Golf: Kenwick Park head coach Paul Spence lands county award
Spence was named coach of the year by the Lincolnshire PGA last week, as voted by his county peers, and was presented with his award at the governing body’s annual meeting and awards.
Among his highlights of 2018 was seeing his long-time pupil Ashton Turner qualify for The Open at Carnoustie in July.
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He has also helped guide another Kenwick Park member, Sam Done, to a string of top results last season which earned a call-up to the full England men’s team for his international debut in Spain later this month.
“From my point of view the easy bit is instructing golfers what to do, the hard bit is actually doing it,” said Spence, who has also coached the county men’s and women’s teams for almost a decade.
“So those people who have received coaching sessions are the most important.”
Courtesy of winning this honour Spence has now been shortlisted for the Midland PGA Coach of the Year award which will be announced on Tuesday, January 29 at the Midland PGA annual meeting.