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March 2011 update:
Click here to see Heidi Baek winning the US Junior Masters at TPC Sawgrass in December 2010, part of the World Junior Golf Tour
Click here to read page 1 of the July 2010 Country Life article "18 Golf Courses every golfer should play before they die" - includes Wellington College. For page 2, click here.
Click here to read the final report from the DailyTelegraph Abu Dhabi Junior Golf Championship 2009 - many congratulations to Alex Peters, who won by 5 shots, and to Heidi Baek, who came third.
Applications are invited for Duke of York Sports Foundation and Wellington College Golf and Academic Scholarships for September 2011 onwards. For details, click here
Click here to see the recent Golf Monthly article about Wellington golf, and the Duke of York Sports Foundation Scholarships.
Click here for course bookings and closures
Wellington College - ISGA National Champions by 5 shots 2009
Master in charge of Golf: Mr Iain Henderson EMail imh@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
Course
Wellington undoubtedly has the finest golf course of any school in the country, and possibly the world.For more information about the course, click here. The first three holes are more open and have some links characteristics, while the other six are carved through the heathland and woodland to provide some truly beautiful but challenging holes. Several of the holes evoke memories of playing at Sunningdale or The Berkshire.The course is accompanied by driving nets, a pitching area and a putting green, plus a grass range in spring and summer.
The facility is solely for school use. For membership information click here.
WellingtonGolf
The standard of Golf at Wellington is of the highest order and the team has won:
- The Gerald MicklemCup six times inthe last nineyears
- The Independent Schools Golf Association Strokeplay Cup by 10 shots (2008-9) and by 16 shots (2009-10)
- The ISGA Schools Cup UK Finals by 5 shots(2008-9)
- The Schools Invitational at West Sussex 2008
- as well as makingthe National Finals ofthe HMC Foursomes five times, including 2009
Golf Scholarships
In 2007, Wellington began a partnership with the Duke of York Sports Foundation to provide Golf and Academic Scholarships. For details click here.
Swifts Tour
Wellington is also the host school for the Swifts Tour - a British Independent Schoolboys' team
Coaching
Jason Brant, lead instructor for Today's Golfer, Coach of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Senior Squad, and Head Pro at East Berkshire Golf Club, is the Wellington College Academy Coach.
David Rennie, formerly Head Pro at Wentworth Club, leads our vision of "Golf for all" - the opportunity for every pupil or member of staff to learn to play if they would like. To email David, click here.
Iain Henderson is in charge overall of Wellington College Golf, and of the Swifts Tours. He is a fine amateur golfer in his own right, and winner of the President's Putter in 2004 and 2007.
Recreational golf is also popular, and many of our students enjoy these marvellous facilities both throughout the week and at the weekend.