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The latest blog installment from assistant PGA Professional John Jackson

John Jackson

The latest blog installment from assistant PGA Professional John Jackson

Wow, what a busy few weeks it has been! First of all I had my end of year PGA exams which I sat over two days at the Kendleshire Golf Club in Bristol. All the spare time and energy I had was spent revising for these exams, hopefully I did ok but for the time being I will just have to wait patiently until July when I get my results!

Now that I have got the exams over and done with I have been able to finally start playing some golf. I've played in two Titleist Assistant events since my last blog, one at the Players Club in Bristol and one at Cumberwell Park, Bath. I have to say I have been hitting the ball great and hopefully the scores will start to improve. I tied for 15th at Cumberwell Park with a round of 74, leaving me in 28th spot in the Order of Merit with one event to go. Hopefully a good final event will help me to get into the top 20!

As well as playing a bit I have also been doing quite a bit of coaching. Over the last few weeks I have been coaching at Kings Forest Primary School in Bristol with the Year Ones. Most of the kids have never played golf before - only crazy golf - so they Ioved the opportunity to have a go! I have one week left coaching at the school and it has been a fun experience. I will definitely be going into more schools trying to get more kids involved! Anyway, that's enough for now, thanks for reading!

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Nick Bonfield
Features Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x