My PGA Golf Coach

Grand Traverse Golf Academy

Terry — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:52:59 +0000

Introducing the ALL NEW Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Golf Academy, featuring 2008 PGA Professional National Champion and six-time Michigan Open Champion Scott Hebert as Director of Instruction.

This is a great opportunity to learn from PGA Professionals who have played competitive golf, and know how to win!

Whether you want to refresh your swing, sharpen your fundamentals, or gain confidence for your next golf outing, some of the finest professional golf instruction in Michigan is found right here at Grand Traverse Resort & Spa.

The Academy is open April-September and offers private instruction as well as one-day, two-day, and three-day schools, public clinics, on-course instruction, corporate clinics, team builds, ladies-only schools and clinics, junior camps, junior clinics, golf academy memberships, and club fitting.

In addition, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa is proud to have been selected as a site for the PGA Tour Academy Junior Golf Camps.

Video analysis is included with instruction as well as a video review with all instruction for the student to keep.

The Academy is housed in a 2,000 square-foot building that features three heated, indoor-outdoor hitting bays equipped for video and computer analysis.

In winter, the facility serves as the Winter Golf Center offering lessons and practice sessions. It is the only facility in northern Michigan where golfers can practice in winter in comfort and see the flight of their ball.

Visiting Grand Traverse Resort & Spa on business? Take a break from the daily routine of corporate meetings and enjoy an hour of basic golf instruction with schools in session from April through September at Grand Traverse Resort & Spa.

Instruction
Let Director of Instruction and PGA Professional Scott Hebert or Lead Instructors and PGA Professionals Lee Houtteman and Terry Crick guide you through the overall learning experience. You can pursue a variety of intriguing options, formatting your instruction to include short game, full swing, on-course, and personalized, video-based, swing analysis.

Grand Traverse Resort & Spa has one of the most advanced learning facilities that golf instruction has to offer. Multiple indoor-outdoor hitting bays combine the latest digital video and computer equipment to analyze your swing. The instant evaluation you receive will lead to dramatic breakthroughs in your game. You’ll leave with a full understanding of your golf swing and a great game plan for further improvement.

Ready to Get Started?
For more information, call 800-236-1577 ext 6550 or send an email to golfacademy@gtresort.com .

Click here for more information about the Grand Traverse Golf Academy located at the beautiful Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Http://grandtraverseresort

The Golf Academy’s street address is:
Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Golf Academy
4669 North Village Drive
Williamsburg, MI 49690

The Golf Academy’s mailing address is:
Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Golf Academy
100 Grand Traverse Village Blvd.
Acme, MI 49610

Are You Kidding Me ?

Terry — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:43:58 +0000

I will never forget a ruling I made about 10 years ago in a major amateur event to a young man on the putting green. I had volunteered as a PGA rules official and was assigned to a medium length island green par three hole. This young man hit a great iron shot to the green and had left himself about a 20 footer for birdie. He marked the ball and tossed it to his caddy who missed it and the ball rolled off the edge of the green and into the water. They could not retrieve the ball from the lake and substituted another ball, then the young man made the putt for what he thought was a birdie. I had to be the bearer of bad news and inform the young man that rule16-1b does not permit substitution of another ball, accordingly there is a penalty of 2 strokes and his 2 is now a 4. Sometimes the rules don’t work in your favor.

Get Your Body Ready For Golf

Terry — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:42:12 +0000

For those of us who have spent the winter up north we’re looking out the window dreaming about hitting golf balls in the beautiful sunshine. If you didn’t have an exercise regime set up over the winter it’s not to late. Pre-season and ongoing conditioning utilizing core strengthening exercises are vital for strength, endurance and injury prevention. Abdominal crunches, back extensions, side lifts, and fast walking are a few that can help.

Many injuries are caused by tightened and inelastic muscles. You need to increase elasticity to allow them to respond to physical demands without injury. Increased elasticity in your muscles increases the force of recoil contraction which improves your downswing. Stretching is mandatory to playing golf well and staying healthy. Make an appointment with your provider to customize a program that’s right for you. Personally I use Dr. Greg Chappell who runs a wellness center in Acme. He can be contacted at this link for help.

http://www.chappellhealth.com/

Let It Rip

Terry — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:54:48 +0000

People have been asking me why I end my videos telling people to let it rip. I always talk to my students about being aggressive through the hitting area, deceleration through the hitting area has destroyed many a golf swing.You can’t steer a golf ball or wish it next to the hole it just doesn’t work. Get the club into the proper position during the backswing then as I like to say, let it rip .

Reassurance From A Golf Legend

Terry — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:56:37 +0000

Sometimes when I am feeling low, I remember a little poem I heard when I was a boy. Harvey Penick said this many years ago and from a teachers standpoint it makes me smile to this day.

When your time comes to

Pass on someday

The only things you can keep

Are what you gave away.

Kids And Golf

Terry — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:01:10 +0000

Teaching kids how to play golf is one of the most satisfying things I get to do in my job as a PGA Teaching Professional. When you introduce your child or grandchild to the game of golf keep it simple and fun. Work on the basics of grip, stance , posture and alignment and start them off with water balloons not golf balls. Water balloons are much bigger and easy to hit, they have fun you have fun and everybody gets wet. Like I said, you have to make their experience with golf fun, let them play.

For more help on getting your children started, click on the word video

An Irony In Golf

Terry — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:15:51 +0000

I ran across this quote from one of Harvey Penick’s lectures and had to share it with my followers. If you are trying to improve your game think about this statement. “In golf your strengths and weaknesses will always be there. If you could improve your weaknesses , you would improve your game. The irony is that people prefer to practice their strengths.”

For more thoughts on this click the word link.

Putting Lessons Aren’t Just For Low Handicappers

Terry — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:41:27 +0000

I was reviewing my notes from the last three golf seasons and I came across a very interesting trend. When I look back on all the golf lessons in the three previous years, only 3 % were on the putting green and of the 3 % ,90% were single digit handicappers. So it seems to me that ” good players” are the only ones looking for help with their putting, hey maybe that’s why they have single digit handicaps. I know practicing putting isn’t near as much fun as ripping the driver to most players but getting down to a single digit handicap will be.

For more information on my secrets to making three to five footers check out my video.

Which Grip Should I use

Terry — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:59:05 +0000

Changing your grip is one of the hardest things to do in golf, so get it right the first time. There are three basic variations, interlocking , overlapping and ten finger grip.
The interlocking grip is normally used by people with shorter fingers, the overlapping grip is the most widely used grip in golf and I normally only see the ten finger grip in Women or Juniors who lack strength. One of the problems in changing someones grip is they normally will get worse before they get better. As a teacher you need to know your student before you fiddle with their grip even if it’s bad. If you take a once a week player with a bad grip, change it and they don’t have time to practice, they may take up boating before you know it. A grip change is a major makeover and takes a long period of time for the student to get comfortable. There are a few things I want to see no matter which grip you choose, the hands need to work together as one unit and I want the club held in the fingers not up in the palm of your hands.

Now that you know your grip, do you know which club to use?

Another Golf Misnomer

Terry — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:08:28 +0000

I was watching a video the other night of a young man’s golf swing on You Tube. In the background, I could hear his father telling his son that he has to keep his left arm straight during the backswing if he wants to be any good at golf. Nothing could be further from the truth . The left arm does not have to be perfectly straight during the backswing to be a great player – but it does need to be straight at impact. Remember, there are many different ways to get things done in a golf swing and very few are set in stone. So chill out, Dad! I know you only want the best for your son! His left arm doesn’t need to be perfectly straight during the backswing to play great golf.