When the world’s top golfers need help with the putting game, they only have one man they can call.
Phil Kenyon, from Southport, like most sandgrounders grew up surrounded by the game. An unavoidable bonus of living on Britain’s Golf Coast.
His dad was friends with coaches who taught legends Nick Faldo, Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood among many others.
“He would pay me to help him out, carrying his gear around, and was a huge inspiration,” said Kenyon.
He quickly realised he “didn’t have the game” to make it as a professional golfer and turned his hand to coaching.
“I’ve been at it 25 years.” Kenyon told the BBC as part of a personal profile published this week.
“You just work on your craft day-to-day and it organically develops. I never envisaged travelling the world though, following players to tournaments.”
“All the best players I’ve worked with are questioning and probing – you’re working together to find the right solutions for them.”
Phil still coaches from his studio in Formby on Merseyside and is equally as comfortable teaching a pro or an amateur.
“Different players provide different challenges,” he said.
“I can get stuck into the weeds with the best of them if that’s the route you want to go down but it’s about trying to work out the right balance for each player.”