Dreaming of the greens

Driving hard towards a dream

No-one can say Cambridge born Jordan Woodall is not toiling hard to achieve his goal.

The Cambridge Golf Club member spends 30-hours a week at a-part-time job at Cambridge Tyre Traders, puts in daily sessions in the Flex Fitness gym, practices every afternoon and weekends – and dreams of striding the world’s fairways as a professional golfer.

Since being introduced to golf aged 11 by former Cambridge school teacher (and handy golfer) Gary Bennett, Jordan, 25, has played for Waikato Under 19 reps, the New Zealand Development Squad, Waikato and the Cambridge Golf Club senior pennants team.

His current handicap index is plus 3.7 which means he plays to a plus 6 on the Cambridge course. To the uninitiated that means at the end of a round he adds six to his gross score.

Jordan, who attended Cambridge East, Cambridge Middle and Cambridge High schools, recently returned from Australia where he played in a qualifying school tournament for the Australian Professional Golf Association. The event attracted 120 aspirants and despite carding 75-71-73 over three rounds of the 6800m Victorian Moonah Links course, he was not one of the 18 to qualify for the main pro tour.

But the dream lives on and Jordan is already saving hard to cover the $4-5000 it costs to chance his arm to play golf for a living.

Next year’s event is again being hosted at the Moonah Links course.

Meanwhile Jordan will continue rising at 5am and heading to the gym, practicing daily and playing as much competitive golf as he can to fulfil his long-held ambition.

Jordan Woodall

 

 

 

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