HUNGARY FOR GOLF
Golf is not one of the sports that you naturally associate with
the Olympics and certainly not one that you will see in London
later this year. However, the decision to include it in the Brazil
Olympics in 2016 is good news for potential golfers in Hungaryas it
has prompted the country to award a level of state aid not
previously available to the sport.
As part of the Hungarian Golf Federation's (HGF) comprehensive
plans to promote golf as a popular national sport and to develop
the elite players, they have secured funding from the Ryder Cup
European Development Trust to purchase 30 sets of Starting New At
Golf (SNAG) equipment from SNAG Europe for its members of the HGF's
junior programme.
Equipped with the cleverly-designed and produced SNAG starter
sets, members of the Hungarian Golf Federation's junior
programme are progressing their early development in the sport
backed by coaching from PGA professionals.
President of the Hungarian Golf Federation, András Sugársaid,
"We have had the intention to launch and develop a nationwide
School Golf Program for a long time and a lot of effort is invested
into this project. We are confident that with the help of the 30
SNAG sets and in cooperation with the enthusiastic clubs many young
children will have the opportunity to play golf and the most
talented players may be our future hopes for the Olympic Games one
day."
To help get the coaching program off to a good start, SNAG
Master Trainer, Tony Howarth flew into Budapest to meet the board
members of the HGFand to provide an intensive days training for the
Pros and PE teachers participating in the School Golf Program.
An excited Tony Howarth commented, "It is an honour for
SNAG to be involved at the outset of a new national grass roots
golf program. Hungary is not one of the countries that you
immediately think of in relation to golf, but perhaps today is the
beginning of a new future that will one day see Hungarian golfers
regularly standing shoulder to shoulder with those from more
established golfing nations."
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