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. Here at Tim Shephard Golf at The Vale, 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.
Why Coaching?
Here at The Vale, we have a fantastic highly experienced team ready to help you improve your enjoyment of the game by working with you on your golf.
With our great facilities, we can work with you on all elements from long-game through pitching, chipping, bunkers, and putting to psychology and course management. We use video and flight scopes in our studio to enhance the experience if requested.
We are all patient and empathetic and have a true team spirit – we have a variety of coaches to choose from and please don’t feel embarrassed if you wish to try a different coach as it's important to us that you feel that you ‘gel’ with your golf pro.
Lessons will cover:
- Golf Fundamentals
- Swing Basics
- Short Game
- Long Game
- Course Management
Our Staff
Tim Shephard - Head PGA Professional
Tim is a fully qualified PGA Professional and has a passion for teaching. He has built a strong reputation in teaching and has developed junior academies. He is now offering custom fits in our teaching studio as well as on course lessons.
Harry Thompson - PGA Professional
Harry has been part of the team at The Vale for over 12 years. He is popular, ever helpful and a fully qualified PGA Professional. He has a passion for teaching the game to all standards and ages, including junior coaching. With a strong following Harry gains great satisfaction from seeing his clients improve their game and he specialises in course lessons.
Harry Chadwick - PGA Professional
I joined in June 2024, after spending a year as a full time PGA Professional specialising in lessons and custom fitting at the prestigious Celtic Manor. I pride myself in my coaching and custom fitting for adults and children of all abilities and ages, using video analysis to help with analysis and areas to improve on for my client to reference.