0 The Right Course

MEGAN SWOYER

Assistant Section Editor

Four-lesson series run from $140-
$180.

Grand Traverse Resort, near Tra-
Garland near Lewiston,
verse City in Acme,
(800) 968-0042
(800) 968-2327 or call John
The Garland Golf Academy
Webster
at (616) 938-3775
includes video swing analysis, indi-
New
this
year is the Jim McLean
vidual and group sessions,
Golf
School, which makes
and instruction on rules and
its
Midwest
resort debut at
A
golfer
learns
etiquette, sand play, putting,
Grand
Traverse
and features
swing
tips
at
the
long drives and short game.
both private and group
Jim McLean
Three-day, two-night
lessons. Master instructors
Golf School,
packages are priced from
held at Grand
provide highly personalized
$724 per person and include
Traverse
Resort
sessions that include innov-
unlimited golf and all
near
Traverse
ative practice drills, tips
instruction, two nights'
City,
Mich.
and mental exercises devel-
deluxe lodging, breakfast,
oped by McLean. "We can
lunch and dinner, welcome
teach any caliber of golfer, from PGA
reception and more.
professionals to first-timers," says the
school's director, John Webster.
Bavarian Village, 2540 Woodward,
"This is McLean's third school in the
Bloomfield Hills, (248) 338-0803;
country," he adds. In 1994, McLean
101 Townsend, Birmingham,
was
named teacher of the year by the
(248) 644-5950
Professional
Golfers Association.
If you sign up for a Learn-To-Golf
School arrangements range from the
program through Bavarian Village,
three-day Player's School to a three- ,-E=,
you will be directed to a list of pros
day instructional program with Jim
in the area, including those at the
McLean as your primary instructor
Golden Bear Golf Center on 13 Mile
(this option features a two-students-
and Coolidge in Royal Oak at (248)
to-one-teacher
ratio). Stay and play
549-9500. Private lessons are avail-
package
prices
run from about
able in several packages. Four half-
$1,925
to
$3,600.
Golf instruction
hour lessons run $136. Group clinic
with some meals runs around
prices vary. Four 90-minute beginner
$1,650.
group sessions run about $99.

Get your golf game
into the swing of things
by attending an instructional clinic.

5/22
1997

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Carl's Golfland, 1976 S.Telegraph,
Bloomfield Hills, (248) 335-7762.
The king of practice-range golf
and merchandise in the Oakland
County area, Carl's offers adult
beginner group lessons that feature
four one-hour classes priced at $80
(there's a maximum 10 students per
class). From chipping to etiquette,
most of golf's challenges are covered
in this class. Youth group lessons run
about $55 and include four one-hour
classes. This junior golf program is an
excellent way for boys and girls of all
ages to learn the great game of golf.
Group Lessons at Carl's can also be
structured for children aged 4-16.
For those who prefer private lessons
or need a tune-up, lesson rates run
from $40-$50 per half-hour session.

Shanty Creek, Bellaire,
(800) 678-4111.
Fine-tune your skills this year, so
you can take on the resort's newest
highlight: the Tom Weiskopf-
designed Cedar River Village course,
which will open for play in 1999.
The Jack Seltzer Golf Academy at
Shanty Creek offers everything
from half-day sessions to master a
full swing or a three-day or five-day
course to put you in top form.
Weekend rates are $1,508 per per-
son, double occupancy ($1,645 sin-
gle occupancy). That rate includes
three nights' lodging, all meals,
lessons and play. Each class includes
up to four students. Mid-week pack-
ages available. Half-day, three-hour
lessons that include four to six peo-