Martin Laird chips in with £10,000 for his old club

[HiltonParker78]

There are pro golfers around who take everything going from the sport but put precious little back. So let's hear it for Scotland's No 1, Martin Laird, who honed his skills as a lad over my own course, Hilton Park, just outside Glasgow.
Anyone here will tell you just how hard Martin worked at his game as a junior member, and how appreciative he was of the help and encouragment given him during those formative years.
I see from the Hilton Park website that Martin has now recognised that support, too, and has donated a cheque of £10,000 to bolster the club's junior coaching set-up.
Good on you, Martin. I'm sure that money will be well spent. If there are any young guns out there hoping to follow Laird and become a dollar millionaire, now might be a good time to have a look at what Hilton Park has to offer.

 

[moogie]

Nice one Martin........should never forget your roots, good on him.....:clap:

 

[Brookesy]

Fair play on martin, especially in this climate where clubs really need funds. Hope it helps out with the juniors.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Great gesture and it would be good to see some other pros follow suit.

 

[Val]

Magic gesture by Martin and nice to aee his club getting some benefits of his success., wish he'd work on getting that Glaswegian accent back though, his mid Atlantic twang is dreadfull

 

[bluetoon]

Well done Martin :clap:

 

[StrangelyBrown]

That's brilliant :thup:

 

[thecraw]

It would be even better if he donated 100k to allow the club to put in some decent drainage, Hilton is always saturated, even after a dry spell.

Great gesture.

 

[Tommo21]

Good going by Laird.........Paul Lawrie puts a lot back in as well and I notice by the tweeterphone that Poults, Westwood and Donald do a fair bit as well.

Oh, Lawrie is doing a book at the moment.