Lead a regional Talent Development Programme that supports the development of young Cantabrians to realise their potential as golfers and as people.
The main objective of this programme is to deliver the Canterbury regional component of Golf New Zealand’s (Golf NZ) National Talent Development programme, Phase 1 “District Lead, Golf NZ supported, Talent Development.” This sits within the wider Canterbury Golf Young People in Golf Plan.
While High Performance, succeeding at the professional level of play, is the face of participation, it is Talent Development that bridges the gap from Community Sport to High Performance and lays the foundation for future success. The Golf NZ Talent Development Programme has four key phases. It is these phases, and the many elements within each phase, that supports the talent identification, verification and development of New Zealand’s most promising young golfers as they move along the performance pathway. This Canterbury Golf Talent Development Programme sits within phase 1 of the national strategy and its intention is to bring together our best emerging young players to provide holistic talent development support to prepare them and to move them towards phase 2 and beyond within the national framework.
Click on the below image to read the full Canterbury Golf Talent Development Plan.
2024/2025 Canterbury Golf Talent Development Programme (TDP) - Expressions of InterestEach year Canterbury Golf take expressions of interest (EOI) from any player who wishes to be considered to be part of the next TDP cycle. As part of this interested players are asked to complete a survey outlining why they wish to be involved. EOI for the 24/25 TDP Cycle are closed, with EOI for the 25/26 TDP Cycle opening in May 2025.
