BROMSGROVE golfer Jake Jeff-Johnston retained his British Junior Order of Merit title with two rounds to spare in a stellar 2024 season.
The 13-year-old clinched the title in the under-14 division having moved up from the under-12 age group.
And the Barnt Green resident also won the British Junior Golf Tour’s prestige event – the Tour Championship – at the Royal Norwich Golf Club as well as the European under-13 three-day Championship at Le Touquet in France.
The teenager has now qualified for the Junior World Championship in San Diego, California which takes place in July 2025.
Jake said: “I’m really pleased to have won the order of merit as I’m one of the younger players in the under-14 division.
“To also win the Tour Championship in bad weather conditions was icing on the cake.
“Having also won the European title this year and heading to the World Championships in 2025, I have a lot to look forward to as well as defending the British and European titles next year.”
Jake achieved all of his success while managing his Type 1 diabetes – a chronic life-threatening autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas produces little or no insulin
After receiving his diagnosis at the age of eight-years-old, Jake must monitor his blood sugar levels while playing golf and administer insulin when required.
Type 1 is not related to lifestyle, preventable or reversible, and currently has no cure.
The teenager is well-supported by the paediatric team at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.
He holds a long-term ambition to obtain a golf scholarship in America and to play for the England boys’ squad.
Jake’s father Mark introduced him to the sport and he hit his first golf ball at the age of just two-and-a-half-years-old.
He has been a member at Bromsgrove Golf Club for the last nine years and attends St George’s School in Edgbaston.
