UGPM

GOLF PROGRAM

Training to perform

METHODOLOGY

At UGPM, students normally devote 20 hours a week to training, physical conditioning, practice rounds and competitions. At its core, our methodology is centered on developing players into truly competent athletes, with the necessary aptitudes and ambition to perform and ultimately win at the highest level of the game

Our approach to golf is total

DEVELOPMENT

  • Swing Technique
  • Game Tactic
  • Strategy
  • Fundamentals
  • Technology Sessions

PERFOMANCE

  • Goal Setting
  • Competition Planning
  • Stats Analysis
  • Practice Habits
  • Results Analysis

WELL BEING

  • Mental Coaching
  • Fitness
  • Physyiotheraphy
  • Nutrition
  • Injury prevention

LIFE SKILLS

  • Responsibility
  • Organisation & Time management
  • Healthy habits
  • Teamwork
  • Character Development

Our season kicks-off with an individual evaluation of each player

Technical and technology tests, mental and physical assessment, equipment fitting… This analysis, together with the planning of the player’s competition schedule, serves as the road map for the student during the program
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Every week our players work with our coaches and experts

To develop sounded knowledge of swing mechanics, a broad variety of on-course and practice training is planned to structure the daily training of each student. The facts allow UGPM coaching team to measure improvement and making adjustments based on evidences with focus on long term development

Physical work-out and mental sessions complete the weekly agenda

At UGPM, the workout sessions aim to optimize golf performance in terms of mobility and strength.
Whereas the mental program teaches students the ability to regulate emotions and course management decisions under any pressure

COACHING TEAM

At UGPM players have the support of the coaching team and specialists that cover all performance areas

JOSÉ ÁNGEL IBÁÑEZ

GOLF COACH

  • Professional golf player
  • Degree in Economics
  • Golf Instructor at Marbella Golf Country Club

WALTER BOLUMAR

PSYCHOLOGIST & COORDINATOR

  • Degree in Psychology
  • Master in Sports Psychology and Coaching
  • Languages: Spanish and English

OSCAR MENA

FITNESS COACH

  • Graduated in CAFYD
  • Master in Personal Training
  • Master in Injury Rehabilitation
  • Languages: Spanish and English

GUILLERMO VILA

FITNESS COACH

  • Graduated in Physiotherapy
  • Senior technician in physical sports activities
  • Master in personal training
  • Languages: Spanish and English

MARTA DÍAZ

CEO & ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR

  • Degree in Business Administration & Management (ICADE)
  • Co-founder of University Golf Program
  • Languages: Spanish, English and French

RAQUEL SICSU

ADMISSIONS

  • Graduate in Business Administration and Management
  • Master in Human Resources
  • Languages: Spanish and English

RICARDO CABELLO

ASSITANT GOLF COACH

  • Golf Professional
  • Founder and president of Agprotour
  • Golf Fitter
  • Ambassador of Taylormade
  • Languages: Spanish, English and Italian

JOSÉ ANTONIO LÓPEZ

DRIVER

  • Logistics & Transport
  • +25 years professional experience
  • Language: Spanish

JOSE ANTONIO ALONSO

GOLF RECRUITER

  • BA International Business & Mktg
  • MBA in Sports Management
  • Diploma in Golf Management
  • Keiser University golf’17 (FL, USA)
  • Languages: Spanish and English

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FACILITIES & TECHNOLOGY

Miguel Ángel Jiménez Golf Academy

It is the golf school founded by Miguel Angel Jimenez in 2013 that has a series of unbeatable facilities for the development of training of any golf player.

Parador de Málaga Golf Club

27-hole course, with practice areas, putting green and 3 pairs course. It is the base course of the program where the weekly practice rounds and competitions take place.

Golf Courses

Our program visit some of best courses in Malaga (the province has more than 50 courses) for our training rounds and internal competitions

Technology

At UGPM we have the best golf technology available. Among our resources we highlight our TRACKMAN 4 and our proprietary golf statistics system, which includes parameters as advanced as the Strokes Gained Putting

MIGUEL ÁNGEL JIMÉNEZ GOLF ACADEMY

Miguel Angel Jiménez Golf Academy is characterised by having one of the best facilities in Andalusia.
Is the training center where our players receive their technical classes.

Its facilities include:

  • Training facilities with bermuda grass
  • Driving range, practice chipping and bunker areas and putting green
  • 9 hole Par 3 course designed by Miguel Ángel Jiménez

GOLF COURSES WHERE WE PLAY

Our program includes weekly visits to Parador de Málaga Golf Club, Lauro Golf, Mijas Golf and El Paraiso Golf for internal leagues and training rounds.

TECHNOLOGY

Trackman
The Trackman 4 is the best launch radar on the market right now. It has two built-in radar systems (one for impact and one for ball flight). It records metrics such as trajectory, face angle, head speed, ball speed, etc. Without a doubt, a differential element for training and performance our players.
Statistics
Our approach to golf is rigorous and professional, probably as a result of our university background. Our statistics tool developed fully in-house is probably the ultimate exponent of our understanding of golf #numbersdon’tlie

COMPETITIONS

ONE OF THE STRONGEST PILLARS IN OUR PROGRAM IS OUR COMPETITION SCHEDULE WITH THE UGPM TOUR WAGR EVENTS

Our tournament schedule

The tournament schedule Includes qualifying for own and external WAGR ™ events, federation tournaments and team competitions against other university teams. In addition, the team participates in university championships (Spanish University Golf Championship, European University Golf Championship and R&A Student Tour series).

UGPM Tour WAGR ™

The UGPM Tour WAGR ™ is a circuit of 6 own events valid for the world ranking and open to external players with the aim that players have access to the most complete and accurate classification of amateur golf.
In addition, UGPM conducts an internal league during the course to maintain the competitive rhythm of the team.

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