Stanedge duo selected for Solheim Cup coaching roles
Stanedge Golf Club duo Fame Tate and Peter Ball have been selected for coaching roles at the forthcoming Solheim Cup to be played 13th – 15th September 2019.
Being played at the magnificent Gleneagles Hotel & Resort, the Solheim Cup is the biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim of PING, who was a driving force behind its creation.
Fame and Peter have been selected to work in the swing zone at Gleneagles delivering coaching to the general public who visit the match. This follows on from Fame working at the recent British Women’s Open Championship at Woburn and Peter working at both the Open Championship at Royal Portrush and the Seniors Open at Royal Lytham & St.Annes.
Their invitations are quite an honour for such a venue as Stanedge Golf Club and speak volumes for their dedication and work focused at introducing, engaging and inspiring new people to golf and helping existing players to improve their skills and enjoyment.
The pairs work at Gleneagles mirrors activity provided at Stanedge Golf Club where everyone is welcome from people new to the game to established players wanting to improve their skills. Stanedge run many different coaching initiatives plus lots of opportunities to play golf over the magnificent moorland course situated on the edge of the Peak District between Chesterfield and Matlock in Derbyshire.
Commentating on this new exciting opportunity Fame and Peter explained: “It is an incredible opportunity for both us to work at such a prestigious event together, alongside other top class coaches and for both of us to be representing Stanedge Golf Club and the county of Derbyshire.”
“At Stanedge we work together closely as a team, where we both strongly believe in a player centred approach to coaching. Creating a fun learning environment, enhancing player ownership, self-belief and improving self-awareness of movement, meeting the individual needs of the players that we coach.”
“We are really looking forward to implementing this into our coaching sessions in the swing zone at The Solheim Cup.”
First staged in Florida in 1990 and named after club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was the driving force behind its inception, The Solheim Cup is contested between two teams of 12 players over three days. It follows the same format as The Ryder Cup, with 28 matches – eight foursomes and eight fourballs over the first two days and 12 singles on the final day.
From 9th – 15th September 2019, the iconic venue of Gleneagles will be under the golfing spotlight as The Solheim Cup returns to Scotland, the ‘Home of Golf’ for the first time since 2000. The PGA Centenary Course, on which Europe sealed a thrilling Ryder Cup victory in 2014, continues its match play legacy, providing a stunning battleground amid the rolling Perthshire hills.
The event is not only about the world-class competition on the course, but promises to be a festival of entertainment, activity and fun, with something for everyone.
Stanedge Golf Club has some great benefits, as well as being accessible and affordable, it aims to be family focused, friendly and a fun place to be.
