About
Me

About Me

About
Zoe Allen

PGA Professional

Zoe Allen is the Teaching Professional based at Lurgan Golf Club’s Academy. Zoe offers coaching to Golfers of all abilities including beginners and juniors.

Zoe is a U.S. Kid's Master Coach and runs Junior coaching sessions based on the U.S. Kid’s Pathway Programme; the first such teaching programme for Junior Golfers in Ireland. Zoe is also qualified to coach children as young as 3 or 4 years of age using the Little Golf Train programme and is a Little Golf Train Certified Conductor.

Zoe has officiated at U.S. Kid's Local and State Tournaments in USA, the US Kid's European Championships in Scotland and the World Championships in Pinehurst since 2017. Zoe’s coaching excellence resulted in becoming the first Professional in Great Britain and Ireland to receive the prestigious U.S. Kid’s Master Coach Award for 2019.

U.S. Kids Golf

Zoe has used her experience to establish the U.S. Kid’s North of Ireland Local Tour in 2018 with over 600 competitors taking part. This was the first official U.S. Kid’s Local Tour events to be held in Great Britain & Ireland and continues to grow each year. Now in it's third year there will be a Spring and Fall Tour that will be complemented with the introduction of a two day Irish Open in July 2020.

Zoe is a Certified Level 2 Titleist Performance Institute Coach, employing proven exercise techniques which strengthen and improve posture which in turn improves Golf performance.

Zoe is a U.S. KId's Certified Coach and has been Tournament Director at U.S. Kid's Local and State Tournaments in USA. Zoe has also been appointed as Tournament Director at the U.S. Kid's European Championships in Scotland and the World Championships held each year at Pinhurst.

U.S. Kids Golf Awards

Since becoming a U.S. Kids Certified Coach, Zoe has been selected as a top 50 U.S. Kids Golf Coach on three occasions in 2017, 2018 and 2019. By winning the award on three times, Zoe became the first European to win the prestigious U.S. Kids Master Coach Award.

Zoe also won the U.S. Kids Tour Director of the Year award for 2024 and became the first non American to win this award.