Jason Gilroy

PGA Professional | Short Game Coach | Sussex County Coach

• Jason Gilroy announced his arrival to the golfing fraternity back in 1997, when at the tender age of 17 he trumped a host of professional stars to become the youngest ever winner of the Sussex Open Championship. After a brief sabbatical from the game including three years in the army, Jason returned to golf to complete his PGA course under Clive Tucker (coach to David Howell) at Mannings Heath Golf Club.
  
  Spending his time as an assistant to Clive and competing on tour, Jason managed to qualify for Final Stages of The Open in 2005, compete in European Tour Qualifying and finish high up in the PGA South Regions Order of Merit.
  
  After living in Sweden for 6 months to compete and practice which included starts on the European Challenge tour, Jason returned to England to put his plan of Gilroy's Golf in to motion, and in November 2005 incorporated the company.
  
  During this time of developing the studio, Jason has seen his specialism in putting help a number of tour players which to date include Michael Campbell, Simon Khan, Benn Barham, James Heath, Robert Rock, Edward Rush, Terry Price and various other Challenge Tour and Europro Tour Players. Other notable names are Gary Wolstenholme and Ryan Thomas both of which are Walker Cup stars.
  
  Jason is also a past Sussex County player and has been honoured with the task of looking after the county under 18's putting strokes which see's him attend various coaching sessions to ensure they are keeping to what has been worked on which included their annual 'training camp' at La Manga in 2007 and Turkey in 2010.
  
  A strong putter himself, Jason believes in working with the individual as there can be many ways to do one thing. Using his knowledge and state-of-the-art technology in his studio, he takes pride in giving players the understanding required to go out and perform to the best of their ability on the greens.
  
  To book a lesson with Jason and learn how to improve your Short Game quickly, contact us by either email or calling 01444 450637.