Enjoy better golf with our professional golf coaching
Our added value to you
After spending years honing our skills and working closely with club golfers like you, we're confident that we can lend a helping hand wherever your game needs a little fine-tuning.
As your PGA Professional team, we deeply care about your golf game and the happiness it brings you. That's where the philosophy of We Coach, We Fit, We Care comes into action – our approachable team is always ready to listen to your concerns and help you make positive changes that bring success on the course.
Find out moreGolf coaching is all about you and what you want to get out of your game. We pride ourselves on being good listeners and aim to provide the best possible professional advice, whilst ensuring each lesson is tailored and enjoyable for the golfer. Here at Stover we offer a wide range of golf coaching; from beginners to advanced golfers.
Why Coaching?
People who play golf live longer, a major study has found, as it shows the game helps prevent 40 major chronic diseases. Researchers reviewed 5,000 studies into golf and well-being and found the sport has physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages and can even increase life expectancy by five years. Balance and muscle endurance in older people are improved by playing golf and it is also likely to improve cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic health. Golfing could also help those who suffer from chronic diseases including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, colon/breast cancer and stroke, as well as helping reduce the risk of anxiety, depression and dementia researchers found.
Individual Coaching
The Academy offers a great environment for all abilities to develop, learn and most importantly have fun whilst playing the game of golf.
Whether you are a female looking to start the game with our “Ladies Get into Golf sessions” or a scratch golfer wanting to fine-tune your stats through our “FlightScope software” the Golf at Stover Academy caters for golfers of all abilities. Our highly qualified PGA Professionals are passionate and committed to ensuring you reach your goals and beyond.
The Golf at Stover Academy is pleased to house the following facilities:
- Practice putting green
- Designated pitching, chipping and bunker area
- Private coaching room with FlightScope software
- Use of the TrackMan studio
- 9 and 18-hole playing lessons on our James Braid-designed golf course
Stover Golf Club - Women in Golf Charter Day - Dates for 2022 TBC
Come and meet us, perfect for ladies of all ages, health benefits & exercise, great social fun, coffee & Cake included
The Stover Golf Academy
The Stover Golf Academy is an initiative designed to provide potential new golfers with a comprehensive introduction to the game, and the perfect stepping stone to full membership of the Golf Club. 'The Academy' is an instruction-based package which aims to allow new, and novice,
adult golfers to learn golf and the benefits of being a golf club member. It’s a perfect follow-up to ‘Get into Golf’. The Academy runs for a period of 12 months at a cost of just £399 and provides learners with extensive access to the golf course, entry to Academy roll-up competitions, instruction in the rules of golf and individual coaching with our PGA Professional team. It is available for one year only and is issued in the name of an individual only.
The Package
Joining the Academy costs £399, with the aim of getting golfers to a level of on-course competency which will allow them to progress to full membership of the golf club at the end of that year.
The package includes, but is not restricted to:
- 1 x half-hour introduction session, to activate
- 8 x half-hour individual golf lessons (to cover all aspects of the game) with Jason
- Rules and etiquette sessions
- A Stover membership card with £10 of credit for use in the bar. (15% member discount applies)
- Access to all clubhouse and practice facilities
- A monthly roll-up for the Academy
- An Academy bag tag allowing access to the golf course at off-peak times (Monday to Friday after 1pm post 2pm on weekends in summer)
Those in the Academy will be requested to check in with the Professional Shop before play.
The Academy is open to anyone with a desire to improve their game in an effort to progress onto full membership of the golf club. Jason will aim to be of assistance at every stage of members’ development. The opportunity to partake in club functions and members roll-ups will make progression to full membership a seamless one.
Group Coaching
Our group lessons are a great way to start your golfing journey and improve your golf. We offer the same great tuition at a lower cost and the group format also helps you to meet other people of a similar level.
Tuition is broken down into 3 levels; Get into Golf, Intermediates and Advanced, with various aspects of tuition covered in each class, we work with small groups (maximum 5).
For more details or to sign up please call the Professional Shop.
Lessons will cover:
- Golf Fundamentals
- Swing Basics
- Short Game
- Long Game
- Course Management
Our Staff
Andy Fox - Head PGA Professional
Andy has been a professional golfer for over 25 years and has massed an impressive knowledge of the golf swing, mental side of the game, mentoring all abilities from County players to beginner golfers. Lessons can be on the course, in our high tech studio or on the practice area.
Archie Christophers
Bio coming soon...