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| Alyson McGinnigle (Vice Captain) Moira Kerr (Captain) , Katrina Douglas and Sue Fordyce |
Captain Moir Kerr welcomed Katrina to the workshop and reminded us of the fact that Katrina won the British Ladies Amateur in 1982 and played in the 1982 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team.
She then played professionally on the Ladies European Tour, where she won eight times and was a member of the 1992 European Solheim Cup team.
Katrina introduced herself and told us that that when her father who was a very good footballer, stopped playing football he started playing golf.
During her school holidays he lured her younger sister and her to the Normandy driving range in Renfrew and at the range his friend, an international golfer himself (Cowglen's own Gordon Cosh) invited the girls hit some shots and gave them both their first lesson.
‘It’s a shame Kitrina didn’t play when she was younger,’ he said to my father, ‘I think she could have been quite good.’ -- She was 17 at this time !
That comment set her father’s cogs turning and a few days later he put the following proposition to her:
‘Would you like to leave school and play golf for a year? If you don’t like it you can return and complete your A-levels.
If you like it, but aren’t very good, you can continue with your A-levels. But if you like it, and become good, no one can stop you, you are your own boss and you can always complete your studies later in life.’ -- READ MORE
Katrina did leave school and she had a wonderful golfing career - reaching the top.
Once her competitive career was over, Katrina became a BBC Sport Online golf columnist and in 2004 she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Achievement psychology of international women golfers at the University of Bristol.
Kitrina is presently a Women and Golf magazine columnist
The workshop was then held with great interaction with all who were present -- a break for lunch was provided by Cowglen GC which was excellent
We had discussions of all aspects of visualisation, feel, concentration, and attention to detail with the aim to make us feel more confident, focused and to be better prepared for the season ahead.
We even had to draw elephants at one point which was really difficult for many !!
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| Carol and Alyson drawing Elephants, Noting down our various thoughts and bottom right your webmaster trying to explain her pre shot routine |
It was a great Workshop which everyone enjoyed.
Finally thanks were given to Sue, Moira, Alyson and all at Cowglen and of course to Katrina.
Looking to run a workshop at your club -- Contact Katrina by email - CLICK HERE
