Coaches

Dan Goodes – Head Teaching Professional

A member of both the PGA of Australia and the PGA of Canada, Dan brings a wealth of experience from over a decade of helping golfers achieve their playing goals. Along with his PGA accreditations, Dan is also one of less than a hundred professionals in the world with a TrackMan Master Designation.

Prior to joining The Ridge he was the Associate Professional at The London Hunt & Country Club. In addition to instructing members of all ages and capabilities, Dan was head of their junior golf academy. A self proclaimed “golf nerd”, his instruction style blends the ideas of various renowned instructors, from Harvey Penick to Dave Pelz, with new age technology such as TrackMan and V1. When asked about his overall philosophy on coaching Dan feels “There’s no one way to swing a golf club, but every golfer has within them an optimal swing. It’s my job to help them find that”.

http://goodesgolf.com.au/

Tammy Wong

A great asset to our team, Tammy is an enthusiastic and driven coach who is passionate about helping golfers looking to improve their game regardless of their skill level. Tammy has many years of experience working in the golf industry and her philosophy is that learning should be a fun and enjoyable experience with persistence being the key to success. Tammy is particularly passionate about helping juniors and women to play better golf. 

Wayne Spruce

Wayne, a certified PGA Member was previously employed as the Head Professional at The Lakes and Moruya Golf clubs. Both roles allowed Wayne to develop a teaching style that supported numerous golfers to ‘find their best swing’. His ability to identify the strengths in the golf swing- focusing on a basic fundamental performed correctly, (instead of the weakness) allows his clients to create a golf swing that works for them. This has proven to be popular with his clients for over 30 years. Wayne is looking forward to helping more golfers reach their true potential at The Ridge.

Scott Arnold

Scott has been a PGA member for over ten years with experience playing on the European Tour, European Challenge Tour, One Asia Tour, Japanese Abema Tour and Australasian Tours. Scott coaches at The Ridge and also remains active on tour.  Scott offers private lessons, on course lessons and short game lessons. Scott has a particular interest and expertise in short game and on course coaching, and is passionate about sharing his skills and knowledge from the best part of his personal game. Scott caters for golfers of a wide range of abilities and levels and enjoys helping others reach their full potential.