| | AT the age of 11, many girls have | | 35 | | competition, the adrenaline buzz of |
| | their sights set on being a pop | | | | winning and beating the boys,’ she said. |
| | star, model or air hostess. | | | | Heni, as she is known, also shines at |
| | Not Henrietta (Heni) Brockway - she | | | | hockey and gains top marks for her |
5 | | wants to be the female version of Tiger | | | | school work. |
| | Woods. And she has already gone a | | 40 | | She started playing golf at the age of |
| | remarkably long way towards achieving | | | | five, taught by her enthusiast father Ian - |
| | her ambition. | | | | but now she has completely outclassed |
| | Within two years she has cut her | | | | him. He plays off a comparatively weak |
10 | | handicap¹ from the starting level of 45 to | | | | handicap of 13. Mr Brockway, 43, who |
| | five, the lowest in England among girls | | 45 | | owns a building company, said: |
| | her age. She has won a string of | | | | ‘Henrietta is an exceptional talent. Some |
| | tournaments and has been selected for | | | | people say we should put the brakes on |
| | elite training with the English Ladies’ | | | | for several years, but how can you stop a |
15 | | Golf Association. But she most tries to | | | | child who has set herself an ambition?’ |
| | imitate her billionaire hero Tiger Woods | | 50 | | Heni’s coach Sarah Claridge, 31, of |
| | - the first golfer to hold all four major | | | | the Kendleshire Golf Club, near Bristol, |
| | professional championships at once - in | | | | said: ‘She is definitely the best player of |
| | her dedicated approach to improving her | | | | her age I’ve ever seen. She has amazing |
20 | | technique and fitness. | | | | determination to excel, whatever it takes, |
| | Henrietta, of Mere, Wiltshire, gets up | | 55 | | and has already told me she wants to be |
| | at 6.30am every day, although it is hard, | | | | the best in the world.’ |
| | and spends an hour in the gym. Then | | | | Heni has her future all mapped out. |
| | she’ll pore over the video of her previous | | | | She hopes to turn professional by 18 and |
25 | | day’s practice sessions or match play. | | | | go to university at St Andrews - the |
| | She does her homework during morning | | 60 | | home of golf. She then wants to gain |
| | and lunch break at Gillingham School in | | | | experience on the European tour, before |
| | Dorset so she can practise for several | | | | playing in America. |
| | hours later in the day on the family’s | | | | For the time being, though, golf is a |
30 | | £4,500 putting green, driving net and | | | | family affair. Heni’s Mauritian mother |
| | bunker. | | 65 | | Georgina, 32, took up the sport three |
| | She has outstripped the 89 other | | | | years ago and her brother Aaron, 10, |
| | juniors at her golf club, Yeovil, most of | | | | has also followed in her footsteps. |
| | whom are older boys. ‘I like the | | |
andicap: a golf term. The lower the number the better you are.