Göte Dahlbäck, PGA Certified Golf Coach with over 30 years of experience and a putting specialist.
I’ve lived here on Costa del Sol since 2017 and give lessons in English and Swedish at PG Golf & Sports Academy. It’s the best practice facility on Costa del Sol, with TrackMan Technology and a great café.
They have the best training facilities on Costa del Sol with 29 TrackMans, both without a roof and under a roof. They also have putting and chipping/pitching greens, a good café and great atmosphere.
This is definitely the best golf shop on Costa del Sol. They offer custom fitting, all kind of golf equipment, clothes and shoes, used clubs, full club repair service, rental clubs and even a lefties corner.
Get your Green Card so you can get a Spanish Golf Federation hcp card(€80 extra). You can choose to do this alone or with friends/family. You can also decide the speed at which you want to progress, whether you prefer to follow an intensive program, or spread your lessons over a longer period of time.
This is a 10h course where you will learn all the different parts of the game. A 9 holes test on the course and the theory test are also included, to see that you’re ready to start your golfing journey. The best sport in the world for all ages!
The golf swing is the most important thing in golf, that even the best players in the world try to improve consistently, with the help of a coach.
Maybe you have a specific shot that doesn’t work or you want to learn a shot. The swing might be very inconsistent when it comes to ball striking, distance control, dispersion etc.
What I normally do is that I let the student hit some balls, so I get an opinion about the swing and hear the student tell me what feels good and bad. Then we start working from there.
The swing is a very unnatural movement for the body and that’s why it’s so hard to get a solid and repeatable swing. The more solid your swing gets, the ball striking, distance, distance control and dispersion will improve automatically. Students that buy a 5 or 10 lessons package makes it possible for us to build a long term plan and make changes in several parts of the swing to reach our goal. Between the lessons the students that buy a 5 or 10 lesson package, can send me videos of the progress on what we’re working on and I can give you feedback between the lessons, free of charge of course.
For a lot of players the swing and shots feel great on the range, but on the course it’s actually in some way a different sport. For example if you hit a bad shot on the range, you just hit a new ball. If you hit a bad shot on the course, you’re normally in trouble.
Course Management is something important that I focus on. What side of the tee to play from depending on how the hole looks and if you curve the ball more to the left or the right. To learn how much the wind and hitting up or down a slope affects the shot and club choice. How to try and take the most dangerous and difficult parts of the course out of play as much as possible. You learn so much during a playing lesson, that it’s something I really recommend to do sometimes and it will definitely improve your game and hcp.
I’ve never taken a putting lesson in my whole life. I took a lot of other golf lessons when I started playing golf(like I recommend everybody to do), but putting is a totally different game within the game.
I decided therefore to develop something myself, that would make me an extremely good putter, which I became fast. So I see and teach putting in a bit different way than many other coaches.
For 15 years I used a chest putter and for over 15 years I’ve used a normal length putter, so I can teach you both type of putting.
The short game is an extremely important part of the game, where I see a lot of golfers practice it way to little. An 18 hcp player maybe hit 45 full shots during a round and 45 short pitches, chips, bunker shots and putts. Many players practice 80-90% on the range and only 10-20% short game.
I have 3 different options of chipping, to find the one that works best for each individual student. Bunker shots have some varieties and small pitches around the green can be done in many different ways, depending on the lie, thickness of the grass, distance, an obstacle to carry so you need to hit it high etc.
If you take a short game lesson with me, I’m sure that we can improve things fast.
I see so many group classes with 10-12 students, which I personally think is way too many. With 12 students the coach gets 5 min with each student per hour. That’s why I have maximum 4 persons, so I have plenty of time with each student.
By joining a group class 1 or 2h/week for 4 weeks, makes it possible for us to build a long term plan and make changes in several parts of the swing to reach our goals. Between the lessons you can send me videos of the progress on what we’re working on and I can give you feedback, free of charge of course.
As a former elite junior in tennis, military trained and a good competitive fighter in Karate and Taekwondo for 10 years, means that I know a lot about muscle and flexibility training and a suitable diet to build a strong golf adapted body and a healthy weight.
All this knowledge I’ve gained by being active in sports my whole life, I’ll share for free. Join a group class to fulfill your potential and keep that level.
Do you want to hit it longer than now? There are a few different ways to accomplish that, but one way I’m quite sure that I’m the only coach here on Costa del Sol(and probably one of the few in the world)that can teach this method.
That option is to use a 48 inch driver. I’ve seen men and women competing in long driving competitions a few times and curious as I am, love to experiment and discover new things, I decided to learn this and hit it longer.
The first obvious challenge was that they need to hit 1 out of 6 straight when they are competing. My goal was to hit 5 out of 6 straight on the fairway when I play golf. The second challenge was that the only coaches that I could find that knew anything about 48 inch drivers, was of course long driving coaches and that was of no use for me, so once again I became my own coach. Just like with my putting, where I’ve never taken one lesson and it’s the strongest side of my game.
It took me a couple of months and maybe 5000 balls, before I had figured out what shafts to use, how to address the ball, the takeaway, the position on top and how to swing and release a 48” driver, so it goes straight and long. I played 10 round with it as soon as possible and hit an astonishing 82% of the FIR(fairways in regulation)and my distance average increased with around 25m/27y.
If you want to try, book a lesson. I have long shafts with different flexes that you can borrow with Cobra, Callaway and TM sleeves and use your own head. Don’t miss this opportunity to maybe find a way, that will suit you perfectly and gain 25m more.
I used a chest putter for 15 years and I know that a lot of players would become better at putting with a chest putter. After this lesson you will understand the keys to become a better putter or maybe try a chest putter for the first time(I have LH & RH chest putters that are free to loan during the lesson if you need).
Some people think that chest putters are banned, but they aren’t. They are not allowed to be anchored against the chest anymore, but you can do like Bernard Langer for example and hold it 1cm(0,5 inch)from the chest.
