{"id":9532,"date":"2026-03-03T02:08:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:08:56","slug":"wales-thompson-ready-to-compete-in-professional-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9532","title":{"rendered":"Wales’ Thompson ‘ready’ to compete in professional golf"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It is safe to say that golf runs in the blood for Thompson.<\/p>\n

Her father Zac is a PGA professional who still coaches her today and previously worked with 2008 Open Championship runner-up Ian Poulter.<\/p>\n

She has spent endless hours training at Pavenham Park Golf Club, a course built by her father and grandfather after the family relocated to Bedford from Pembrokeshire.<\/p>\n

“I got in at 13, I tried every other sport and thought I’d give golf a go and I loved it,” she recalled. <\/p>\n

“Dad got me some clubs for my birthday and went from there really, I’ve really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

She says hers parents have been her biggest inspiration growing up.<\/p>\n

“They taught me that the sky is my limit, to do what I want and if I have a passion for something they’re really helping me to pursue and encourage it.<\/p>\n

“I think it was really nice that dad didn’t push me into it, and I got myself into it.”<\/p>\n

Thompson also revealed some of the stories her dad would share about Poulter.<\/p>\n

“I get to hear a lot of stories on his mindset and it’s just incredible,” she added. <\/p>\n

“His path to where he’s got to today was a bit unconventional.<\/p>\n

“He would turn up for work at 16 put a trophy on the table, and then be like ‘One day I’m going to be on tour’, he really had belief.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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