Photo: Elliot Vaughn
Elliot Vaughn
Head PGA Professional
At Whitmoor Links since 1982. Tour experience, four decades of coaching, and a fitting eye trusted by members and championship visitors alike.
About · Est. 1982 at Whitmoor Bay
Only the fourth professional in the club’s history.
Whitmoor Links was founded over a century ago. In all that time, just four professionals have kept the shop at Whitmoor Bay. Elliot Vaughn has been one of them for over three decades.
Photo: Elliot Vaughn — portrait on the links
The story
A career that starts and ends at Whitmoor Bay.
Elliot arrived at Whitmoor Links in 1982 as an assistant professional, earning full PGA status three years later. After competing on the regional circuits and a first Head Professional post inland, he returned to Whitmoor in 1993 to take on the role he holds today.
Since then he has represented the region’s club professionals, played his way through open qualifying against tour fields, and been named a regional PGA Club Professional of the Year. Most weeks, though, you’ll find him where he started — on the range at Whitmoor Bay, helping members and visitors play better golf.
Four decades on the links
From assistant to Head Professional.
1982
Arrives at Whitmoor Links
Elliot joins the club as an assistant professional, learning the trade on a championship links right on the coast.
1985
Full PGA status
Three years of training complete, Elliot qualifies as a full PGA professional and begins competing while continuing to coach.
1991
First Head Professional post
A move inland for his first head role, running the shop and the lesson tee alongside tournament golf on the regional circuits.
1993
Returns home to Whitmoor
Elliot is appointed Head Professional at Whitmoor Links — the role he still holds today.
1998
Regional honours
Selected to represent the region’s club professionals — recognition of his standing in the county game.
2008
Championship appearances
Tees it up against tour fields through open qualifying, keeping his own game sharp alongside the coaching.
2014
Club Professional of the Year
Named regional PGA Club Professional of the Year — an award voted on the quality of service, coaching and retail.
2015
Onto the senior circuit
Continues to compete, qualifying for senior events alongside running the professional’s shop.
Today
Coaching the next generation
Leading a three-strong PGA team at Whitmoor Bay — coaching, fitting and running the shop for members and visiting golfers alike.
The team
Three PGA professionals, one standard.
Photo: Marcus Reid
Marcus Reid
Assistant PGA Professional
Joined in 2019 with a BSc (Hons) in Golf Science and Development — bringing a modern, data-led approach to coaching on the GCQuad.
Photo: Hannah Clarke
Hannah Clarke
Assistant PGA Professional
Coaching golfers of every age and standard, with a particular gift for making beginners and improvers feel at home on the lesson tee.
Where you’ll learn
Championship facilities, open for lessons.
Photo: 300-yard grass range
300-yard grass range
Full-length practice ground where every club in the bag gets an honest test — driver included.
Photo: short game areas
Short game & putting
Two chipping greens and two putting greens for the scoring shots that actually change your handicap.
Photo: indoor teaching bay
Indoor teaching bay
GCQuad launch monitor and video analysis under cover — lessons run whatever the Welsh weather decides.
Learn from experience