National Teams Flock to
Bishops Gate Golf Academy
for Winter Training
Bishops Gate Golf Academy played host to three
national teams for their early winter training.
The Danish, Scottish and Estonia National Teams
used BGGA as the hub to bring their college and
professional golfers together for training. The team
members all live in separate places and attend
different colleges, so a meeting ground is the easiest
way to bring them all together to be evaluated and
trained by their national team coaches.
“The reason we are back at Bishops Gate is to
gather all of the college players we have from
Denmark,” said Thomas Larssom, Danish National
Team Head Men’s Coach. “Instead of traveling
around the whole U.S.A., we come here and have
a practice camp to analyze all the players and set
goals for the winter and new season.”
BGGA offers the teams a place to stay and train at a
world-class facility with great weather in the late fall
and winter months.
“We choose to come to BGGA because the facilities
are great,” said Ian Rae, Scottish National Team
Head Coach. “It’s a pure practice facility. We have
loads of space on the range, 11 great holes, putting
greens and chipping greens. And the weather!”
Timo Karvinen, Estonia National Team Head Coach,
says he chose BGGA because “of the amazing
facilities.” Karvinen states there are no facilities like
this in Europe.
There were five men and seven women from
Denmark in attendance representing colleges like
Baylor, Houston and the University of Florida.
The Estonia National Team brought three
professionals, two juniors and one amateur with
them to work on the technical aspects of their
game.
The Scottish National Team brought seven players
who are all college based. The five men range from
150 in the world rankings to about 650 or 700. The
two women in attendance are in the top 200 in the
world.
This is the third time the Danish Team has trained at
BGGA and the second time for the Scottish team.
“It’s probably one of the best places we’ve been, so
we keep coming back,” said Larssom.
BGGA enjoys having the teams visit and looks
forward to more arriving in December and into the
new year.