Jordan Byrne

About the Candidate

Jordan Byrne is a graduate of the Health Sciences University with a MSc Degree in Sport Psychology. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, now based in the UK, I am is passionate about sport and performance psychology, I seeks the opportunity to work in the field of psychology, helping others achieve success in whichever domain they require.

The immediate goal is to be working in an area or field whereby I can apply my psychological skills, as well as all other relevant operational and interactional skills that I have acquired through years of varying jobs and areas of interest in which I have worked.

Academy Assistant and Performance Coach – Golf At Goodwood (2024 – Present)

– Point of contact for all Academy related queries, programmes and operations.

– Academy receptionist, POS and sales queries.

– New hardware sales across all affiliated brands (Ping, Callaway, Titleist, Odyssey, EvnRoll, US Kids, Scotty Cameron.)

– Club repairs – regripping, reshafting, loft and lie, customisation.

– Custom fitting of all club brands with use of TrackMan.

– Delivery of junior golf programmes, Get Into Golf programmes, and team coaching programmes.

– Acting as the clubs welfare officer, ensuring all processes and procedures are observed across the team.

– Assist and support in driving the clubs outreach program, ultimately ensuring Golf At Goodwood is working with the local community to help ’grow the game’, in particular working with local schools.

– Performance coach and sport psychology specialist – offering individual and group sessions centred around improving performance through the use of proven psychological techniques and skills.

– Currently in my second year of my PGA as a golf professional.

Golf Operations Assistant – Golf At Goodwood (2022 – 2024)

Front of house at two prestigious golf courses on the Goodwood Estate.

– Daily running of operations – general play, member events, corporate groups, VIP groups, pro events.

– Assisting members and guests with any golf specific requirements.

– Managing a 50+ large fleet of golf buggies, from maintenances plans to operational functions.

– First tee starting, marshalling and other on course interactional tasks.

– Planning and execution of small and large corporate golf days.

– Basic understanding of POS system.

– High level understanding of Intelligent Golf interface.

– Intermediate understanding of Golf Genius.