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College Sport: Northcote teen looks to follow Ko

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Elanor Grimwood arrived in New Zealand as a 6-year-old from England. Photo / Dean Purcell

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Elanor Grimwood would one day like to emulate Lydia Ko in bursting on to the international golf scene. Already, the teen known as Ela to family and friends has a couple of things going for her in such a lofty pursuit.

Like Ko, Grimwood was born outside New Zealand but now calls her adopted country home, proclaiming: "I'm a Kiwi." Also like Ko, she spent her early secondary school years at Albany's Pinehurst School.

Nowadays she is at Northcote College and, like Ko, getting the marks that make her a good student and is really happy and popular in the environment.

Like Ko, she is a member at the Gulf Harbour Country Club although she also has memberships at Peninsula, Pupuke and Muriwai.

"I saw Lydia a couple of times when I was at Pinehurst and have seen her at Gulf Harbour but I haven't met her. Gulf Harbour is a real challenge," said Grimwood, 14, who has fired a six-over 78 for the 5300m women's layout. "I probably play there once or twice a week, usually at the weekends. During the week I go to Pupuke or the driving range."

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Sometimes she plays from the men's tees and rates the 309m par four 12th as her favourite hole.

Born in Essex, England, she came to New Zealand as a 6-year-old when her father was transferred while working for IBM. Initially the family lived in Tauranga where she first had a golf club in her hand when her uncle took her to a driving range.

Grimwood then linked with the Omanu Golf Club and coach Nick Wilson who oversees what is considered a very good junior programme.

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"We came to Auckland three years ago when I was on a 12 handicap. Nick is still my coach," said Grimwood. "I talk to him on the phone and go down there a couple of times a month for the day."

Now on a three handicap, Grimwood shot the low round - a three-under in Rotorua in a recent junior inter-provincial tournament in which her North Harbour team finished seventh.

After giving up swimming - tiring of the early starts - Grimwood devotes her energies to golf with the hope of one day turning pro. Before that she has another three years at Northcote College where she hopes to find another player to join the school's mixed team which might be one short with one of this year's team in his last year.

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