SIMON SHANKS
European Tour Coach
Simon Shanks | Elite Tour Coach
SIMON SHANKS is building himself a big reputation as one of the best golf coaches on Tour – with his players’ performances proving his point.
He’s guided Jordan Smith from top British amateur to European Tour winner and helped Eddie Pepperell win his elusive maiden European Tour title in the first week of working together at the 2018 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Shanks’ stable of players also includes Annabel Dimmock from the Ladies European Tour, in his close-knit group of British talent.
Along with coaching Jordan to amateur success and representing GB & I in the Walker Cup, Simon has coached many other players to international, national and regional success.
Simon was named in the Golf World Top 100 teachers in 2012 and also been named as the PGA coach of the year in England and Wales (South West) 2013.
Simon works with Trackman, high speed cameras and Zenio putting system at his teaching base at the prestigious Bowood Golf & Spa Resort in Wiltshire.
Jordan Smith | Rookie success story
In his rookie year on the European Tour, Jordan achieved his first victory, in the Porsche European Open, and finished his campaign 24th in the Race to Dubai.
The following year he proved his talent wasn’t a bluff when he completed the 2018 season with four top-10s, highlighted by a share of third place at the Volvo China Open. The 26-year-old is now 121st in the Official World Golf Ranking.
“Jordan progressed through the tours and neither of us ever sat down and said: ‘We want to get onto the European Tour,’ or be a top amateur.’ “It just happened!
One of our strengths was that we took each of his achievements a step at a time. Before you knew it, we were at the Walker Cup.
Once we got there, we were thinking, what’s next? EuroPro, Challenge Tour, European Tour…”
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Eddie Pepperell | Why Shanksey …
Last season, Shanks turned his coaching attention to one of golf’s most talented yet outspoken players, Eddie Pepperell, who had lost his European Tour card in 2016 but won it back via Q-School. However, he was still seeking his first win on Tour and his driver had been letting him down for a number of years.
Pepperell went on that season to earn numerous top-10s, including a sixth place finish at The Open, and then picked up a second win at the Sky Sports British Masters with Smith two places behind.
Pepperell has climbed to 36th in the world after his superb tied-third finish in the Players Championship, whereas he was 154th a year ago before his partnership with Shanksy began.
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Annabel Dimmock | Back to the grind ….
Annabel Dimmock has set her sights on making Europe’s Solheim Cup team after breaking into the winner’s circle at the Jabra Ladies Open last month.
Dimmock was picked for the 2014 European Junior Ryder Cup team at Blairgowrie in Scotland and would love to be on the plane to Gleneagles with her good friend Georgia Hall, the 2018 Women’s British Open champion, in September.
Speaking at Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club in Pattaya on Wednesday, Dimmock said:
“I had a few days off with my friends and family celebrating the win and then went to see my coach, Simon Shanks, and was like, right: let’s start again now. It’s been back to the grind.
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