About
I have a passion for working with new golfers and extensive experience working with adults and children to fulfil their health, recreational and well-being goals through sport and fitness.
I'm enthusiastic and encouraging :) - camaraderie and humour are hallmarks of my coaching style
After graduating from PE School in Otago I completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching and then took up the opportunity to dance in a professional contemporary Dance company in NZ and then studied and danced in the USA for a few years.
When I returned I became involved in teaching a Fitness Dance Programme and directed that Programme and it's many teachers for 9 years
When my children got to school age I took up golf particularly to play with my Dad - which was always a wish of mine :)
Kia ora I'm Mary
For eight years, including the very prosperous years in junior golf development in the middle of the 2000s, I trained, taught, and organised youngsters and coaches at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club.
Since then, I have received training as an NZPGA Development Coach and am certified as a Flightscope Professional. I have also trained in the Aim Point Green Reading System
By providing my programme, especially during daylight saving evenings and weekend afternoons in the Summer, Spring, and Autumn, I have paved the road for new individuals who want to take up the game
From time to time our team hosts Love Golf Taster afternoons.
My golf training and experience has led me to develop the New Player Programme. I am thankful for the guidance of my mentor, Craig Dixon, during this journey. The Programme yields an outstanding number of players who are keen and committed to continuing with the game. It has been described as “a refreshing and infectious approach to golf coaching"
I have a strong commitment to expanding the game at the Community level.
