Staff Profile

  • Ross Strachan - Head Golf Professional Head Professional Ross Strachan is a AAA PGA rated member and has been running the proshop at Eastlake for more than 30 years, making him the longest established Proshop owner shop in Sydney. Ross enjoys coaching and is available for lessons on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. Ross feels that his speciality is swing techniques and there isn't a swing he hasn't been able to fix in his extensive career

  • Alex Sutherland - Assistant Golf Professional Alex, a AA Rated Golf Professional is the fresh face at Eastlake Golf Club and he commenced his role as Assistant Pro in early 2012. Alex started playing golf at the age of 10 and his illustrious career has seen him represent many pennant sides, complete his PGA traineeship in 2006 and in 2008 he finished 12th on the NSW Order of Merit. His experience has been obtained with roles at The Australian, Camden Golf Club and Riversdale Golf Club in Melbourne. Alex enjoys teaching, fitting and retail sales and he continues to attend many PGA coaching summits to make sure he stays up to date with the latest techniques to help golfers improve their game. His favourite part of teaching is the short game and especially bunker shots. As a junior, Alex spent his childhood in bunkers because he just loves them so much! Contact the Proshop to book a lesson or custom fitting with Alex.

  • Sheridan Graham-Tupaea - Trainee Professional Sheridan joined Ross and his team in Dec 2010 as trainee golf professional. She is currently in her final year of her traineeship and will graduate as a fully qualified PGA Professional in January 2013. Born and raised in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, Sheridan played all of her junior golf at the Waipawa Golf Club before accepting a golf scholarship to attend university in the United States. Along with playing the collegiate circuit for four years in America she graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a double degree in Journalism and Psychology. She thoroughly enjoyed her experience in the States and encourages other young golfers to consider the opportunities offered by American Universities. Passionate about golf, Sheridan is currently running a number of beginners' classes for ladies and is hoping to get as many people as possible into the sport. "Golf has given me so many opportunities during my life and I am now using my time to give a little back to the sport and help others benefit from this great game," she said.

  • Brian (Pirate) Everson – Proshop Supervisor Brian has been working in the Proshop for 13 years and has been a member at Eastlake Golf Club for more than 22 years. During this time he has mentored to a vast number of trainee golf professionals. He is a consistent A Grade golfer and has been for at least the last decade. His list of accomplishments on the golf course is long and includes being crowned the 2003 Senior Champion, winner of the Patron Shield and a member of the Eastlake Master Pennants team.

  • Josh Ingram - Proshop Assistant Joshua Ingram is the newest member to join Rosco's team. Josh is from Wattle Grove in the Liverpool area in South West Sydney and come from a little golf club called Royal Australian Engineers (R.A.E) Golf Club in Moorebank. Before joining Eastlake proshop he was working at R.A.E proshop for just over five years. He has been a playing there for over 10 years and now is currently a member at Cabramatta Golf Club and playing off a current handicap of Scratch. Josh has been a Junior Pennants, Eric Apperly and Major Pennants team member.