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Darren Griffiths Head Golf Professional.

Welsh P.G.A Professional of the year 2008

Glyn Abbey Golf Club's Head Golf Professional is son of famous snooker player, Terry. Darren was previously Head Teaching Professional at Parc Golf Club in Cardiff before joining Glyn Abbey in April 2003.

In addition to an excellent playing record Darren has been busy in recent times building a reputation on the coaching side too. This month he was awarded Welsh Professional of the year 2008 for development work done outside and at Glyn Abbey Golf Club.

Earlier this year he was one of ten selected from all Welsh professionals to develop,advise and pilot the new level 4 coaching cirtificate on behalf of the Professional Golfers Association and UK sports.

He has developed a first class reputation as a golf coach, gaining 17 years experience in teaching golfers of all abilities, from beginners to County players and european tour stars.GASP video coaching(as used by Sky Sports) is available for long and short game sessions.

Darren's specialities are the short game and putting and he is also qualified in both INNER CADDY (set up by the world renown coach Denis Pugh) and NLP golf psychology to deal with your inner demons! Both of which will help you dramatically reduce your handicap.

Glyn Abbey Golf Club is an approved Golf Foundation starter center and also hosts Carmarthenshire Junior County Coaching run by Darren. Glyn Abbey is also a founder member of the Carmarthenshire Junior Golf Development Group.

Junior group lessons run every Saturday morning for Members and non members alike. If you have a child interested in starting golf this is the ideal way with no commitment! Call Darren to find out more.

GLYN ABBEY THE COMPETE LEARNING CENTER

WANT TO GET STARTED IN GOLF?

WHY CHOOSE GLYN ABBEY?

WE HAVE STARTED MORE GOLFERS THAN ANY OTHER CLUB.
WE HAVE A 1ST CLASS REPUTATION FOR BEGINNING GOLFERS
2 FRIENDLY INSTRUCTORS AVAILABLE 7 DAYS A WEEK
9 HOLE STARTER COURSE
UNDERCOVER DRIVING RANGE
PUTTING AND CHIPPING AREA
INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITIES
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP TUITION
ACCESS TO THE GOLF COURSE

ALL THESE FACILITIES ARE NEEDED TO PRACTICE AND IMPROVE YOUR GAME BUT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING THE MOST BEGINNER FRIENDLY CLUB AROUND.

PUT ALL THIS IN PEACEFUL AND CALMING SURROUNDINGS AND YOU HAVE THE PERFECT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

STARTER PACKAGES THAT WILL NOT BE BEATEN

If you are new to the game we really have the total package to suit your needs :

Starter Pack 1: Clubs, glove, balls, shoes. From £99.00 (normally R.R.P £149)

Starter Pack 2: Starter pack 1 plus 6 lessons. From £198 (normally R.R.P £274)

Starter Pack 3: Starter pack 1 plus 1 years membership for the mission course. From £249 (normally R.R.P £299)

Starter Pack 4: Starter pack 1, 6 lessons and 1 years membership to the Mission Course.. From £325(normally R.R.P £424)

Starter Pack 5: Satrter pack 1, 6 golf lessons and1 years membership to the Glyn Abbey course. From £623 (normally from £749)

Offers end 31st December 2008

For any of the above deals or any other purchases or advice please do not hesitate to call 01554 810278 or e-mail Darren Griffiths

PLEASE DON'T DELAY CALL DARREN ON :07966059902 TO SEE HOW YOU CAN GET STARTED.

ALL BEGINNERS ARE MADE TO FEEL WELCOME

CHECK OUT THE WHATS ON SECTION OF THE WEBSITE FOR MORE GOLF LESSON OFFERS AND UPDATES.

Golf lessons are available 7 days a week, however it is essential to book in advance. During the summer months Darren also conducts golf schools for people of all abilities. These schools combine driving range and short game coaching with on course lessons. 2 day or 4 day courses are available. In addition see our list of individual tuition on offer, which can be tailored to your requirements.

Any further enquiries please contact Darren on 07966059902 or e-mail Darren

Darren Griffiths PGA Professional

Coaching Philosophy

‘I have a belief that if people can have very realistic goals given the time they dedicate to golf anyone can play to their potential. Getting the most out of any golfer is not difficult with this attitude’.

Hometown	Llanelli
Date of Birth	09/12/1972
Place of Birth	Llanelli
How long I have been coaching	19 years
Qualifications	PGA Level 3 Coach
Interests/Hobbies	3 year old son, Golf, Wine, good food, going to the gym.
In the Bag	Titleist 905R driver, 904F 15 degree, Callaway tour irons 3- 9 iron, Vokey’s 48, 54, 60 deg. Dave Hick’s customised putter. Pro v 1 ball.
Favourite Club	21 degree rescue
Ideal 4 ball	Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Mohammed Ali and Me.
Best moment in golf	Winning my 1st pro tournament I entered
Worst moment in golf	Topping the ball off the tee in the West Region Championships in Bournemouth!!

Best Golf Tip:

Handicap golfer: Hold the club with lighter grip pressure.

Elite player: Practice on the range like you would play on the course.

SPECIAL OFFER SEPT/OCT - 7 GOLF LESSONS AND A MONTHS FREE TRIAL MEMBERSHIP just £169

I am always looking to stay in touch with the cutting edge of coaching techniques to improve myself and my pupils. These are the CPD Further development courses attended 2007/08.

Dec 3rd 2007 - Passion for the short game - Speaker: Gary Smith English Golfing Union coach - The Kendleshire Golf & Country Club Bristol.

Jan 8th 2008 - Golf Biomechanics - Putting - Speaker: Dr Paul Hurrion - Coach to the tour stars (see latest news page) Quintic Lab Coventry.

Jan 10th 2008 - The Golf Machine (based on Homer Kelly's book) -Speaker: Ian Clark Director of Golf in the Wolrd of Golf Academy's - The Kendleshire Golf & Country Club Bristol.

Jan 14th 2008 - Dynamic Putter - Speaker: Dave Hicks - English Golfing Union Coach - Dave Hicks Golf New Milton Hampshire (see latest news page).

Jan 23rd 2008 - Golf Biomechanics 3D golf full swing - Speaker: Dr Paul Hurrion - Coach to European Tour Star including 2007 Open Champion Golfer Padraig Harrington and others - Quintic Lab PGA Training Academy The Belfry.

Jan 30th 2008 - Golf Marketing - Speaker: Sarah Claridge - Stoke by Neyland Colchester.

March 13th 2008 - Golf Biomechanics - Putting - Visit to the Quintic Lab with Dr Paul Hurrion - Coach to the tour stars to gain further training and Tour player secrets.

June 2008 -The Belfry for 3 days - Piloted level 4 coaching cirtificate for the Professional Golfers Association - Opinions were needed to see what a PGA coach should have in the way of skills to become a level 4 coach.

(level 3 is currently the highest recognised within the PGA) This will pave the way for up and coming PGA members and trainees.

Nov 25th -27th 2008 -The Belfry for 3 days - Level 4 pilot stage 2 of the coaching cirtificate for the Professional Golfers Association - Opinions were needed to see what a PGA coach should have in the way of skills to become a level 4 coach.

(level 3 is currently the highest recognised within the PGA) This will pave the way for up and coming PGA members and trainees

BOOK NOW

The latest in Putting Technology is now available at Glyn Abbey Golf Club. We now have an indoor putting facility to give putting lessons. With the use of the latest TOMI Putting System we can now give you instant highly accurate information about your putting stoke.

TOMI Putting System with laptop

PUTTING COURSE

2 x 45 Minute Sessions using the TOMI System (introductory offer).

£60.00

For more information about the TOMI System please click the link below

http://www.proshotsolutions.co.uk/tomi-putting-system.html

Glyn Abbey Golf Academy

TOMI Putting System

New for the spring of 2008 is the TOMI putting system. The system evaluates the student's putting stroke giving valuable aid to improving putting.
Feedback on:
Alignment at address
Alignment at impact
Path at impact
Path of the stroke
Angle of putter at impact
Contact at impact
Tempo of the backswing and follow through
Speed of stroke

All this information saved in a database, printed or emailed to the student and compared to the putting statistics of the best players on tour. Putting evaluation: £25 Putting evaluation and lesson £50. Call Darren Griffiths (07966059902) to schedule your putting evaluation.