The Leatherhead Club Academy

Zane Scotland 

Founder of ZS Golf Academy, Head coach and Golf monthly Top 50 Coach. 

As head coach of the academy, Zane brings his wealth of experience in golf of working with and alongside some of the best coaches in the world and as an ex-European Tour player, competitor in 2 Open Championships (Carnoustie ‘99 & St Andrews 2010) and winner of 10 world ranking tournaments is able to deliver the route to better golf from a players perspective. When Zane is not dedicating his time to coaching avid golfers at the academy, he also shares his insights as a commentator on both Sky Sports and BBC golf covering PGA Tour and the Majors in professional golf. Zane’s Clients range from New golfers through to Touring professional and only requirement being is a want and desire to get better at golf.

Billy Irvine 

Billy is PGA Golf Professional with 36 years of teaching experience. He is also certified as an Authorised Stack & Tilt System instructor, with a deep understanding of technique and a diagnostic, systematic approach to coaching. He teaches all levels of golfer, and his experience can help guide pupils to reach their full potential and next level of golf performance. Billy has been part of the ZS Academy Coaching team for nearly 4 years now, and has been a technical advisor on the ZSA coach mentoring program. He also joins the team on many of the ZS Academy Clinics that are available throughout the year.

Mark Raven

Working with clients on both technique and performance, Mark specialises in helping players to develop their skills on the range and apply them on the course.   Mark brings his knowledge from over 20 years of golf experience, including playing and caddying on tours globally,  to help players improve their game as a whole.  Working with a range of players from beginners to professionals, Mark offers a unique end-to-end service which includes technical lessons, on course performance coaching and a caddying service to help players apply their skills in competition.

Joshua White 

Joshua is a former European tour player and is an elite coach. With 10+ years of professional experience, Josh has used all of his experience and has built his knowledge around working with a number of the world’s best coaches in the game. Josh has multiple worldwide wins, a top 10 finish on the DP world tour and the title of the Mena tour OOM winner. His coaching techniques and qualifications - including trackman level 2 certification, can help you get the most from your game. Joshua’s clients range from new golfers to tour players, as well as group sessions.

Huw Williams

Huw’s coaching is based around the human in front of him, understanding what is going to work best for you, your physical capabilities and your personality. His goal is that you leave your sessions with obvious improvement, a clear understanding of what you need to do and most importantly an actionable plan.
A graduate of both the Tournament Golf College and the PGA, Huw has spent his 10 + years of coaching at Pyle & Kenfig and the world renowned Montgomerie Golf Club Dubai. During his coaching career Huw has received awards for his work with junior golfers, been Glamorgan county coach as well as coaching within the Welsh National teams, notably as Lead coach for the Men’s Home internationals in 2022.
Huw's approach to coaching looks at all aspects of the game, from psychology, to strength & conditioning. With qualifications including Trackman university, Bull 3D biomechanics , Zach Gould Golf strength & conditioning, ‘Game like training’ psychology, Swing Catalyst and WedgeMatrix. He believes there are a number of ways to improve your game and prides himself on being adaptable depending on the player in front of him.