Paul
Lawrie and Stephen Gallacher are both continuing to play a part in the
development of up-and-coming Scottish golfers by holding separate warm
weather training camps in the build up to the 2025 amateur season.
Through
being part of the Paul Lawrie Academy programme, four youngsters from
the North and North-East spent a week in Turkey last week honing their
games under the watchful eye of coach Spencer Henderson.
In a similar set up, the Stephen Gallacher Foundation is taking a group
of 16 players out to Spain later this week to work with swing coaches
Ian Rae and Alyson McKechkin, as well as golf strength and conditioning
coach Chris Hair and sports psychologist Dr John Pates.
The two camps are aimed at helping Scottish players shake off any winter
rust before the start of the new season in the Scottish Boys’ and
Girls’ Open at West Kilbride and Arbroath Links respectively next month.
Five
players are currently part of the Paul Lawrie Academy but, with Cruden
Bay’s Koby Buchan at university out in the US at the moment, the trip to
Gloria Golf in Belek was made by Deeside duo Ollie Robertson and Oli
Blackadder, Boyd Gray (Duff House Royal) and Nairn’s Fraser Brown.
“It
is a year-long programme, with most of the sessions being held during
the winter,” said Henderson, Scottish Golf’s men’s performance coach but
wearing his Paul Lawrie Golf Centre senior instructor hat for this
particular assignment.
“Paul attends just about every session we have in Scotland, either
playing with the guys, working with them on their short game or passing
on his knowledge of playing in the Ryder Cup and what it is like coming
down the stretch in The Open.
