Golf: 'Little Tiger' aims to exploit roar talent to make in big in the game
The 12-year-old, from Meir Park, visits the senior teaching professional at The Belfry on a monthly basis, and Davies is expecting great things from the youngster.
Reid has won a cluster of trophies at club level this season, and Davies said: "Marcus has done extremely well and he will make a big jump next year."
He describes Reid as "the perfect student", adding: "Marcus not only has natural ability, but he takes on board information and works hard.
"He has a role model in Tiger Woods and I think he can set his sights on a professional career in the game, providing he maintains his dedication and continues his development."
Reid, a pupil at Blythe Bridge High School, hit his first golf ball three years ago.
His father, Jason, said: "Some of his friends called for him one day during the school summer holidays and they went to hit some balls in a field.
"Nobody in the family plays golf, but Marcus came home and said he had hit the ball further than any of the other lads.
"The next stop was the Lightwood Driving Range where he came under the wing of Eddie Tittensor.
"It snowballed from there."
Reid joined Ingestre Park for a year, but was then advised to join the reputable junior section at Wolstanton Golf Club under organiser Les Hancock.
In his first season, Reid won the Chris Lewis Trophy as well as three other club competitions and was voted the most improved player at 12 and under.
It was in the summer of last year that the Reid family visited the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, where Marcus was spotted by a PGA professional coach. He told his parents the boy had natural talent and suggested that if he wanted to progress he should have one-to-one coaching at The Belfry Training Academy, where he linked up with Davies.
Reid, nicknamed Little Tiger, has taken this year by storm.
He won the Junior Club Cup, the Belfry Challenge Cup at West Lancs, three Stableford competitions and two junior medals in reducing his handicap to 15.
Reid's coaching at the Belfry has been funded by a £440 grant from the Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation that assists talented youngsters, and he has also had monthly county coaching with Simon Arnold, the Wolstanton professional.
Reid's other hobby is car spotting, but he will be spending his winter with his eye very much on the ball at Keele Driving Range while continuing with stretching exercises designed to build his strength.
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