The future of golf.
PGA Teaching Professional, David Donnellan, has added another award to go with his 2010 CCPGA Teacher of the Year honor. Donnellan was recognized by the Cape Cod PGA as the 2011 winner of the Junior Golf Leader award.
This award is designed to recognize a PGA Professional who is a leader in Junior Golf, reflects the ideals of those who work with the youth of the community and provides opportunities and experiences for juniors to learn and play golf. ‘It came as a big surprise to win this award and I am very happy to have done something positive for the town of Barnstable. This community has a long tradition of excellent youth sports and I would like to keep that spirit alive through junior golf.
My goal is to make golf an equally viable choice when the child is choosing a sport and Hyannis Golf Club has been a fantastic venue for developing fun junior programs. These juniors are learning how to play golf on the course, learning rules and etiquette, sportsmanship and fairness, in addition to golf swing basics. The golf industry is going through a paradigm shift right now so it is extremely important to recruit and develop golfers. Otherwise the future of this great sport will be bleak.’, says Donnellan.
