Lesson Tee

Private lessons are available for those players who wish for one-on-one instruction. For dedicated players with specific goals in mind, special lesson packages can be constructed to meet your needs.

Group lessons are available for those players who wish to learn with friends and are willing to share their instruction time. Group lessons are a great way to learn the fundamentals of the golf swing or topic specific lessons for all player levels.

Video Lessons are a valuable tool providing visual feedback to the student. Understanding what you are doing and what the instructor is trying to accomplish is an essential first step to make any change in your golf swing. Video instruction is only given during private lessons.

Playing lessons are a great tool to learn golf course management and for the insructor to identify how their students play the game and where to make the most significant changes to improve the student's score. Playing lessons take place on the golf course during a nine hole round of golf.

Most people when they sign up to take a lesson have some general goals they wish to achieve, but lack the knowledge to achieve them. Understanding how your swing works and what you do to cause poor or inconsistant shots is key in correcting your mistakes. Having an open mind to new ideas, as well as good learning and practice skills is equally important. It is up to the PGA professional to indentify these flaws and communicate the proper techniques and practice drills required to correct these errors and accomplish your goals. Its up to the student to take this information and incorporate the suggested changes into their game through practice and patience. To do this, the student needs to know how to learn and how to practice so their goals can be achieved.

1. A good learner must be a good listener. Many students come to a lesson with a preconceived notion of what they do wrong. They've heard their problems over and over from friends and family. My recommendation is to forget what you think is wrong and let the PGA professional give their analysis. Be open to new ideas and be willing to incorporate them into your swing, even if they feel wrong. Because it feels wrong doesn't make it wrong, its just different.
2. Ask questions. Understanding what's being communicated to you is essential to incorporating any changes into your swing. Clarify instructions and challenge your instructor so that you also believe in what is being asked of you.
3. Be patient. Perfection takes time. Even the smallest change to your swing will feel like a monumental event. You'll be surprised what a little deligence and practice will do to affect a difference in your game.
4. See what you are doing by utilizing a mirror, photographs or video. Having some sort of visual feedback will show you what you are actually doing. What your "minds eye" sees is not always what is actually happening.
5. Feel what you are doing by utilizing swing aides, practice drills or having your body or club moved into the correct positions. Again, its the immediate feedback to your brain so that you will notice the actual difference between what you were doing and what you want to do.
6. Reinforce your mechanics through proper practice, photos or video, and follow-up lessons. Whenever a student is left on their own to groove their "new swing", they will typically take one of two paths: The correct path, incorporating changes correctly, and the incorrect path, either over correcting or giving up because the changes just don't give the immediate results that you wish. Using good reinforcement techniques will keep you on the correct path to achieving your goals.

1. Practice with a purpose. Have a game plan in mind and stick to it. Sometimes students will ad-lib during practice sessions. This will only confuse you and create more problems. Practicing is not just about hitting alot of balls, its above achieving a set goal for a given practice session. If you reach that goal after fifteen balls, stop. Go to the putting green or chipping area if you still want to practice. Most shots are lost and gained there anyway.
2. Practice at consistant intervals. Hitting balls once a week for two hours is not as good as hitting balls four times a week for 1/2 hour. Pick an interval that works best for your schedule and stick with it.
3. Incorporate playing golf with practicing. All practice and no play does make Johnny a dull boy. You are working on your game to get better when you play. Take it to the course and see how you are doing when you play the game.
4. Work on the weakest part of your game first. Prioritize your practice so that there is adequate time to work on the part of your game that needs it the most. If you wait till the end of your practice time, you will be too tired and rush through that area that needs the work.
5. The majority of your practice should be within 30 yards of the green. This is where you lose or make up most of your shots. Its the scoring area. Don't neglect it by just wanting to pound balls.
6. Utilize practice aides and practice drills to reinforce mechanics. This goes back to getting positive feedback about what you are trying to accomplish during your practice session.
7. Practice at 80%. When you slow down your swing, you give yourself the time to make changes. Once you go at 100%, your muscle memory kicks in and you will go right back to your bad habits.