Kooringal's Pro

Marty Walsh, the Golf Professional at the Kooringal Golf Club, is a AAA acredited PGA Professional and a member of Performance Golf - a group of golf professionals dedicated to providing the best advice and value for their members and golfing enthusiasts.

Marty (41) has had a long association with Kooringal  as a player, a teaching Professional and in the Pro Shop. He brings to the position 18 years experience as an accredited Australasian PGA Tour player, with several podium finshes, and as a coach and teacher. He first swung one of his dad's golf clubs at age 3, and he has played professionally in the United States, Canada, England and Ireland, Korea, New Zealand and throughout Europe.

Highlights of his golfing career in Australia include playing twice in the Australian Open (1996, 1998); in the Australian PGA (1993, 1994,1995 and 1996 - the latter with a top 20 finish); in the Greg Norman Holden International (1998) and in the Heineken Classic in Perth at the Vines (1994, 1995). He was the winner of the PGA/Channel 9 Summer Series trophy in Victoria in 1998 and was runner-up in 2003's Victoria Match Play. He placed third on the Victorian Pro-Am OOM (Order of Merit) in 1998. International highlights include attending the Canadian Tour school in 1998 and a top 10 finish in the United States on the north-eastern states tour in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1998.

Marty attended the 2008 Srixon PGA National Coaching Summit at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast and meet with three of today's leading coaches: Australia's Steven Bann (coach of Stuart Appleby and Nick Flanagan); from the USA, former PGA Tour player, Stan Utley, and short game guru, Englishman Pete Cowen (coach of PGA tour players , Brett Rumford, Darren Clark and Thomas Bjorn.)

Marty will be attending the 2010 Srixon PGA National Coaching Summit held again at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast in October with David Leadbetter as special guest. For more information click on the following link. http://davidleadbetter.com/index_about.html

As well as teaching and coaching, Marty will be posting tips, golfing updates and pro shop specials: like the renowned V1 Coaching Software Program which enables greater visual feedback and faster learning for golfers at all levels of the game. Stop by and check it out!

Marty is married to Janine and has two young children, Malachy (6) and Loulou (3 years) who are both budding golfers.

Please feel free to contact Marty by Phone on (03) 9315 0868 or by email at mwpro@kooringalgolf.com.au