{"id":13219,"date":"2024-09-17T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T03:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiagolf.com.au\/cms\/?page_id=13219"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T05:38:49","slug":"our-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiagolf.com.au\/cms\/our-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zack Maxwell &#8211; VGC Testimonial<\/p>\n<p>\nI am a born and raised Virginian, growing up just outside the front gates, attending the local primary school. <br \/>\nMy dad being a PGA professional here at Virginia Golf Club my whole life. I spent a lot of my time skateboarding to the club before and after school. Whether it was to play , practice or muck around I was here most days. Virginia Golf Club from a young age really showed me what loyalty and culture was and treated me like i was family.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen I was 12 years old it was my first time to represent Virginia Golf Club at the Callaway World Junior&#8217;s in California. This was an Unforgettable experience and ultimately what helped me realise what it means to play this amazing sport and represent Virginia Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>\nCome my teenage years, I started to take golf very seriously and represented Virginia Golf Club through our pennant squad and competing at interstate events throughout the country. Getting down to a scratch handicap and getting into the Australia Men&#8217;s Amateur, where i was the youngest at 14 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter a few more great results lead me to represent Golf in Queensland Academy of sport and playing for Queensland. <br \/>\n2021 I had debuted as a professional in the Queensland Open, making the cut and proceeding to not play a single tournament for 11 months due to covid.<\/p>\n<p>\nOver the next 2 years the step to becoming a professional golfer was being made much more achievable, from the support and strength given to me by Virginia Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>\nHaving been to 8 professional qualifying stage worldwide now, I have learnt so much especially with the support from my home club. <br \/>\nNow in 2024 I have obtained my Full Australian Tour Card and won the biggest ProAm tournament in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe history of this club inspires me, and I am making it my goal to inspire the next me.<\/p>\n<p>\nFrom the course of champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zack Maxwell &#8211; VGC Testimonial<\/p>\n<p> I am a born and raised Virginian, growing up just outside the front gates, attending the local primary school. <br \/> My dad being a PGA professional here at Virginia Golf Club my whole <\/p>\n<div class=\"rdMore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiagolf.com.au\/cms\/our-ambassador\/\">Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":13232,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-13219","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our Ambassador - Virginia Golf Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiagolf.com.au\/cms\/our-ambassador\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our Ambassador - Virginia Golf Club\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zack Maxwell &#8211; VGC Testimonial I am a born and raised Virginian, growing up just outside the front gates, attending the local primary school. 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