The 11-year-old Cheshire golfer beating thousands of adults

A young Cheshire golfer is already making a name for himself, having competed against adults in a prestigious competition at the world-renowned St Andrews golf course in Scotland. Kaiden Marsh, 11, was the only child to have qualified for the Nine Hole Challenge at the home of golf, with only two other juniors also competing in the prestigious event.

Kaiden, who has a handicap of 23.4, is a member of Styal Golf Club near Wilmslow in Cheshire, as well as getting lessons from professional golfer Anthony Sproston at Croft Driving Range in Warrington. He qualified to play at the hallowed St Andrews course after getting the highest number of points across all the players at Styal Golf Club.

The event saw him playing alongside 39 other amateur golfers who had all qualified from a staggering 91,000 entries. The event took in holes one to four and also 14 to 18 at the legendary home of golf, just ahead of the 150th Open. Golfers from the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand competed.

Kaiden's proud mum Lyndsey Marsh explained that he first picked up a golf club as a tot, joining his dad to play golf in the garden using plastic clubs when he was just 18-months-old. He showed real talent for the sport and started lessons with professional Anthony Sproston at the age of six before beginning competing just over four years ago.

Now Kaiden is already taking the game by storm, playing against golfers up to seven times his age on occasion. His trip to St Andrews even ended up turning into the family trip of a lifetime when he and his mum Lyndsey, dad Neil and little sister Olivia Rose, seven, all got an expenses paid two night stay there.

They were put up at the Rusacks Hotel in St Andrews and were also treated to a three course