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After 15 years training China’s top junior golfing professionals, Gareth Winslow hasn’t lost his passion for putting and driving, and he is keeping an eye out for local talent.
Winslow recently relocated with his family to Warkworth and is interested in getting involved with the local golfing community, especially junior golfers.
He started his coaching career with the Northland provincial team in 2000 where he worked for three years before attending the prestigious David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Malaysia.
His career took him to China where he rose to prominence in 2005 after presenting a 20-episode golf instructional series for China Central Television 5, which saw an average audience of 400 million viewers per episode. The series was later made into a DVD set, which became the number one selling DVD for ball sports on Amazon China.
In 2008, Winslow was approached by the China Golf Association and appointed head coach for the
China women’s national team, becoming the first foreign coach to hold the position.
He says they were a team of young and inexperienced players ranking outside the top 10 in Asia, but by 2009, they placed fourth at the Asia Pacific Queen Sirikit Cup.
A year later, Winslow and his players claimed a team silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games, losing only to world champions South Korea.
By 2017 he was fluent in both spoken and written Mandarin Chinese and published an instructional book, which became a best-seller.
Later that same year, Gareth again achieved team success, leading the Shanghai Women’s Team to a gold medal at the China National Games.
“Having worked with many of China’s top women golfers for many years, I am immensely proud of the fact that I have been able to play a small role in helping players establish themselves and put China on the golf world map,” Winslow says.
Winslow has completed a research thesis with the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) and was awarded ‘Master Professional’ status, the first professional in New Zealand to achieve the qualification.
