Playing Professional with Tour Experience
Florian Dinhobl
Playing Professional turned mental performance coach — helping ambitious golfers bridge the gap between range and competition.
Former playing professional. Mental coach for golfers. · Vienna, Österreich · Golf
Starting Price
$45.00
Credentials
Highlights
- Turned professional after several competitive amateur seasons, reaching the professional tour level
- Trained under nine different coaches, spanning Olympic sport backgrounds and European Tour experience
- Specialises exclusively in mental performance and on-course strategy — the factors that actually decide tournament outcomes
- Works strictly 1:1 with a limited client roster for maximum individual focus
- Based at Golfclub Föhrenwald, one of eastern Austria's most prestigious and traditional Championship venues
Teaching Philosophy
My coaching philosophy starts with a simple observation from my own playing career: the players who struggled in competition rarely had a technique problem. They struck the ball beautifully on the range. What broke down under pressure was what was going on in their heads while they swung. That is what I work on. I do not begin with tools or templates. I begin by understanding you — your game, your patterns, how you carry yourself after a bad hole, what your internal voice sounds like when the pressure is on. The difference between swinging with a warning in your head and swinging with an intention is not a small thing. It shows up in the result, reliably. I work with ambitious golfers who already have a swing coach and want to build the mental layer that makes their technical game actually perform when it counts. We look at tournament preparation, on-course decision-making, and the thoughts and habits that are costing you shots — not on the range, but where it matters. I believe real change takes time, honesty, and commitment. I do not offer quick fixes, and I am transparent about that from the start. What I offer is a structured, personal working relationship built around weekly check-ins, specific tasks for the range and course, tournament preparation and review, and genuine availability when you need it most. I take on a limited number of players at a time so that every player I work with gets my full attention.
About the coach
I'm a 28-year-old Austrian playing professional and golf performance coach based at Golfclub Föhrenwald, near Wiener Neustadt. I picked up a golf club at 16 with one ambition: to turn professional. After several competitive amateur seasons, I made that step — and it taught me more about performance than any textbook could.
Along the way I worked with nine different coaches, from Olympic sport backgrounds to coaches with European Tour experience. Technically, I had access to the best help available. And yet, what cost me shots in tournaments was almost never technique. Most golf problems are not golf problems. If you strike it well on the range and not in competition, you do not have a technical problem. You have a problem with what is going on in your head while you swing.
That realisation became the foundation of everything I do as a coach. Today I work exclusively with ambitious golfers — competitive amateurs, tournament players, and professionals — who want to close the gap between how they play in practice and how they perform on the course. I specialise in mental performance and on-course strategy: the inner game that technique alone cannot fix.
I am not a replacement for your swing coach. I work alongside him. My role is to help you manage your mind, sharpen your strategy, and build the mental habits that hold up when the stakes are real. I work 1:1 only and take on a limited number of players — because individual focus is not a nice-to-have, it is the whole point.
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Free 15-Min Kick-off Call
Book a free 15-minute call to discuss your goals and how we can work together. This is a great way for us to get to know each other and see if we're a good fit!
Schedule ConsultationMonthly 1:1 Coaching
2 Zoom Lessons- 2 x 30min Zoom Lessons/mo
- Two 30-minute Zoom calls each month
- Live sessions with me. We look at where you stand, adjust the plan, and go deeper on the patterns that keep costing you shots. You book them when they suit you.
- A training plan you actually work with
- We set out what you work on and why. It is built around you, not around a standard programme.
- Ongoing feedback between the calls
- You tell me how the plan is holding up — in practice and in competition. What worked, what didn't, where you got stuck. I respond by video or voice message, specific to you.
- Adjustments as you go
- The plan changes when it needs to. That is the point of staying in contact rather than meeting once and hoping.
- Reachable when it matters
- If something goes sideways during a tournament week, you can message me.
- I work 1:1 only and take on a limited number of players. I am not a replacement for your swing coach — I work alongside him.
3 Lesson Package
3 Zoom Lessons- Three 30-minute Zoom sessions, booked at your own pace.
- Session 1 — We look at where you actually stand. Your game, your patterns, what happens in competition that doesn't happen in practice.
- Session 2 — We build the plan. What you work on, why, and how it fits into the training you already do.
- Session 3 — You've had time to work with it. We go through what held up, what didn't, and what needs to change.
- This is a starting point, not a fix. If you're not sure whether this kind of work is for you, start here. If you already know you want to go deeper, take the ongoing option instead.
First Session & Roadmap
1 Zoom Lesson- One 30-minute Zoom session. We go through where you actually stand: your game, your patterns, and what happens in competition that doesn't happen in practice. I ask, you talk.
- Afterwards you get a written roadmap from me. What I see, what I'd work on first, and in what order. Two or three things you can start with straight away.
- No commitment and no obligation to continue. If we build on it, we turn the roadmap into a proper plan in the monthly coaching. If you'd rather work with it on your own, that's fine too.
