golf instruction
Don’t let the rustic old-West appearance of the Golf Academy at Old Greenwood , in Truckee, California fool you. Inside the weathered wooden headquarters building lies a secret hideaway of high tech analytics and the highest-caliber instructional brainpower. The 1,500 sq ft center contains a full reception staff in addition to various launch monitors, club-fitting systems, and much more. The Academy takes a shot-by-shot, performance-based approach to instruction, helping beginners to steer clear of bad habits, intermediates capture more fluid and powerful swings, and advanced players shave enough strokes off their games to reach the next level. Instructors consider your game, body, and equipment to develop a total picture and then devise a personal plan to help you improve. The luckiest students will choose to live on campus here — steps from the practice tees — in the Villas at Old Greenwood, upscale three-bedroom/three-bath cabins with hot tubs, decks, fireplaces, and luxurious appointments. Villa guests will also be close by to a Jack Nicklaus golf course playing through pines and blue sage.
If your kids aren’t quite ready for college yet but you still want to further their education, the best possible family golf school destination may be Central Oregon’s legendary Sunriver Resort . The Sunriver programs, led by Ryan Davis, analyze students’ ball flight tendencies, swing paths, and putting planes to get at the root causes of their personal challenges. Shawn and the other teachers will develop an eight-principled program for you to take home with you to ensure ongoing improvement. At Sunriver you’ll also learn what makes for one of the best golf resorts on the planet, namely terrific and terrifically varied golf. Choose from the family-friendly nine-hole Caldera Links; the Woodlands, a classically-styled Robert Trent Jones II course laid out among condos and Ponderosa pines; Bob Cupp’s world-class Crosswater, boasting length, forced carries, risk-reward conundrums, and views of the snow-covered Cascade Mountains; and the kinder, gentler Meadows Course, which plays out in open flats behind the resort’s main lodge. Lodging choices include guest rooms, condos, cabins, and river lodges that make great bases for such activities as hiking, biking, fishing, rafting, and other “ing” sports.
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