At the excellent facilities at Loughborough University, six IMAS coaches enjoyed a day of training with EDGA. Also taking part in the training were three golf coaches who will be supporting the EDGA development team in the year ahead.

The attendees were present to learn how they can create better understanding of what a golfer with a disability needs to sample, participate and compete in golf, using easy access golf format D3 (part of a progressive learning pathway called D369 view link

Later in the day a group of participants with disability were invited to a D3 session, where the newly trained coaches could gain some experiential training.

Follow-up training will also be delivered to the EDGA Development Team in the coming weeks, to extend development reach to more organisations, clubs, coaches, and new players with a disability, regionally in England.

Mark Taylor, EDGA Head of Development, Instruction and Education, said: “It was great to support the team of mixed ability coaches; I think they all appreciated just how inclusive golf can be for people with a disability. Whether you want to just learn to putt and chip or develop a full swing and play regularly, this really is a wonderful sport to help more people to gain regular access to excellent physical and mental health benefits.