Evening with Maureen Madill, BBC golf commentator

by Robert Lloyd

An evening with Maureen Madill, the BBC golf commentator, is being planned at the Ashburnham Golf Club in Pembrey later this year.

The event will form part of the Ladies Centenary Dinner at ‘The Ash’ on Friday, October 12 (7 for 7.30pm).

There will be canapes on arrival, following by a four course dinner, coffee and mints.

Tickets are available from –

Olwen Davies (Lady President) – email, olwenglocaled@btinternet.com Iris Jacobs (Lady Captain) 01554 834475 Helen Davies 07974 690602 Wyn Parsons 01554 770090 Cath Jones 07968 692248 Dress code: Black Tie Tickets, £35.

In addition to be a broadcaster, Maureen Madill, 54, is a professional golfer coach and broadcaster.

Madill was born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. She won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1979 and the British Ladies Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1980. She represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup in 1980 and coached the team between 1998 and 2004.

Madill turned professional in 1986 and played on the Ladies European Tour until 1996 where she had limited success, recording two runner-up finishes – the 1989 Woolmark Matchplay Championship and the 1990 Haninge Open.