About
Hi, I'm Andrew
I'm a TPI-certified golf fitness coach based in Melbourne. I help golfers over 40 get their body working for their swing again, so their best golf is still ahead of them.
- TPI Certified
- C.H.E.K trained
- Coaching since 2011
- 500+ golfers coached
- Coaching online, worldwide
It started with my own body
I've played golf since I was 12. My first round was with my dad at Makara in Wellington, using my grandma's old blades and persimmon woods, with sheep on the fairways.
Years later I was a single-figure golfer, training regularly and doing everything I thought I was supposed to do. Then, in 2010, a serious back injury put me out. Two herniated discs. I couldn't sit, couldn't stand up straight and couldn't pick up my golf bag.
Exercise brought me back. Not fast, and not easy, but it did. That was when I realised how little I understood about training a body properly for golf.
So I went back to study: TPI, C.H.E.K, biomechanics and corrective exercise. I wanted to understand why a restriction in one area shows up as pain, lost power or a compensation somewhere else, and why the wrong kind of training can create new problems instead of solving old ones.
From a cubicle to coaching golfers
I didn't start here. I've got a law and economics degree and spent years as an analyst at Linfox, sitting nine hours a day and watching my own body go backwards.
In 2009 I walked away from corporate and into fitness. Since 2011 I've coached more than 500 golfers, first in person in Melbourne and now fully online, one-on-one, wherever they play.
GolfFit90™ is the program I built from everything that worked: a 12-week plan that works out what your body is costing your golf, then builds your training and nutrition around fixing it.
What I believe
Your body is part of your golf equipment
Unlike your clubs, it has to be trained. After 40, strength and flexibility drop away unless you work on them.
You're deconditioned, not broken
What feels like "just getting older" is mostly reversible with the right work. I've seen it hundreds of times, starting with my own back.
The gear is rarely the answer
An $800 driver won't fix what your hips are doing. You need a body that can use the clubs you've already got.
Off the course
I'm a Kiwi who now calls Melbourne home, and I still back the All Blacks. I'm a dad too, so I know exactly what a busy week looks like. Most days I'm up around 4am for calls with clients in the US and Canada.
And for the record, I putt better with a $100 Hippo than my Scotty Cameron.
Let's talk about your game
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll look at what's going on with your golf and whether GolfFit90™ is the right fit. If it isn't, I'll tell you.
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