Sarah Attwood

About the Candidate

Name Sarah Attwood
Date of Birth 23.05.1986
Nationality English
Driver Full license
Address 26 Maltward Avenue, Bury St Edmunds
Email sarahattwoodpga@gmail.com
Mobile 07500 955223
Education University of Birmingham (2019-2022)
Pass
Cottenham Village College (1997-2002)
D, C, D, D, C, C, C
Long Road Sixth Form College (2002-2004)
Pass, Pass, C, D

Education
University of Birmingham PGA Foundation Degree 2019-2022
Long Road Sixth Form College 2002-2004 GNVQ Leisure and Tourism and Business Studies, GCSE
English Language and Maths.
Adult evening classes, Hills Road Sixth Form 2016.
Cottenham Village College GCSE’s
Milton Primary School

Current Position – PGA Assistant Professional and PGA Coach at Bury St Edmunds Golf Club
My current role at this private members’ club is offering group and individual lessons on all aspects of the game to club members, men’s and women’s club teams, junior members and visitors. I organise a Pathway To Golf Coaching Programme for new golfers. Have a Proagenda online coaching diary for booking individual lessons.
I use my own Foresight GC3 launch monitor and Skillest coaching app to deliver high-quality golf lessons to aspiring players.
I also do a few hours in the retail shop as one of the assistants. Jobs include selling merchandise, club repair and setting up and closing daily club competitions. I do custom fit for those wanting new equipment.
Extra: I also offer online coaching through Skillest (a coaching platform for worldwide clients wanting lessons) and have a coaching profile on PGA Play to secure coaching appointments. I also have an Instagram page to post my coaching drills and lessons.

PGA Golf Professional coach at Ladies British Open Swing Zone
Coached at the AIG Women’s British Open 2019 at Woburn Golf Club, 2024 at St Andrews, 2025
Royal Porthcawl. Worked as a coach with other fellow professionals, giving 20-minute individual lessons to the spectators and sponsors in the Swing Zone area for the whole duration of the tournament.

Golf Professional at Fynn Valley Golf Club Ipswich, Suffolk
I had been teaching at the golf club while doing the World Golf Teaching Federation of Great Britain & Northern Ireland teaching course. I was the resident teacher and assistant in the pro shop. I gave individual lessons to members and non-members and organised the junior academy throughout the year. I attended a Foremost Workshop at Bishop Stortford GC. I taught a variety of players from beginners to low handicap amateurs, Suffolk teams and women’s club teams.

I.T. SKILLS
I am competent in all Adobe Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator; I have a good knowledge of Word and PowerPoint.

Tour Professional Golfer 2014 – 2016 Job Role / Skills:
● Organising travel and accommodation across Europe
● Managing sponsors
● Handling Invoices and payments.
● Organising and arranging days for training and working with the coach
● Playing on the Jamega Ladies Tour, LET Access Series, PGA East and Suffolk Regions Tour
● Dealing with pressure and keeping calm in all circumstances.
● Managing time efficiently
● Using my strong personal skills to communicate with players, tournament officials and other
people.

Key Achievements in the Golf Professional Role:
2026 and previous years, I coach our club’s Junior Golf Development programme and am involved with coaching our ladies’ club teams.
Have joined an online coaching hub, Skillest.
Have been recognised as a Teaching Professional/Coach on the PGA Play’s website.
Played and finished 4th in 2025 and T8 in 2026 at the Justin Rose Ladies Series and was featured on the Sky Sports Golf channel.
2025- I coached in the PGA Coaching Zone at the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.
At my current club, I built up a second coaching indoor studio with Foresight GC3 Launch monitor data and cameras that offer top-quality swing analysis.
Achieved top 50th in the European Masters on the Ladies European Tour. Achieved the Final Stage of Qualifying School in Morocco in 2016.
As a member of the Gog Magog Golf Club and after playing top amateur golf competitions for 12 years and having a handicap of +2, I decided to turn pro in 2013. I started my professional career competing on the Ladies Jamega Tour for a year, where I won 1 event. During my second year, I moved to the Ladies European LET Access Tour, playing events all over Europe.
My biggest success came when I was invited to play in the ISPS Handa Ladies European Master in 2015 at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club. I finished 57th of a field of 144 players. Other highlights were that I was senior county champion at the age of 16, the youngest ever to have won in Cambridgeshire and won 2 more in subsequent years; I came 5th in the WPGA at Stoke by Nayland.
In 2015, on the LET Access series, I made 7 out of 12 cuts. I have also attended England Girls Training at Stratford Oaks Golf Club with coach Andy Dunbar. Through my golfing career, I have had many PGA coaches, to name a few: Barney Puttick Mid Herts GC, Simon Garner from Brocket Hall and Lawrence Farmer.
Playing as an amateur, I finished 3rd in the English Ladies Strokeplay at Siloth GC. Also played in numerous open qualifiers at the Berkshire GC, and in 2014 I qualified for the final at Southport and Ainsdale GC.

Other Employment
Camp America & Coaching Sport
In 2012 I went to America to be a camp counsellor for a Girl Scouts camp for 10 weeks over the summer. My duties included looking after kids for a week at a residential camp, which involved all sports and learning activities. Also, all camp staff had to take a course for working with children, be CRB checked and qualify to be a Red Cross first aid lifeguard on site.

Royal Household, Balmoral Castle
After attending my interview at Buckingham Palace, I worked for six weeks away at Balmoral Castle doing household duties for the Royal household in 2010. While I was in Scotland working at the estate, I was allowed to play on the private 9-hole golf course.

King’s College Cambridge & King’s College Shop
Working as a custodian for the college, guiding tourists around the grounds and the chapel. Also worked in the King’s Shop as a retail assistant. 2009-2010

Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wardrobe Assistant on the touring Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Organising
clothes for members of the cast. Making sure all the costumes were ready and in the right place to enable the show to run smoothly in every one of the three performances a day. Taking instructions and the fast pace of the show was exciting, and I enjoyed working in a team of people with one goal in
mind. The show ran for three weeks, Dec 09–Jan 10.

Hobbies and Interests
Golf, playing musical instruments i.e. Guitar, keyboard/ piano, saxophone, drums, Amateur dramatics,
Charity fundraiser for MDF Bipolar Fellowship (www.mdf.org.uk) Designed wristbands and organised the selling from their website, walking/cycling, reading/learning
Learning Golf Coaching theories.

Achievements
PGA FdSc Golf Studies DE
PGA Coaching Levels 1,2,3
Red Cross First Aid Certificate
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Titleist University, Product, Fitting and Certification Training Platform
Certification for 2026 T-Series Product Education with Titleist University 2026
Certification for Scotty Cameron Phantom X Putter with Titleist University 2026
Certification for GTS Driver and Fairway product Education, Spring 2026 Titleist University
Certification for 2026 Titleist Golf Ball with Titleist University