Paul Tolley

Biography

Paul has more than 50 years experience in the golf industry as an amateur player, as a representative for numerous companies, as an administrator within a club and county environment and as an Academy Director and Professional Coach . In his amateur career he represented his County, Hertfordshire for 20 years, playing in excess of 100 matches. As a coach he has given in excess of 20,000 hours of lessons and in addition, has 16 years experience as Lead Instructor for the delivery and implementation of Coach Education and Career Development Courses to other Golf Teachers and Coaches.

Since becoming a Professional in 1999, he has spent 20 years teaching in the Valencian region of Spain where his career has flourished and his reputation as an effective, experienced, knowledgeable and personable coach has grown rapidly. Furthermore, since 2000 he has been greatly involved in the area of Coach Education and training for various teaching organisations in Europe. In 2020, he returned to the London area of the UK to continue his coaching career.

He has attended many teaching seminars and undertaken further qualifications in order to be the best teacher he can possibly be. He continues to research all other sources of information and to this end; he has studied the work of many well known teachers both past and present.

He is not only skilled in relation to swing technique and the short game but also in the vital area of sports psychology and performance and bases his coaching around learning as a whole, all aspects of the game.

His reputation is further enhanced as a contributing writer of technical articles for various publications and he has conducted clinics and courses all over Europe.

 QUALIFICATIONS

• Master Teaching Professional of the European Golf Teachers Federation

• Master Teaching Professional of the United States Golf Teachers Federation

• Master Teaching Professional of the European Golf Coaches Organisation

• Member of the Advisory Panel of the European Golf Coaches Organisation

• Lead Instructor and Course Examiner of European Golf Teachers Federation (2000-2018)

• International Course Instructor and Examiner for the Registro Professional De Golf, Spain (2007-09)

• Member of the Executive Committee for the Registro Professional De Golf, Spain (2007-09)

• Member of the Technical Staff for the Registro Professional De Golf, Spain (2007-09)

• Member of the International Coaches Institute (2007-2019)

• Specialist Short Game Techniques (Dave Pelz) 2002

•  Biomechanics of Putting (Dr. Paul Hurrion) 2003

•  Biomechanics of the Full Swing (Dr. Paul Hurrion) 2006

•  Teaching Seminars (David Leadbetter and Jim Mclean) 2007

• Golf Fitness and Core Stability 2007

• Vision Training For Golf 2008

•  Golf 54 / Vision 54 Concepts 2009

•  Golf Psychology Certification 2011

•  Trackman Seminar 2012

•  Aimpoint Express Seminar 2013