Other Players Ian Has Coached

This is for non tour pros – celebrities, people from other codes, ceos etc

David Addison

Greatest Ever Ball Striker It must be said I have been very lucky to coach, work and help with some of the most amazing ball strikers ever to play the game of golf. Seve Ballesteros, David Frost, Howard Clark, Vijay Singh and Ian Woosnam all impressed me when I was with them. I am often asked who is the best striker of a golf ball I have ever coached and to this day the answer is David Addi...
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Marcus Menara

NZ Senior Touring Professional I have worked a bit with Marcus now over the last fifteen months or so. He is a quality ball striker and it strikes me that he can hit the ball with any kind of movement. In many respects this is quite impressive however at the same time quite dangerous. He has a lot of knowledge and many of our lessons are in depth discussions about how I explain it, how ...
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Michael Barrymore

TV Entertainer They say that golf is addictive, well in Michael Barrymore's case then it was super addictive. He came to me as his minder Steve Gilbey had researched for Michael to have a private instructor and I was taken off to the Buckinghamshire Golf Club to coach him. To say that Michael took to Golf like a duck to water is an understatement. He explained to me that he was used to rehe...
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Jorge Sampaio

Portuguese Presdient I was very honoured to teach the Portuguese president at the 1998 Portuguese Open and what an entertaining man he turned out to be. Seve Ballesteros had told me that we would have Jorge (Mr President) in our group for the Pro-Am and would I take a look at his swing. Not in my nature to argue with Seve so of course I did. Jorge was fantastic, a great guy and he asked...
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John Conteh

World Champion - Light Heavyweight Boxer John came to see me at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club. His spoke to me about his son James however said it's hard to take advice off your own son (James was a Pro standard player at the time). Being a very built up athlete, John had problems rotating from his hips and was in turn used his arms too much to hit the ball. It was tough trying to get him n...
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