GET IN THE HOLE
(Compleat Golfer Sep 2015) Getting the ball into the hole from the putting green
9 HOLES WITH DEREK JAMES
(Golfer’s Digest Aug 14) 9 valuable golf tips.
GET DOWN TO BASICS
(SA Golfers Yearbook 2009) Valuable pointers from Derek James, voted top PGA teaching professional in 2008.
PUTTING WITH DEREK JAMES
(Compleat Golfer Aug 01) Southbroom Golf Club’s professional Derek James offers sound advice on sharpening up the short game and banishing the dreaded “yips”
GET UP AND DOWN WITH DEREK JAMES
(Compleat Golfer July 08) Known far and wide as South Africa’s short-game guru, Derek has some helpful tips to guide you through some of the key aspects of wedge-play.
THE REAL MONEY SHOT WITH DEREK JAMES
(Compleat Golfer Aug 13) The trick to being a consistent putter is to practise while focusing on a coin and holding your finish, reckons PGA pro Derek James.
SOUTH COAST HERALD – MARCH 1997
Seasoned Sunshine Tour Player, Derek James, has joined Southbroom as its resident professional. Derek is no stranger to Natal and South African golfing circles. He is a class player in his own right and represented South Africa five times before turning professional in 1984. He described himself as a consistent performer on tour with the […]
DEREK JAMES – 2001 CLUB PRO OF THE YEAR
s a touring professional, Derek James won eight times on the Sunshine Tour, won two major pro-am events in the USA and, while campaigning in Canada, became the Canadian Tournament Players champion. Although highly regarded as an expert in every aspect of the swing, it is as a short-game coach that he is best known. […]
DEREK JAMES – 2007 TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Derek James, the Teacher of the Year, has spent 11 years at Southbroom GC on the KZN South Coast. The first PGA Professional to win both the Club Pro of the year (2001) and teacher awards, he is a former Springbok and SA Strokeplay champion and won eight times on the Sunshine Winter Tour. Renowned […]
DEREK & SHEENA EXCEED EXPECTATIONS
Southbroom Golf Pro wins two top PGA Awards: 2013 Club Pro of the year and Teaching Pro of the year