I Played Golf With A Major Winner And This Is What I Learnt

Back in June, I had the pleasure of playing at Wentworth with Women’s British Open (Now AIG Women’s Open) winner and multiple time Solheim Cup player, Georgia Hall. It’s not often an opportunity like this come’s about, so I inevitably wanted to learn and watch one of the world’s elite at work. What did I learn? Well, as it turns out, there are levels to this game!

Holding a handicap of 3, I consider myself a decent player, perhaps not as good as I was a few years ago after attending University, but still not bad. Teeing it up with Georgia on the Edinburgh Course, the atmosphere was friendly as we discussed the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship the weekend prior.

Starting on the 3rd hole, a shortish par 5 that required an accurate drive to an ever-so slight dog legged fairway, Georgia teed it up, took a couple of practice swings and set the club a quarter of the way back before pulling the trigger. A five yard high draw down the fairway was the outcome, with the 26-year-old pulling the tee out of the ground before the ball had even hit the apex of its flight.

In short, I was almost taken aback. Firstly, by how easy she made it look having not warmed up beforehand and secondly, how unbothered she was by striping one down the fairway.