A founder member of the Ladies European Tour, PGA Honorary Member, Advanced Fellow of the PGA, Professional golfer since 1976.
Improve your game with expert golf tuition from Christine Langford
PGA, former Ladies European Tour player and director of golf at Thorpeness
Our director of golf and PGA professional, Christine Langford, has been a Professional Golfer for 40 years. Her professional career began in the USA when she qualified for the LPGA tour, returning to Europe in 1979 becoming a Founder Member of what is now the Ladies European Tour, winning 3 tournaments that season. She has competed in Japan and South East Asia and went on to win another 2 events on the LET Tour before retiring to concentrate on a coaching career. In 1988 Chris became the first women to be appointed Head Professional at a member’s club when she joined Clevedon Golf Club in Somerset. In 2015 Christine joined Thorpeness and is currently director of golf.
Chris is a well-respected and experienced coach, having been coach to several counties, a regional coach to the English Ladies Golf Association and was the Welsh National Coach for 7 years as well as overseeing the preparation of the GB&I Team at the 2012 Curtis Cup. Chris has been Chairman of the Ladies Tour and the Women’s section of the PGA and in 2008 she was awarded the status of Advanced Fellow of the PGA in recognition of her achievements in golf.
To book your session call 01728 454926 or email Christine.langford@thorpeness.co.uk
Improve your game with expert golf tuition from Daniel Skriabin
Qualified Professional for 4 years
Our Assistant Professional, Daniel Skriabin, joined us in April 2018 he has been a Qualified Professional for 4 years. With 4 years of teaching experience, a Golf Science Degree and the PGA Foundation Degree under his belt, Dan has knowledge of improving golf performance for all levels of golfers. He likes to adapt his coaching style to match that of the student to not only ensure progress is made, but most of all enjoyment is had during his lessons. Daniel is also keen on developing junior golfers and getting young people more involved in the sport. He believes it to be a great sport for youngsters as it’s a sport they can play for life. His ambition is to re-establish Thorpeness Golf Club’s thriving Junior Section and to hopefully have many of them represent the club in matches.
Daniel also runs the Junior golf coaching sessions at Thorpeness, find out more
To book your session call 01728 454926 or email daniel.skriabin@thorpeness.co.uk