Andrew Oliphant

Golf Coach

  • With IMG Since: 2005
  • Hometown: Carlisle, England
  • Languages Spoken: English

Oliphant is an established golf coach in the industry who has been with IMG Academy since 2005, but has been coaching since 1997. He's done work for ESPN in Asia, and has also coached many top players including the Singapore National Golf Association. 

Education/Accreditations

  • Lilleshall College - Teleford, UK
  • Fife Institute of Physical and Recreational Education -Kirkcaldy, Scotland
  • Crammond College – Edinburgh, Scotland
  • British “AA” PGA Member

Experience

  • IMG Academy golf program Bradenton, FL 2005-present
  • Located sites at Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore and Saujana Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur.  Pulai Springs Resort, Johor, both Malaysia.  Created specific golf programs for the local market and implemented staff at each location.
  • Conducted numerous corporate golf days on behalf of global companies BMW, FedEx, First Boston and Hertz across Asia, Europe and the USA
  • Worked for ESPN Star Sports as Golf Instructor offering weekly Tips on a live television program Golf Focus screened weekly across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Indonesia and India.
  • Writes golf articles for Asian Golf Monthly, Inside Golf, Golf Vacations magazines   
  • Director of Instruction DLGA Singapore & Malaysia 2001 - 2005
  • DLGA Wynyard, UK 1997 - 2001
  • Instructor at the following DLGA sites: Bad Tazmannsdorf, Austria, Chart Hills, UK, La Cala, Spain, Lugano, Switzerland

Notable Students:        

  • Coach to the Singapore National Golf Association including Junior Boys, Girls and Men’s Teams
  • His Royal Highness Tunku Benderra of Johor (Prince of Malaysian state of Johor)
  • China National Golf Team on their visit to DLGA Bradenton
  • Dean Robertson – European Tour
  • Lam Chih Bing- Asian Tour
  • Marden Mamat – Asian Tour
  • Fatebhir Dhaliwal – Rollins College
  • Innapha Tantanavivat – Northwestern
  • Oh Ji Young – LPGA Tour (previously ranked #1 Girl by Golf Week)
  • Max Greil - UC Irvine