Month: May 2011

Eye Candy Caddies

The gorgeous new solution for unforgettable golf days.  Our exciting new business has enabled us to combine all of the experience we’ve gained during highly successful careers in modelling, sales and marketing and event management.

With an Eye CandyTM Caddy by your side, other golfers will be green with envy, but our beautifully presented team of girls in their attractive uniforms are much more than just a pretty face.

Every Eye CandyTM Caddy has successfully completed our special Caddy Training Program, managed by EGTF golf professional, Bill Abbott, and this includes understanding the etiquette of golf.  Indeed, many of our caddies are keen golfers themselves – and one even plays off a handicap of 2!

Our Caddies will give you, your colleagues and customers a day to remember and, as well as joining you on the course, we can also support player registration and prize-giving presentations.  Who says golf isn’t sexy?

The Eye Candy Caddies turn heads wherever they go. We are very proud to have such a successful team of hardworking staff and caddies that provide you with an excellent service and a great experience!

Who says golf isn't sexy?

If you would like to find out more about The Eye Candy Caddies, would like to arrange a meeting or to discover how you or your business could benefit from the Eye Candy Caddies services:

Please either call +44 (0)7748 905627

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Always making your golf day gorgeous!

Official training providers to Eye Candy Caddies

 

Midlands Golf Tours

Midlands Golf Tours Ltd have teamed up with all of the top Midlands golf courses to offer day tickets, weekend breaks, tours and longer stay holidays all at fantastic value.
First class accommodation with excellent rates have been negotiated at Moor Hall Hotel in Sutton Coldfield and The George Hotel in Lichfield, both offering 4 star accommodation at 3 star prices.  Both hotels are on the doorstep of some of the finest golf in the Midlands, perhaps even in the country!
SPECIAL OFFERS!!!
Whatever your golfing requirements, give Midlands Golf Tours a call or send us an email and we will be happy to tailor a package to suit your needs.
Call today: 0871 871 871 or email info@midlandsgolftours.co.uk

Little Aston is one of England’s best loved inland courses and for many years has enjoyed an enviable pedigree in the Top 100 courses in Great Britain and Ireland as surveyed by Golf World, being ranked 55th in 2008.
The Club, which has celebrated its Centenary in 2008, is one of the pre-eminent golfing establishments in the Midlands where Members and Visitors are able to enjoy an experience that few, if any, of the Midland’s other golf clubs can match.

Golfers will find a top quality Championship Course which has hosted many prestigious national and international tournaments for both Amateur and Professional players.  These include the English Amateur, Brabazon and British Boys Championships, the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship, the English Ladies Amateur and Strokeplay Championships and the Dunlop Masters Professional Tournament.

Little Aston is predominantly a Parkland course set in the mature former estate of Little Aston Hall and has a beauty all of its own.  In recent years the course has been lengthened and certain holes have been modified partly to offset the march of modern technology.  An array of new tees has boosted the yardage and in a number of cases the angles into the greens have altered too, adding more strategy to an already strategic test.

Midland Golf Tours Logo

Midland Golf Tours Logo

From the men’s back tees the course now measures 6,813 yards with a challenging par of 72 and Standard Scratch of 74.

RS 1 Tee

Play a better game with the RS 1 Tee!

RS 1 Basic is the latest product of the Company RS1.  The golf tee has been developed from a special polymer and is as good as “unbreakable”!

What can be improved on a tee? A lot, like the innovative RS 1 tee proves.

Not only does the design convince by its straight shape and distinct lines, what makes the RS 1 tee really interesting is its performance. With the RS 1 tee there are no more varying driving highs or leap off balls.

The resistance at the driver shot is reduced and no more perceptible. This enables farther range.

No more resistance further means: no deviation and therefore no side turns or diversion of the ball, which often happens using the conventional tee´s.

RS 1 Golf Tee

The RS 1 Golf Tee

The RS 1 tee was developed by professional golf players, and it will definitely improve the game of a professional and a beginner.

The simple handling enables an outstanding contact of ball and club. The player can concentrate on the essential – the drive! Because of a smooth surface the RS 1 tee is easily inserted in the ground and ‘reusable’ which saves costs.

Help your customers to improve their game by using the RS 1 tee!
Overview of the most important advantages:

  • No varying driving height
  • No more resistance at the drivershot – farther range, no deviation of the ball
  • Outstanding ball-club contact
  • Reusable which saves costs
  • Easy insertion because of smooth surface
  • Conform with DGV / R&S / USGA golf regulations

You can get the RS1 Tee in height 80mm, 73mm, 62mm and following colours: white, yellow, green, pink, blue, red

For more information contact Klaus Richter on  0049 163 170 1066  – Email: info@rs1tees.de

Joe Smith Book Offer

EGTF Pro Joe Smith Book Offer

Joe Smith – Bare knuckle fighter and EGTF Professional Golfer

I have just started reading Joe Smith’s account of his extraordinary life as a bare knuckle fighter and a professional golfer.

If you have met Joe, you will know what an excellent guy he is, a real character, ‘honest and pleasant’ are always the words I think of when I meet big Joe.

I was Joe’s instructor on his EGTF course some years ago and we have met up through the EGTF Pro Am tournaments on a regular basis ever since.  Joe has been trying hard to break through into the Professional golf scene through a lot of mini Tours around the country, but as we all know, the standard these days is very high and trying to get that breakthrough win is difficult.

Joe Smith - Gypsy Joe

Joe winning the EGTF Darenth Valley Pro Am, not quite the Open Championship, but a win's a win!!

The book has won rave reviews by many top figures from the literary world and I think it will be an excellent read for people wanting something just a little bit different from the normal golf books on the market.

Having spent a fair few hours in Joe’s company with him recalling some of the stories, I am convinced you will find the book a great read.

If you would like to order a copy, then you can do so through the following Agent – Martin Knight, London Books – Email: info@london-books.co.uk Tel: 07871 522927

Gypsy Joe front cover

If you would like to sell any copies through your golf outlet, Joe is doing an excellent price of £10 per copy, compared to the official retail price of £16.99, for you to make a small profit out of the proceeds.

I think it could be a very good human interest story that might well be a good seller in a golf shop or just for yourself.  Anyway, definitely worth a look.

 

Golf Vendor Sales Agent

Golf Vendor Sales Agent

This is a fantastic opportunity for EGTF members to add to your income portfolio
The process is simple:-

  • Email jordan.hurley@golfvendor.co.uk to become an independent sales agent
  • You will receive a sales information pack and a contract to send back to Head Office
  • Sell the Golf Vendor machine into any golf location
  • You then receive £250 per machine for 1 – 3 sales per month
  • 4 or more sales per month you receive £350 per machine

Option 2

  • You buy the machines
  • You find the locations
  • You empty and refill the machine
  • You own the products
  • You may need to pay a percentage back to the venues
  • You take full profit from the sale of the products

For more information on the Golf Vendor opportunities, please call Jordan on 07921 523998 or email jordan.hurley@golfvendor.co.uk

Peter Ledwidge

[box] This edition we are profiling EGTF Master Professional, Peter Ledwidge who is also a European Tour Coach (www.mallorcagolfacademy.com)  [/box]

I was born in Falkirk, Scotland in 1966 and my sport was always snooker.  Not good enough to turn professional when I left college with an HND in Mechanical Engineering, I went to work on a commission only basis, in direct sales, selling and training sales people.

I continued to play snooker semi-pro until moving to Mallorca in 1996 with my wife Linda and three children.  We opened a bar/bookmakers in Santa Ponsa in 1997 and in the absense of any snooker on the island, I took to golf as a hobby.  I quickly got the bug and within 7 years got down to scratch.  With a passion for teaching dating back to my sales days, I turned Pro immediately when I gained my EGTF Diploma in September 2006 (aged 40) and started teaching friends and family at any golf course where I was able to pay and use the range.

Keen to increase my golf knowledge, I completed the three Golfsmith Clubmaker Training Courses in my first year as a Pro to become a GCA Master Craftsman, and then went on to do my EGTF Masters Course.  I started to build a client base from the ex-pats in Mallorca from personal recommendations.  In my first three years I logged over 1000 coaching hours from self generated clients without a driving range or golf course to be based at.  I attended numerous CPD training days which I found to be excellent and very informative.

In 2009 I went to work with Stewart Craig in my home town Falkirk when the crisis hit Mallorca with a view to moving back home and working full time at Forthview Golf Range where I had done my EGTF courses.  Before I could sell up here in Mallorca though, Golf Santa Ponsa got in touch and asked me to come and work with them as Professional at the private Santa Ponsa II and III where a lot of my clients were shareholders.  I didn’t need to be asked twice!!  I started on 31 March 2010 and have never been busier or happier.

With a golf course to work from and constant exposure to a membership, my lesson diary gets busier and busier.

Why did you become a Teaching Professional?

To make a living doing something I enjoy immensely.

Where do you work?

Golf Santa Ponsa II and III, Mallorca.

Where do you play golf?

Mallorca mainly, the Spanish mainland and Scotland.

What is the best thing about being a Teaching Professional?

Job satisfaction, a client calling me to say ‘it works, thankyou’.

What is the worst thing about being a Teaching Professional?

Travelling to tournaments and being away from the family.

How many lessons do you give during the Summer and Winter?

Mallorca is all year round.  Last year I logged over 1000 hours!

What do you consider is the most important lesson you could give someone and why?

Short game, because that is what will reduce their handicap the quickest.

What is your favourite drill and why?

Railway tracks.  If you guarantee good alignment when practising, you get ACCURATE instant feedback from every shot.

Who is your favourite player and why?

I have to say Sebi Garcia because I coach him, but I also like Martin Kaymer because of his temperament.

Who would be your ideal fourball and why?

Jack Nicklaus because he is the best there has ever been; Colin Montgomerie because he is my hero, and John Daly so I could go on the lash with him afterwards!

Which is the best golf course you have played and why?

Valderrama because it’s steeped in history and immaculately prepared and beautiful.

What is the best and worst experience you have had in golf?

The best experience was Sebi Garcia getting his 2011 European Tour Card at Q school last November.  I honestly can’t think of anything that I could describe as being my worst experience.  Not had it yet and hopefully never will.

What is the best tip you could give a junior golfer?

If you want to hit it further, HIT IT BETTER!!

What’s in the bag?

Snake Eyes Viper Tour Black 9″ Driver Stiff Aldila NV65
Matching 3 wood 14″ and Hybrid 18″
Snake Eyes 675XC & C Forged Irons Dynamic Gold SL Stiff Steel shafts
Callaway X Forged Wedges 52″, 57″ & 62″
Rife Putter


Rozalyn Adams

[box]This edition we are profiling EGTF Professional Rozalyn Adams.  Roz says, “I was first introduced into golf by my mother at the age of 5, and by the time I was 10 it was the one sport that I excelled at.[/box]

I had the opportunity to make it a career at 16, but decided not to at that time and stopped playing seriously.  I found my desire to play again in my mid-forties and was surprised how well I could still play, and soon got down to a 1 handicap and started playing competitive golf and doing well.  This led to me wanting to understand my own swing and brought me into teaching.  Before doing the Diploma Course I had set up my own Clinic as a Beauty Therapist and then specialising in Electrolysis and Laser treatments.”

Where do you work?

I established abcSwingbuild Golf in 2006, based in a high street location in Welling, Kent.  The shop was fitted out with a custom built indoor practice facility using the Vector launch monitor, complete with projector and impact screen.  I had the floor specially contoured as a putting green which worked very well.  The shop was trialed for 18 months to establish the basic parameters for a larger indoor facility, which I am researching at present.

Where do you play golf?

I play at Addington Court GC along with the other Crown golf clubs in the S.E. London area.  These courses are maintained in excellent condition and allow me to play all the different type of shots.

Why did you become a teaching professional?

I believe that golf is a way of life.  It keeps you fit.  It will show up your failings even in the most level headed of people and when you have overcome these, it makes you a stronger person.  It’s sociable and something you can do all your life.  If I can help someone achieve this, I am fulfilling my potential.

What is the best thing about being a teaching professional?

Helping people of all golfing abilities reach their potential.

What is the worst thing about being a teaching professional?

Not being able to teach.

How many lessons do you give in the Summer and the Winter?

At the moment very few as I am in the process of selling my Laser Clinic and resourcing suitable teaching premises.

What do you consider is the most important lesson you could give someone and why?

Not to get frustrated, to be patient.  Why? Because golf is the one sport that you can play all your life and those feelings take away the enjoyment.

What is your favourite drill and why?

Playing with my eyes closed.  It promotes exceptional feel and balance, especially when putting.

Who is your favourite player and why?

Lee Trevino.  He entertained people with his relaxed, jovial style of play.  But even more because he did not have the classic swing and visualised the shape of the shot he wanted to hit and then believed in his ability to play it.

Who would be your ideal fourball and why?

Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Anika Soransen and me!  They are the epitome of what’s good in golf and because I would have the chance to learn from the best.

Which is the best Course you have ever played and why?

The Old Course at St Andrews.  There is no other course like it and all the great players have made their mark there.  When you reach the 18th hole, drive at the clock, walk up the vast fairway over ‘Granny Clarke’s Wynd’ and get ready to hit your approach to the famous 18th green just beyond the valley of sin, your heart will be thumping, and if you succeed in hitting your ball to the heart of the green you will be acknowledged by an applause from a small crowd of golfing enthusiasts who are always there watching.

What’s the best and worst experience you have had in golf?

Playing for England.  When you wear the uniform of your Country it’s a special feeling.  The worst was when I played in the Armature Ladies British Open at Princes GC in Kent a few years ago.  The wind was gusting around 30mph and the rain was hitting us sideways.  My caddy had to hold the umbrella horizontally while I gripped the club and then whip it away at the last minute before I swung the club.

Do you still strive to improve standards?

Always.

What’s the best tip you could give a junior golfer?

Whenever you practice or play, never get frustrated or lose your temper.  Golf is a game of fun, enjoy it.

What’s in the bag?

Roz Newport

EGTF Golf Professional Roz Newport

My clubs consist of two Drivers, a 9.0′ and a 10.5′ depending on the wind and the roll available.  I have a 3 Wood which has a low kick point for getting those fairway shots up in the air and I grip down the shaft to make this a 5 Wood.  I then have a 9 Wood and a 29′ rescue club which gives me mid range flexibility from 150-175 yards to attack the green from the fairway and the light rough.  My Irons go from 5 to 9 and are custom made with Nippon pro lightweight steel shafts for control and accuracy.  I have four Wedges to choose from and will either play all of them and drop my 5 Iron or play 3 Wedges and keep the 5 Iron depending on the course I am playing.  I have three putters to choose from.  Two are standard weight but vary in design and the third has 80g of lead powder in the bottom of the shaft for playing slow greens.

When I am teaching I carry two 9 irons (LH & RH) and a putter.  If my pupil is a junior I have two purpose made junior 9 irons of varying length and a junior putter.  I also have a number of shafts without heads to use as alignment aids etc.  I also have a putting rail which is a great tool to help teach accuracy in putting.  Lots of extra long tee pegs are a simple way of setting up fun drills.

Martin Park

[box]This issue we are profiling EGTF  Professional, Martin Park who is one of the more colourful characters in the European golf industry and well known in his former chosen field of golf journalism and media.[/box]

Martin has been a golf journalist since 1995 when he first covered The Open Championship at St Andrews for both Golf Weekly and also the fledgling American TV station, The Golf Channel.

Martin continued to work for several magazines and broadcast outlets as a writer on tournament golf news, the equipment industry, travel features and instruction articles, but with the declining magazine industry and the advent of the internet, he took the opportunity to help start and develop GOLFmagic.com, where he was the first Editor and helped develop it into what is now Britain’s biggest online golf magazine.

He spent two years with GOLFmagic before taking on the job of Media Director for the Ladies European Tour, which at the time was in dire need of good publicity.  His four year tenure with the LET can only be described as positive as he took a small tour with limited ambitions and resources and gave it the profile it has been missing for so many years.

His finest moment with Women’s golf came at Barseback in Sweden during 2003 where he hosted over 500 worldwide media during Europe’s most successful Solheim Cup victory – where fellow EGTF member, Alison Nicholas was Vice-Captain to Catrin Nilsmark’s winning team.

While he has now developed a life in golf coaching, something he has always wanted to do, he still works in golf media and consults on the media and marketing for the Czech Republic and also his favourite job in media, working each year with the R&A Press Secretariat as Press Officer for The Open Championship.

Martin was born in Scotland, but raised in the sunny south-east of England and now lives on the paradise island of Bornholm, a small island affectionately known as the  “Northern-most South Sea island” due to it’s fabulous summer climate, pure white sand beaches and private and peaceful atmosphere.

He is married to Yvonne, who is a native of Bornholm.  They have a 9-year old son, Lewis.  Yvonne works as the Business Development manager for his Park Golf Academy company, but much as he would like to, he can’t convince his son to give up tennis, handball, football, Playstation 2 and Gameboy for golf….yet!

When did you qualify for the EGTF?
March 2005 at Oliva Nova, Spain.

Where do you work?
I am Head Teaching Professional at Dueodde Golf Club on the island of Bornholm in Denmark.  I also own and manage Park Golf Academy which is now responsible for the training and coaching at two more clubs on the island.  There are over 2000 members at all three clubs with its headquarters based at the academy at Dueodde.  We have a fully fitted indoor centre which includes a 75sq metre chipping and putting green, a projected golf simulator from SportscoachUK with 20 GPS golf courses installed, along with video software, club fitting software, a Vector Launch monitor and soon to come a SAM Putt Lab.  We specialise not only in teaching, but also custom fitting, putting and short game clinics.

Where do you play golf?
I play golf mainly at Dueodde Golf Club and also the Ronne and Ro Golf Clubs on the island.  I also represent our Club in the Danish National divisions and play the occasional Tour event if I have time.

What is the best thing about being a Teaching Professional?
Without a doubt, the best part is being able to influence and guide someone into becoming a better player by instructing them with the latest and most up to date scientific teaching methods and watching them improve during the lesson and have them come back to me saying they are enjoying their game so much more.

What is the worst thing about being a Teaching Professional?
Not being able to play as much as you would like.

How many lessons do you do in the summer.  How many in winter?
From April to September, I teach as many as 75 lessons per week, on average it’s at least 45 lessons a week, plus I also teach the Elite players, women’s teams, Seniors teams and I have two junior sessions each week.  The summer is manic with the island doubling in population with tourists, many of whom play golf, wanting lesson packages.  In the winter, things are slower, but with the indoor academy, it gives our members the opportunity to develop their game through the cold spell and onto the following season.  Having an indoor green, the simulator and all the teaching aids you will ever need, keeps me busy through the winter.  We run small groups in the evenings for two hour sessions, working mainly on short game skills, but also having many video lessons and of course, a lot of fun on the simulator software.

What do you consider is the most important lesson you could give someone and why?
Any good teacher will tell you that the basics of grip, aim, alignment, stance and posture are the key to any good golf swing.  I always instruct my students that if they work hard on getting a good grip, a good stance and posture and perfect it, every other golf lesson you will have will be much easier to learn.  Making sure the basics are correct before you get technical are the cornerstones of any teaching philosophy.  You can’t build a mansion on quicksand.

What is your favourite drill and why?
I have many favourites depending on the need at hand, but the most fun one and most common I use is the “show me your spikes” drill.  So simple, yet so effective and easy to understand by everyone, it works a treat!  I hear my students shouting it to me when they see me on the course, it’s a lot of fun.

Who is your favourite player and why?
Nick Faldo – simply for his pursuit of perfection in every area of his game during his heyday, his incredible performances in the Majors pre-Tiger Woods.  During the 1990 Open, he set a record which was always going to be tough to beat… 18-under par with wooden woods, bladed irons and a soft balata ball – Tiger could only beat that score 15 years later with all the new technology.  At the time, he was a class apart in his golf.  He was an inspiration to many golfers of my generation and I don’t think anyone will ever forget his rivalry with Greg Norman and what happened at the 1996 Masters.  That was Faldo’s greatest moment and a lesson for everyone who plays competitive golf.

Who would be in your ideal fourball and why?
Always a tough one to answer!  Probably Nick Faldo, Annika Sorenstam, Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan.  I’ll tag along as caddie!

Which is the best course you have ever played and why?
Royal Dornoch – a long way to go, but the experience of playing so well on a sunny day with the gorse in bloom on a course that would make other Open Championship venues look ordinary.  It’s an experience I’ll never forget.  The company was good, the weather superb, the course at its best and my score wasn’t too shabby, after a triple bogey at the second hole – one which Tom Watson says is the hardest second shot anywhere in the world… it’s a par three!

What is your best and worst experience you have had in golf?
I’ve been lucky enough as a writer to have a few such as visiting Augusta National for the Masters in 2001 and witnessing the final leg of the ‘Tiger Slam’.  Also working as Jack Nicklaus’ press officer during his final Open at St Andrews in 2005.  That will always be one of my favourites and it was an absolute privilege just to be alongside the great man, let alone work with him during the barrage of media who came to see him finish his Open Championship career.  But after the final round of this year’s Open, I was the lucky Press Officer who had the first and only interview with Tiger in the recorder’s hut for some ‘quick quotes’ immediately after his win at Royal Liverpool.  He even remembered my name!
The worst experience I ever had was forgetting to sign my scorecard at the Championship of England finals.  My arch rival and best pal won it….and he never lets me forget it either!

Why did you become a teaching professional?
It’s something I always wanted to do once I understood how to play the game well enough, but golf media came first.  When the opportunity came to teach in my own club and have an academy built, I grabbed it with both hands.  There is little better in life than teaching someone well and watching them develop and enjoy their game more.  Especially with juniors.  In golf teaching, you are giving them a game for life.  I feel like I am giving something back now, which gives me a sense of pride, too.  I live by my motto – “find a job you love and then you’ll never have to work again in your life”.

What is the best tip you could give a junior golfer?
Once they’ve got the basics right and a good idea for the game, it’s history and traditions – you need to make sure they realise that golf is a game which has to be played.  You need to get juniors to enjoy it – how you do that is mainly down to the teacher.  With juniors, you’ve got to have a laugh with them.

What’s in the bag?
Mizuno MX500 Driver, 8.5 degree with Grafalloy Pro Launch 65gram X flex shaft
Mizuno MP001 3 Wood – Grafalloy Blue S flex
Mizuno Fli-Hi CLK 17degrees with Grafalloy Pro Launch Blue Hybrid Shaft in S flex
Mizuno Bettinardi C-01H Putter in 34-inch, 3 degree loft
Mizuno MP60 Irons 3-9iron – 3/4-inch longer, S400 Dynamic Golf shafts, three degrees upright and two degrees stronger loft
Mizuno MP T-Series Black nickel wedges – 47, 51, 56 and 60 degrees, all 1-inch longer and three degrees upright with Tour velvet 58round grips with three layers of tape on every club in the bag

Gary Stangoe

[box]This edition we are profiling EGTF Professional Gary Stangoe.  Gary became a teaching professional in July 2008 when he completed the EGTF Diploma Course.  He now works at Costessey Park Golf Club in Norwich.[/box]

Why did you become a Teaching Professional?

It was more of a necessity than anything else.  We wanted to promote golf to beginners and weren’t getting much response from PGA Professionals to take up a self-employed coaching role at the Club.  We believed there was enough interest for such a role and I decided to do the job myself.  Within three months of completing the EGTF Diploma Course, I was teaching thirty-five hours a week!

Where do you play golf?

Costessey Park Golf Club in Norwich, where I work.

What is the best thing about being a Teaching Professional?

Helping people of all ages and abilities get more enjoyment from the game.

What is the worst thing about being a Teaching Professional?

Is there one?  Seriously, look at what everyone else does for a living!

How many lessons do you give in the Summer and the Winter?

Within 3 months of completing the Diploma Course I was teaching 35 lessons a week.  We have no covered facilities here so I’m restricted for Winter coaching, but I’m fortunate as I have other responsibilities at the Club so I have a wage coming in.

What do you consider is the most important lesson you could give someone and why?

That if you get your set up right and then take the club away properly in the first quarter of the swing, there is a much greater chance of it returning to the ball properly, allowing you to hit a good shot.  That goes for beginners up to plus handicaps.  G.A.A.S.P. is so important.

What is your favourite drill and why?

Any drill which helps someone improve.  The feedback they give you at the point they feel an improvement is so rewarding.

Who is your favourite player and why?

Sandy Lyle.  At his best even Tiger would have struggled to beat him.  Pure raw talent.  Sadly the 1-iron has disappeared from the game now, but no-one could hit the ball like him.  It was a joy to see him do so well at last year’s Masters.

Who would be your ideal fourball and why?

Sandy obviously, Moe Norman (who died recently) undoubtedly the best ball striker ever but a complex character, and Kirsty Gallagher for obvious reasons!  If you’ve never heard of Moe Norman, look up the various stories about him on the net, fascinating stuff.

Which is the best golf course you have ever played and why?

I’m fortunate to have played many top courses but Muskoka Bay in Ontario, Canada is the best.  Perfect in every way.

What’s the best and worst experience you have had in golf?

The worst is easy, having to talk to people regarding their cheating!  It’s just pointless.  The best, I’ve had lots of great times, but have to say watching my little boy Brodie (2 1/2 years old) swinging a club, now takes some beating!

Do you still strive to improve standards?

Yes, you must.  I recently attended a session with Dr Paul Hurrion and Gel Golf and felt like a child in a sweet shop!  I learned a lot and just couldn’t wait to put it into practice and improve what I could offer my students.

What’s the best tip you could give a junior golfer?

To have patience.  Whether that is on the golf course waiting to play shots, on the practice ground or in their overall improvement.  They all want it too quickly!

What’s in the bag?

New Wilson Smooth 9.5 degree Drive Fujikura 360 Stiff Shaft
Wilson 15 degree 3 wood V2 stiff
Wilson 19.5 degree Fybrid V2 stiff
Wilson 3-PW C17 Irons V2 stiff
Wilson TW9 52 and 58 degree wedges (a lot of Harrington’s kit!)
Gel Golf Paul Hurrion signature Sedo putter
I also have a 31 inch Gel Putter for demo’s and a Gel Golf Putter Fitting Tool
Gel Golf Putting Mirror
ProStance Teaching Aid
Extended club for chipping practice and a Driver and 8-Iron fitted with UST tempo trainer shafts.  I have other aids as well but these are the most common ones that I use

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