1. Advance bookings are up over 20% on average
2. Hotels have been less aggressive in discounts offered to the schools, because they are seeing increased reservations
3. Florida seems to have the largest uptick in reservations, followed by Arizona and Las Vegas
4. Prime winter and fall dates around holidays are filling fastest, with many over 90% occupancy already
5. The corporate group market is still dead, but some company exec’s are taking small groups on their own without company support.

What do these stats mean for the consumer?  Great values still abound, you should just secure your preferred dates as early as possible.  With the increase in business you’ll have more choices from more schools.  

Golf University- 30% off till Dec 1 on all programs. www.golfuniversity.com

Advantage Golf School- Numerous discounts and gift card offers. www.advantagegolfschool.com

Improve your game this fall with a Florida Golf School

The Westin Mission Hills is home to one of the LPGA majors, the Dinah Shore. This classic golf resort and spa is also home to one of the most innovative golf instruction schools in America. The Advantage Golf School offers its personalized one to one instruction schools in two to five day programs. You’ll receive daily morning instruction on the practice tee, followed by a 9 hole playing lesson on course with your PGA instructor. You’ll relax after school in a luxurious and spacious room with golf or mountain views at the beautiful Westin resort right on site. If you want to improve your game in a classic Palm Springs resort setting, visit www.advantagegolfschool.com for pricing and schedules

Advantage Golf School offers 2 to 5 day programs at the resort featuring their one to one personalized golf schools programs with your own personal PGA instructor.

If you have a taste for the good life and want to improve your golf game. Advantage Golf School at Turnberry is the choice for you.

Visit www.advantagegolfschool.com for prices and schedules

Escape to Florida this winter and improve your golf game while enjoying a relaxing resort getaway.

Advantage Golf School offers two to five day golf schools at the 4 Diamond Amelia Island Plantation Resort, directly on the ocean in beautiful Amelia Island.

Located just a short 45 minute drive from downtown Jacksonville, and 29 miles from Jacksonville International Airport.

Non golfers come too, plenty of activities for you also, from spa, shopping to nature excursions, beaches and more.

The golf programs are 2 to 5 days and include personalized one to one PGA instruction with daily playing lessons on course, computer video swing analysis, and custom improvement plans designed to help you retain what you learn when you get home and continue your improvement.

For more information visit www.advantagegolfschool.com

If you really want to improve your golf game while enjoying a winter getaway, and you enjoy the first class lifestyle, we’ve found the perfect solution.
Advantage Golf School is recognized by GOLF Magazine as one of America’s top golf schools, they have located their latest Scottsdale Arizona golf school at The Four Seasons Troon North Resort & Spa, considered by many the finest resort/golf/spa combination in the Southeast USA. The AAA Five Diamond resort offers award winning dining, a spa ranked in the top ten in America as well as two golf courses consistently at the top of every ranking of Arizona’s best golf courses.
This is an ideal location for a golfer who wants to bring a non golfing friend or spouse, no guilt here! The non golfer will enjoy magnificent spa services, numerous nature excursions, world class shopping, and gourmet dining.
Advantage Golf School offers a level of personalized instruction like no other. You’ll have your own veteran PGA professional with a minimum 10 years teaching experience working just with you in a 1:1 student/pro ratio. You’ll also visit the Callaway Golf Performance center located right at the golf school! Here you’ll have your swing videod by 3 cameras simultaneously and review the results on custom computer programs that will tell you the ideal specifications for your golf clubs. You can even have Callaway Clubs built to order during your visit!
Each day’s golf school includes mornings on the practice tee with your instructor developing a custom and unique learning plan for your improvement. After a relaxing lunch reviewing the morning’s progress, you and your instructor will head to the course for a 9 hole playing lesson, where you will learn how to “take it to the course”.
Programs are offered from 2 to 5 days and can include yourself alone or bring a spouse or friend. Either way you are getting the best of everything when you attend an Advantage Golf School Four Seasons Troon Golf School. Visit www.advantagegolfschool.com for pricing and schedules.

A GOLF Magazine Golf School Evaluation Panel was established to review each school’s basic structure and qualifications (per the GOLF Magazine School Evaluation questionnaire).
The Panel developed a criteria model against which each school was compared. The defining criteria included:

1. Breadth of Programs
Game-specific programs such as short-game-only schools and physical conditioning programs were not considered. The Top 25 Golf Schools in America list is limited to full-game, tee-to-green skill-improvement curriculum.

2. Student-to-Teacher Ratio
The smaller, the better, although the panel did not necessarily consider a 1:1 ratio to be the ideal in a golf-school setting.

3. Technology
The Panel favored those schools that applied advanced technologies (video analysis, 3-D modeling and even platform analyses) into their lesson plans.

4. Instruction Hours
The more the better. Schools that spent more time on the practice tee were favored over those that split time between practice and play. However, schools that included intense playing lessons were favored over those that simply included play after practice.

5. Facilities/Accommodations
The cost of going to golf school isn’t anything to sneeze at. The Panel awarded schools with “non-practice” amenities, and those that offered state-of-the-art practice facilities with the complete range of full-swing, short-game and putting practice areas.

6. Level of Experience
Staffs led by knowledgeable and experienced staff were favored over those that employ an even partial percentage of non-PGA teaching professionals.