Meet the Golf team
Whether you’re a complete beginner or an elite player wanting to become professional, our golf team at Golf Central BNE will help you achieve all of your golfing goals both on the range and on the course.
Freddy Hay
PGA Professional Coach
With over 20 years of experience, Freddy Hay has a proven background in coaching and game development in both one to one environments and group clinics.
From beginners through to elite amateurs, Freddy enjoys combining his knowledge and skills with a range of teaching techniques and the latest technology to help take their game to the next level.
During his time as the Head Professional at Akarana Golf Club, Freddy developed and implement a Junior Golf Programme from 1993 to 1999. This then saw Freddy launch a Special Needs Programme for a member of the Australian Special Olympics team, opening the love of golf to those with disabilities.
“There is no better feeling than coaching someone to the point where they are able to achieve their desired score in a round and they begin to really love the game of golf!”
Nigel Lane
PGA Professional Coach
Nigel joins Golf Central with over 38 years of experience in the Golf Industry and is a P.G.A advanced coach. Earlier in Nigel’s golfing career he was awarded the Queensland PGA order of merit champion in both 1998 and 1999. Nigel has extensive coaching experience and has coached at courses all around the world including London, China and more recently in Brisbane.
Key achievements:
- 7yr PGA Tour veteran
- 1998 & 1999 Qld PGA Order of Merit Champion
- 1999 Jack Newton Celebratory Classic Winner
Nigel is a performance coach who can provide you with the knowledge and skills to become a consistent swinger, ball striker and most importantly a better player.
With a strong passion for coaching, Nigel teaches his students how to improve their overall game play through peek performance putting techniques, short game skills, and dynamic distance control methods and used by all successful players around the world.
“All of my students learn to deliver power correctly and enjoy bombing it down the middle time after time. Together we will forge a plan of action to reach your goals.”
Quinton Howe
PGA Professional Coach
Hello my name is Quinton, I grew up in the country as a little fella chasing golf balls and cows across the paddocks, golf has been my passion my whole life, its seen me travel the world playing in Australasian Tour events, European tour events, taken me to countries such as China, Thailand, Malaysia, New Zealand and America.
Playing great golf to me is about a lot of things linked together, swing technique, mental game, course strategy, putting, short game, long game, bunker game and recovery game, You’ll need to be efficient in every category to be the ultimate player.
My key strength to coaching is the way I communicate with my students, I can help ‘’the feel player’’ and I can also help those that need the information delivered in a technical manner.
From hanging around the best players and coaches all my life It’s time to share my experiences with any golfer from beginner to tour pro, I can’t wait to start a journey with you and make you the best player you can be.
Kieron Judges
PGA Professional Coach
Kieron completed his PGA training in England where he worked as a golf coach for 10 years before moving to Australia in 2016. He is extremely passionate about coaching and developing his knowledge to help golfers of all levels and experience.
Taking a holistic approach to coaching, he works with each golfer to understand their swing technique, the body-swing connection and the skills required to improve their golf game. This approach enables a golfer to understand their own game and how they can get the best from it, achieving what is the main goal for more enjoyment playing golf.
Whether you are just starting out, a regular on the links or an aspiring professional, Kieron can develop a plan for you to achieve your goals.
