing medal on a full size course from tees equivalent to their ages”
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GRAHAM MOORE INTERNATIONAL GOLF SCHOOLS
“Goddard excels in the Sunshine State ”
Emma Goddard 5 Handicap aged 13 the 2002 National UK Wee-Wonders Girls Champion, recently returned from a month's tournament & coaching trip with her mentor Graham Moore P.G.A. Golf Professional.
Emma played 11 events of which one was a 2 day, the others 1 day in the Training Division on the Moonlight Professional mini-tour in Florida
She won 2 of them and finished 2 nd on 6 occasions and was never outside the top five in all the events.
Moore quotes, “The USA trip was an extension to Emma's Individual Development Programme for 2004, I worked extensively with Emma on course management, psychology and short game
Emma's 1 st win came at Cypress Creek where she scored 76 in very windy conditions, the course SSS rating on the day was 76, the second win came at Greenlefe where she scored 82 against a SSS rating of 77
Having caddied for her at all events Emma's attitude matured daily and she learnt to accept the results of her shot, she also learned the art of scrambling & keeping going in adverse situations
All good players need to learn the foregoing as the swing technique is not enough”
Emma quotes “ Graham taught me how to control my emotions and regroup, also how to travel stress free as well as to tolerate situations that in the past may have upset me.
My thanks go to Graham & Maria for all their help, support & encouragement”
In the last event @ Windermere in near UK weather conditions Emma finished second scoring a 78 against a course SSS rating of 76
Moore quotes “ Emma unfortunately had a 4 putt on the 11 th hole on a very fast & sloping Bermuda green, without this she would have won again, but she put the bad situation out of her mind and pared into clinch second place”
Tony Emma's Father quotes “ In my experience over the past few years I have seen many good players swap and change coaches looking for perfection.
I have insisted that Emma has stayed with Graham as I feel it is important for the coach and pupil to develop a bond and trust with each other.
The faith and belief that they have in each other is second to non to a point where now Graham is like a second Father to my Daughter.
Graham has not only developed Emma's technique to a high level, but has brought the best out of her by developing her course management and psychological skills
Emma has matured into a more experienced golfer in a short time
Any junior who intends to follow their dream of becoming a top player should contact Graham as I would without any question recommend Graham for his vast experience and dedication on all the requirements needed to reach the top level in golf “
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GRAHAM MOORE INTERNATIONAL GOLF SCHOOLS
“HAWKINS TRIUMPHS”
Rachel Hawkins aged 14 one of Graham Moore's Development Programme pupils recently won the girls division of Joanna Morley Trophy @ Sale scoring 34 points stableford against some of the best up & coming players in the North West
Moore quotes “The results that the have recently been achieved by a number of my more established Development Programme pupils such as Billy-Joe Bugden, Emma Goddard & Lewis Jackson has been extremely pleasing and well deserved by all recipients and now to have the same success from a newer Programme Member is gratifying
All the hard work & practice that they all have done has certainly paid off and I am very proud of all of them”
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GRAHAM MOORE INTERNATIONAL GOLF SCHOOLS
“Graham Moore's World of Golf expanding again”
The GMIGS/ Junior Golf Tour formed in 2004 for 2005 start, is now in full operation.
The tour has 14 divisions, 7 for boys & 7 for girls, 43 juniors from all over the Country have joined so far and 5 have entered for all 12 one day events covering England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales. 18 entries for all the Irish events have also been received to date.
Qualifiers from these events on the addition of a further entry fee will compete in a 3 day Tour Masters & 3 day Tour Championship. The Tour is the only one available in the UK and Ireland on full-size courses, with the juniors playing from tees relevant to their ages and scoring medal play gross.
The Order of Merit winners after all the events will also receive two day's coaching in St. Andrews with Worldwide renowned P.G.A. Golf Coach Graham Moore.
Moore quotes “With the addition of the Junior Tour I feel I now have all the stepping stones possible to train future tour players and enhance the future of Junior Golf in the United Kingdom & Ireland . As the Tour will enlighten the juniors of the experience of travel, different golf course styles and lengths, both of which are needed for further development of their golfing abilities. The aim of the GMIGS tour is to continue the good work other tours have done initially with creating enthusiasm competitiveness by advancing their shot making and scoring skills which will all go to help the Juniors reach the next level as they need experience of full size courses from distances relevant to their ages and to play gross medal events and not to have a number of shots to utilize.
In the end the GMIGS Tour has been designed to create the Tour players of the future and also if any Juniors qualify to play in world events they will not be shocked on arrival to find they now compete on longer courses having qualified on lesser length courses.
My team and I train juniors from 3 years old upwards through, schools tuition, starter centres & Introduction days.
Then the follow on step is with the well established Junior Golf Academies.
The next level is Individual Development Programmes with myself, which I have top amateurs and professionals participating.
The Junior Club formed in 2001 has helped to enhance & develop all the participant's abilities to the point where most need the next level of play.
All of the foregoing Programmes and activities have proven track records of success and with the addition of the Nationwide Junior Tour this will enhance abilities once more and bring all the best juniors from 6-21 years olds together from all over the UK and in time the World to once again enhance & develop the abilities of junior golf on a global scale” .
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GRAHAM MOORE INTERNATIONAL GOLF SCHOOLS
The St. Andrews experience “
Advanced members of Graham Moore International Golf Schools/Junior Academies recently visited St.Andrews the home of golf on 4 separate weekends.
All the schools are by invitation or on Order of Merit and are designed to expose the more advanced members of Graham Moore International Golf Schools/Junior Academies to links golf.
Moore quotes “Each weekend has a maximum of 8 participants so ensuring development
The 3 day schools are all based on age groups i.e. 6-9, 9-12, 13-14, 15-16 years, tuition on short game & swing is given each morning with on course coaching & a competition on each afternoon.
Exceptional golf was played by all in testing golf conditions, all participants performed well on all the 4 weekends, going to show that the structures that are in place hold up in adverse weather conditions, all of the participants are either or on my academies or development programmes
Results
Weekend 1
Neil Williams Winner
James Spencer Runner up
Emma Goddard 3 rd place
Weekend 2
Corrie Topliffe Winner
Ray Rogers Runner up
Adam Charnock 3 rd place
Weekend 3
Carl Goddard Winner
Ben Britton Runner up
Pablo Gonzalez 3 rd place
Weekend 4 J
ames Phelan Winner
Alex Brimage Runner up
Reece Lester 3 rd place
“Cullen shines in Florida ”
Daniel Cullen aged 23 recently visited Florida as part of his personal development programme with Graham Moore, he competed on the Moonlight Professional Golf Tour in the Open division
Daniel won one and finished in the top 10 on 5 occasions and qualified for the NEXT LEVEL event @ Greenlefe finishing with a creditable 77 which included a 10 on the hole 14 against a sss 73
Moore quotes “The competitive approach to Dan's game, his coolness and the will to succeed all goes to show that the structures and psychology that we have worked on over the years held him in good stead”
“Goddard the Sport Personality”
14 years old Emma Goddard from Halewood – Liverpool recently became the Knowsley's Sports female personality of the year for 2005
She is the youngest recipient of this award since it's inauguration in 1998 and received the award from Duncan McKenzie a football star from the 70's
Moore quotes “ The award is well deserved by Emma, she has worked hard and dedicated a lot of time to practicing and the developments in her attitude, structure and psychology areas that we have worked on together during her golf development programme in the UK, USA & Europe during 2004 / 2005 is now showing through”
The 5 handicap player is preparing herself for her trip to Switzerland where she will play for the second year in Alp's Tour event as an invitee through Graham Moore.
“Brimage the brave”
6 years old Alex Brimage a member of Graham Moore International Golf Schools/ Junior Academy @ Sandfield, Chester recently won the 5-6 years old Wee-Wonders qualifier @ Clays Golf Club Wrexham and now plays @ Celtic Manor in July, Alex who is small in stature at only 3 feet high is dedicated to his golf
Moore quotes “Alex is a great ambassador of Graham Moore International Golf Schools Junior Academies and follows the path of many more from my stable of talented juniors
The effort and dedication that Alex puts into his golf is second to none and it was seen again 2 weeks before when attended one of my Advanced Junior Golf Schools in St. Andrews for under 9's where finished in 2 nd place, the support from his parents Joan & Dave is outstanding and he is also a well established member of Vale Royal Millennium Junior Golf Club
The best from Alex is still to be seen watch this space” !!!!
“Stars in the making “
Recently 5 of the most prominent players of Graham Moore International Junior Development Programme pupils excelled in the
Wee- Wonders 2005
Lewis George won @ Adlington,
Billy-Joe Bugden won his age group at Ferndown Forest Golf Club ,
The Marklew brothers Kyle and Will won at Haigh Hall
Navjosh Dhallu came 3 rd in Adlington,
Also the new rising star of the Vale Royal Millennium Junior Golf Club Ray Rogers leading the Summer Series winning 4 out of 5 series and came second in the series 5 which give him a comfortable 49 points leading 30 points of second position Dan Rowlands in the 18 hole division and 14 points leading in the overall order of merit of Navjosh Dhallu with 35.
Moore quotes “ Its remarkable the competitiveness of these juniors, I work with their swings almost every week and we can see their rapid development, I am very proud of them all and the great representation of GMIGS through their achievements in these competitions”.
“The Tour Begins”
On the 19 th of July2005 the first event of the GM Junior Golf Tour begins at Charleton Golf Club near St. Andrews Scotland, the week after the Open at St. Andrews, this event begins the series of 12 events, playing over Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, with the Championship at Widwood Golf Club in Surrey , The Masters at Canford Magna Golf Club in Dorset, with the Tournament Players Championship at the Brabazon Course De Vere – Belfry, Midlands is the pinnacle of the series.
“Junior Academies a success since day 1”
The Graham Moore International Junior Academies have been and are still the best learning environment for juniors to initiate and develop their golf, Graham and his experienced team instruct and advise the futures stars of golf from grass roots to top golf players and has a proven track record since year 1990 when GMIGS was established.
Enrolment is now taking place for 2006, new juniors are welcome to join both girls and boys
The Academies offer a friendly atmosphere and familiar surrounding for juniors to develop golf and life skills
“ Westminster Park Junior Open 2005”
SPONSORED BY Graham Moore International Golf Schools in association with CADSART
The leading scores in age group 6-8 were 3 rd place Ben Richards, runner up Billy-Joe Bugden
And the winner Lewis George
The leading scores in the age group 9-10 were 3 rd place Navjosh Dhallu second John Drinkwater and
the winner Daniel Swales
The leading scores in 11-12 years groups were 3 rd place Callum Roberts second Paul Drinkwater and
the winner Thomas Ephraim
In age groups 9- 10 and 11- 12 dramatic play offs for second place were witnessed by a large gallery
of spectators .
Moore Quotes “Once again outstanding entries totalling 64 were received and to have my golf
programme and academy pupils play so well finishing winners in 2 sections, runners ups in all 3
sections and one 3 rd position. Is a credit to their commitment to my academies”.
All top positions were achieved by Northwest golfers with the exception of GMIGS Development
Programme participant Billy-Joe Bugden who made the trip from Bournemouth
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GRAHAM MOORE INTERNATIONAL GOLF SCHOOLS
“The Alp's Success”
Emma Goddard aged 14 played in the Ladies division of the all invited Memorial Olivier Barras 2005 @ Crans – Sur –Sierre Switzerland for the second time, having won the best nett in 2004 on her first visit
She finished 3 rd best gross this year behind Stephanie Noser and Marion Argi the first and second ranked lady players in Switzerland
“Moore quotes” Emma played all the three days with Stephanie and Marion, although both girls are 4 ½ years older than Emma she held her own the majority of the time and the experience she gained was second to none and will hold her in good stead for my Junior Tour beginning in a month”
Another of Graham's development programme pupils Daniel Cullen who excelled earlier this year in the USA also competed harrowingly missing the cut in the 41 st Memorial, but he captured second place team in the pre- tournament Pro-Am.
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GRAHAM MOORE INTERNATIONAL GOLF SCHOOLS
“Lewis the Great ”
Lewis George aged 8 from Crewe one of Graham Moore's Junior Academy and Development Programme members qualified in a sudden death play of at the Wee-Wonders regional final at Haigh Hall for the Grand Final in St. Andrews over the weekend of 10 th & 11 th September 2005. A victory here could see him play in the 2006 USA Kids World Championships following in the feet of many other juniors coached by Graham Moore
Moore quotes “For his tender age Lewis has a natural talent beyond his years and with the structures that are now in place from our continued work together Lewis has become a force to be reckoned with, to which degree he will compete in the 9-10 years old section of my forthcoming Nationwide Junior Golf Tour “
This is Lewis's second victory in a month as he also excelled in the Graham Moore International Golf Schools sponsored Junior Open @ Westminster Park winning his age category
Moore quotes “ Lewis once again excelled and came out on top against a talented field which included others from my junior development programmes and Junior Academies. Billy-Joe Bugden, last year's winner who hails from Bournemouth and is one of my long distance programme students finished second and to have the top 2 places won by my programme & academy pupils is very rewarding especially in a tournament that I sponsor “
PRESS RELEASE
SCOTLAND - IRELAND - ENGLAND - WALES
THE BELFRY
A new Nation Wide Junior Golf Tour begins here in Fife next week
The one day events will take place at St. Michaels, Elmwood & Charlton Golf Courses
Following the Fife experience will be 4 events in Ireland – 3 in England and 2 in Wales followed by a 3 day Tour Masters, a 3 day Tour Championship and the Grand Finale a 2 day Tournament Players Championship at
The Brabazon Course The De Vere Belfry
Tour Founder and Tournament Director Graham Moore quotes “ Each event has 14 categories, 7 for boys and 7 for girls for 6 to 21 year olds, the juniors compete from tees relevant to age, the pars of each hole are also relevant to this.
Competitors are issued with hole location information and a dedicated score card for their division distances, so creating a more realistic course for these talented juniors to compete on
The support that I have received from all the host clubs has been excellent
I can not thank them enough
The show case of the Tour is our Tournament Players Championship at The Brabazon Course at the De Vere Belfry
For juniors to be able to compete at such as famous venue is outstanding “
For further information, please contact GRAHAM MOORE or MARIA ALZO-MIQUEL here at the Open by calling the relevant mobile numbers or in person at the R & A Junior Golf Centre