COLLEGE STUDENTS LOOKING FOR A CAREER IN GOLF?
YOUR GOLF CAREER STARTS HERE!
Welcome to The Golf College which has been based at Lindfield Golf Club since 2007.
As The Golf College has management control of its own facility it is able to give an educational and golfing experience like no other. Students enjoy unlimited access to golf course, practice balls, trackman, long game and short game facilities, which run alongside its 50+ tournament rounds which are delivered each year, including our own PGA Professional event and WAGA events.
Our first-class coaching team presides over an average of 17 hours of coaching each week consisting of 6 full time and the many specialist coaches in areas such as such as putting, chipping, Bio Mechanics and Sports Psychology enabling each student to ‘become the best they can be’.
This coaching team which consists of nationally and internationally recognised coaches with years of coaching experience including the coach to an Open Champion, two European Tour players and a Trackman Master Professional.
Everything the student needs is onsite;
- 18 hole golf course
- 16 bay covered driving range
- Short game area
- Putting practice areas
- Dedicated classrooms
- Gym
- Dining facilities
- Locker room
- Student common room
EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
Our educational record is outstanding and well above the national average for achievement in the BTEC qualification. In previous years an average of 85% of our students have achieved Distinctions leading to opportunities in Higher Education.
In addition, for those students who have not achieved satisfactory grades in GCSE English and Maths we provide extra tuition in these subjects. We are an approved Examination Centre and conduct nationally audited English and Maths exams on site.
Uniquely the college spends its winter term from January to March in Portugal and is the only college in the UK which is allowed to deliver The BTEC Extended Diploma in this way. This provides our students with the unique opportunity to continue with both their education and their golf development during the British winter.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Which has been gathered over the last 15 years has enabled us to understand and guide any student who embarks on their journey with us, not only providing them with a unique educational and golfing experience, but also life after the college, whether that is with us through our own BA Honours Degrees, college in the USA and even Professional ranks.
Below is an outline of what each student receives:
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
(delivered by our educational partners and taught in small class groups allowing for more personal attention.) - PGA Professional Trackman Golf Coaching
- Specialist short game, long game and putting coaching
- Mental toughness coaching from a top sports psychologist
- 3-D Bio-mechanics analysis feeding into swing coaching and improvement
- 17+ hours of golf coaching per week from a team of 6 highly respected coaches
- Unlimited access to golf course, unlimited free practice range balls, trackman, long game and short game facilities
- 50+ competition rounds per year including our own PGA professional event and a WAGA event
- One entire term (January through March) in Portugal where the student’s education and golf development continues.
EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
Our educational record is outstanding and well above the national average for achievement in the BTEC qualification. In previous years an average of 85% of our students have achieved Distinctions leading to opportunities in Higher Education.
In addition, for those students who have not achieved satisfactory grades in GCSE English and Maths we provide extra tuition in these subjects. We are an approved Examination Centre and conduct nationally audited English and Maths exams on site.
Uniquely the college spends its winter term from January to March in Portugal and is the only college in the UK which is allowed to deliver The BTEC Extended Diploma in this way. This provides our students with the unique opportunity to continue with both their education and their golf development during the British winter.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Which has been gathered over the last 14 years has enabled us to understand and guide any student who embarks on their journey with us, not only providing them with a unique educational and golfing experience, but also life after the college, whether that is with us through our own BA Honours Degrees, college in the USA and even Professional ranks.
Below is an outline of what each student receives:
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
(taught in small class groups allowing for more personal attention.) - PGA Professional Trackman Golf Coaching
- Specialist short game, long game and putting coaching
- Mental toughness coaching from a top sports psychologist
- 3-D Bio-mechanics analysis feeding into swing coaching and improvement
- 17+ hours of golf coaching per week from a team of 6 highly respected coaches
- Unlimited access to golf course, unlimited free practice range balls, trackman, long game and short game facilities
- 50+ competition rounds per year including our own PGA professional event and a WAGA event
- One entire term (January through March) in Portugal where the student’s education and golf development continues.
The coaches you will be studying under at The Golf College are outstanding in their individual fields. Golf College Coaches include Master Professional Denis Pugh, who coached Colin Montgomerie to eight European Tour Order of Merit wins, Founder and Head Coach Paul Lyons.
Weekly golf competitions during term-time in the UK, combined with 9 weeks of golf training abroad during the winter months, provide plenty of opportunities for students to reduce their handicap, sharpen their games, and prepare for a season of golf. Are you competitive?
New Government Legislation from the Department For Education requiring all students to remain in education until the age of 18, we have the perfect platform to deliver all the Golf Education Programmes leaving students with endless possibilities within the industry.
We run our popular Golf College Open Days throughout the year, and we are now recruiting for our 2022/2023 intake. Open day starts at 10:00hrs and finishes approx. 14:00hrs. To book your place either call us on 01444 484467, or click below to register your interest.
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Paul Lyons… The man behind The Golf College. Not only our Head of Coaching & co-founder, but he has a huge wealth of golf playing and coaching experience. A former European Tour player, who has played in tournaments all around the world, including The Open Championship and the former coach to the Sussex Under 16 squad and coach to many up and coming young, aspiring golf professionals 🙌
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Very proud of our alumni @mason_essam who has been named in the England Men’s Squad for 2022 🙌 @england.golf
Mason Essam said: “It’s been a goal of mine for a long time to make the England squad. I’ve known the boys for a while and great to be a part of the team now and look forward to some exciting times for English amateur golf. I’m in as a rookie, but I hope to develop my skills, get to play with some great players, meet great coaches and travel to new courses where I can hopefully help England pick up some silverware.”
Huge well done from all of the team at The Golf College 🌟
#Repost
• @england.golf 🏴 Introducing your 2022 England Men's Squad...
@sambairstow7, @callanbarrow, @jack_bigham, @jackbrooksuna, @chego_26, @jackcope310799, @hill_arron, @masonessamgolf, @joeharveygolf, @ohuggy35, @johngough98 and @bqgolf.
Read the full story on englandgolf.org
The Golf College Cup 2021… Year 1 vs Year 2. Day 1 saw the match finish all square in the 4ball better ball format at Lindfield Golf Club, but in the singles on Day 2 the first years pulled away winning by 14 holes up 🏆 well played all!
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Half way through our College Cup! It’s all square after day 1 of the 4ball better ball matches. Going into the singles tomorrow, who will come out on top?
Here’s a clip of Harley Allen attempting to chip in, on the last to half his match
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Great session with Paul Williams @1nextgenerationgolf using the Sam Putt Lab System, which analyses our students putting strokes to create important training strategies and improvements 📈
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Who can guess the green? Students we are looking at you… Lindfield Golf Course, the home of The Golf College 🏌️♂️
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@josh.hayez playing the ‘train wreck’ game at Lindfield this week. This game is all about dealing with pressure - you haven’t felt pressure until you have a bogey putt in the train wreck game 😆
Rules of this game:
1. Scratch stableford points.
2. Anytime you make a double your score resets to zero.
3. The persons with the most points at the end of the game wins. Game curtesy of Stewart Corstorphine.
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☄️ First tee shots are easy when you only hit the middle of the club face! Just look at this first shot of our college OOM earlier this week, taken by Ollie Martin 🔥
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It’s always a privilege for our students when European Tour coach Denis Pugh is here for the day giving individual one to one tuition. Here is a brief clip 🎬
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Are you interested in a career in golf? Register your interest in our upcoming College Student Open Day on Saturday 27th November to find out more about The Golf College. Email us on info@thegolfcollege.com to reserve your space 🏌️♂️
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After the half term break, straight back into short game sessions with @alexbucknergolf here at #TheGolfCollege
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We are looking forward to welcoming back our students tomorrow 🙌 #flashback to our student Charlie Lund dialling in the numbers on our range Trackman session 📈
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Interested in a career in golf? To find out more about joining us at The Golf College, register for our student college open day on Saturday 27th November by emailing us on info@thegolfcollege.com
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Hands up if you’re looking forward to being in Portugal this January! Just look at that blue sky at Castro Marim golf course last year 🌞 @castromarimgolfe_algarve
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It’s the half-term break so we are throwing it back to this great on-course short game session with @alexbucknergolf #throwback
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#Throwback to this summer, where our coach Tim Spence played in the British Senior Open, swipe to see his first tee shot 🙌 great to be able to offer this level of tournament experience to our students
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Today’s skills test involving a mini Trackman combine. Students are given a score out of 100 on each shot based on distance and accuracy. This is a great way that our students can reflect and analyse on their strengths and weaknesses for various yardages.
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Our first years working hard this morning during their range session at Lindfield, after yesterday’s Match Plays 👏
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Great having @petecohen_ with us this morning for Mental Toughness - challenging students to focus on themselves to let the result take care of itself 🙌
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The scoring proved to be tough in today’s Order of Merit but Olly Martin got his first win of the term 👏
The vision of The Golf College in West Sussex, UK is precisely as you’d expect: expansive, ambitious and all-inclusive. For our players, we expect to help you become the best that you can be; to give you an education and a qualification you can use; and to put you on a career path in the golfing world.
The vision of The Golf College, West Sussex, for our teachers, is that they will deliver the highest quality of speciality coaching and educational teaching for golf and for careers in golf – including the physical, mental and academic preparation that will give our students the start they need.
- Students will live in family accommodation.
- All families have been carefully selected, CRB checked and inspected by Fiona Handcock, who has 27 years experience in teaching, looking after and placing students in host family accommodation.
- Most of our families are in the Haywards Heath/Lindfield/Cuckfield/Burgess Hill area and have many years experience in hosting overseas language students and are used to caring for young people away from home.
- Accommodation will be in twin or single rooms, 1, 2 or 3 students to a family. Rooms will have a bed, wardrobe and cupboard space and a desk with chair for homework for each student.
- The families provide comfortable family accommodation, two meals a day (breakfast and evening meal) and students live with them as a family member and may enjoy normal family activities with them.
- Students join their families on Monday evening after college and depart on Friday morning to go to college. Extra nights or weekend stays may be arranged on an individual basis with each family. The Golf College provides a minibus service transporting students to and from Lindfield am and pm with pick-up points in Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill and en-route.
Our facilities are all on-site.
- 300 Yard Grass Range
- Trackman Launch Monitor
- Fully Equipped Gym
- 2 Purpose Built Class Rooms
- 18 Hole Golf Course
- Putting & Short Game Zones
- Indoor Swing & Putting Studio
During the UK winter months the golf students head of to our locations in Spain and Portugal.
Our Supporting Partners
