With the huge success of the Ailsa Murphy Junior Golf Academy in 2023, we are delighted to share that we have another exciting year of Junior Coaching ahead of us!

Ailsa worked incredibly hard last year planning, organising, and leading 64 hours of coaching to almost 60 Academy Members, with a fantastic supportive group of Club Volunteers who played a huge part in the success of the Academy. Without our coach’s enthusiasm, time and commitment, Ailsa would not be able to offer as much coaching.

There are a few changes to the Academy this year starting with there being 10 sessions rather than 16. We will not be running any Sunday sessions this year as these were poorly attended last year. Secondly, the P1- P3 class will run for 45 minutes rather than an hour. Finally, all Academy Members will be given an Academy Range Membership Card to use over the year. This card will entitle each member to 10 free range tokens.

Like last year, the Academy will be proudly sponsored by Evolution BPS who have supported the Junior Section at Peebles Golf Club for several years . We would like to take a moment to thank Evolution for continuing to support our Juniors and for making this all possible. Please remember that the more help and support members/parents can give Ailsa by stepping forward as a volunteer for a few hours on a Friday, the more Juniors we can get into the Academy. We can never have too many volunteers!

Academy Membership Fees

Junior Membership will continue to be split into three categories going forward:

Under 12s: £100

Under 16s: £120

Under 18s: £150

To register your interest in joining the Academy, please complete the following information and send it to Ailsa at ails_23@hotmail.co.uk

Coaching Dates

  • Friday 19th April

  • Friday 3rd May

  • Friday 17th May

  • Friday 31st May

  • Friday 14th June

  • Friday 23rd August

  • Friday 6th September

  • Friday 20th September

  • Friday 4th October

  • Friday 11th October

Times

P1 - P3: 2pm - 2.45pm

P4 - P7 Group 1: 3pm - 4pm

P4 - P7 Group 2: 4.15pm - 5.15pm

S1 - S6: 5.30pm - 6.30pm

Would you like to be a Junior Coaching Volunteer / Helper?

If you would like to step forward and support the Academy this year as a volunteer, please let Ailsa know ASAP. You will not be committing to helping every session however the more volunteers we have, the more we can rotate the rota. The one requirement to signing up as a volunteer is completing a short training course run by Scottish Golf. It’s an online course which lasts up to 3 hours. The Golf Club very generously puts each volunteer through this.