Coaching That Connects
Body and Swing.
Golf coaching at Costa Health starts with the individual golfer. Your coach builds each session around your current swing, movement and goals so the changes are realistic, clear and sustainable.
Costa Health partners with the Peter Gustafsson Academy at Costa Health Riviera and also works alongside PGA degree-qualified coach Melissa Nicol to deliver this integrated approach on the Costa del Sol.
What Makes This Different
Coaching built around your body
Most golf coaching treats every player the same. This approach does not. Four things separate it from standard lessons.
Coaching adapted to your body
Every session starts with an understanding of your current movement and swing. Coaching adapted to that profile means you work on changes that are realistic and sustainable.
Movement and coaching connected
Sarah and your coach can work from the same movement priorities. That keeps drills, expectations and practice focused on the same goals.
Faster, more sustainable improvement
Golfers often plateau when they chase a position that does not suit their current movement. Understanding that constraint helps the coach choose a more useful technical priority.
Practice with clearer priorities
A focused plan helps you spend practice time on changes that match both your swing goal and your current movement capacity.
The Partnership
Peter Gustafsson Academy
Costa Health works in close collaboration with the Peter Gustafsson Academy, based at Costa Health Riviera. The academy is a well-established coaching programme on the Costa del Sol, known for developing golfers through structured, methodical instruction.
This partnership means movement findings from Costa Health can flow directly into coaching plans. The coach can adjust drills and expectations around the same priorities identified in the screen.
The connection between assessment and coaching helps avoid months spent forcing an unsuitable swing change. Both sides can share information, track progress and adjust priorities together.
Your Coaches
Working with Melissa Nicol
Melissa Nicol is a PGA degree-qualified golf professional through the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland. Her coaching covers complete beginners through to experienced players refining their swing or short game.
Melissa can integrate movement-screen information into a lesson, adjusting the plan around what the player can currently achieve. The session adapts to the individual rather than forcing a single model.
Melissa's calm, analytical style suits golfers who want to understand why a change works, not just what to do.
The Process
How a coaching session works
Assessment informs coaching. Coaching provides feedback. The priorities can then be refined.
Movement screen
A golf-specific movement screen explores rotation, balance, stability and mobility in relation to your swing goals.
Assessment shared with your coach
Findings are communicated to your coach before your first lesson, highlighting the movement priorities most relevant to the swing.
Coaching session
Your coach builds the session around your body. Technical work, drills and swing changes are all grounded in what your assessment revealed.
Feedback loop
After coaching, the priorities can be reviewed against what was covered and refined around real swing demands.
"This integrated approach ensures you are not just practising more, but improving smarter."
Your Coaching Team
Who you will work with
Melissa Nicol
PGA Golf Professional
A PGA Professional through the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland, Melissa brings extensive experience and a calm, analytical coaching approach.
Sarah Monaghan
Golf Performance Specialist and Owner
Sarah uses golf-specific movement assessment to identify practical priorities that can be shared with each golfer's coach.
Common Questions
Golf coaching FAQs
Do I need a movement screen before coaching?
Is this just for experienced golfers?
What is the Peter Gustafsson Academy?
How often should I have coaching sessions?
Can I book coaching without a full programme?
Pricing
Coaching session rates
Golf Coaching Session
One-to-one with Melissa Nicol, PGA Professional
Pricing confirmed on enquiry
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