Where To Go If Your Kid Is Really Good At Golf- GolfCollegeIreland

While you are checking your facebook status or stuck into another episode of Game Of Thrones, is your child chipping balls into a washing machine better than Rory McIlroy? Or maybe you are a youngster finishing second level education that is beating the tar out of everyone at golf but can’t quite figure if there’s a future in it for you. Every year so many kids set off with tunnel vision to become the next Tiger Woods, unaware of the process, the pitfalls and even the standards required to forge a career in the golf industry. For every one you hear of that makes it, there are countless more that tried, failed and found themselves back at square one several years later.  Now, someone is shining a light at the end of that tunnel.

Golf College Ireland is a new programme backed by the GUI and ILGU that is designed to help second level school students contemplating a career in golf. The programme aims to guide serious young golfers through to a successful career goal, be that out on Tour or as a PGA teaching professional, by enlisting a team of experts from every facet of the game.

Donal Scott who heads up Golf College Ireland says “We’ve seen so many potentially great golfing kids who have missed out on university, or failed to get a golf scholarship, or who simply chose the wrong course, just because they received no help or just poor advice. Our Elite Performance Programme aims to further our students’ prospects both on and off the course by surrounding them with a team of top industry professionals from across the golfing spectrum.”

The inaugural programme kicks off this September at the National GUI Academy in Maynooth and will see Ireland’s next generation of golf professionals receive tuition not only in the game of golf itself at the GUI’s National Training Academy and internationally at Winter training camps, but in areas such as strength and conditioning, fitness, flexibility, golf psychology, media and education. The course also features guest tutorials from full time Tour players and those who have won scholarships and attended university in the USA.

GolfCollegeIreland is more enrolling at www.golfcollegeireland.com and from this September will be forging the next generation of Irish golfing superstars.

 

Click read more below for more detailed information on GolfCollegeIreland’s course, instructors and contact details.

Locations:

Golf College Ireland will be based at the National Golfing Union of Ireland Academy in Maynooth.

Coaching Team

Head Coach & Programme Manager

Donal has been involved in the golf industry for the last 12 years. He started his golfing career as amatuer in Bundoran Golf Club before coming up to Dublin to study. Donal holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Sports Management from University College Dublin. Through his work as a performance coach with The Darren Clarke Golf School, AimPoint Green reading and the ILGU (Irish Ladies Golfing Union) he has worked with National Squads, Irish Internationals, Full time tour players and golfers of all levels and abilities. Donal’s passion for the development of young golfers in this country has led him to establish Golf College Ireland

Qualified PGA Professional

Bsc (Hons) Sports management

AimPoint Certified

TPI Certified

Strength and Fitness Coach

Robbie Cannon has played at the highest level of amateur golf as an Irish International. Robbie is the current Irish Amateur Champion and past South of Ireland champion. Combining this with his knowledge, experience and passion for sports performance and golf Fitness, Robbie is in an excellent position to advise golfers on strength and conditioning and how it improves their golf. Robbie’s expertise in the field has helped some of his clients win national and club championships.Robbie works closely with golf professionals to help their clients improve mobility and stability so they can make changes in their golf swing to enable them to become more powerful and consistent players. Robbie also works closely with medical professionals helping their clients with rehabilitation and strength and conditioning so they get back to full fitness in the safest way possible.

Bachelor of Arts Strength and Conditioning

TPI Certified Golf fitness Professional level 2

Neurokinetic Therapy Diploma Level 2

Irish Weightlifting Association Coach Level 2

Yoga for Golf IRELAND ®

Anne Marie is a qualified Hatha Yoga Teacher and has trained specifically in yoga for golfers with Katherine Roberts in Arizona. Anne Marie has worked with some of Ireland's elite amateur and professional golfers. She has taught the High Performance and National Panels for the Golfing Union of Ireland (GUI) and the Irish Ladies Golfing Union (ILGU). She is also a coach on the Padraig Harrington Golf Scholarship Programme at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) and is the yoga for golfers expert at the GUI National Golf Academy. Anne Marie works in conjunction with the National Athlete Development Academy delivering yoga for sports classes and her unique yoGAAâ„¢ programme to their clients.

Golf Psychology Consultant

Jon Finn is a Golf Psychology Consultant to the Professional Golfer’s Association of Great Britain and Ireland, a Visiting Research Fellow in the Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education at Leeds Metropolitan University, and the inventor of the Pre-Shot Training Programme (www.pre-shot.co.uk) and Pre-Shot iPhone/iPad Apps. Jon has also worked extensively in professional sport with clients including the PGA, the Scottish Golf Union, the Welsh Golf Union, The England Rugby League Team.

Strength and Conditioning:

In keeping with the GCI policy to work with students as individuals each GCI student will receive three one on one evaluations with our S&C coach Robbie Cannon (to be arranged at a time to suit each student) as well as the supervised sessions done together throughout the programme

Coaching Services:

Programme designed and implemented for each student’s individual needs

Full Integration with student’s Personal Coaching team

Full Physical and Psychological programme

Ongoing Trackman training

SAM Puttlab training

AimPoint Green Reading Programme

Guest Coaches and Experience Talks:

An integral part of the GCI programme will be the access to guest coaches and experience talks that students will receive as part of the programme. These talks are designed to help students figure out the path they want to take into third level education. Our University Partners DCU and NUIM will be coming with a full prospectus to help GCI students get a clear picture of university life as a golfer and student within these institutuions. Our guest speakers will include:

David Kearney (ILGU High Perfromance Director)

Neil Manchip (GUI National Coach)

Danielle McVeigh (Female Tour Player)

Raymond Burns (Former European Tour Player)

Barry Fennelly (Programme Manager Harrington Scholarship, NUIM)

Donal Hughes (Golf Journalist/Blogger)

Enda Fitzpatrick (Director Athletics Academy & Head Coach, DCU)

ILGU Representative

GUI Representative

More to be Confirmed

GCI Programme Provides

- A first class coaching team and programme structure.

- Students will receive exposure to the golf industry and educational pathways.

- Surrounded with fellow students/golfers.

- Access to University representatives.

- Complete integration with student’s current coaching team.

- Potential CAO Points bursary from Third level Institutions.

- International warm weather training camp during the winter months.

- Access to the best practice facilities in Ireland at the National GUI Academy in Maynooth.

- Learn from the leaders of the golf Industry in Ireland.

- The best opportunity to full their potential.

Included in the Programme:

Player Performance Pack

Performance Diary

Stat analysis programme

Ongoing League Tables and Order of Merit Prizes

Contact Info

Donal Scott

0876071088

info@golfcollegeireland.com

www.golfcollegeireland.com