On April 5 the Official Start
of The Aegean Golf Academy,
the First Golf Academy in Greece

The Crete Golf Club in Hersonissos, last November went ahead with a pioneering move: It began organising the Aegean Golf Academy, the first academy of golf in all of Greece.

"Aegean Golf Academy began when we engaged the leading Swedish professional trainer, Mr Henrik Engdahl, with the goal that he organises one of the leading Golf Academies on a European level," says Mr. Dimitris Kollaros, Managing Adviser at the Crete Golf Club and an expert player himself, in detailing this innovative project. "In this endeavour, our sponsor is the Aegean Airlines. We offer learning programs for players of all levels, from speed learning for beginners on an individual basis, or, in small teams of six individuals, to specialised courses for professional champions, like Swedish champion Klaus Eriksson, who visited our Academy and was enthusiastic." Modern equipment of the latest technology was a basic concern for this newly established academy, being that it helps so much to improve a player's technique (swing & putting analysis) as well as custom fitting, optimizing and correcting clubs so that they are personally suitable for the player regardless of his or her level.

"Of course, Mr. Engdahl's top notch training experience and excellent teaching techniques make a big difference in all of these," Mr. Kollaros explains. "Mr. Engdahl is a leading professional player who has earned distinguishing honours in all the Aegean Pro-Am organized activities. In our effort to develop and project the Aegean Golf Academy a decisive contribution is made by Yiannis Kakakis, a Cretan, current assistant trainer and former player in the National Golf Team who assists Mr. Engdahl in his work," stresses Mr. Kollaros.