Hole in One Golf Podcast - Alex Smith, PGA Teaching Professional & Director of Golf at IPGA Thailand #golfingtales #4 - a podcast by Jack Bull

It was great catching up with former Welsh player and tour professional Alex Smith who is now the director of golf at the IPGA golf academy, based in Bangkok, Thailand. For a long time, as a junior and youth player, Alex was the man to beat in Wales, winning the under 13’s and under 15’s Welsh titles, European Youth's team championship and also helping the Welsh Men's team achieve something that no other Welsh team ever has in 2002. Alex started playing at the Rhondda Golf Club and later joined Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club as a 15 year old  to experience the strong competitive environment and play and practice on a tough links course. We started off discussing the current environment and how Alex got into Golf. He goes on to talk more about competing with some of the best Amateurs in the World, getting through the gruelling first stage of European Tour Qualifying school, before moving into a very successful coaching career, based in Asia. We compare players that Alex competed against such as Graeme McDowell who won the 2010 US Open, to the newer type of players and discuss in more detail how his players can develop the game and the mindset to compete against the best players in the World in 2020 and beyond.

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