Declan Fishwick

About the Candidate

Professional Profile

A dependable, initiative-taking individual with a strong passion for golf,golf coaching and custom fitting with excellent customer service skills. Proven golf course operations familiarity, excellent communication skills, diligence, time management and above average computer competencies, including social media promotions. Excellent interpersonal, equipment customisation, club design, construction and repair, and event management skills that will help the enhancement of the member and visitor experience. I have been a PGA Professional member Huyton & Prescot, West Derby and Hurlston Hall Golf Club’s in the 7 years I have been a PGA Professional. I am interested in PGA Professional role for lively pro shops or golf establishments within the country.

Career Summary

key achievements

• Holds three Gross Club Championships.
• Holds five Order of Merits including one men’s Order of Merit.
• Represented Lancashire on numerous occasions, from under 14s to under 18s.
• Represent Leeds Beckett University Golf over 3 years, becoming League winners and Cup final runners up.
• Being an Adidas Golf Brand Ambassador from 2019 to 2020.
• Gaining a Foundation Degree in Professional Golf Studies.
• Becoming a fully qualified PGA Professional in 2022.
• Gaining a L2 Qualification in Golf Coaching.
• Multiple Club Level major winners from my Golf Coaching clients.
• Gaining PGA Professional Membership Status in 2023.
• Hold a valid DBS Certificate and Safeguarding & Protecting Children Certificate.
• Hold a valid First Aid Certificate.
• Multiple Top 5 finishes in PGA Tournaments as a Trainee.
• 5 Years Custom Fitting experience.
• 6 Years Club Building experience.
• 6 Years Golf Coaching experience.
• TaylorMade Master Fitter in 2025.
 

September 2025 – to date

PGA Professional & Custom Fitter

Hurlston Hall Golf Club, Ormskirk England
responsibilities

• Completion of range, studio and on course one to one coaching sessions.
• Completion of junior group sessions on the driving range and practice facilities. Multiple days a week, 3-5 sessions a week.
• Managing the Professional Shops stock including monthly stock takes, receiving deliveries, inputting stock, ensuring paperwork is filled out correctly and re-stocking the shops shelves.
• General upkeep of the Professional Shop including cleaning and remerchandising.
• General upkeep of the custom fitting studio. Ensuring all brands, shafts and heads are in the correct area and displayed for ease of use and well merchandised.
• Completion of golf club repairs including re-grips, re-shafting, re-gluing, shaft shortening, lengtheningand loft and lie adjustments.
• Day to day running of the Professional Shop including answering the shops phone, providing excellent customer service to members and visitors and selling shop stock to the best of my ability.
• Day to day running of the driving range, including general cleanliness, collecting range balls, ensuring GC Quads and screens are functioning correctly, selling range balls to members and visitors and promoting the Happy Hour and range card promotional offers.
• Managing the 1st tee, ensuring that all members, guests and visitors were properly dressed according to Golf Club rules and that all visitors playing had a tee time booked and had paid their Green Fee.
• Completion of members ‘Club MOT’s’, custom fitting sessions and assistance on demo days at the Golf Club.
• Running of weekly Custom Fitting nights on the driving range. Using GC Quad and the brands Taylormade, Titleist and Ping.

 

2024 – August 2025

Head PGA Professional (Dual Role)

West Derby Golf Club, Liverpool England
responsibilities

• Overall running and completion of all coaching sessions at the golf club. (Including groups and individual sessions).
• Running of member mid-week competitions and Saturday competitions which included majors almost every week, updating WHS handicaps, Printing scorecard labels, checking scorecards for winners, DQ’S and 2’s, inputting winnings onto members accounts and emailing out the full breakdown of results.
• Managing members Professional Shop accounts with monthly updates to the ClubV1 system showing accurate accounts to the members of their Professional Shop credit to comply with GDPR.
• Managing and operating the Professional Shops social media accounts. (Instagram).
• Managing and operating all Golf Coaching social media accounts. (Instagram).
• Managing the Professional Shops stock including regular trips to our parent store to collect needed stock, stock takes, receiving deliveries, inputting stock, ensuring paperwork is filled out correctly and re-stocking the shops shelves.
• General upkeep of the Professional Shop including cleaning and remerchandising.
• Completion of golf club repairs including re-grips, re-shafting, re-gluing, shaft shortening and lengthening.
• Day to day running of the Professional Shop including answering the shops phone, providing excellent customer service to members and visitors and selling shop stock to the best of my ability.
• Managing the 1st tee, ensuring that all members, guests and visitors were properly dressed according to Golf Club rules and that all visitors playing had a tee time booked and had paid their Green Fee.
• Daily management of Green Fees including a weekly sit down with the Golf Clubs financial officer to accurately account the Professional Shops Green Fee intake to the club’s financial data.
• Overall running and completion of all custom fitting sessions at the Golf Club.

2024 – To Date

PGA Professional (Dual Role)

True Fit Golf Centre, Warrington England
responsibilities

• Serving Driving Range Golf Balls and Top Tracer screens to customers.
• General upkeep of the driving range including collecting baskets, fixing broken power tees Top Tracer Screens.
• Managing the Golf Stores stock including receiving deliveries, inputting stock, ensuring paperwork is filled out correctly, re-stocking the stores shelves and allocating stock to our other stores.
• General upkeep of the Golf Store including cleaning and remerchandising.
• Completion of golf club repairs including re-grips, re-shafting, re-gluing, shaft shortening and lengthening.
• Day to day running of the Golf Store including answering the shops phone, providing excellent customer service, booking in custom fittings, providing demo equipment for customers to trial on the Driving Range and selling shop stock to the best of my ability.
2019 –2024

PGA Assistant Professional

Huyton & Prescot Golf Club, Liverpool England
responsibilities

• Overall running and completion of all coaching sessions at the golf club. (Including groups and individual sessions).
• Running of member mid-week competitions and Sunday competitions which included 2-week majors and checking scorecards for winners, DQ’S and 2’s.
• Managing and operating the Professional Shops Shopify website.
• Managing and operating the Professional Shops social media accounts. (Instagram & Facebook).
• Managing and operating all Golf Coaching social media accounts. (Instagram).
• Managing the Professional Shops stock including regular stock takes, receiving deliveries, inputting stock, ensuring paperwork is filled out correctly and re-stocking the shops shelves.
• General upkeep of the Professional Shop including cleaning and remerchandising.
• Completion of golf club repairs including re-grips, re-shafting, re-gluing, shaft shortening and lengthening.
• Day to day running of the Professional Shop including answering the shops phone, providing excellent customer service to members and visitors and selling shop stock to the best of my ability.

2017 to 2017

Warehouse Operative

Booker RDC2, Lancashire/England
responsibilities

• Picked goods accurately whilst ensuring picking targets are achieved
• Stacked pallets is a safe manner
• Effectively operated a LLOP (Low Level Order Picker) and hand pallet truck
2016– 2016

Receptionist Bookkeeper

Leech Bedrooms Ltd, Lancashire/England
responsibilities

• Perfectly entered customer order information in databases and excel spreadsheets
• Showed potential customers products at a showroom
• Stayed ahead of the scheduling process through effective filing and improvement of job plans
• Effectively coordinated with suppliers on orders accounts
• Distributed health and safety documents to staff members
• Supported Senior Management and provided sound advertising strategies
• Assisted estimators/fitters on ‘rip out’ jobs
2013– 2015

2018 – 2019

Golf Sales Assistant

Clarke’s Golf Centre, Rainford/England
responsibilities​

• Developed a suitable inventory system for the shop using various stock control techniques and maintained proper stock consistently
• Provided insight on market trends, purchasing strategies and promotion of golf equipment and clothing
• Offered an enhanced custom golf club fitting to ensure proper fit and good performance
• Assisted with general housekeeping of the shop, teaching and fitting facilities while ensuring sound practice facility operations
• Offered excellent club repair services including re-gripping, shortening and club extension
• Promoted sales through POS advertising
2013– 2014

Bar Tender and Waiter

Compass Group Plc, Chertsey/England
responsibilities

• Responsible for making sure that the bar area was always properly stocked
• Maintained the bar area by keeping it clean and by making sure the paths to the service areas were not cluttered
• Served non-alcoholic beverages at large events including Grand National and other functions at Haydock racecourse
• Managed high volume events and served three course meals at races and other high-volume functions ensuring adequate and timely responses to all guest requests
• Ensured quality table maintenance through ongoing upkeep of guest’s tables throughout their entire dining experience
 

Education

2019 – 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 – 2018
 

 

 

 

Foundation Degree in Professional Golf Studies

PGA Training Academy via Birmingham University

 

 

Result

Pass

 

 

BA Hons in Business Studies

Leeds Beckett University, West Yorkshire/UK
Result

2:2 Classification
2013 – 2015

Carmel Sixth Form College, St Helens Merseyside/UK
final year results

Business Studies (B) History (B) Economics (C)
2008 – 2013

St Augustine’s of Canterbury RC High School, St Helens Merseyside/UK
gcse

English Language (B) English Literature (C) Math (C) Core Science (B) Information Technology (BTEC Pass) Business Studies (D) History (B) Resistant Materials (C) Religious Education (A)
Competencies

IT Skills

Microsoft Office

Sky Track Launch Monitor

Business Promotion via social media

Mevo+ Launch Monitor

Drivers Licence: Full Clean UK

 

Interests

Playing Darts. Competed in Unicorn PDC development tour and gained a world ranking position, competed in super league darts in the ‘Super 8’ division, competing in Charity Golf Events, Watching Live Music, Studying and Researching Military History including visits to Normandy, Berlin and Krakow.

 

Volunteer Work

Assist the St. Helens Youth Darts Academy with duties including stage set up, coaching, and refereeing.

Assist in St. Helens Dart Shop when I can.