Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Devoted my life to helping young athletes develop not just as golfers, but also as future leaders of our world.
I am responsible for budgeting and supervising all aspects of our golf program. Since joining GCMV, our team has won two German Men's National Championship, three German Men’s Southern Conference Championships and a U18 National Team Championship. Players who I have coached at GCMV who play on the DP World Tour inlclude Yannik Paul, Hurly Long and Frederik Lacroix. Marc Hammer, Christian Bräunig and Veltin Meyer compete on the Challenge Tour. Jeremy Paul plays on the PGA Tour. I also have coached Ladies European Tour members, Karolin Lampert and Denise Simon. At my former club, I coached Stephan Gross, European Amateur Champion and European Tour Member, as well as Moritz Lampert, Sean Einhaus and Florian Fritsch. All who played the European Tour and were members of Team Germany. My players have represented and won European Team U18 and Mens Championships, World Championships and NCAA National Championships. My son Hurly, has played three years on the DP World Tour and represented Germany in the Olympics in Japan. In 2007, I was awarded the PGA of Germany's Teacher of the Year for Junior Golf. In 2014, 2017 and 2019, I was voted Teacher of the Year.
In 2010, I established a rankings platform that ranks most of the international/National/Regional amateur events in Europe. We rank events and players from the age of 12 and up. EGR also does the official rankings for the German Golf Federation.
Helped establish one of the most successful golf programs in the world. Worked as a consultant to the Dietmar Hopp Foundation for all areas concerning its involvement in the programs at SLR. I coached junior teams that won many national team championships. My players also won many national and international titles including a European Amateur Championship. Three of my players made it on to the European Tour: Florian Fritsch, Stephan Gross and Moritz Lampert. I also coached Ladies European Tour players Leigh Whittaker and Denise Simon. I was voted on several occassions by the PGA of Germany as one of the top 10 teaching professionals in Germany. In 2007, I received the award for Teacher of the Year for Junior golf.
You name it… I did it there!