AMATEUR CAREER

Spring Valley Golf Club
5 time Club Champion

2 time Junior Champion

2 time Foursomes Champion

VGA Club Pennant Representative 12 years
VGA Division 1 Pennant Winners 1992 & 2000* (Captain)

Multiple Ivo Whitton Amateur Wins

PGA TRAINEESHIP

2002 – 2004 Keysborough Golf Club 

 2002

• 2nd VIC Trainee Championship

2003

• 1st VIC Trainee Championship
• 1st A&L Windows Country Championship 
• 5th NSW Trainee Championship
• 3rd Australian Trainee Championship
• Top 5 Australian Trainee Order of Merit

2004

• 1st Australian Trainee Order of Merit
• 1st Victorian Trainee Championship
• 2nd NSW Trainee Championship
• 2nd WA Trainee Championship
• 2nd Rich River Classic
• 3rd Australian Trainee Championship

2004 AWARDS

• Australian Order of Merit Winner 2004  
• Australian Golf Digest Trainee Player of the Year 2004
• Victorian Trainee of the Year 2004
• Victorian Trainee Championship Winner 2003 & 2004

PGA PROFESSIONAL 2005+

I played a few tournaments in the beginning of 2005 before a shoulder injury forced me to stop playing a short time later.

2005 

1st Safety Beach Pro Am 60 (-8).
3rd Curlewis Pro Am 69 (-3)
5th Keysborough Pro Am 70 (-3)

2009

1st Nurmurkah Pro Am 69 (-3)

COACHING

I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to visit Mr. Chuck Evans in Phoenix, Arizona at the beginning of 2006.  I was then fortunate enough to go back and spend more time with Mr Evans in Destin, Florida a month later.  Just visiting those two places was special enough but I was to learn, that it was who I was spending the time with, that was the turning point in my career.  I consider Mr Chuck Evans the most knowledgeable person I have ever met when it comes to golf and instruction.

Willow with Bobby Clampett & Chuck Evans

CONTINUING EDUCATION

2008 PGA Srixon Coaching Summit

Mr. Peter Cowen – Players include Lee Westwood, Louis Oosthuizen & Padraig Harrington

Stan Utley – Short game guru to Sergio Garcia, Jay Haas, Jason Gore, Darren Clarke

Steve Bann – Players include Stuart Appleby, KJ Choi, Nick Flanagan

2012 PGA Srixon Coaching Summit

Michael Hebron – PGA of America Teacher of the Year 1991, Golf Magazine Top 50 Instructors List 1991–present, Head Instructor — PGA Teaching Workshops, Head Instructor — PGA Academy of Golf

Dr. Ric Charlesworth – High Performance Consultant, Played state Cricket for WA, Played and Coaches International Hockey for Australia.

Dr Dave Alred – Performance Under Pressure

Mark Sweeney – Aimpoint Green Reading Founder

Matt Frelich – Vice President, Sales and Business Development TRACKMAN

Dennis McDade – Australian PGA Coach of the Year 2012, Australian Golf Digest Coach of the Year 2008, Victorian PGA Coach of the Year 2001

POSITIONS HELD

2006-2009
Lang Lang Golf Club
Teaching Professional & Club Manager

2009-2014
Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links
Teaching Professional

2014
Patterson River Golf Club
Head Teaching Professional

2014 – 2019
Rossdale Golf Club
Director of Golf & Coaching

2019 – Present
MGA Golf Coaching
Melbourne Golf Academy – Coach

Coaching for me is rewarding.  Seeing a student learn about the golf swing, try something that feels awkward but then look up and see the ball do something they’d not achieved before and say “Wow, I’ve never done that before”.

I love it and will always strive to help others get as much enjoyment and rewarding experiences from the game of golf as I do.

I was very honoured to be named as a 2016 Australian Golf Digest Top 50 PGA Coach