BGGA Students Learn from Golf
Royalty at Faldo Series U.S.
Grand Final
BGGA students were in the
presence of golf royalty at
the Faldo Series U.S. Grand
Final when Sir Nick Faldo
was in attendance to give a
clinic on the driving range
and speak at the opening
welcome dinner.
Faldo started the clinic
by talking about how
students could get the
most out of their practice. He was very engaging
and entertaining throughout, even bringing up
BGGA student Christian Wentzel as a volunteer to
demonstrate a drill.
Faldo’s tales from when he played competitively
kept the students on their toes and wanting more.
Faldo, now dedicating his time to the development of
junior golf through his Faldo Series, spent 97 weeks
at the No. 1 ranked golf and has 39 professional wins
including six major championships.
After the clinic, the tournament participants
attended a welcome dinner to kick off the event.
Faldo spoke about how he grew up playing the
game, giving the junior golfers wisdom about their
own paths to come.
Thursday kicked off the first round on Thanksgiving
Day. Despite the rainy weather, scoring was good a
number of rounds below par 72 leading the boy’s
field and level par leading the girl’s.
Friday’s second round was chilly and wet but that
didn’t stop incredible scores from rolling in. BGGA’s
Teddy Tetak put up a blistering 8-under 64 with eight
birdies on the day to lead the Boys U18 Division.