GOLF FROM THE GRASS ROOTS 

Date:   Thursday 2nd May 2013
Time:   7:00pm / 7:30pm
Venue: Fortwilliam Golf Club
Price : £25 pp includes a 2 course meal plus tea / coffee

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Once again we have another great evening in store at Fortwilliam Golf Club with the highly reputable after dinner speaker, Maureen Madill, providing fascinating insights into the life of the Professionals on the fairways.

Maureen, from Portstewart in Northern Ireland, had two British Open Amateur titles and fourteen years of International representative golf under her belt when she turned professional in 1986. She competed for twelve years on the Ladies’ European Tour with occasional forays on to the Asian Ladies’ Tour and the Australian LPGA.  Hampered by injury, she then turned her attention to coaching, leading Wales to International success at Junior and Senior level.  However, she is probably now best known as a member of the BBC’s golf commentary team and over the last three years has also worked extensively in the USA commentating on the PGA Tour.  She became an Advanced Fellow of the Professional Golfers’ Association in 2005.
 

COMMENTARY CAREER

1997 – present
Extensive work with BBC Television, BBC Radio Five Live, BBC Scotland, RTE (Irish TV network), U.COM (German TV company).  Also Sirius/XM Radio in the States covering the PGA Tour.

Have covered 16 Open Championships for the BBC, both for television and radio; 13 Women’s British Open Championships for BBC TV; 1 USPGA Championship for BBC Radio; 2 USPGA, 1 Masters and 2 US Open for Sirius/XM Radio; 4 Ryder Cups for BBC Radio and 1 Ryder Cup for Sirius/XM radio.   
 

MISCELLANEOUS
 

October 2003
Was involved in presenting a paper on National Coaching Structures at the 6th PGA of Europe Teaching and Coaching Conference in Munich.

June 2004
Along with Butch, Dick, Bill and Craig Harmon was one of the speakers at the Redbull Masterclass conference and at various PGA seminars.

November 2005
Was awarded Advanced Fellow of the PGA status.
 

PLAYING CAREER
 

AMATEUR

British Amateur Champion 1979
British Amateur Strokeplay Champion 1980
British & Irish International Teams -    Vagliano Trophy Team 1979,1981,1985
                                                       Curtis Cup 1980   
                                                       Espirito Santo Team 1980
British International Teams -               Commonwealth Team 1979
Irish International Teams -                  Every team 1978 – 1985