John has been Head Professional at Thorpe Hall since 2007. Since qualifying as a PGA Professional in 1996 John has had a very successful playing career. He has won the Essex Order of Merit on two occasions, won over forty PGA Pro-Am titles, been Essex PGA Champion and twice winner of The Essex Open Championship. John also enjoyed his time being Essex PGA Captain.
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.

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.

After taking up golf at the age of 10, I joined Thorpe Hall as a junior in 2007.  Since turning professional in 2013, due to the help given to me by our Head Professional John Fryatt, I joined the PGA as a trainee in 2014 at Thorpe Hall. Since then I have focused on playing golf along with coaching and working in the Professional shop.  

At the beginning of 2018, my PGA training is drawing to a close and I am 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 goals are still playing, coaching is still the 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 my fellow professional Mark Talbott. 

Our Club Professionals have recently converted the remaining squash court into a hi-tech indoor coaching area. The technology reads your ball data and gives a very accurate reading of distances and ball flight on the screen along with information including ball speed, launch angle and spin rates. This is a great way to both practice and learn with accurate feedback and a great alternative to the cold weather. However, this is not just a winter facility but it a great way to practice all year round. We also have two top of the range indoor putting greens and the ability to custom fit clubs. We will be offering the full range of EvnRoll putters, Mizuno irons and Callaway woods.

The room is available for lessons, private hire and custom fittings, please contact any of the professional staff for bookings or more information.

We will be running a variety of special deals throughout the year to help you with your game.

The Swing Centre is a great place to work on your game, particularly during the winter months. This facility is available to all members and does not need to be booked but we would request sessions are limited to 30 minutes if other members are waiting to use it.

Please pick up broken tees and leave the Swing Centre in the condition you would like to find it in.