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Lindberg Bowl in recognition of his employers’ services to golf across the past 50 years. IMG began with a handshake between its founder, Mark McCormack, and Arnold Palmer when McCormack took on the management and marketing of Palmer in 1960, laying the groundwork for sports marketing as we know it today. “We’re hugely appreciative
– it’s very clearly for the organisation and I am deeply honoured to be the one who’s lucky enough to be here, but it is genuinely for all the people who work within golf,” said Kinnings, now IMG’s global head of golf. “Everything we do is built around largely the professional game; we’ve
nutrition and physiotherapy.” The two other winners were the Robert Kalkman Foundation, which
received the president’s award for encouraging children with cancer and other physical limitations to play golf in the Netherlands, and Theodore Vassilakis, executive chairman and president of Aegean Airlines S.A., sponsors for 10 years of the annual PGAE Pro-Am.
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managed the players and done that for many years and we’ve now moved into event staging. For us none of that would be happening if it wasn’t for PGA professionals – the relationship between the players and the pros that teach them and bring them to the game is essential and similarly for us we’re about growing the game. “The company itself has completely changed and we’ve got an
astonishingly dynamic management and they are taking the company into different areas that we never imagined. We’re proud to work with players and tournaments, but we now try to be involved in almost every aspect of the sport, whether that’s working with federations, brands that support the game, academies or junior programmes. Hopefully the game will be in pretty good health in the years to come and that’s certainly something we want to see.”
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national coach, Neil Manchip, won the John Jacobs award for teaching and coaching. Nominated by the PGA in Ireland, he has coached many of Ireland’s top players, notably rising European Tour star Shane Lowry and the five Irish members of last year’s victorious Walker Cup team. “I’m really fortunate to be in
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their [the players] company,” said 42-year-old Manchip. “They’re excellent golfers – I’m national coach and help them out with their programmes, help them with their golf and give them some guidance in all areas, and it’s just great to be in there to see
them develop and thrive. I feel really excited to win an award in the name of John Jacobs… it’s just brilliant having grown up with him as such an idol as a golf teacher – I’m just so excited to be here and win the award. “My main job with Shane Lowry is to help him realise his potential. It is
not a matter of being an instructor, but much more of being a listener. I help him to be aware of himself and what he is doing without being judgmental. The National Coaching role can be somewhat different, in that I’m dealing with squads of 12 players in several age groups. We have a wonderful volunteer network which helps with logistics, selection and planning. We also have other provincial coaches, along with professionals who help with strength and conditioning, club-fitting,
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rance won the PGAs of Europe International Team Championship over the Old Course at Gloria aſter a marathon battle with holders Scotland.
In the end, a play-off was needed to determine whether Scotland would
retain the trophy or France would win it for the second time in four years. However, had Gareth Wright’s putt from just off the green at the 18th
dropped instead of flirting with the pin and scuttling a foot past the hole, the sudden-death showdown would have been unnecessary. Worse was to follow at the first play-off hole, the par-five first, aſter team
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captain David Orr had entrusted Scotland’s fortunes to Wright. But having recovered from a wayward tee shot to reach the green in three, his putt for a half refused to drop and the €6,000 first prize belonged to France. Meanwhile, Raphael Eyraud’s approach that sealed victory for France
cleared trees and a lake on its journey of more than 200 yards to the back of the green and was dubbed “the shot of the day” said by his team-mate Arnaud Verhaege. Earlier Eyraud had produced the day’s best round, a five-under-par 67,
and French team captain Michael Altmeyer said: “He played very well but I picked him for the play-off because he is the longest of any of us. He didn’t let us down and it’s great to win the tournament again, especially as none of us has played in it before.” Leading Scores: France*, Scotland (-18); Wales (-16); Ireland (-15); England
(-10); Italy (Level); Denmark (+2); Belgium (+3). *France won aſter sudden- death play-off
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