Our Resident Club Professionals
John Fryatt – PGA Head Professional
John has a high demand for coaching and is available for lessons six days per week. He feels his success as a player has an advantage when teaching all abilities of golfers and works with every individual person to bring maximum improvement to any part of their game.
Gemma Fryatt - PGA Professional
Gemma is the wife of our Head Professional, John Fryatt. After completing her PGA Qualifications with distinction in 2002, Gemma worked at Chigwell Golf Club until 2005.
Mark Talbott - PGA Professional
After having my first golf lesson at Thorpe Hall in 1998 I joined as a cadet member in 1999. During my junior years I represented the club and county at all levels until gaining a scratch handicap by the age of 21.
I then took up my PGA foundation degree in 2009 and graduated as a fully qualified PGA professional in 2012. Since then I have mainly focused on my playing and coaching career with playing highlights including wining over a dozen pro am titles, the 2016 Essex PGA Order of merit winner and a course record 63 (-8) at Berkhamsted GC.
My coaching is mainly focused on one to one lessons to all standards of golfer as well as running overseas coaching trips with fellow professional Joe Ellis.
Joe Ellis
After taking up golf age 10, I joined Thorpe hall as a junior in 2007. Since turning professional in 2013 and joining the PGA as a trainee in 2014 at Thorpe Hall our Head Professional John Fryatt, given to me a great deal of help.
Since I have focused on playing golf along with coaching and working in the shop at the beginning of 2018, my PGA training is drawing to a close and I am in now ticking some final boxes before applying for full membership of the PGA.
My playing career highlights since turning professional include winning multiple professional tournaments. Whilst my main goal is to play golf, based coaching is still a part of my job that I enjoy and would welcome the chance to help anyone with their game. My coaching is mainly focused on one to one lessons as well as running overseas coaching trips with fellow professional Mark Talbott.
Tuition Fees
John Fryatt £40.00 for 1 hour tel: 01702 588195 or 07834 022656.
Junior Group Sessions £13.00 for 90 minutes
Book a Lesson
To book a lesson with either Mark Talbott or Joe Ellis click here.
(Will be available soon.)
Indoor Swing Centre
The facility itself does not need to be booked, first come first served, but if use of the digital swing monitor and shot analysis is required this needs to be arranged via the Pro Shop, call Mark or Joe on 01702 588195
Hire charge for this equipment is £15 per hour.