The grand final of the 2024 PING Junior Masters took place at Close House yesterday, with over 70 junior golfers gathering to showcase their skills on the Northumberland club’s championship Colt Course.<\/p>\n
In a thrilling and close contest, the winners of the six categories were separated by just three shots, with 10-year-old Havish Aravind from Brampton Golf Club in Cumbria being crowned as the overall champion with a Stableford score of 39 points.<\/p>\n
Age group winners: Ryder Cup legend for former world No.1 Lee Westwood, Close House\u2019s affiliated professional, was instrumental in the early development of the Junior Masters, and he was on hand to present the prizes to each category winner, as well as hosting a post-competition Q&A session, where the juniors were provided with valuable insights from his illustrious career.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is great to see so many junior golfers competing,\u201d commented Westwood. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be involved with the series and it\u2019s great to see how it has grown over the past seven years. Thanks to Close House, PING, and, of course the parents who have supported their children in their golfing journeys so far.\u201d<\/p>\n Jonathan Lupton, managing director at Close House, added: \u201cWe are extremely proud to continue this legacy event which started when we hosted the 2017 British Masters Golf Tournament at the club. I would like to thank PING for their continued support of the event which looks to engage more juniors in the game we love.\u201d<\/p>\n This year\u2019s event once again saw\u202fPING provide all the prizes at the grand final, helping to make it a truly memorable experience for the juniors involved.<\/p>\n Dave Fanning, PING European Marketing Director, commented: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to support the PING Junior Masters and pleased we can provide support whilst increasing the outreach of junior golf. We applaud the work the team at Close House does on an annual basis to host this fantastic event.\u201d<\/p>\n Qualifiers for the event took place from April to September across eight counties, stretching from Fife to Lincolnshire, offering young golfers a valuable taste of competitive golf. As part of the initiative, Close House also provides free coaching to over 1,200 schoolchildren, dedicated to discovering and inspiring the next generation of golfing talent.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The grand final of the 2024 PING Junior Masters took place at Close House yesterday, with over 70 junior golfers gathering to showcase their skills on the Northumberland club’s championship Colt Course.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[445,9],"tags":[960,876,579,2774],"class_list":["post-27694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-golf-news","tag-close-house","tag-lee-westwood","tag-ping","tag-ping-junior-masters"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong><\/span>Boys U12 \u2013 Havish Aravind (Overall Champion)
\nBoys U18 \u2013 Henry Murphy
\nGirls U18 \u2013 Kayla Hill
\nBoys U15 \u2013 James Henderson
\nGirls U15 \u2013 Amelia Hothersall
\nGirls U12 \u2013 Lily Jane Morgan<\/p>\n