JON
WATTS
CURRICULUM VITAE
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jonathanwatts81@hotmail.com
jonwattsgolf.com
30 Hardy Place, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9FX
7 February 1981
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I
am a PGA qualified golf professional, and am currently employed
at Brocton Hall Golf Club in Stafford as the Head Teaching Professional.
Benefiting from over 7 years employment at the Belfry Golf Centre,
and 3 years PGA training - of which I qualified 3rd in the Country.
I am honest, reliable and pleasant with natural people skills
and have a friendly and outgoing personality. I thrive on a challenge,
am self-motivated and work well under pressure. I enjoy working
as part of a team or on my own, using my own initiative.
My major influences and accolades have come from the Belfry, where
it is renowned for its business initiative and its unrivalled
customer service skills as well as the variety of successful golfers
and golf coaches around the world.
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Career
History:
March 09 - Present Brocton Hall Golf Club
2001 - 2009
The Belfry
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Head
Teaching Professional at Brocton Hall GC
· My role here is to coach members and visitors to the
club. Teaching golfers of all ages and abilities.
· Also as the Head Teaching Professional, I'm implementing
ideas to increase the amount of coaching and the service we offer.
· I have set up Beginner group coaching groups, senior
group coaching, Ladies group coaching, corporate tuition packages,
junior weekly tuition and junior academy days throughout the school
holidays.
· I currently teach 40 juniors on a weekly basis, under
our own junior coaching program.
· Using the latest Casio high-speed camera, played back
through Quintic teaching software on my laptop, I can offer in
depth analysis of the golf swing. I have many videos taken from
Tour Professionals to offer comparisons to my pupils.
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Achievements:
· Achieved 3rd Place Trainee of the Year Awards with the
PGA of UK and Ireland (2006)
· Fully Qualified PGA Golf Professional
· Qualified with Distinction Average
· Selected to assist the winning European Ryder Cup team
during the 2002 Ryder Cup at the Belfry
· Assisted the players and guests during two Benson &
Hedges International Opens hosted by the Belfry during 2002 &
2003
· Custom fitting and Teaching the public during the Quinn
Direct British Masters tournament 2006.
· Press coverage on Sky Sports and Today's Golfer Magazine
and PGA website
· Lectured Custom Fitting for the PGA
· Custom fitting and teaching responsibilities - senior Matt
Technician and Senior Taylor Made fitter.
· Wide product knowledge acquired from custom fitting all
manufacturers clubs.
· While training I undertook a range of duties including
driving range supervisor, golf course management, retail shop, green-keeping
and events management.
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Teaching
Professional:
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Coaching many individuals, from beginners to low handicap players.
Helping them work towards there short and long term goals.
· Coaching weekly junior tuition associated with the Golf
Foundation.
· Coaching beginner adult group sessions and member group
sessions on a weekly basis.
· Coaching the public, during the golf shows at the NEC
as well as the Quinn direct British Masters tournaments held at
the Belfry.
· Corporate tuition, group video tuition, pre round clinics,
scorecard marking, on course tuition and beat the Pro challenges.
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Key
Achievements - Taylor-Made Fitter
· As Senior Taylor Made fitter - personally taking 20 -
40k a month club sales.
· Represented Taylor Made at the 2004 British Open as a
senior fitter.
- European tour standard fitter - have already fitted the following:
Paul Mcginley, Simon Wakefield, Simon Khan, Andrew Oldcorn, Mark
Roe, John Bickerton, David Lynn, Graham Storm etc
· Organised and managed several Taylor Made golf days,
demo days and custom-fit corporate golf days.
· Custom-fit specialist in national golf magazine, Today's
Golfer and Golf Monthly, providing a regular monthly article.
· Appeared in various golfing publications and other media
outlets including TV.
· PGA custom-fit mentor for current PGA trainees.
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Matt
Room Technician
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Custom fitting Taylor Made Tour players, Taylor Made Adidas VIP's
and other sportsmen.
· Maintenance and day-to-day running of the system.
· MAT-T EYE Launch monitor specialist.
· Regular contact with TaylorMade U.S and Motion Reality.
· Training other golf professionals on the system.
· Appearing in promotional material for the Matt system
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Training
Attended
1) PGA National teaching conference 2009. Speakers including Pete
Cowen, Karl Morris, Paul Hurrion and Sir Clive Woodward.
2) PGA National teaching conference 2008. Speakers including Chuck
Cook, Paul Hurrion and Sir Clive Woodward.
3) Theory and Practical sessions with Pete Cowen (European Tour
Coach).
4) Theory and Practical sessions with Claude Harmon (European
Tour Coach).
5) Theory and Practical sessions with Alistair Davies (PGA Tutor
and Ladies European Tour Coach)
6) Theory Training with Jim Christine (PGA Tutor)
7) Theory and Practical sessions with Dr Karl Morris (European
Tour Sports Psychologist and the founder of the Trained Brain
Company), John Pates (European Tour Sports Psychologist), John
Mathers (Sports Psychologist to Numerous International Teams Professor
at Stirling University)
8) Theory and Practical sessions with Gary Alliss (PGA Swing Tutor
and Today's Golfer Top 50 Golf Coach in the UK and Ireland)
9) Quintic teaching software training from biomechanist Dr. Paul
Hurrion.
10) European Tour Level Custom Fit Training with Taylor Made,
Callaway, Titleist, Ping, Nike, Cleveland and Wilson.
11) Advanced Technology Training with MATT (Motion Analysis Technology
Taylor Made), Trackman and FlightScope (Radar Based Launch Monitor)
SAM (Science and Motion Putting analysis program) and Tomi putting
system.
12) Detailed Training with Vector and Vector Pro (Photograph Based
Launch Monitor)
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| Education: |
1999-2001 |
Duchy
College (Plymouth University), Cornwall
· HND - Golf Management (Distinction)
(subjects covered, include - Business management, Sport Psychology,
Exercise and Physiology, Coaching and Turf management) |
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1997-1999
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Henley
College, Henley on Thames
· Gaining a Distinction in BTEC Science (Sport Studies)
· Community Sports Leader Award
· Emergency First Aid in the workplace certificate |
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1992-1997 |
Gillotts
School, Henley on Thames
(10 passes) GCSE Maths (B), English (double C), Geography (C), Technology
(A), Science (double C)
Physical Education (D), Art (B), French (C) |
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| Other
Qualifications: |
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PGA qualified professional - finishing top 3rd in the country
· Level 3 PGA Coach
· Emergency First Aid Award
· Bronze Medallion Life Guard
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Other
interests: |
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Travel - 8 weeks backpacking along the East coast of Australia
· Squash, badminton, tennis, football, fitness training (CSI-A
coaching award) |
Other
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British National
Holder of full UK driving license
Date of Birth - 7 February 1981
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