A lot of prospective students want to know how our PGA Instructors teach the game of golf. In addition to the formal classes dealing with Golf Swing Fundamentals, Short Game Fundamentals, The Mental Approach to Golf, and Rules of Golf, College of Golf PGA Instructors offer individual lessons to students, clinics, and club fitting sessions on a weekly basis. We use the Motion Analysis Technology by Taylor Made for club fitting and detailed swing analysis, the AboutGolf Simulator to measure golf ball and club mechanics, and the V1 computer video analysis system to provide visual confirmation of the technical information generated on the AboutGolf Simulator, all in our indoor teaching/training facility. College of Golf PGA Professionals also teach individual lessons and clinics outdoors at the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance, which is only five minutes away from our campus. The design of the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance is ideal for teaching all aspects of the game, as they have over 5,000 square feet of putting greens, designated chipping and pitching areas, a bunker complex consisting of 7 different types of sand and different designs of bunkers, and a horseshoe shaped range area for practicing in different types of wind conditions. Also, all practice balls at the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance are Titleist balls. Students are not limited to merely taking lessons/clinics at the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance, as they have access 7 days a week from 8:00am until 9:00pm (current hours) to practice the different aspects of their games. For more information about the College of Golf facilities and golf career opportunities, visit http://collegeofgolf.keiseruniversity.edu/ or call 888-355-4465 to speak with a College of Golf Admissions Counselor.

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.

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.

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.

College of Golf at Keiser University students have access to the world class PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance, six days a week (closed for maintenance on Tuesday) from 9:00am until 7:30pm. This outstanding facility is a 35-acre practice facility located less than a mile from the campus. It offers a variety of training opportunities, including vast expanses of turf in a horseshoe shape to allow practice in any wind conditions; seven bunkers of different shapes containing different types of sand; three putting greens; a chipping green; and a pitching area. There isn’t a facet of your game that you can’t practice at the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance. For those who love to practice, this is paradise!

College of Golf  students will also have access to numerous golf courses throughout the Port St. Lucie area. However, students will call the three golf courses at the PGA Golf Club their “home” courses, and this facility is also located only five minutes away from the campus. Students will play the challenging Dye, Ryder, and Wannamaker courses on a weekly basis, and these courses will test your skills! The PGA Golf Club hosts many local, regional, and national tournaments. Most recently, the PGA Golf Club hosted the PGA Assistant Professional Championship, the national championship for Assistant Golf Professionals throughout the country. On six separate occasions, the PGA Golf Club has been host to the Special Olympics National Invitational Golf Tournament. You won’t be disappointed when teeing it up at the PGA Golf Club.