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LUKE GODDARD – A YOUNG MAN GOING A LONG WAY

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Dave Bull / 2010-03-07 11:09:01

Luke Goddard is a name worth remembering for it will not be long before we are reading about him on the back pages of all newspapers. Why?  Well you see young Luke is a bit handy with a golf club.

So handy that he has played for England and was included in last year’s Walker cup squad. Not bad for a lad who learnt his trade right here in our little, sunny, neck of the woods.

Luke has only been playing the game for four years and at 21 he is a serious prospect, just a glance at his achievements in that short space of time will tell any golfer all they need to know – the boy is good.

In 2008 he won the Argentinean Amateur Open, his first tournament and he followed that with the English Amateur Open a year later. In 2009 he also turned pro (October) and will start on the pro tour later this year.

But don’t think that now he’s a pro we wont be seeing anything of him because Luke spends a lot of time visiting his family in Spain and playing  a round or two as a member of Lunes Golf Society, for whom he has been a member since those early days.

So if you should see him, or indeed play against him, on our local courses I’m sure he’d be pleased for some support…but just don’t play him for money…