Golfbidder.com backs YMG junior golf

Dateline: August 2006


Golfbidder.com, the biggest buyer and seller of used golf clubs in Europe, has declared its support for junior golf by backing the highly-acclaimed Young Masters Golf (YMG) Junior Golf Programme.

The online company is joining YMG to help attract even more young golfers into the game and the partnership is planning a number of exciting joint activities.

Great job
Speaking about the link between YMG and Golfbidder.com, managing director Liam Robb said: "We think YMG is doing a great job in opening up the game to more juniors and we applaud their work in helping more and more club Pros to welcome more newcomers to the game."

Golfbidder began life in 1997 as a shop which specialised in buying and selling used golf clubs. Its success encouraged founder Liam Robb to broaden the concept to the internet - and Golfbidder is now one of the busiest online golf retailers in Europe. The company sources most of its stock from hundreds of PGA club Pros around the UK

Meanwhile, the YMG Junior Golf programme has already introduced more the 35,000 youngsters to the game with its structured golf training, which is currently being offered at over 600 golf clubs and facilities and coached by almost 1,300 PGA Pros throughout the UK and Ireland.

Europe's largest
Based in Surrey, Golfbidder is renowned for the services it provides to Pros, offering a guaranteed price on used clubs, thus removing the traditional risk when accepting part-exchanges. It is also the official club exchange of the Professional Golfer's Association. The company is now planning to extend its services still further to include junior golf equipment, providing YMG youngsters, their parents and YMG-affiliated PGA Pros with trade-in and guaranteed buy-back schemes designed to help expand the market for junior gear.

Broaden appeal
Speaking about the new partnership, YMG managing director Dave Gosling said: "Golfbidder's support for YMG is part of a genuine desire to help junior golf and broaden the appeal of the game."

He continued: "We share the determination to provide new and exciting ways to help PGA Pros welcome more people to this great game of golf and we are really looking forward to working together."

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