Classes & Workshops

CLASSES RANGING FROM

Beginner to Advanced

With the next generation of children expected to live shorter lifespans than their parents, we decided to create a program that uses our personalized curriculum, the American Development Model and hired the best PGA professionals we could find to coach our students. We believe in creating a situation where a student will become an athlete for life, and live well beyond that grim expectation. Our system has proven results from the many years and thousands of students we have helped. We use the same system for our adult members, and now through our program, can reach the individual goals using different sports modalities to help strengthen and carve a new you. We work with your family members’ personal goals and utilize our multiple programs to accomplish them. We utilize physical development programs for cases that require it. Our locations have the ability to utilize data metric machines to help recognize leaks in the mechanics of your motion causing dispersion issues. We help our students stay involved and interested in the game by creating a fun, exciting, environment.

Junior Development Program

Junior Development Class

Our Junior Development membership is held at both our practice area (driving range, short game area, putting greens) and the golf course. We go over our 350 skill, 12 level program. This membership will allow you to RSVP in our classes a set amount of times (depending on membership) in our 4-1 ratio group classes, AND you will be able to RSVP in our (90) minute on course class a set amount of time (depending on membership) every 30 days. Students in this program will also have access to our players skills application which keeps track of their progress. This is a great program for any ability golfer of years of age and older, and we focus on proper fundamental work, cause and effect, short game, putting, and proper practice routines, and we also provide equipment if needed.

Adult Development

Our adult Development Membership is for all abilities of golfers, or previous graduates of our Welcome2Golf program. This membership is held in our practice area (driving range, short game area, putting greens), and the golf course, and we go over our 350 skill, 12 level program. This membership will allow you to RSVP in our classes a set amount of times (depending on membership) in our 4-1 ratio group classes, AND you will be able to RSVP in our (90) minute on course class a set amount of time (depending on membership) every 30 days. Students in this program will also have access to our players skills application which keeps track of their progress. In these classes we focus on developing correct fundamentals, learning ball flight laws, practice routines, chipping, putting, and more. This is a great program for those that do not need or like private 1 on 1 class, and can be around other students, or friends, and belong to a fun learning community around golf.

Junior Tournament Development Program

Junior/Adult On Course Program

Our junior development on course class is available for our junior members who are currently in our development classes as an optional class to take. It is open to any student with a belt level higher than orange 1 in the players skills phone application. This class lasts 90 minutes per session. We take the children on the golf course to go over the curriculum they learn in their development classes. Within the internal skills leaderboard, we will invite the top performing students from their site location to compete with other sites and represent their location in our seasonal invite only championships.

Adult Golf Program group picture

Welcome2Golf Adults

Welcome 2 Golf Adults” to: “This program is only offered at our Mission Bay location in San Diego. Tony Brooks, the owner and Regional Director of Instruction, hosts this class. This program is for the new golfer, or someone who wishes to try for the first time. Welcome2Golf is a 4 week program, with each class lasting 1.5 hours. This is a FUN and WELCOMING experience where we provide equipment, tour the facility, introduce you to the golf course staff, and GUARANTEE that you will not only hit the ball, but have fun doing it as well. We also offer continuing programs for those that graduate from this class in our recurring adult classes.

Once you sign up for the Welcome2Golf class, coach Tony will reach out to you to help arrange the starting class date and time. Since this program is structured with curriculum each week, we have to make sure you start in the correct sequence of classes. 

Junior/Adult Private Lessons Program

Our junior and adult on course class are held in a low ratio 4-1 setting and the student can RSVP into these classes as it is also included in your membership. It is open to all levels of golfers and anyone in our membership program. This class lasts 90 minutes per session, and we focus on golf playing skill development. We go over basic etiquette, basic rules, and start from shorter holes and learn how to navigate them as a group. This class is designed to make the transition from the range to course as seamless as possible, while learning how to apply what we are instructing on the range, into a golf course setting.

Seasonal Camps

During the year we host multiple seasonal camps with priority early access to current memberships. Our seasonal camps are open to non members, (after the early access sign up for our current membership) start at the age of 5 and we accept all abilities. We provide equipment, and our ratio falls between 6-1, and 8-1, depending on the type of seasonal camp. Our seasonal camps are listed below for all sites:

  • Winter Camps
    • Holiday (December)
    • New Years (January)
  • Spring Break Camps
    • Spring Break (April-May)
  • Summer Camps:
    • 3 Months worth of Summer camps totaling 10-12 camp weeks per year (June-August)
  • Fall Camps:
    • Thanksgiving (November)
 
 

Give Back Program

We named our corporation “Game Of Life First, INC” because we believe that is what GOLF stands for. We want to take our growth of the game to the next level. We do the following 2 things with 20% of our profits:

We pledge to our sister site in South Africa and have partnered with Heal The Hood foundation. All of the donated funds go towards equipment, tee times, lessons, field trips, and anything we can do to create a better golfing community in the Cape Flats region.

Players Skills App

The Lion Golf Academy is one of the few golf academies in the country with a players skills application that focuses on the development process of the student. We utilize 350 skills within a 12 level system for both adult and juniors. Features such as our ranking leaderboard for both the individual location, and regional rankings, allow us to invite the top performing students of each location to compete with each other. This application can support a student that is brand new to the game, and take them to a D1 level golfer if needed.  ADM skills are also provided in the application with its own leaderboard, along with parent information for their child’s physical, social, cognitive and mental development for their age group. This private application is only available for current active members, and is a great additional resource to ensure the growth of your child’s development by creating better practice habits with a purpose.