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from a youngster who plays in his first I would say it’s essential. The game of golf is
competition to a top player who wins a big complex, sometimes not natural, and
tournament. I would say maybe when I lessons make the learning process a lot
bySebastien Jost
became a qualified PGA Professional, easier. Unfortunately when one starts
PROFESSIONAL GOLF COACH
because it gave me the chance to be where playing golf, what seems the best way of
Royal Jersey Golf Club I am today. doing things is actually wrong, so once you
do it a lot, your muscle memory
SEBASTIEN
What made you stop playing remembers it and it becomes harder to
professionally and become a change. On the other hand, you should also
professional teacher? develop feel and fluidity, so too much
SHARES ALL...
To be perfectly honest, I played a lot of guidance might make it too mechanical.
competitive golf as an amateur, but I soon There is a fine balance to find and we are
realised that I wanted to teach more than here to help you with it.
What age did you start playing golf?
anything. So I decided to qualify as a PGA
I started playing golf in 1990, I was 8 years
Professional as soon as I could, and I have Is there any benefit having golf
old then. My parents joined a club near
been teaching since. I obviously love playing lessons even if I have been playing

Paris, and I started having some lessons
golf, but I think I am better at teaching golf for many years?
with Michel Meyrat, the club Professional,
anyway… Tiger Woods has more golf lessons than
he also taught my brother who is now a
anyone else in the world, and he is the best
PGA Professional, and my sister who plays
How does one become a player in the world! There is always room
off a 5 Handicap. We owe him a lot.
professional teacher? for improvement but changing takes time.
The Professional Golfers Association is in You should not expect your slice to
At what age did you become a
charge of training good golfers to become become a draw after one lesson, but if you
professional?
Golf teachers. Depending on the country understand why you slice you are on the
I became a Professional in 2002 at the age
the duration varies slightly (2 to 3 years), way to correct it.
of 19 years old. I finished my scholarship
but the process is the same. Part of the
first, and then applied to qualify as a PGA
training is at the PGA headquarters, where What is it that makes your lessons
Trainee.
you learn, and the other part is at a golf effective?
club, where you teach as a trainee. I try to take as much time as I can to
What is your most memorable
understand what sort of golfer my student
moment in your career?
How important is it to have golf is. From this point I decide on where I think
I think that the day I shot the course
lessons when starting to play golf? we can progress to by the end of the
record on my home course was one of the
lesson, and then I organize the lesson in
best moments as a player. As a teacher that
two to three parts trying to achieve the
is a very difficult question, as we get
target. I like to see every lesson as a new
memorable moments almost every day,
challenge.
What do you think are the prime
requirements of a good golfer?
I suppose eye-hand coordination is the
most important, but you also need balance,
flexibility, speed and accuracy. Most people
with a sporting background find it easier to
start, but soon realise that the main quality
you need is a strong determination to
succeed.


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