Had always played a lot of sport as a kid (football, cricket, athletics in particular - running for the county and a top club) but my dad had always played golf. Sandown Park (middle of the racecourse) were doing junior lessons for a week (hour per day Mon-Fri) during the summer holidays and my dad took me down.

They filled a dustbin full of range balls and we just kept going until the bin was empty as the pro went round one by one teaching the basics. That got me hooked. For what happened next read the September GM