Golf Foundation celebrates Ryder Cup success

The Golf Foundation has extra reason to celebrate Europe's Ryder Cup win, with more than half the side being involved with the charity in some capacity.

Paul Lawrie - who ran away with his singles match against Brandt Snedeker on Sunday - is vice president of the initiative, which aims to give children from all backgrounds the chance to take up the game.

The Chief Executive of the Golf Foundation, Mike Round, said: "It is wonderful that many of our leading golfers are prepared to support the next generation of young golfers. They do so in various ways: for example, the Foundation offered support to Lee Westwood as a youngster and he has repaid this brilliantly by backing our efforts to reach new young players.

"Other players, including Zach Johnson and Webb Simpson from the American team, have given their time to take on the youngsters at Tri-Golf at events such as The Open Championship, and really helped us to raise our profile."

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