By Natasha Fujimoto
BAILEY Goodall is a 16-year-old golfer who, quite simply, has the brightest of futures before him.
With a list of tournament wins and titles as long as a driving iron, Bailey is often referred to as a golfing prodigy.
In 2022 alone, the current Victorian Junior State team member has secured the Murray River Junior Masters, the Victorian School Boys competition, and the Adidas Junior Tour Event at Cypress Lakes.
With a current handicap of +2.3, Bailey hopes to one day hit the PGA tour, following in the footsteps of former world number one, Adam Scott who Bailey admires, “Adam Scott has got such a good swing and I feel like he is a good person to try and be like – he’s got the skills and the sportsmanship,” said Bailey.
Sharing world renown coach Dennis McDade with six-time PGA winner Mark Leishman (amongst other pro-golfers), Bailey is unassuming while fondly remembering his first plastic set of clubs given to him by his father, Glenn, at the age of three.
Ideally teeing off every single day in the pursuit of excellence, Bailey humbly acknowledges the significance of the sport he has dedicated his youth, if not his future to, “Golf gives me something to focus on…it keeps me calm and happy. When I play golf, I feel like it helps me as a person as well because it’s such a mentally challenging game and you’ve got to learn how to stay patient,” Bailey said.
