Pete Cowen, coach of world number one Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell and Louis Oosthuizen, has been named UK Coach of the Year. At at the 2010 UK Coaching Awards in London Cowen was also named High-performance Coach of the Year.
England cricket coach Andy Flower and Great Britain boxing performance director Rob McCracken were also in contention for the high-performance award.
Cricket coach Jack Birkenshaw won the lifetime achievement award.
Also on the short list for that were Elfyn Pugh from rugby union and Betty Gray from table tennis. Pugh has coached in the West Midlands and Staffordshire for over 40 years, while Gray continues to coach in Swansea at the age of 90.
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