A Different Perspective on Golf, Learning, and Development
My Story
For more than 15 years, I worked in management consulting, advising executives at some of the world’s largest institutions on complex performance challenges. When that chapter of my career came to an unexpected halt, I found myself rethinking what I wanted out of life and work.
Over time, I realized that golf brought together so many things that energized me: solving problems, teaching, understanding and helping people, and embracing the challenge and opportunity for growth that the game offers. That realization eventually brought me to where I am today.
I often tell people, “I used to advise executives around the world on solving complex performance problems. Now, I teach them to play better golf.”
But there’s a deeper connection between those two worlds. Improving a golf swing is only part of the challenge—and, in many ways, the easier part. The really hard work is understanding the person making the swing: how they move, think, feel, learn, and perform best. So, it’s also about communicating in ways that resonate for each individual, building up confidence, and helping people make lasting improvements that can even extend beyond the golf course into other areas of their lives. To me, that’s great coaching.
The “Easy Swing” is the Better Way
Mindset. Movement. Mechanics.
The idea behind my Easy Swing philosophy and approach is simple: develop the right concepts, move efficiently within your physical capabilities, and eliminate unnecessary effort that gets in the way of an effective swing. By learning to work with your body and allowing the club to do what it was designed to do, you can develop a more natural, efficient motion and create power with less effort.
Who I Work With
Tailored Instruction For Golfers at Different Stages.
- Complete beginners: Build a strong foundation and skills to be able to play on the course with more confidence.
- Recreational and improving golfers: Improve consistency and make progress toward goals—whether that’s breaking 100 or breaking 80.
- Competitive juniors: Develop the skills to prepare and compete—whether that’s Drive, Chip and Putt, HS varsity golf, tournaments, and even opportunities to pursue college golf.
Golfers with Different Abilities and Needs: Make golf accessible and enjoyable to people with a wide range of abilities and special needs through adaptive methods and coaching. I am a proud volunteer with the Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association and am PGA HOPE Certified.
What It’s Like to Work With Me
Our Work Starts With Understanding You.
Together, we’ll identify your goals, strengths, physical capabilities, tendencies and more to take a personalized approach for your golf development. I won’t force you into a predetermined swing model or make unnecessary changes to your swing.
Instead, I’ll consider how and why you move the way you do, how you think, feel, and learn best. I am adept at drawing upon familiar, everyday movements or other sports motions to help you understand golf concepts in ways that will make more sense. My aim is to make complex golf concepts easier for you to understand and simpler to perform in your swing.
Where You Can Find Me
I am primarily based out of Valley View Golf in Newtown Square, PA—a nine-hole executive course with a full practice facility. It includes a covered driving range with both roofed and open-air stalls, plus a grass short-game area with a bunker.
Valley View is open year-round, closing only on Christmas Day. During the colder months, the outdoor lights are turned on and a temporary back-wall enclosure helps shield the range from the elements, allowing us to continue working outdoors.
I also teach year-round at selected indoor facilities using Trackman or other top-of-the-line simulators, giving us the flexibility to continue your development regardless of the weather, maintain momentum in the off-season, and prepare you better for the start of the spring.
Penn Club on 2nd — Conshohocken, PA (Private member facility – students welcome if accompanied)
Back 9 Paoli — Paoli, PA (Semi-private, open to the public)
On a more limited basis, I am also available at these fine locations:
- Clubhouse54 — North Wales, PA (Private member facility – students welcome if accompanied)
- Libertee Grounds — Phila., PA (Public restaurant with mini-golf and simulator)
For golfers who want to complement their learning beyond in-person coaching, I also offer Digital Masterclasses and individualized remote coaching through CoachNow Pro, serving golfers wherever they live. Contact will@mcintosh.golf for more information about MasterClasses and purchasing options.
Experience and Credentials
Bringing You Human Performance Knowledge, Golf Expertise, and Years of Consulting and Coaching Experience.
My coaching is informed by years of leading teams on consulting engagements and working with golfers from a wide range of backgrounds. Executive training, ongoing professional development, and an understanding of how people learn, move, and perform have given me a broad point of view and an awareness of one’s key developmental needs to improve at golf.
Students are primarily complete beginners and recreational golfers, however, they also include professional and collegiate athletes, former and aspiring collegiate golfers, former Olympians, martial arts black belts, and more. I have received instruction and mentorship from PGA and LPGA Tour coaches, PGA Teachers of the Year, Tour and D1 All-Americans, as well as the world-class faculty at TPI.
It is my utmost goal to put all of this insight to work for you—so that you can reap the enjoyment and satisfaction of playing better golf with your friends, family and colleagues.
TPI Level 3 Certified — Golf & Power (Titleist Performance Institute)
PGA Associate, Level 3 (PGA Coach)
Management Consultant —15 years of experience leading teams on complex, high-profile engagements
Executive MBA, Univ. of Texas at Dallas; Northwestern University, cum laude—psychology & education
Biondi Ambassador — Professional development with Best in State and Best Young Teachers, Nick Biondi, PGA
A Broader Golfing Community
Over 20 Private Club Represented
Over the past six years, I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to coach golfers who are members of more than 20 private golf clubs throughout the Philadelphia region and beyond. These relationships reflect the diverse golfing communities I’ve been fortunate to serve and the trust golfers have placed in my coaching.
Explore the Clubs Represented [Coming back later – under construction]
