The PGA Teaching Team from The Brisbane Golf Club – Australian PGA Professional of the Year 2022 Joe Janison; Australian PGA Game Development Coach of the Year 23-24 & Karrie Webb Coaching Scholarship 2025 Asha Flynn recently visited Dalby and Kingaroy Golf Clubs across 3 days to run complimentary junior clinics. Supported by PGA Professional Reece McRae, CEO Geoff Kuehner and President Deb Kember, the team tested the theory that city clubs have a role to play in growing the game in regional areas. 

The feedback was resoundingly positive. 

Dalby GC attracted almost 50 enthusiastic juniors to the clinics, many who had not attended the Club weekly hour with the part–time professional Heath Garvey followed by two holes on the course supervised by parents. 

For example, Blake delayed the family holiday at the Gold Coast so that he could attend.  Tucker and Riley stepped in from the family paddock / driving range to learn grip, stance and swing fundamentals. Frank and Annabel came from Chinchilla an hour away, keen to learn how to play so they could go out on the course with Dad.  

A special treat for members and the juniors was seeing former Dalby junior champion, now touring PGA professional, Lawry Flynn drive 320m on the range and answer some questions about his career. 

At Kingaroy Golf Club we teamed up with the Junior Coordinator and Management Committee member Jane Franklin. Her team of 11 Community Instructors run an engaging program with 45 juniors, designed to inspire and support the budding golfers. Take 14-year-old EJ for instance, he is saving up for a cylinder mower to mow the green he is developing on his parents farm. He’s now super keen to play at BGC one day!

To Jane Franklin, visible enthusiasm amongst the juniors was exciting to witness.  “The tips and pointers that the PGA Professionals provided are helpful for us Community Instructors well as the juniors.  I was very proud of the way the juniors focussed intently on learning more about how to play golf well. We are all learning more about golf together”.

Kingaroy Golf Club President Christopher Sarquis predicted a beneficial impact for the time invested by the BGC PGA teaching team. “Regional Clubs juggle minimal resources and it can become difficult to maintain a junior program. With assistance from Clubs like BGC we can make a monumental difference for every junior and the future of our Club”. 

Collaboration between city and regional clubs fosters relationships that can benefit both parties. Donating time and resources to foster juniors interest and expertise in golf is always rewarding. Making connections with aspiring golfers and their families potentially leads to a talent pipeline to membership at your club. Ultimately, building relationships between Clubs becomes a source of support, advice and opportunity only limited by imagination.