Mark Brooker completed his Australian Professional Golfers Association traineeship in 2000 graduating in the top 5 Academic and was awarded the Henry Griffith Scholarship to study in the USA, in the same year he obtained his diploma in Business Management from Griffith University, Queensland and completed his level 3 Accreditation in Professional Coaching. Mark has since achieved the advanced coaching classification and is a certified member of the Professional Golfers Association of Australia.Mark began his professional career after performing strongly in state and amateur tournaments. He confirmed his early playing promise by winning his tour card for the PGA Tour of Australasia but was enticed back to club golf when he was offered a position as the Golf Operations Manager/Golf Teaching Professional at Royal Canberra Golf Club.Mark’s strong desire to maximise his playing potential quickly refocussed on teaching. Putting into practice the golf techniques he had learnt in lessons from some of Australia’s finest coaches; Alex Mercer, Gary Edwin, Laurie Montague, Peter Knight and Ross Herbert and combining this with the philosophies of contemporary instructors Mike Hebron and Pia Nilsson (Vision 54), he has developed a coaching style focussed on having players discover their natural talent and how to play their best golf rather than enforcing a technical template. In addition to establishing an excellent reputation as a teaching professional Mark has had the opportunity to develop his golf management skills as the Golf Operations Manager at Royal Canberra Golf Club, ranging from daily operations, running a large number of corporate and charity events within the club, to project managing three international ladies professional tournaments. Mark brings to his clients significant management expertise, strong computer and project management skills, as well as the finely honed characteristics and attributes of a successful golf instructor.