Ryder Cup captains Paul McGinley and Tom Watson visited a Perthshire school to tee up a new educational tool inspired by the tournament.
The online resource is structured through a virtual 18 holes of the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles, where next year’s Ryder Cup will be staged.
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Youngsters at the Community School of Auchterarder were the first to try out the tool.
Perth and Kinross Council’s education spkokesman Bob Band said: “The Ryder Cup Educational Resource has been specifically designed to fit in with the Curriculum for Excellence, providing key learning points for pupils and new, innovative ways of teaching.Click here for news of a special Courier Ryder Cup competition for pupils“The resource will be available online and mixes classroom activity with video and other multimedia so it can be accessed at home and indeed by anyone around the world. I have every confidence that this resource will enable many people to really enjoy learning through the filter of such a significant and prestigious sporting event.”
Short films made by the Auchterarder pupils will introduce each hole and education tasks can be undertaken individually or as a group.
Richard Hills, Ryder Cup Europe’s director, said: “The Ryder Cup is about being part of something bigger than the game of golf alone.”
The new Ryder Cup education resource can be found at www.rydercupeducation.com.