Nice snippet of a news item from Oxford, about using golf lessons to boost numeracy.
Kirtlington professional Andy Taylor will coach in six local schools after receiving an £800 grant from the Golf Foundation.
Taylor’s sessions will teach the sport and look to improve numeracy skills by applying a scoring system relevant to times-tables.
Practitioners and commentators have long needed maths skills to deal with the avalanche of statistics that accompany sports. Whether it’s an understanding of time and lap splits for track athletes, mental maths for darts players or batting averages for baseball players, maths is vital in sport.
We’ll be intrigued to see how Mr Taylor uses times tables to track golf scores, but wish him the best of luck in boosting his charges’ golf and maths at the same time. If golf really is a good walk, spoiled, maybe the maths will make up for it!
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