James Brash is one to watch

ONE TO WATCH

JAMES BRASH

When did you start playing golf and who was your inspiration? I started playing golf competitively at the age of seven, playing small competitions and others including Surrey Rookie Tour, US Kids, British Junior Golf Tournament and Robert Rock. When I was 10 playing in the USKids European Championships at Craigielaw, I was selected to play in the Vanhorn Cup, which is a Ryder type event, Europe against Internationals. That was great fun. My dad introduced me to golf at a young age and I immediately fell in love with the game. Do you have a favourite player and who would be in your dream fourball? Jordan Spieth is probably my favourite player, especially when he was in his prime. My dream fourball would have to be Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and Bryson Dechambeau. What have been your career highlights so far? Representing England U16 against Ireland and winning the North of England U16, coming from 5 behind on the last day. I was also selected for South England regional squad and play for Surrey U16 and have played for Surrey U14 the past two years. How often do you play / practice? I practice 6 days a week, for 2-4 hours. Is finding time to play whilst managing school / work etc difficult?

Now that I’m in GCSE year it is becoming a bit hard to find time to play golf and study but I am learning to manage my time more efficiently.

Are there specific areas of your game that you work on and how do you monitor your results to try and identify any concerns you have? I use an app called Spider Golf, which gives data on strokes gained in different aspects of my game and dispersion with different

PLAYER PROFILE

Name: James Brash

Age: 15

Clubs: Burhill and Foxhills

Handicap: +2.5

Competition wins/titles/ placements:

c Represented England U16 vs Ireland at Royal Birkdale, winning two of my three matches c Won North of England U16 shooting 6 under on the final round this year and won North of England U14 last year c 4th in the Sir Henry Cooper and won the U16 title c 3rd in West of England U16 c 2nd in Faldo Midlands U16 and 3rd overall c Missed out on the Surrey Amateur last 16 having played in a 3 way playoff for last spot c Won the Southern Schools

Championships with 5 under par c 2nd in both the adult and junior Burhill

Club Championships c Won 3 junior opens – Foxhills, West

Byfleet and Cambridge

clubs. At the moment I am mainly focusing on putting for next season.

What are your goals for 2023 and beyond? My goals are to get two top placements in the McGregor and the Carris next year. I would also like to represent England more times as it was a great experience. My long term goals are to go to college in America, and then eventually make it successfully as a professional golfer. What advice would you give to young players just starting on their journey in golf? Keep going and keep striving to be better, because if you want something enough then you won’t stop until you achieve it. Finally, what are your other interests when you are not playing golf? I also play tennis and table tennis inside and outside of school.