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Profile

During my 7 years at The Belfry I worked in various different departments including Golf Sales as Golf Sales Account Manager looking after over £1.4 million worth of golf business, Golf Academy as a Teaching Professional teaching wide range of golfers from beginners to elite and county standard, Golf Operations as an Operations Manager overseeing the daily running of the 3 golf courses, Custom Fit as a Custom Fit Specialist fitting golf clubs to the customer exact specification, Leisure Club as a Gym instructor.

Through working at The Belfry I have been able to observe many different people choosing different avenues in which the profession can lead. I have experienced many different job roles within golf at the Belfry but my real passion lies within teaching and improving golfers.

I aim to improve the tuition at The Tytherington Club offering a wide range of coaching including Junior Group lessons, Individual Lessons, Beginner Group Lessons, Ladies Group Lessons, Senior Group Lessons, Video analysis lessons. With the rest of the team at The Tytherington Club help to raise the profile of the golf course and the club.

My professional coaching career began in 2002 when I started my PGA training. In 2003 I achieved 3rd place in the Rookie of the Year Awards with the PGA of UK and Ireland. In 2005 my final year in training I achieved 10th place in the Trainee of the Year Awards with the PGA of UK and Ireland. As reward for doing so I received a scholarship from title sponsor Titleist and Footjoy Worldwide. Once I gained my Class A status in 2005 I aimed to further my teaching knowledge and business acumen by attending PGA CPD courses in the following areas:

08/01/07		Time Management
15/01/07		Coaching Young Golfers
16/01/07		Good Practice and Child Protection
17/01/07		An Introduction to Golf Course Agronomy
19/01/07		Fitness for Golf
01/02/07 -	02/02/07	An Introduction to the Role of Director of Golf
29/11/07		Grow your Business Connect with your Customers
09/01/08		Coaching Elites, International and Professional Golfers
30/01/08		Golf The Mind Factor
05/03/08		Advanced Golf Course Agronomy
31/03/08		Linking Mind and Body
07/05/08 -	08/05/08	PGA National Teaching & Coaching Conference