PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF
We can help golfers of all levels to train for success, from juniors to professionals
Even the world’s top golfers know that mastering this beloved sport can be a difficult and challenging journey — but with hard work and the right guidance, you can become an ace on the course!
Elevate your game and discover a new world of possibilities! Our services will revolutionize the way you approach golf, bringing an unprecedented level of enjoyment to every round.
What we offer
The deeper you know your golf swing, the more you can coach yourself.
We will help you understand how certain movements can help your golf club at impact for your desired shot. This allows you to make changes that actually lead to better results, not just changes to make a swing look better.
BDGA Golf Academy has helped many juniors and senior golfers achieve their goals. We would like to meet you?
We can help, love to learn more about you and your golf game or your kids golf game.
BDGA Golf Academy Emphasises 7 Core Values:
Honesty
Integrity
Respect
Confidence
Responsibility
Perseverance
Judgment
Have you had a golf evaluation with a master BDGA Coach?
Technology is making it easier than ever to get your evaluation! We understand that online can be more convenient sometimes, but if you'd like the full experience come meet us in person at our studio. Get started with a assessment now and begin exploring all of the possibilities available to you.
BDGA Golf Academy has worked with so many of the best players in the World
Charl Schwartzel
James Kingston
Haydn Porteous
Dawie van der Walt
Dean Burmester
Andre de Decker
JB Kruger
Keith Horne
BDGA Golf Academy will love to work with you to play better
With a deep understanding of your golf swing, you can become the master of your own destiny.
Through conscious effort to fully comprehend how body movements affect contact with the club at impact for ideal shot results, we’ll help guide those changes that truly matter on the course.
Strike it solid for consistency
Create a swing you understand, so that you can fix it
Hit the shot you desire, so you get out of any trouble
Shoot lower scores to challenge yourself
Beat your competition to build confidence
Hit the ball longer or straighter to play better
Avoid Disaster Of Getting Bad Advice
Played on Tour, with a decade of experience coaching the nation’s top junior golfers, our team knows what it takes to achieve success!
Hendrik Buhrmann
- Hendrik Buhrmann has 32 years of experience in the competitive golf world as a golf coach and professional golfer.
- Coached some of South Africa’s top players – Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen, Richard Sterne, James Kingston, Keith Horne.
- Competed on European Tour, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour and European Senior Tour
- Won 9 professional titles
- Represented South Africa in the World Cup in 1995 with teammate Retief Goosen
- Represented Southern Africa in the Dunhill Challenge, with teammates Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Nick Price, David Frost – captained by Gary Player
- Helped restructure the Asian tour as it is today
- Served on the board of directors of the Asian Tour and still on the Sunshine Tour board
SM Van Achterbergh
- SM has 11 years of golf coaching experience.
Fully Qualified PGA Member. - Coaching with Hendrik for the last 7 years.
- Have coached some of the best juniors in the country, namely Jean Du Toit, a top junior in the country, Kera Healey top college player in the USA, Chad Stanton, the under 13 champion, and also Amy Stanton, a top under 12 junior golfer.
- Also assisting coaching pro’s like James Kingston,
Hanlo Jacobs and Henning Du Plooy
Have you had a golf evaluation with a master BDGA Coach?
Technology is making it easier than ever to get your evaluation! We understand that online can be more convenient sometimes, but if you'd like the full experience come meet us in person at our studio. Get started with a assessment now and begin exploring all of the possibilities available to you.
We give you a plan
Our plan is tailored to your skill level and areas of improvement, allowing you to reach your goals faster and giving you the confidence to compete at any level. Whether you’re a beginner just starting out or an experienced player looking for more distance off the tee or be more consistent, our team of professionals can help you get there
Be part of an amazing community of like-minded golfers who are dedicated to reaching their peak performance.
With BDGA Golf, you can have confidence playing competitively at any level.
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FOLLOW OUR GAME PLAN
1. Get your free online game evaluation
2. Have a plan in place – we’ll show you how
3. Work on your plan
4. Practice to play better golf
PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF
WITH HENDRIK
Let start
“Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work hard and work smart.”
GET STARTED NOW!
Ready to begin your coaching journey with Hendrik?
Follow these easy steps:
1. Contact me
Send me your name and email, and we’ll send you an invitation.
To: hendrik@bdgagolfrsa.com
2. Download Skillist App
Get the Skillist app on your device or PC.
Look for “Hendrik Buhrmann” and sign up.
3. Free Evaluation
Once you’re in, you’ll receive a free evaluation session.
Start your coaching journey today!
Hendrik is here to help you succeed.
4. Start the conversation with Coach Hendrik and Play Better Golf
Get your – FREE – Game Evaluation
-no credit card required-
PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF
WITH SM
Let start
“Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work hard and work smart.”
GET STARTED NOW!
Ready to begin your coaching journey with SM?
Follow these easy steps:
1. Contact me
Send me your name and email, and we’ll send you an invitation.
To: SM@bdgagolfrsa.com
2. Or download Skillist App
Get the Skillist app on your device or PC.
Look for “SM Van Achterbergh” and sign up.
3. Free Evaluation
Once you’re in, you’ll receive a free evaluation session.
Start your coaching journey today!
SM is here to help you succeed.
4. Start the conversation with Coach SM and Play Better Golf
Get your – FREE – Game Evaluation
-no credit card required-
World Class Golf Studio In George
Experience the ultimate game-changing experience at BDGA Golf Academy in George. Our state of the art facility and world class coaching has taken more than 100 tournament winners to success, from Major Champion down to Junior titles. With FlightScope and SwingCatalyst technology you can play your best golf of your life!
BDGA Coaching Philosophy
At BDGA, we are dedicated to helping you take your game beyond the usual boundaries. We know that perfecting a golf swing is no easy feat – even for professionals!
That’s why our team puts such value in mastering the laws of physics when it comes to playing golf. BDGA coaches will guide you on as they strive to help refine each aspect of your technique. Striking the golf ball perfectly in its center with every swing is a tall ask, even for experienced players. To ensure consistent accuracy and gain maximum power, it’s essential to maintain control over both club head speed and contact point of impact on the ball as well as club path and clubface angle.
With the laws of physics both controlling and shaping your ball, it is difficult to consistently deliver a successful swing. Here at BDGA we emphasize that such a task requires commitment – to focus on your body to receive maximum accuracy with each strike. With us by your side, success will be within reach!
Have you had a golf evaluation with a master BDGA Coach?
Technology is making it easier than ever to get your evaluation! We understand that online can be more convenient sometimes, but if you'd like the full experience come meet us in person at our studio. Get started with a assessment now and begin exploring all of the possibilities available to you.
How can you play your best
At George in South Africa Studio, we believe that person-to-person coaching is the best way to learn. However, when it's not possible for our students to physically join us at our world class studio due to distance or other constraints; they can still enjoy a high quality training experience online with access to the same philosophy and level of professional instruction.
At BDGA, we strive to provide our customers with the highest quality golf experience through personalized coaching and an ongoing relationship. Our unlimited online instruction is designed to help you understand the game in a way that traditional lessons may not be able to achieve. Most importantly: We want each golfer to be self sufficient when it comes time for tournaments - learning how to coach yourself on the course is key!
The Holistic Approach to: physically, technically and mentally
We believe that at BDGA, you have to grow and develop all these three aspects together. To understand it better, I will use the following example: building a house, you cannot start with the roof first, you can separately, away from the site. But you have to start with the foundation, right. Then you build the walls and doors, and then only then do you put the roof on.
There's a particular order, and that is exactly the same. To develop your golf game and become as good a golfer as possible, you first must work Physically, then Technically, and finally Mentally. But this recipe works in a daily growing pattern. The difference is then building a house and building your potential as a golfer. You build a new house daily and start the next day again to build it better than the day before. This pattern is a recipe for success. That's how all the top players in the world do it, as well as Hendrik, who played on the Major Tours for 30 years.
This is where the modern and the old school get together, where Hendrik taught SM Van Aghterbergh all the fundamentals, where SM understood the technology, and the younger generation of today, made him one of the best coaches of the modern era.
Physically
BDGA is working close with Willie van De Berge. He is in a class of his own in golf expertise as one of the best physios in the country, working with the Sunshine Tour for many years
Technically
Technique is important from a young age, because you do not want to change your fundamentals when you already have a high level of skills as a competitive golfer.
It's important to have a sound technique to help you be more consistent and play your best golf.
If we can explain it this way, you first built the best car you can, and then you learn to drive that car, not the other way around. Which means you must own your golf swing first, before you can perform with your swing.
As the experts always say, work on your technique when you're young and teachable
Mentally
To help you reach the highest level of golf performance, we take a unique holistic approach that focuses on both your mental and physical skills. Just like driving an inferior car with a world-class driver won't result in best performance - without being physically and technically sound, it's impossible to maximize your mental game for peak performance. So don't forget: while having strong inner determination is essential to success, attending to all areas of developing yourself as a golfer will provide the foundation necessary for reaching great heights!
In golf, you have to own your golf swing, so that you can learn the art of scoring skills to perform as well as you can. The secret is to understand the correct process, how to build your best mind to perform your best. We at BDGA know how. We have one of the best Mental evaluation systems to test our performed under pressure, which we use for more than 17 years with great success to the top players in the world
What winning golfers are saying about BDGA Golf Academy.
MASTERS CHAMPION
“Hendrik helped me win the Joburg Open on the European Tour in the run up to to the Masters. His coaching was pivotal in helping me claim the biggest title of my career, the 2011 Masters.”
MULTIPLE EUROPEAN TOUR WINNER
“Hendrik’s insights were instrumental in guiding me out of the biggest slump of my career, to claiming my second European Tour title.”
EUROPEAN TOUR WINNER
“Hendrik’s input over the years has played a huge role in the player I am today. I could not have done it without him.”
MULTIPLE EUROPEAN TOUR WINNER
“Hendrik’s knowledge of the game and input has helped me tremendously over the years. I highly recommend him as a quality Golf Coach and person.”
TOUR WINNER, TOP 10 SUNSHINE TOUR ORDER OF MERIT
“Hendrik works with you as if he was right there with you. I got Coached all year on Tour via Golf Coach App and had the best year of my career, with six top 10 and two top 5 finishes and a Top 10 finish on the Order of Merit.”
MULTIPLE TOURNAMENT WINNER
“Hendrik’s Coaching is great and through using Golf Coach App and Golf Stats Coach, it feels like he is with me 24/7, even when I’m at tournaments.”
TOUR PROFESSIONAL
“I love the interaction via these apps with Coach Hendrik. I can see exactly what I need to work on and find it especially helpful when I’m out of town at a tournament.”
TOP AMATEUR GOLFER
“Represent my country abroad. Hendrik helped me win tournaments by not having to feel anxious again on my own when I’m away at a tournament. Feedback from Hendrik via Golf Coach App is valuable, and when I have a problem, I get a remedy right away.”
Have you had a golf evaluation with a master BDGA Coach?
Technology is making it easier than ever to get your evaluation! We understand that online can be more convenient sometimes, but if you'd like the full experience come meet us in person at our studio. Get started with a assessment now and begin exploring all of the possibilities available to you.
How to pick the right coach for you
“FIVE WAYS TO PICK A HIGH-QUALITY TEACHER OR COACH
Great teachers, coaches, and mentors, like any rare species, can be identiɹed by a few
characteristic traits. The following rules are designed to help you sort through the
candidates and make the best choice for yourself.
1) Avoid Someone Who Reminds You of a Courteous Waiter
2) Seek Someone Who Scares You a Little
3) Seek Someone Who Gives Short, Clear Directions
4) Seek Someone Who Loves Teaching Fundamentals
5) Other Things Being Equal, Pick the Older Person
— The Little Book of Talent – by Daniel Coyle —
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