Homecoming for Scrimshaw

Andrew Scrimshaw has been appointed director of golf at Prudhoe Golf Club.

PGA professional Andrew started his golfing journey at the Northumberland club as a junior before turning pro. Having returned in late-2021, he is looking to develop the club’s offering to members while inspiring more to visit Prudhoe and take up the game.

“My heart has always been at Prudhoe and coming back to take up this role was a fantastic opportunity,” he says. “I know the club and its members well. We’ve got a great team of staff and committee members, and I’m excited to support the club’s future development.”

As well as focusing on increasing a variety of revenue streams and running the club, Andrew will also continue to offer tuition to both members and non-members across all ability levels and ages.

“I initially returned to Prudhoe as a coach and that’s gone really well so far,” he adds. “I want to continue to develop the junior academy and relaunch the junior competitions every Saturday as the club re-enters the junior league in 2022. We’ll also be working with local schools to bring in more junior golfers and we’ve got ambitious plans to grow our female membership in the months ahead too.”

Andrew – who will combine the role with competing locally and nationally in 2022 – has set ambitious targets to improve on and off course facilities, offer more to members, and welcome more people to the club.

“Our short-term plans include increasing the size of our greenkeeping team and delivering more for our near-capacity membership through some new events. We have a popular club with a local membership and we want to deliver more for our members while growing our offering to guests – including now welcoming societies on weekends.

“We’re also starting to explore long-term plans for the club, particularly in the clubhouse and I’m looking forward to using some of my experience from playing at a high level around the world to drive the club’s development across the board in the months ahead.”