My Club: Newlands Golf Club

Peter Lawrie was an outstanding amateur golfer before turning professional this season.

Despite failing to gain a place on the European Tour, he underlined both his ability and determination last week by winning the Mastercard Tour School.

His formative years were spent on many of the successful underage teams at Newlands Golf Club.

Membership: Newlands has somewhere in the region of about 1500 members. They have been very supportive to the junior section which is great for young people taking up the game.

Status: 18 hole course situated beside the Naas road.

Honours: The club have won many competitions at various levels but I think the last pennant was the Irish Clubs Youths Championship. Bryan Omelia, Stuart Banks and myself were the trio involved.

Finest hour: When the won the Leinster Section of the Senior Cup in the Island.

Worst hour: Beaten in the Barton Cup Final a few years ago by St Annes.

Club Hero: I would have to say that on a personal level Dermot Bradshaw and Chris Keegan were very good to me and several others ferrying us around to tournaments and Dermot also caddied for me when I won the Irish Close.