Kendal McWade turned professional in 1978, but despite being totally committed to perfecting his golf swing and becoming the best player he could, his experiences with the game left him feeling disillusioned and frustrated.

He knew that none of his other sports had been learned in the manner that golf had, and he knew that couldn't be right. So he set out discover why! His 12 year + journey led to the founding of Instinctive Golf Coaching and to what Kendal believes is the worlds most natural and empowering coaching "method". Kendal has now worked with 1,000's of golfers of all standards, from the complete novice through to Ryder Cup stars like Paul McGinley.

Kendal now delivers his message to professionals throughout Europe as part of the PGA's Continual Development Program. IGC is undoubtedly at the cutting edge of golf coaching and Kendal is totally committed to helping as many golfers as possible have more fun learning and playing this great game.

IGC’s unique and empowering corporate events have now seen Kendal work with some of the biggest names in the UK business world, including a remarkable event sponsored by Chivas Regal, the Scottish whisky giant. "The Chivas Snow Golf Championship" in St Moritz sees Kendal and the two Pauls give golfers from all over the world a flavour of Instinctive Golf 4,000ft up in the Swiss Alps on a golf course constructed entirely from snow!

Kendal's vision is to take IGC’s coaching model and apply it to other sports, businesses and education.

Paul Affleck has been a professional golfer for twenty years - during that time he has experienced the incredible high and low extremes that only the sport of golf seems to expose us to.

In 2002 he became an invaluable member of the Instinctive Golf Team, and when was asked why he had joined, he stated, "because I believe it is quite simply the most empowering and effective way to learn golf".

As a PGA Tour Professional he played with Europe's best golfers in over 200 European tour events, including 3 Open Championships, and represented his country, Wales, on 2 occasions in the Alfred Dunhill Cup at St Andrews.

Paul joined Instinctive Golf so he could be part of what he believes to be the most effective way to learn golf. Through his own golfing experiences he realised that golf coaching was far less about giving information to the pupil and far more about developing the pupil's skill. He now believes Instinctive Golf is the future of golf coaching and the way in which every golfer can most effectively gain more skill and thus more enjoyment in their golf.

Paul is now part of the R&A's Development Team committed to promoting golf in countries such as Venezuela and Bolivia. As part of the 2005 programme Paul played La Paz, the highest golf course in the world, and during the trip he holed a 4 wood for an albatross two on a 600 yard par 5. The ball does travel a very long way at 5000 feet above sea level, but nevertheless it was still a magnificent piece of skill.

Paul has recently been following the European Tour, introducing some of Europe's top players to his coaching philosophy.

He has written a blog about his exploits, here is a brief sample:

"It's been a very hectic last few weeks of airports, hotels and golf courses, so it's felt like I was back playing on the European Tour!!! The reality is I've been coaching on tour and even though many of the players' faces have changed since I last played on tour in the 2000 season, it's been amazing to say hello to many of the same faces as well."

You can read the rest of Paul's Blog here.

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Having turned Professional in 1985, Paul went through the PGA's training programme under the expert guidance of Eddie Birchenough at Royal Lytham and St Anne's Golf Club.

After improving steadily as a player he joined the European Challenge Tour in 1990, ultimately winning in Hamburg in 1991 before graduating to the main PGA European Tour in 1993. Paul played the European Tour with great success for many years, including a fine victory in the 1994 Extremadura Open. Although no longer active as a player on tour, Paul remains a member of The Board of Directors of the European Tour.

Paul has a great passion for helping others and is a fully qualified Instinctive Golf Master Coach and an integral part of Instinctive Golf's management structure.

Apart from his obvious playing ability, Paul has many other talents and has quite recently become more heavily involved in Radio, TV Broadcasting and Commentary. He is part of the BBC's Golf Commentary Team both on TV and Radio and he is also a regular studio guest with Setanta Golf covering the PGA Tour and Champions Tour in the USA. Paul is the consummate professional and a very popular addition to any corporate golf day where companies recognise his value to their guests and business. He is currently the golf ambassador for Northern Rock PLC.

Paul continues to play competitively within his PGA region with a view to regaining his European Tour Card in the near future. Recent tournament success came in the major regional event, The Manx Classic in the Isle of Man, winning by one shot with a three round total of 12 under par!

Garstang Golf Academy in Lancashire is an Instinctive Golf Coaching Centre. It is located some ten minutes off the M6.

Garstang's facilities include:

• An 18 hole golf course.
• 18 bay covered/floodlit driving range.
• "European Golf" indoor putting green.
• Full clubhouse and conferencing facilities.
• 3* Best Western Hotel.

Instinctive Golf Master Coach Paul Eales heads up the team at Garstang ably assisted by IGC Practitioner John Twissell. Paul and John offer a complete range of Instinctive Golf Coaching services plus the opportunity to experience the cutting edge of coaching technology......FlightScope. FlightScope is a radar tracking system used for analysing club motion and ball flight. The feedback it provides allows coaches to give pupils a totally unique learning experience.

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Instinctive Golf Master Coaches
Kendal McWade	Glasgow, Scotland		kendal@instinctivegolf.com
Paul Eales	Garstang, Lancashire		pauleales@talk21.com
Paul Affleck	Glasgow, Scotland		paulaffleck@instinctivegolf.com
Instinctive Golf Coaches
Alison Johns	Lincolnshire		alisonjohns@sky.com
Gavin Cousins	Buckinghamshire		gavincousins73@hotmail.co.uk
Noel Woodman	Worcestershire		noel_woodman@yahoo.co.uk
Scott Dixon	Mid Lothian, Scotland		dixon910@hotmail.com
Peter Wright	Germany		petethepro1@aol.com
Steve McComish	Mid Lothian, Scotland		sjwmco@hotmail.com
Stewart McGregor	London		stewmcg@tiscali.co.uk
Steven Orr	West Sussex		so@cga-golf.com
Andy Henderson	Poland		andy_hendy1@hotmail.com
Dean Robertson	Glasgow, Scotland		deangolf@aol.com
Drew Davren	Glasgow, Scotland		drew.davren@googlemail.com
Jeremy Dale	Leicestershire		jeremy@jeremydale.com
Adrian Rudge	Spain		adi.rudge@yahoo.com
Colin Crofts	Germany		colincrofts@t-online.de
Mark Van Haagen	Austria		mrvanhaagen@hotmail.com
Instinctive Golf Master Practitioners
Russell Adams	Worcestershire		russelladamspga@fsmail.net
Andy Patterson	Isle of Man		patty@manx.net
Andy Evans	Holland		andygolfpro@hotmail.com
Jim Hetherington	West Sussex		jah@cga-golf.com
Adrian Ambler	Yorkshire		ambler25@blueyonder.co.uk
Stephen Duncan	Glasgow, Scotland		stephenduncangolf@hotmail.co.uk
Mark Whittingham	Holland		markwhittingham@home.nl
Gillian Burrell	Ireland		gburrell@eircom.net
Michael Williams	Derbyshire		ann@williams3761.freeserve.co.uk
Christian Carsberg	Buckinghamshire		christiancarsberg@hotmail.com
Mark Davies	Denmark		mpdgolf1979@hotmail.com
Claudio Fiore	Italy		clod2001@jumpy.it
Instinctive Golf Practitioners
Shaun Cunningham	Austria		shaun.cunningham@aon.at
Huw Thomas	Austria		huwthms@yahoo.co.uk
James Godbold	Australia		jimmygodbold@hotmail.com
Andrew Maw	England		andrew.maw@tiscali.co.uk
Paul Henshaw	England		p_henshaw@hotmail.com
Stuart Collier	Buckinghamshire		scollier@stokeparkclub.com
Frederik von der Heyden	Germany		info@vdh-golf.de
David Copeland	Glasgow, Scotland		dcopeland@bettingjobs.com
Ian Mathieson	Germany		ian.matheson@t-online.de
John Twissell	Lancashire		john@tayloredgolf.com
Philip DeValle	Austria		devallep@yahoo.com
Daniel Webster	Lancashire		daniel.webster@web4golf.co.uk
Teunis Stolk	Venezuela		tefestolk@yahoo.com
John Francis	London		john.francis57@ntlworld.com
Roger Goodfellow	Italy		roger.goodfellow@tesco.net
Andy Hawkins	Spain		andy@adrianrudgegolfpro.com
Eivind Jordell	Norway		eivind@uppard-lloyd.com
Joachim Lange	Norway		jl@uppard-lloyd.com

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