Star Ian Poulter gives golf tips to 150 Hong Kong youngsters
The former Hong Kong Open winner put some kids through their paces at Tuen Mun Golf Centre
Ian Poulter’s 2.28 million Twitter followers are well aware of the talent being shown by the 2010 UBS Hong Kong Open winner’s 12-year-old son Luke.
Poulter takes great delight – and pride – in tracking his lad’s development on social media and knows first-hand how important it is for young players to get the right advice, early on.
The Englishman was quick to volunteer his own talents this week to the UBS Hong Kong Open community outreach programme which put more than 150 kids aged between eight and 11 through their paces with a introduction to the game at the Tuen Mun Golf Centre on Wednesday.
Poulter was joined for the Hong Kong Golf Association initiative by rising Chinese star Dou Zecheng.
“Great clinic today,” said Poulter. “It is very exciting for me too because I was once that age and to see so many kids here today, it is amazing. Golf is a great game and it teaches you an awful lot, life lessons, honesty, integrity, so it’s great.”