The rising star in Africa
Author: happy pig
Jamie Lee Daniels, a normal South African child, shows great passion for golf. If you ask little Jamie Lee Daniels who will rewrite the golfing records after Annika Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa, she shrugs and points to herself the quiet confidence that leaves you no doubt that this slip of a girl is going places. At Riebeeck College Girls High School in Uitenhage, she seems a perfectly normal child, playing and laughing with the other children. However, Jamie Lee isn't like most normal children. Although the 10-year-old growing up loves Hannah Montana every bit as as much as her friends, she has a major passion for golf, one she shares with her golf mad family. Dad Manie is a handy single figure handicapper and sister Kim, 14, was one of the South African Golf Development Board's brightest stars and was accepted into the Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation for their 2009 intake. Jamie Lee is not far behind.
Share: Jamie Lee has already won a number of competitions, but surprisingly this 20-handicapper has won against players not nearly close to her age group. Take a quick look at this season and you will see this young lady is a star in the making. She won the Western Province Under-23 C Division, finished second at the Southern Cape Championships and Eastern Cape Championships and won the C-Division at the Eastern Province and Border Championships where she posted the best net scores. The 10-year-old also proved a handy pick for the Eastern Province Under-18 Squad at the Hexangular where she won five of her six matchplay matches in the Senior Ladies Division. Jamie Lee's mum and dad are the driving force behind their daughter's sporting career. "From an early age she showed exceptional co-ordination," says Manie Daniels. "She used to follow me around the golf course as a toddler and at the age of four, she took up the game. She's quite a feisty character, but she's also got immense concentration, and she's unbelievably competitive." Jamie Lee trains at the Uitenhage Golf Club, which is just a 7-iron away from her home. She receives her coaching from dad Manie and the SAGDB's head coach in EP, Mzuyanda Zingela. Has Sammy got what it takes to become an international golfing star? John Bailey, the SAGDB's development manager for Eastern Province, certainly thinks so. "For her age she is probably one of the best young lady golfers in the country," says Bailey. "We are confident of that when we measure her success when playing other tournaments. She plays on the main course and regularly makes fives and fours and the odd three. She can probably beat 70% of the adults playing this course at the weekend." And suggestion: If you want to become a top professional it helps to start young. For Tiger Woods began his career at the tender age of two, wow...and the current teenage golfing sensation Michelle Wie took up her golf clubs at four. A nine-year-old boys love Why golf is better than sex Copyright reserved by Ebayoyo.com About the Author:
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