Improve your game !
Gary Smith has 14 years experience as an EGU Technical Coach to the England Men's Squad. 2010 has been a very successful year for the Squad. Click Here for News of England's 2010 successes. He is involved in coaching many counties, including the Gloucestershire and Glamorganshire Squads.
For golfers who are passionate to improve Gary now offers Coaching Camps for all levels of golfers.
Gary is rated one of the best short game coaches in the country and has again been voted in Golf Monthly's Top 25 UK Golf Coaches.
Why have a coach?
Golf coaching is the fast-track to playing better golf.
Gary has taught numerous amateurs up to professional level and tour professionals. He continues to work with top players whilst working hard to raise the next generation of golfing enthusiasts.
So, whether you're an amateur looking for tuition, a professional looking for a new angle, or would like to receive Gary's newsletters contact Gary today for more information.
Gary coaches at two golf courses, Wokefield Park in Berkshire and The Kendleshire in Gloucestershire. Click here to check his availability and book your next lesson online.
Testimonials
"Great weekend, best and most effective coaching I have ever had, Thanks Gary." RB - 24 hcp - August 2010
"I am playing the best golf of my life after only one lesson with you. I have won twice and got my h-cap down too." AB - 2 hcp - July 2010
"Just a quick note to advise I won a regional competition last weekend, which I was v plsd with. 42 points and a few left on the course also. Hopefully some of the work is starting to translate into scores! Thanks for your ongoing guidance..." TJ - single figure hcp - July 2010
"You have done a huge amount for my golf" TW - single figure hcp - June 2010
"Just thought i would drop you a line to tell you that i have just come back from La Manga after a four round tournament and i won the trophy. I am starting to play the best golf i have ever played and feel real progress is just round the corner. The weekend taught me a hell of a lot. Thank you very much, and i hope you can teach me more in the future." CN mid-hcp - May 2010
"Thought you would like to know I just won the Surrey Champs. I'm so excited I played really well and putted awesome in the final! I won 6 and 4 and got cut from the qualifying rounds too. See you soon!" LB - single figure hcp - April 2010
"I'm back from a successful trip in spain! I'm starting to now get the feel of the release and be able to keep the ball low! Its starting to come! But what was nice to see was the fact I had more shots in my armour than tour pros! I just now have to develop the consistency! I will keep going on improving it and will book to see you soon!" GR - single figure hcp - March 2010
"Thanks Gary. You were perfectly right about the chipping; once I made sure I was releasing the club I got a lower, more penetrating flight. It’s quite exciting at age 63 to be learning something completely new and what’s more it’s FUN!" GW single figure hcp 2010
"I would like to thank you for yesterday. The information was outstanding and that something so simple applied with an open mind could make such a difference." DH Professional 2010
“I have worked with Gary throughout my county and England career since I was 14 and he has helped get my short game to the level it is today.” Chris Wood - European Tour Rookie of The Year 2009
"Played today, got 40 points. Demon short game (and usually pretty close to green – diabolical pin positions)! Leading in clubhouse with only a few scores to come in! Ever downwards!" GM single figure hcp 2010
"I am writing to thank you for the PGA seminar you ran last Tuesday. I found the simplicity of your method and your enthusiastic delivery exciting and have since been practising and I am commited to changing my own short game method. I played last week in a PGA Alliance and managed to get up and down with fantastic control from places I wouldn't have in the past. I have also been working on improving my takeaway and the improved connection powered by the core has produced some "different" quality strikes and my confidence levels have risen due to this." DW Professional - 2009
"Firstly, can I say a huge thank you for your seminar today. I thought it was informative, innovative and hugely entertaining. I will certainly be taking it to the course and instilling the technique with my students. It is just so simple!! I told my Assistant about it and I couldn’t get him of the range! He too found it really simple and had more control over the ball. I’m not just saying this, but definitely the best seminar I have been on since the CPD started." SD Professional - 2009
"I chip and pitch pretty much how you showed me, to good effect; my mate calls my wedge the wand, as I get quite of bit of up and down with it." MH - mid-hcp 2009 following Ridley/Smith Camp
"What a fantastic first lesson on the short game yesterday. Absolutely staggering, I can't believe the difference. You've made my day! For the first time ever I was enjoying practice...and afterwards did so for 3 hours in the pouring rain. You have probably reduced my handicap by 5 already. The best value lesson I've ever had. Got to go practice again now so by for now" MS - lapsed 10 hcp 2009
"Thank you SO much for today; am more excited than ever about your ability to bring out my own.......I played my best golf ever today; I hit shots to dream of and felt very confident I could hit everything straight and LONG. All of that is down to you and I thank you for it profusely." TW - single figure hcp 2009
'I just wanted to let you know that thanks to your excellent coaching last year, I have now reduced my handicap from 8 to 5. I hope to see you again in the future as I strive to improve further !!' MZ - 5 hcp 2009
"Thank you so much for another great lesson. I didn't use the short game at The Wisley though. Because I didn't need it!!! We only played 9 holes but I hit 7 in regulation. I beat both my opponents and was only 2 over. They were quite shocked and are both thinking of a trip to Wokefield or Bristol! See you soon and thank you again. Now I really do believe I can get good at this game." TW - single figure hcp 2009
"I won The Chequers Plate at my Club, second only to the Club Championship. So I am £220 the richer and have a wonderful and very heavy sterling silver trophy. Oh, and my handicap is now going in the right direction. Currently 10. I see this as just the beginning. I know I am doing the right things and I have a much clearer idea where I can go with this. In short I am very pleased with myself and extremely grateful for your valuable help and support, without which I wouldn't be writing this email. I will make a booking soon to progress "The Plan"." DA - Hcp 10 2009
"Must tell you… The PGA PRO AM regional final. 17th Hole – on a good score – pressure mounting - partner out of hole - I have a greenside bunker shot of 15yards for par – HOLED IT!!!" MP - Professional 2009
"Can't thank you enough for probably the best tuition/lesson i have ever had. Since coming to see you at the pga course last week my short game has come alive from the brink of short game suicide. Everything you covered has worked for me and i'm now so looking forward to pitching rather than fearing it." DW - Professional 2009
"I played in the Club Stableford yesterday, admittedly off the yellow tees but it was a surreal day, 2 fairways missed, 18 greens in regulations (something I have never done before), 33 putts and 34 shots, what more can I say!!" MF - 1 hcp 2008
"Going great guns since last lesson. Played twice under handicap, irons superb (12 greens in reg on Wed). So thank you!!" GM - single figure hcp 2008
"Both Lesley and I thoroughly enjoyed the day and left full of enthusiasm and inspiration." SE 2008
"I have been fortunate to work closely with Gary over the past 10 years. He is of course renowned for his short game expertise; however his knowledge of all areas of the game, together with his passion for improving players of all standards, mark him out as a truly outstanding coach" Dr Brian Hemmings, Lead Psychologist to EGU and EWGA 2008
"I had a short game lesson yesterday off yourself, practised today....what a difference I am already ouzzing confidence" GW, Professional 2008
"Many thanks for yesterday - it was a real eye opener and made me realise how simple the short game can be" JW +1.5 hcp 2008
"Gary is a superb communicator and his advice, insight and technical knowledge was of great benefit to all the participants, including myself" Graham Kaye, Head Coach, Swiss Golf Association on Gary's work with the Swiss Professional Team 2008
"Gary is a long term friend and collegue, a "Pro's Pro", who is reknowned in the industry as one of the most effective teachers and exponents of the short game" Luther Blacklock, Master Professional, Woburn Golf Club 2008
"Easily the best short game lesson I have had" JW - 1 hcp 2008
"Thanks for the lesson on Saturday, we thought it was fantastic" JB - single figure hcp 2008
"Sunday's lesson was very successful ....Monday got 46 points" SK - 2008
"Thank you for spending an hour with me on Saturday. I held a chip in both rounds and did not fail to get up and down from around the green" MF - 1 hcp 2008
"My short game was very good throughout the whole week" Chris Lloyd following his 4 shot win in the Ernie Els World Junior Invitational in South Africa 2008
"My dearest hunk of a golf coach... There is no doubt in my mind that, were I able, and were the situation to be even remotely possible, I would clean for you, cook for you, probably even have your children. I would clean your shoes until my fingers bled, I would polish irons until they reflected the sheer brilliance in your eyes......Most of that is pretty unlikely so just another huge thanks for the coaching which today, in my first comp since the coaching camp, returned a net 68, with 28 putts and.....wait for it...7 - yes 7 up and downs...All in all a pretty good day since my previous best in the last 6 months, since the short game went AWOL, is a net 77!" ME (male!) 10 hcp - May 2008
About Gary
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