Northern Ireland's First Professional Female Golfer

Northern Ireland's First Professional Female Golfer

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Details

Location

Belfast

Year

1997

Date

Production 01/03/1997

Length

03min 03sec

Audio

sound

Format

Betacam SP

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 project.

Courtesy

British Film Institute, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Leslie Callon became Northern Ireland's first professional female golfer in 1997. She spent three years training in order to meet the grade. She passed her PGA at the Belfry, which qualifed her to teach golf. This report features an interview in which Callon discusses her excitement for the future and the difficulties she's had because of stereotypes about women in golf.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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