Originally from Banbury, England, Kevin Healey turned professional in 1992. His goals at the time were to play tournament golf and get his full card on the European Tour. During this time Kevin taught and played with members at his golf club and he became a fully qualified member of the PGA in 1995. He combined playing and coaching until 1997, where at that point he decided on becoming a full time golf coach.

In 1998, he moved to a relatively new golf school near Open Championship venue, Royal St Georges in Kent, England, where he created coaching programs and brought new people into the game and coached alongside Phillip Sparks, a respected coach and entrepreneur who Kevin to this day rates as one of the biggest influences in his career. He stayed there until a coaching job became available in 1999 at Nicklaus/Flick golf schools in London.
Kevin moved to Nicklaus/Flick Golf Schools in Gravesend near London. He generated a position that began without any lessons which eventually saw 70-80 lessons being booked weekly. He also created new coaching programs for the school with the other instructors and redeveloped existing ones.

In 1999 a colleague of Kevin’s returned from Australia. Knowing that Kevin was coming over to Australia for Christmas holidays he told him about Gary Edwin, an Instructor based on the Gold Coast who at that time was responsible for developing many good players, notably Rod Pampling and Peter Lonard but also had an interesting theory on the swing. After one lesson with Gary during the holiday, Kevin’s swing and game improved remarkably.

Kevin emigrated to Australia in 2000, and after an initial learning period he spent 6 years as a senior coach with the Gary Edwin’s golf academy at the Glades on the Gold Coast. This gave him the experience he needed to become a more knowledgeable coach and get results with all levels of players. Very early on Kevin assisted Gary with professionals like Peter Lonard, Peter Senior, Rod Pampling, but as time went on he developed his own client base and stable of players .

Now in 2007 Kevin has 11 Tour players (listed below) that he currently coaches, plus a large following of top amateurs and club golfers of all ages and abilities. He has been involved with Griffith University for 6 years as a Lecturer and coach with the Golf management and skills program, and more recently over the last 2 years has been working with the new PGA International Golf Institute.

With moving to Hope Island he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, plus great ambitions for taking the Hope Island Golf Academy to new heights with Peter Cote.

Kevin’s current list of Tour Players students

Brad Andrews - - Japan Golf Tour
Matthew Ballard - - Australian PGA Tour
Andrew Bonhomme - - Japan Golf Tour
Stuart Bouvier - - Australian PGA Tour
Michael Brennan - - Australian PGA Tour
Adrian Garnett - - Australian PGA Tour
Jason King - - Asian Tour / SBS Korean Tour
Tanyawat Saenphot - Asian Tour / SBS Korean Tour
Shane Tait - - Australian PGA Tour
Andrew Tampion - - European Tour
Peter Senior (In conjunction with Gary Edwin) European Tour