Alan Rose is looking forward to having one solid base for his coaching after being appointed as the new club professional at the Wanaka Golf Club.
Rose (54) will take up the position at the start of July, replacing the current professional Garth Domigan.
He will be in partnership with his wife Maree and the pair are keen to offer the members plenty of stock as well as good coaching services.
Rose has spent the last 24 years running retail in Sharpies Golf Barn in Cumberland St, Dunedin and embarked on a solid coaching programme since turning professional in 1998.
He has shown considerable skill with his coaching, having 2001 amateur champion Ben Gallie and Southland's Vaughan McCall in his stable.
McCall won both the national stroke play and match play in 2012 before turning professional at the end of last year.
"I am looking forward to dealing with people in the club environment and hope to develop an attractive junior programme in Wanaka,'' he said.
"My philosophy is that players and coaches must have a passion for the game and progress will follow.
"Both Maree and I are looking forward to becoming part of the Wanaka community.''
Rose began golf as a teenager at St Clair and continued to play while at Otago Boys' High School.
"Many of my old school buddies currently live in Wanaka and so we will have plenty of friends there already.''
Rose left school to work in the Otago Savings Bank for two years and then joined the PSIS before being transferred to Wellington.
He spent more than three years in Wellington before moving to Auckland for 18 months.
On returning to Dunedin he worked for an employment agency before joining the Sharpies franchise in 1992.
He had an illustrious amateur career, making his debut in the Otago men's team which won the Freyberg Rosebowl tournament at Balmacewen in 1982. That was the last Otago team to win the title.
He played representative golf in Wellington and Auckland and led the Otago team on his return to Dunedin in 1991.
His team made the final in that event on the Remuera course that year, halving with Wellington in the final, only to lose the playoff.
Rose is a current member of the Otago men's selection panel and is keen to remain in that role when he moves to Wanaka.
He is considering options on the future of Sharpies Golf Barn.
