Richie Gallichan

About the coach

My name is Richie Gallichan and I have always defined myself as a golfer.

My father introduced me to the game at the age of 2. For this I feel very fortunate. For most of my adult life I have been a tournament professional. Around 5 years ago, at the age of 27 I decided to take 3 years to do my PGA apprenticeship and transition my energy into coaching and helping others better their golfing experience.

I have been coaching at Bonville Golf Resort, which is widely suggested to be Australia's most beautiful golf course, for the last 2 years and take pleasure in my work.

I value personal relations and try to gather as much information as I can about each person. This gives me the best chance to understand the way the player likes to learn new skills and how 'technical' they would like me to be. Generally speaking, I believe in simplicity. I like to ensure my clients understand 'why' I am getting them to make a certain change and how this will benefit their game.

I believe in the modern day methods of coaching and place a high importance on a combination of body rotation, use of the lever system and a shallow shaft plane in the downswing. I also believe that there are many ways to make it work and pride myself on adaptability to the individual.

But above all I really ensure that the player understands their own golf swing and why they get certain results. Once you understand something it becomes a whole lot easier to remedy.

Golf is the greatest game on earth and I am privileged to be able to help others find the same enjoyment that I have found for the last 30 years.

Videos

Complete change - it's not that hard to do!!

From steep and slice to shallow and draw