Archive for November, 2009

NON-TRADITIONAL FORMAT PUTS THE FOCUS ON LEARNING

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

College of Golf Keiser University offers an extremely advanced and effective education delivery format that optimizes the student learning experience while providing plenty of time for golf practice, instruction, and play opportunities. College of Golf Keiser University classes begin every month throughout the calendar year. In the first two months of the program, students will enroll in one of four entry-level classes, depending on the month they start. These classes are Strategies for Success, Traditions of Golf: History and Culture, Swing Fundamentals, and Short Game Fundamentals, and will be repeated sequentially. Students will attend class three hours each morning (usually 8:00am – 11:00am), four days a week, for four weeks. At the end of four weeks, students will enroll in the next class. This format, unlike the traditional college model, allows students to focus on one topic/subject at a time and get to know the PGA Instructor extremely well. In the third month, students will begin taking General Education courses on-line. These classes, such as Introduction to Computers and English Composition, will be spread over a two-month time frame to allow students the golf practice and play times they need. Students are provided ample on-line orientation prior to beginning classes and have Instructors available to mentor and assist them throughout the golf core and on-line courses. For those students who don’t like the idea of on-line courses, on-ground courses will be offered instead. This format continues throughout the remainder of the sixteen-month program, culminating with an Associate of Science Degree in Golf Management.

GOLF CLUB REPAIR

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

For students who are interested in golf club repair, The College of Golf Keiser University will have a 700+ square foot club repair lab completely outfitted with Mitchell Golf Equipment Company equipment and supplies. Mitchell Golf Equipment Company is recognized as #1 on Tour and touring professionals “depend on Mitchell® measuring and bending machines in tour repair vans at every tournament to properly adjust their golf club angles.” The College of Golf Keiser University club repair lab will contain four regripping stations, golf shaft frequency analyzers, loft and lie bending machines, and a vast assortment of other equipment used in assembling, reshafting, and adjusting/ changing the playability of golf clubs.

Students will have the opportunity to have their golf clubs evaluated and adjusted by PGA professionals to best fit their game. Additionally, students will learn the intricacies of golf club repair and adjustment in a classroom from an expert instructor, and will then be able to put their knowledge to work in the club repair lab with hands-on activities involving repairing and adjusting golf clubs.

PGA Instructors who teach the Club Repair class will have completed the Mitchell Golf Equipment Club Repair Seminar and will be certified to teach using Mitchell Equipment. For more details about Mitchell Golf Equipment, visit www.mitchellgolf.com.

FINE TUNING YOUR GOLF GAME

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

In addition to the playing and practice opportunities at the nearby PGA Golf Club and PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance, College of Golf Keiser University students are able to take group and individual lessons from the highly qualified staff of PGA Teaching Professionals on a daily basis. Lessons, which are included in the cost of tuition, are offered outdoors at the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance. Also, lessons will be conducted in The College of Golf Keiser University’s high-tech indoor training facility, where students will have access to the Motion Analysis Technology by Taylor Made (MATT) system, an AboutGolf indoor simulator with video analysis using the V-1 system, and indoor hitting stations with ball launch monitors and computer video analysis equipment. As part of the curriculum, College of Golf Keiser University students will learn how to use all of these technologies to enhance their teaching skills. The College of Golf Keiser University will offer golf ball fitting, iron fitting, driver fitting, wedge fitting, and putter fitting for its students, in an effort to maintain the cutting edge technology needed to maximize their golf games. Instruction will also be offered in the areas of scoring, course management, and the mental approach. PGA Instructors at College of Golf Keiser University are experienced in the historical/traditional methods of instruction and themodern methods such as Stack and Tilt, One Plane/Two Plane, Dave Pelz and Stan Utley. The PGA Instructors’ goals are to work with you on your game to maximize your abilities, not necessarily to change your swing or force you into a different swing. Swing changes can be made, but only if the student wishes and is dedicated to many hours of instruction and practice.