4th
Albatross International Junior Golf Championship, Jaypee Greens Golf Resort,
Greater Noida, November 20 to 23, 2012
Learning under
a man who once taught Tiger Woods
Greater Noida, November 20: Of the young foreign golfers set to tee it
up at the 4th Albatross International Junior Golf Championship are two students
of the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy (USA). Japanese teens Tennoshin
Ogawa and Taisuke Ono, playing in Category ‘B’ here, will both be looking to
prove that the time spent in the US – at a golf school run by probably the most
recognized teaching pro in the world – has been well worth it.
Certainly, learning the game under the
tutelage of a man who once coached the best player in the game can only be
motivating. “It gives students a great advantage, to learn the game, and to
learn how to compete under Hank Haney,” says Patrick O’Toole, Director,
International Business Development, Hank Haney International Junior Golf
Academy.
“Haney says you can only control two things
– your attitude and your efforts. The best students are those who manage to do
that. There is no secret, no magic formula,” adds O’Toole. The Albatross
International Junior, incidentally, is co-sanctioned by the Hank Haney IJGA.
Tennoshin, from Aichi, and Taisuke, who
hails from Tokyo, are two 13-year-olds with dreams of a life as a touring pro. And
neither misses home comforts, “Being in the US is good for me,” admits
Tennoshin. “It’s good for learning the game, for practising, and for getting
better as a player.” Tennoshin is into the second semester of his first year at
the academy; Taisuke is also in his maiden year, and is currently in his first semester.
The sacrifice of being away from home, so that they are able to grow as
golfers, can only reap rich rewards for these boys, in the years to come.
These two young Japanese, and all the other
competitors, are eager to get going at Jaypee Greens. Meanwhile, the fourth
edition of the Albatross International Junior Golf Championship was declared
open in a short ceremony in the evening today. Feroz Garewal and Tvesa Malik
led the oath of participation, and balloons were released to signal the start
of the tournament. It should be a fun three days at Jaypee.
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