England Golf
Jonathan Ward currently serves as the Regional Handicap & Course Rating Manager (North) and National Course Rating Coordinator for England Golf, a position held since November 2021, overseeing the National Course Rating program and supporting over 200 County Raters to maintain compliance with World Handicap System standards across 1800 affiliated clubs. Prior to this, Jonathan was the County Secretary for Durham County Golf Union from January 2015 to November 2021, managing daily operations and offering support to 44 clubs and 18,000 golfers in various areas including rules and governance. Jonathan's experience also includes a role as County Development Officer at England Golf from January 2010 to December 2014, where project planning and delivery focused on enhancing participation and club membership sustainability in Durham. Earlier in Jonathan's career, a position as Golf Roots Coordinator/Coach at Golf Foundation involved engaging young people through school and community coaching projects. Educational background includes attendance at The Kings School Tynemouth, Newcastle College, and South Tyneside College.
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England Golf
England Golf is the governing body for amateur golf in England. It is one of the country’s largest sports governing bodies and looks after the interests of more than 1,800 affiliated golf clubs and 720,000 members. England Golf is at the heart of grassroots golf, inspiring people to have a lifelong involvement in the game. Our development initiative ‘Get into golf’ introduces new golfers, juniors and adults, to start playing the game as well as increasing the interest and participation in golf. Working with our partners we offer business support to clubs to encourage more golfers to enjoy the benefits of club membership and to help promote the game as being accessible, fun and family friendly. For competitive golfers, England Golf provides championships for all ages and abilities, both in individual and team events, hosted at some of the most prestigious courses across the country, some with qualifying events at any club. We identifiy and develop the country’s most talented golfers through their amateur careers, many of whom go on to become the world’s leading professional golfers, such as Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood, Charley Hull, Brontë Law and Melissa Reid. Funding The majority of England Golf funding comes from affiliation fees paid by golfers which funds the core activities of the organisation. Members of each affiliated club pay an annual subscription to their County Union (men) or County Association (women) and to England Golf.