Darren Beck: The Story So Far

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Darren Beck: The Story So Far

The story so far

Darren was born to English parents in South Africa before the family moved to Australia when he was seven years old. He started playing golf with his father at the age of six and by 16, he was a scratch handicapper. He represented New South Wales and won the inter-state series in 2000.

Admires Jason day for his determination and Adam Scott for his fluid golf swing. Philosophy in golf is to “enjoy what you’re doing and to keep smiling” which were words of advice from his coach John Serhan. Enjoys working out in the gym and hanging out on the beach with his family. His brother Johnny caddies for Darren when he is on the Asian Tour.

He has two young boys.

After initially playing on the Australasian Tour he earned his Asian Tour card at the third attempt at Qualifying School at the end of 2007.

Darren secured his career breakthrough in style on the Asian Tour when he defeated Gaganjeet Bhullar in a thrilling play-off to win the 2009 Brunei Open. He came from four shots back on the last day.

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Sarah Kemp's Journey

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Sarah has had a successful career in golf. Her ten years plus of status on the major tours in Europe and the USA is testimony to her credentials as a touring pro.

She is from Tuncurry, in New South Wales Australia, a town about 300km north of Sydney. She was born in 1985. Like most career golfers Sarah was introduced to the game before her teenage years by her parents. She played for years at the Tuncurry Golf and Country Club.

Sarah achieved many goals as an amateur including representing Australia (2004) and being Australian Amateur Stroke Play Champion in 2003 and 2005.

She cites Australian golfing legend Bill McWilliam as being influential in her early years followed by Peter Knight Master Professional at the PGA and National Coach. In the past 6 years she has been coached by John Serhan out of the St Michael’s Golf Club.

After turning pro in 2005 she recorded three wins on the ALPG tour in her rookie year.

In her early years on tour she scored well. Second on the Australian ALPG Order of Merit (2006) and 6 consecutive top ten’s on the Ladies European Tour in 2007.

She earned status on the LPGA tour in 2008 via qualifying school.

Sarah had good momentum on tour in 2013 through 2015 getting better than 50% of cuts but hit a slump in 2017. Recovered during 2018 scoring well in Europe and recorded good results in the 2018/2019 season on the Australian Tour including two events which were co-sanctioned by the LPGA.

These latest result vaulted her to claim first place on the ALPG Order of Merit in 2018/19and significantly improved her Priority Ranking on the LPGA.

In total she has won 12 times on the ALPG Tour.

“I have had a lot of tough years and I’ve had to fight through tour schools to regain status. Yes, it can seem like a constant battle and many times unrewarding but self-belief, hard work and lots of team, friends and family support gets you there.”

“I am in a good space at the moment and I feel it is helping my performance on course.”

Certainly she continues to meet the challenges of the professional golf circuit.