Michael Bannon
Michael Bannon | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Golf coach |
Michael Bannon is a golf coach from Northern Ireland. He is the current coach of the 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 and 2014 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship, and 2025 and 2026 Masters Tournament champion Rory McIlroy, and worked with him from a young age.[1] Bannon was the golf professional at Bangor Golf Club, and previously at Holywood Golf Club, where he worked with McIlroy. As a golfer, Bannon competed in the 1997 Irish PGA Championship.[2][permanent dead link] Michael Bannon left his job at Bangor Golf Club to work full-time for world number one Rory McIlroy in October 2012.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ MacGinty, Karl (12 July 2011). "McIlroy magic is the X-Factor". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
- ↑ "Bangor Golf Club - Staff Profile".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rory McIlroy's coach Michael Bannon to go full-time". BBC. 14 June 2012.
.svg){kind=small} | This biographical article relating to golf in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |