Jake Jeff-Johnston is a Midlands golfer and been playing since he was six years old. He currently plays off a 1.8 handicap and is a member of Bromsgrove Golf Club. Jake has had quite a year in 2024.
Firstly, Jake’s father Mark got in touch early September with this. Jake is pictured here with the U14 North of England organiser Guy Carr receiving a special trophy for his hole in one on the 11th hole at Beamish Park Golf Club in County Durham in September. Guy found out and managed to catch up with Jake on the 15th hole so he could collect the actual ball and mount it to the trophy. This is Jake’s third hole in one aged 13 and he did not realise a trophy was made for him at the end of the three-day event.
This was part of a season where Jake retained his British Junior Order of Merit title with two rounds to spare. The 13-year-old clinched the title in the under-14 division having moved up from the under-12 age group that he won in 2023.
During the latter part of this trophy laden year, Jake also won the British Junior Golf Tour’s prestige event, the Tour Championship at the Royal Norwich Golf Club in October as well as the European under-13 three-day Championship at Le Touquet in France.
Jake has now qualified for the Junior World Championship in San Diego, California which takes place in July 2025.
Jake said: “I’m really pleased to have won the order of merit as I’m one of the younger players in the under-14 division. To also win the Tour Championship in bad weather conditions was icing on the cake.”
His successes are all the more impressive considering his health challenges. He has to manage his Type 1 diabetes – a chronic life-threatening autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas produces little or no insulin.
His successes are all the more impressive considering his health challenges. He has to manage his Type 1 diabetes – a chronic life-threatening autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas produces little or no insulin.
He holds a long-term ambition to obtain a golf scholarship in America and to play for the England boys’ squad. You wouldn’t bet against him achieving both.
