Michael Bannon is a golf coach from
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
. He is the current coach of the 2011
U.S. Open champion,
Rory McIlroy, and worked with him from a young age. 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.
Michael Bannon left his job at Bangor Golf Club to work full-time for world number one Rory McIlroy in October 2012.
References
Male golfers from Northern Ireland
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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