Enjoy better golf with our professional golf coaching
Our added value to you
After spending years honing our skills and working closely with club golfers like you, we're confident that we can lend a helping hand wherever your game needs a little fine-tuning.
As your PGA Professional team, we deeply care about your golf game and the happiness it brings you. That's where the philosophy of We Coach, We Fit, We Care comes into action – our approachable team is always ready to listen to your concerns and help you make positive changes that bring success on the course.
Find out moreAll PGA professionals at Cottesmore are PGA Qualified and Safegolf accredited and their pricing varies depending on qualifications and experience.
Why Coaching?
If you would like some help with your golf game and cannot find the time to see us in person, or if you travel a long distance for lessons, remote (virtual) coaching programs might just be the perfect fit. You can take advantage of the programs available from the comfort of your own home or even at your local driving range. The packages include video swing analysis (read the Get Ready Process) to live sessions. These have been proven to work during the lockdown in spring of 2020.
We use CoachNow, V1 Golf, WhatsApp, Facetime, text, and emails as online coaching tools to train, coach, and build relationships with players. All this helps you, the player to develop your game.
Lessons will cover:
- Golf Fundamentals
- Swing Basics
- Short Game
- Long Game
- Course Management
Our Staff
Stephen Grouwstra - PGA Professional & Director of Golf
In 2010, I made the move down south from Yorkshire for the position of Assistant professional at Cottesmore. 7 years later I then took on the role of Director of Golf/head professional. I am a student of the game and I am always trying to add to the knowledge and experience I have already gained. I believe golfers are individuals and should be taught as such. I have been coaching golfers of all abilities at Cottesmore for over a decade. I vary my teaching style based on the stud
Sam Passmore - PGA Assistant Professional
With 6 years of coaching and many more playing I have found Golf to be a very complex sport. My approach to coaching is to make it simpler for the golfer to help them improve. With the use of simple drills and improving the golfers understanding of their own swing to help reduce scores and their handicap.Throughout my coaching years I have had experience of coaching all levels of golfer from juniors, beginners through to low handicap players.
Jonny Elliott - Assistant Professional
I'm a fully qualified Class A PGA professional BSc (Hons) 2017 and Europro Tour Member, with 6 Professional Golf Wins under my belt. My Sports Science degree and PGA qualification, along with seven years as a golf coach, have helped me develop a straightforward coaching philosophy. I believe that golf coaching should be fun and simple. Every golfer who plays the game wants to enjoy it, so I believe that it is important to incorporate fun into my coaching. Golf is difficult enough, and I have fou
Calum Callan - PGA Professional & Academy Manager
I've been coaching golf for over 25 years and joined the golf professional team at Cottesmore Golf & Country Club back in 1992. I study the game with passion, and passed my PGA exams with distinction in 1995. In 2021 I gained the status of Specialist Coach of the Professional Golfers Association. I'm very aware that there are so many opinions in golf and I'm conscious that today’s great new discovery is all too likely to become yesterday’s exploded theory. I stick to solid principles that hav