Segments / Notes to episode:
1:45 Magic Moments
Euphoria: Selection for England 1995
Relief: Secured Tour Card off back of Tour School 1996
Pride: Taking ownership of Jo Oliver Golf Academy
9:30 Core Drivers
Work ethic, you get out what you put in, sacrifice
11:30 Purpose
Wanted to see how good I could become
14:30 Injury ending high level competitive career.
3 years of surgeries and rehab as initial focus while self employed as a coach
22:00 What next: Looking forward all the time, working in an academy and looking towards running own academy. Overcome various barriers.
24:30 Passions
Loving the sport and the challenges, enjoyment and adaptability for all levels, but not everything surrounding it
Can seem unwelcoming
Wanted to encourage as many people to come in as possible to try and play golf. Golf is for everybody.
Make it fun. Remove barriers. Encouraging more women to get into the game.
28:00 How we have a responsibility to others, to include them, inspire them and offer opportunities through golf and in turn they inspire us
31:50 What’s it done for me
Career, love for the sport
Share that same love with diverse population
Send people off with a smile on their face
Human response from achieving milestones
34:00 PurposeFused formula:
Passion: for the sport, to drive the sport to all corners of society
Impact: inclusion, awareness and participation through the sport at a much bigger scale, to support people who otherwise may not have had that opportunity
Application: through a team of coaches who support knocking on and opening doors to explore other ways they can help, while continuing to improve themselves
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