Background
Vanstiphout was born in Houthalen and grew up in Antwerp.
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Jos Vanstiphout
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Despite having no professional training as a psychologist, he has worked with notable clients, including Ernie Els, Thomas Levet, Retief Goosen, Michael Campbell, Pádraig Harrington, Barry Lane, Sergio García and Søren Hansen. He left school when he was 14 years old and took on a number of odd jobs. He formed the band The Mayfair Secretariat which was the Belgian selection for the World Popular Song Festival, but their only album failed to gain further popularity.
Vanstiphout started working as a newspaper ad salesman, and got interested in psychology.
His main interests were Edward de Bono and sports guru Timothy Gallwey, author of the The Inner Game of.. series. After he met Gallwey, he developed his own similar ideas.
He then followed the Professional Golf Association European Tour for three years before signing a contract with his first client, either Ross Drummond or Rolf Muntz. This brought him to the attention of many other top golfers.
Over the next few years, Vanstiphout became the sport psychologist for a number of the top professional golf players, including Ernie Els and Retief Goosen.
As of 2009, he worked with a.o. Ernie Els, Paul McGinley, Darren Clarke, Michael Campbell and David Howell. He also has worked with a few other sportspeople, including cricketer Andrew Flintoff.
Jos passed away in December 2013 after a long battle of health issues.
Clients
Aaron Baddeley
Rich Beem
Thomas Bjørn
Ángel Cabrera
Michael Campbell
Darren Clarke
Ross Drummond
Ernie Els
Gary Evans
Andrew Flintoff
Sergio García
Retief Goosen
Søren Hansen
Pádraig Harrington
Grégory Havret
David Howell
Raphaël Jacquelin
Maarten Lafeber
Barry Lane
Thomas Levet
Carl Mason
Paul McGinley
Mark McNulty
Rolf Muntz
Gary Murphy
Eduardo Romero
Justin Rose
Adam Scott
Marcel Siem
Vijay Singh.
Achievements
Membership
He was a member of Image.
