Rob Watts
Rob is Advanced Fellow of PGA and England Mens Lead Coach. He is proudly head professional at Castle Royle Golf and Country club where he has been based for 20 years. He is undisputedly one of the leading modern day coaches in the country, working both at home in the UK, and across the globe.
Rob is a proud ambassador for Nike Golf and Titleist.
Clientele have included PGA tour, LPGA tour, European tour and LET tour players. His most internationally celebrated success so far was coaching Darren Clarke (2008 - 2012) including Darren’s first major at the 2011 Open Championship.
Since founding the Rob Watts Performance Academy in 2010, Rob has worked with and is currently coaching over 20 national champions in all ages in many countries across the globe with 5 wins on European tour and one win on LET tour.
Rob’s passion is winning.
Aston Goulding
Aston Goulding is the Lead PGA golf professional at the Academy.
His holistic approach has helped many develop their game. Passionate about the growth of golf, with a talent to encourage both adults and juniors to take up and develop the sport. Aston uses Trackman, Swing video analysis and “Coach now” during and after his coaching sessions.
His clientele largely consists of passionate amateur golfers, who seek to reach their individual goals at their respective golf clubs and Aston is proud to coach Castle Royle golf clubs members.
Having coached for almost a decade helping multiple junior golfers win at county level and compete at national and international level. His junior clientele reaches cross county from BBO, Surrey, to Hampshire and Berkshire girls and is a BBO U12 Hub centre county coach.
Aston was influential in designing the current five stage junior programme which has developed many juniors from complete beginners into category 1 golfers and is heavily involved in leading the academy’s “Team to tour” programme.
Key qualifications: Fully Qualified PGA Professional | PGA coaching-Level 2 | Bull 3D Academy Certified | Bull 3D posture and biomechanics - Level 1 | Scot Cowx Biomechanics Certified | Wedge Matrix Accredited instructor | TPI Fitness Coach - Level 1 | TPI Junior Coach - Level 2 | AiM (Anatomy in Motion) Qualified
Joanna Watts
Joanna provides support with our brand, marketing, press, PR and digital services including the creation of this very website via her business @project.byJoannaWatts
project. delivers marketing and personal branding solutions for professionals in business, sport and entertainment. Built on Joanna’s over twenty+ years of experience in marketing and commercial advertising with elite brands such as Sky Sports, Capital Radio, Channel 4, Sky television, and beyond.
In addition to working with our Academy, Joanna helps other business owners and sport talent directly who need brand and marketing help. Her wealth of brand partnerships and sponsorship management experience provides helpful insight.