Glenelg Golf Club’s Sarah King looking forward to coaching Australia’s women’s team at next month’s Queen Sirikit Cup
Glenelg Golf Club coach Sarah King is hoping her home-green knowledge will help lead the Australian women’s team to its first Queen Sirikit Cup since 2013.
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Glenelg Golf Club coach Sarah King is hoping her home-green knowledge will help lead the Australian women’s team to its first Queen Sirikit Cup since 2013.
King was selected to coach the women’s amateur team during at the competition, which was being hosted at Glenelg next week for the first time in its 40-year history.
The 32-year-old believes Australia was good enough to claim its 10th cup but says defending champion Korea, which has won 19 out of the past 39 events, will be tough to beat
“I know the course quite well, so I’ll be able to help them (players) with where they should be placed and where they should be hitting some shots,” King, of Pennington, says.
“I think the team should go pretty well.
“The Asian teams are pretty strong, but the course does allow for a couple of mistakes to happen.
“As long as the girls are well prepared for the event, they’ll be fine.
“To be asked to (coach) is a huge honour and not something I’m taking lightly.
“I’m proud and looking forward to the opportunity.”
King not only knows the greens at the Novar Gardens club well, but also the pressure that young golfers face.
Before beginning a coaching career, King was on the professional golf circuit from 2011-2015.
She lined up in events across Australia during that time, including the Women’s Australian Open and secured a highly sought-after European Tour card in 2013.
King is enjoying coaching and says the best advice she will give her team next week is to have fun.
“I coach a range of people, whether they be beginners to elite players and it’s nice to see people get some enjoyment out of the game that I have a huge passion for.
“I like to keep things relatively simple and make sure the players that I am coaching are getting the full enjoyment out of the game and reaching their full potential.”
Other countries participating are New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Japan, Korea and Thailand.
The Queen Sirikit Cup – named in honour of Thailand’s Queen Mother – is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation.
It takes place at Glenelg from March 6-8.
Originally published as Glenelg Golf Club’s Sarah King looking forward to coaching Australia’s women’s team at next month’s Queen Sirikit Cup
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