While hourly lessons are convenient for fitting golf instruction into a busy schedule, they are not optimal for game improvement.

• Here’s the drawback. A golf lesson is generally between 30 and 60 minutes. In that time frame a player should only be presented and expected to be able to digest information within a narrow scope.(e.g.. how to improve their setup, better success with bunker shots, or reading a green).
• Most typically, a lesson will be enough time for such information to be conveyed to the player and the instructor to nudge the player into conforming to the instruction.
• However, the lesson does not have enough time for the player to practice supervised by the instructor. As a result of the fact that all people forget 50% of what they hear right after they hear it, when you do practice the lesson your result is likely to be less than satisfying–not because of your ability but because of the format of hourly lessons and the absence of extended supervised practice.

Attending golf school is different.

• Rather than breaking golf up into pieces that fit an hourly lesson, you are engaged in an organized curriculum from tee to green.
• During your full-day sessions, you sense how the blocks of instruction fit together and feel momentum building in your understanding and confidence. Players see improvement almost immediately.
• With 3 day-long sessions, each block of instruction is then followed by more than an hour of supervised practice. This is critical to ensure that not only have we successfully communicated the instruction and you can implement the instruction but also that you can produce those good shots when you are on the golf course.

Bottom Line: Our golf school format of three consecutive days produce opportunities to reinforce improvements and accelerate comprehension and proficiency. You’ll experience more improvement and enthusiasm than you thought possible.

• If the question you are asking is, “How much improvement will I see ‘during’ the three days I am at school”, our experience tells us that players see enough improvement to know that what you are learning works and that what you are learning to do you can do.
• If the question you are asking is, “How much improvement will I see ‘ in the future’”, our experience tell us that the answer lies in how far in the future and how much time will you have for practice. Upon concluding your three days with us, you will have a new optimism regarding the golf that you can play. However, improvement in your golf, means change and change happens at different rates for different players. One of the drivers of improvement is focused practice. You can accelerate the rate of improvement by elevating your focus and frequency of practice.

“Does the piano lesson itself produce a better player or is it understanding the lesson and practicing the instruction received?” Like the piano lesson, your three days will by themselves produce improvement in your game. However, the potential of your time at Heartland will be realized by giving yourself regular opportunities in the three weeks following school to allow the experience to be reinforced and more deeply learned. You’ll enjoy seeing your game continue to improve.

Bottom Line:Year in and year out we see Heartland opening new levels of play to men and women of all ages across the spectrum of physical ability. The skills that you will experience and learn, produce a swing that is simpler to manage and one that can be made more consistently.

Routinely, our experienced players tell us, “I wish I had done this [attended Heartland] when I first started playing.” Anytime we have new players in class, those experienced players tell them, ” You’re doing it right.” With 20/20 hindsight they can clearly see how their practice and playing time could have been so much more enjoyable.

Players who are new to the game report that they were surprised how quickly they felt comfortable with the other golfers in their class. They were also enthused to find that they were already making progress the very first morning.

With a curriculum based on years of refinement, players who are new to the game will find their time at Heartland to be the most productive way to invest their time for learning. Our maximum class size of four players allows us to work with each player individually at their own level. We appreciate the opportunity to be the first to introduce new players to this wonderful game.

Bottom Line: Our one-on-one instruction and comprehensive curriculum is an effective and organized way for new players to get into golf.