Golf Academy

Meet the Pros

Holywood's Golf Professionals

Meet our resident golf professionals, ready to work with you and better your score.

Kyle Clarke

Kyle has been a member of the Holywood Golf Club staff since September 2021, he has worked primarily across the Performance Academy and will be a familiar face to you.Kyle started playing at 10 years old at Clandeboye Golf Club, he went on to represent the club at both a junior and senior level.Kyle is now mid-way through his PGA Training and has now been coaching for a year.Prior to joining HGC, Kyle attended University in Manchester ...

Mickhail Hernadez

Mickhail is a new start at HGC.Born in Oman to Filipino parents, and raised in Vancouver, Canada. Mickhail started playing golf at the age of 12 and competed at junior and senior level.Mickhail received a golf scholarship to Minot State University, North Dakota and represented Western Canada in international golf matches.Mickhail has worked in the golf industry for many years and will bring a wealth of club fitting knowledge to HGC hav...

Michael O'Hara

Michael O’Hara is a newcomer to HGC.Michael is 24 years old and originally from Derry/Londonderry.In the last few years Michael has completed a BSC in Sport & Exercise Science with Ulster University.Michael was an avid golfer during the summer months as a youngster, however golf became his sole sporting focus in 2019/2020 when he was diagnosed with a condition that left him partially sighted in one eye.Michael is now fully focused ...

Ricky McCormick

Dedicated to helping all golfers from complete beginners to elite level. I am a big believer in building a relationship with every golfer, allowing them to understand their own physical abilities and how that effects their shot patterns. We can then develop an efficient swing through good fundamentals and the golfers own body movements. “Golfers will benefit the most from a healthy and efficient body. TPI does not believe in one way t...