Walmley Golf Club
Walmley Foundation Community Interest Group was awarded the highly-coveted Respect in Golf Award
Sam Stuart & Mark Reynolds
Walmley Foundation Community Interest Group was awarded the highly-coveted Respect in Golf Award
at Wednesday’s England Golf Awards, hosted by Mark Chapman at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate.
The Warwickshire-based organisation received the award in recognition of their ground breaking work in creating the UK’s first disability-friendly putting green.
The newly-developed artificial short-game area, designed to be fully accessible for mobility equipment, has helped to transform access to golf for individuals with disabilities.
With traditional wheelchairs or walking aids unable to be used on grass greens without causing significant damage, and with the current equipment designed for disability golf remaining expensive and inaccessible to many, Walmley Golf Club’s disability-friendly green has proved a game-changer for many individuals looking to play golf.
Since founding in 2017, Walmley Golf Foundation has also provided golf sessions for over 1,000 participants from more than 40 organisations, while the new putting green will allow even more people— including wheelchair users, stroke survivors, amputees, and those using walking aids— to engage with the sport in a meaningful way.
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