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One thing I never expected to learn at golf school was how to really wind up and throw my golf clubs. But at Fred Shoemaker’s School for Extraordinary Golf we not only practiced flinging seven irons, but Fred also videotaped our efforts and played the videos back to us right after playing videos of our group of students hitting actual golf shots with the same clubs. Our room full of intermediate and advanced students was amazed to see that while the tapes of our golf shots revealed a huge variety of swing flaws — from reverse pivots to over-the-top-moves — the films of our club throwing displayed fluid, natural swings that we barely recognized even when they were our own. When it comes to education, some students excel at math, while others respond positively to philosophy class. And when it comes to golf education, there are golfers who’d prefer to learn by pounding balls at the range until their hands grow raw, others who prefer to studiously consult visual images of their swings, and still others who can perfect their games more easily through metaphor. The good news is that various golf schools have been developed to help you no matter how you learn. The even better news is that most of them are located at or associated with great resorts that not only offer terrific golf courses to test out your new-found knowledge but also room and board options that are way better than you’d find at even the top institutions of higher learning. Following are eight courses of golf study that also include opportunities to study great courses and to end the day with fine dining and cozy accommodations.
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