Charlie Holt

About the Candidate

CHARLIE HOLT
PGA Trainee Applicant

Contact
Address: 44 Pasadena Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 8HQ

Phone: 07834 854039

Email: charlieholt2008@gmail.com

Profile
Dedicated and motivated golf club assistant with hands-on experience in pro shop operations, member service, competition administration, and golf technology. Actively involved in coaching environments, club fitting sessions, and simulator-based practice support. Currently playing off a 6.2 WHS handicap with a structured training plan aimed at reaching scratch within two years and a current member of Childwall Golf Club in Liverpool.

Passionate about progressing into a PGA Trainee role, with strong ambition to develop expertise in coaching, club fitting, retail management, and the wider professional responsibilities of a modern PGA professional.

Key Skills

• Extensive Golf Knowledge & Player Development Understanding
• Customer Service Excellence & Member Engagement
• Communication & People Skills
• Club Fitting Foundations (Shadowing and Foresight Technology)
• Competition & Rules of Golf Administration
• Retail, Merchandising & Stock Control
• Simulator Operation (Foresight)
• IT Skills: POS Systems, Tee Booking Platforms, Microsoft Applications

Experience
Assistant | Mersey Valley Golf and Country Club | May 2025 – Present

• Manage daily pro-shop operations including opening/closing procedures, cash handling, and stock checks.
• Provide high-quality service to members and guests as the main first point of contact.
• Control tee bookings and maintain an accurate tee sheet.
• Support competition administration: start sheets, scorecard processing, results entry, and rules queries.
• Perform all club re-gripping services and assist with buggy fleet maintenance and safety.
• Operate the Foresight simulator for fittings, lessons, and member practice sessions.
• Shadowed the PGA Professional during club fitting sessions, gaining insight into custom fitting techniques.
• Coordinated daily course condition communications in partnership with the greenkeeping team. Maintaining quality standards and professionalism when overseeing temporary greens, hole closures, and seasonal winter rulings, whilst being transparent with members.

Tournament Caddie | Jul–Aug 2025

• Open Qualifying (Caldy Golf Club): Supported elite amateur and professional players with yardages, club selection discussions, and course strategy.
•  Junior European Open (Reddish Vale GC): Provided on-course support, assisting with decision-making and focus management.

Seasonal Sales Assistant | Next Retail Ltd | Sep 2024 – Jan 2024

• Delivered friendly and efficient customer service during peak trading periods.
• Supported stock replenishment, merchandising and retail floor organisation.

Education

• BTec Triple Sports Coaching & Development | Robbie Fowler Football Academy | Sep 2024 – Present.

Relevant modules: Sports Coaching, Performance Analysis, Fitness Testing.

GCSEs | Great Sankey High School (2019–2024)

• Math’s
• English Language
• English Literature
• PE
• History
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Spanish
• Religious Studies

Achievements

• Current WHS Handicap: 6.2, working towards scratch within two years.
• Current member of Childwall Golf Club.
• Active competitor in club competitions and Junior Open events.
• Trusted to manage shop operations independently during busy periods.
• Caddying experience in amateur and professional tournament play.
• Retained for eight years within the Burnley FC academy set-up, requiring a consistent high standard of professionalism, discipline and responsibility while representing the club and its values.

References
Available on request.