My grandfather started my interest in golf at the tender age of three, yes THREE..... From there I went on playing until I decided that golf was the game for me. At the time of this decision I also played tennis at a national level and football for my local city Lagoa so, the decision was a serious one for a 12-year-old.

Soon after this major decision I went to a boarding school in England, Millfield. For those not familiar with it, it is a very sports-orientated school where the objective was to improve my golf skills and play more tournament golf at a higher level.

After getting my handicap down to 7, at the age of 15, I decided it was time to come home to Portugal and try my luck out here on the amateur circuit. Over the next three years I managed to play my way up the scale and was in the top three in Portugal in the sub 18-year-old category. Just before I turned 18 I was playing off plus 4.1 (-4.1).

I then took the decision to turn professional as I wanted to play at a higher standard and try my luck with the big boys. I realised after a short while that this wasn’t going to be easy. I kept working hard and tried my best to play better and improve my skills. It paid off because over the next couple of years I moved my way up the Portuguese PGA ranking and was playing quite a lot of tournaments in a year. I started to play tournaments on the Alps Tour which is based mostly in France and also on the EPD tour which is mostly based in Germany.

After a number of repetitive injuries, with one that still plays up today being a bad wrist injury, I took the plunge and studied for a golf psychology degree to help me further understand what makes a good golfer and to enable me to help others with the conscious and sub-conscious aspect of their game.

During my last season as a playing golf professional I was standing 4th in Portugal on ranking points. I have been a playing golf professional for six years and now I have turned my sights on helping others improve their golf skills in all areas, including the mental side of the game.

So if you would like to improve your game give me call...