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2023/24 MyGolf Girls Squad

The MyGolf Girls Squad is Ballarat District Golf’s largest junior development program and the only initiative of its type in Victoria, with the 2023/24 program featuring 17 activities delivered between November 2023 and May 2024.

When establishing the program in 2017, we recognised that girls who participate in introductory golf programs often do not transition into junior club membership, maintain a junior club membership and/or progress along Golf Australia’s junior participation pathway.  In designing the program, we identified many of the barriers and motivators for girls to participate in golf and endeavoured to address them.

A record 28 players accepted an invitation to participate in the 2023/24 program.  Squad members were provided with:

  • The opportunity to play regularly together
  • Access to expert coaching
  • Playing uniforms
  • The opportunity to compete in Ballarat District Golf and Golf Australia junior competitions

Squad Members

  • Aaliya Puvanendran (Ballarat GC)
  • Anastasya Macaulay (Midlands GC)
  • Chloe Formosa (Chalambar GC)
  • Edie Goodwin (Ballarat GC)
  • Grace Beilfuss (Buninyong GC)
  • Isabelle Strawhorn (Hepburn Springs GC)
  • Jasmine Pilcher (Midlands GC)
  • June Goodwin (Ballarat GC)
  • Keira O'Beirne (Buninyong GC)
  • Keira Woods (Bacchus Marsh West GC)
  • Lia Beilfuss (Buninyong GC)
  • Lucy Haywood (Beaufort GC)
  • Mackenzie Schiltz (Ballarat GC)
  • Maddy Rolls (Buninyong GC)
  • Madison Caldwell (Ballarat GC)
  • Makayla Kiellerup (Mt Xavier GC)
  • Mia Jolly (Ballarat GC)
  • Molly Dennis (Ballarat GC)
  • Naisha Gupta (Bacchus Marsh West GC)
  • Olivia McConchie (Ballarat GC)
  • Payton Cleary (Ballarat GC)
  • Pearl Goodwin (Ballarat GC)
  • Peppa Stoddart-Dickson
  • Remi Johnson
  • Ruby Merrett (Midlands GC)
  • Silei Bai (Ballarat GC)
  • Tara O'Beirne (Buninyong GC)

The program would not have been possible without the support of our coaches Andrew Cartledge (Teaching Professional – Ballarat Junior Golf Academy), Amy Leeson (Community Coach), Angela Tatt (Head Professional – Ballarat Golf Club) and Travis Tatt (Associate Professional - Ballarat Golf Club).

We also wish to thank Ballarat Golf Club for hosting the coaching sessions and Buninyong Golf Club and Midlands Golf Club for hosting the on-course sessions.

Andrew Milligan

On behalf of the Junior Development Committee