The two-week school holiday program featured golfers aged between seven and 12 years from the region’s four major clubs – Prospect Vale, Riverside, Mowbray and Launceston.

Twenty-six juniors teed off for a six-hole two-person ambrose event at Launceston, which gave the children a taste of competition golf.

Northern Golf secretary Rick Sindorff said the maiden event of its kind was a huge success.

“It’s certainly something we can build on in the future,” Sindorff said.

“It wasn’t about winning, we’re just trying to get them to play. There were 18 players at Prospect on the first day and they enjoyed it that much there was 20 at Riverside, 20 at Mowbray and 26 on Friday.”

Sindorff said October’s Golf Month program was the equivalent of Auskick and In2Cricket junior pathways.

“A lot of them are beginners just looking to take up the sport,” he said.

“It’s a step up from after school practice.”