Get off to a good start in golf by starting on the first tee! What I mean is, start in the right place when you want to learn golf and find a PGA Instructor to begin your golf education. Choosing your first instructor and making sure you learn all areas of the game so that you have a solid foundation in the game will help you become a lifelong golfer.
Fall 2011 SeriesThe Beautiful Fall Colors and Sunsets are inviting you
Back to Basics – Instruction includes all areas. Develop your game, starting with Putting and moving through Chipping and Pitching to Full Swing
$100 / Month
$30 / Day
Call for Your Reservation Today
Bring Your Favorite Classmates!
Heidi 760-533-6917 Jacqui 858-699-1899
Encinitas Ranch Golf Course 1275 Quail Gardens Rd. Encinitas, CA 92024
You’ve got nothing to lose but strokes!
Inquire About Our Other Upcoming Golf Schools!
Heidi Richardson PGA Class A Golf Professional
Jacqui McSorley LPGA Class A Golf Professional
The leaves are falling and so could your golf score! Our Women’s November Golf School
is just what your game needs!
Friday September 23, 2011 - 9 am – 12:00 pm
Friday October 7, 2011 – 9 am – 12:00 pm
Friday October 21, 2011 – 9 am – 12:00 pm
Monday November 1, 2011 – 9 am – 12:00 pm
Back to Basics – Instruction includes all areas. Develop your game, starting with Putting and moving through Chipping and Pitching to Full Swing
$125 per session
or
$200 per month
Call for Your Reservation Today
Bring Your Favorite Classmates!
Heidi 760-533-6917 Jacqui 858-699-1899
Encinitas Ranch Golf Course 1275 Quail Gardens Rd. Encinitas, CA 92024
You’ve got nothing to lose but strokes!
Inquire About Our Other Upcoming Golf Schools!
Your kids will love our SUMMER SCHOOL! Let’s call it camp! It’s not day care; it’s a fun week of learning every aspect of the game of golf! Encinitas Ranch is a junior friendly facility and the kids enjoy putting, pitching, full swing practice, video instruction, fitness training, many great games and of course all of the rules and etiquette associated with this wonderful game of golf! “We can’t believe how much our kids learn”, is a common comment associated with Heidi and Jacqui’s summer golf programs!
Have a great time learning golf with LPGA Pro Jacqui Nicoletti-McSorley and PGA Pro Heidi Richardson at Encinitas Ranch Golf Course. Heidi & Jacqui provide a fun and rewarding environment, teach and develop golf fundamentals, and teach your juniors the rules and etiquette they will need to play or compete.
How can knowing the rules help you score better? Have you ever seen a case where knowing the rules saved someone strokes off their scores?
Knowing the rules will not only keep the traditions of golf alive, but will help you play your best round of golf each time you go out to play. Many times, not knowing a rule may lead to a player losing strokes or taking a higher score then necessary.
After you have made the big decision to get started in golf, the first step you should take is to schedule lessons with a PGA or LPGA Certified Instructor and begin the journey of learning to play. The starting point for your swing instruction will involve learning to hold the club, taking your stance to prepare for an athletic swing motion and learning how to aim towards a target. Let’s review each of those steps.
The Grip
One of golf’s greats Ben Hogan said “Golf begins with a good grip.” I agree! Your hands are the only part of your body connected to the club so it seems to make sense that we should make sure that we know what to do with them! For many beginners the grip feels unnatural at first, so repetitive gripping and re-gripping is important so that it becomes second nature to put your hands on a club. A “formed” grip which has a mold of proper hand positions is an extremely helpful tool and the more a player swings a club with one, the faster the hands become comfortable. Grip pressure is as important as hand positions, and again, by using a grip trainer a player can relax the pressure as the position becomes more comfortable. On scale of 1-10, grip pressure should be about 4-5, but for most, we are up around 9-10! The grip pressure should be checked at varying points during a swing as well. The “waggle” before a swing is a way of relaxing the hands. Take some practice swings stopping at the peak of the backswing, then on the downswing as the club approaches impact, and then at the finish and notice your grip pressure along the way. Relaxed hands allow the club to release and rotate through the swing, particularly during impact with the ball. Lastly, both hands should work as a unit, as opposed to one hand being more dominant. Continue reading
After your first series of lessons, where you gained golf knowledge and technical swing skills from putting to chipping, pitching and full swing shots, it’s time to get out on the course and play the game!
It is equally important to know about golf rules and etiquette when you are going on the course. As you join with others to play in foursomes, you must not only have physical swing skills, but you must know when to hit, where to stand when others are hitting, how to mark your ball, fix your divots, how to use a golf car, how to write down your scores and more. Continue reading
This Girls Golf program is nationally recognized and LPGA*USGA affiliated and offers golf education and skills introduction for beginners and thorough and appropriate level training for intermediate to advanced players. We offer PGA and LPGA instruction in all areas of the game as well as exciting and fun activities including: our special Mother/Daughter day, the wonderful Father/Daughter Play Day and BBQ, our guest day with LPGA Tour Players, charity/benevolence and fundraising events, “Big Bucks” (earned during clinics) shopping days, Skills Level Ribbons and Buttons for progress evaluations and MUCH MORE! The girls love the instruction in this social, fun environment with their best golf buddies! Our Women instructors devote their love and energy to developing a new generation of beautiful young women golfers, and we want to see YOU at the course for this new and exciting year!
February 19
9 – 11 am – in front of the Encinitas Ranch Golf Shop – We are also having a Fundraising Bake Sale that day – so we want to get the word out to all of our previous members (or new ones if they want) to bring a baked item that day, or even 1-2 days in advance to be sold to raise money for the program and for a charity we will pick.
February 26
4-6 pm – same place, front of golf shop, FINAL registration day
February is the month of love! Jacqui and Heidi share a lifetime of loving the game of golf! The word Love is often over used as one might say they love flowers, a particular food, song or even color. Verb or noun- it imparts passion. We are passionate about golf! Growing up with the privilege of playing with family and friends, golf has enriched our lives in so many ways that we can’t help but share lessons learned with others, especially the residents of the beautiful Encinitas Ranch community. Continue reading