 |
Program Number: |
14729RJ |
|
| Start
and End Dates: |
|
| Duration: |
5 nights |
| Location: |
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
|
| Price starting at: |
$828.00 - Price may vary based on date, departure city |
| Program Type:
|
Golf
|
|
|
| Meals: |
13;
5 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 4 Dinners |
|
|
| Meal
Options: |
Vegetarian |
|
|
Trying to break out of bogey, double-bogey golf? From putt to drive, class "A" PGA and master teaching professionals provide hands-on individual instruction at the 200-acre Whispering Pines Golf Course. Develop your swing mechanics and all other segments in idyllic Myrtle Beach, named the Golf Destination of the Year by the Association of Golf Tour Operators.
Highlights
• Shape up all aspects of your golf game with video analysis and personalized swing video.
• Identify the segment of your game that needs work as instructors cover ball-striking, full swing fundamentals, short game, driver, course management and mental skills.
• Evenings include a look at the natural history of the loggerheads sea turtle —South Carolina's state reptile — and a swing at the less serious side of golf with a round at Harbor Oaks Miniature Golf Course.
Activity Particulars
Standing and swinging clubs required for morning instruction; carts provided for afternoon play.
Coordinated by Georgia College and State University.
Myrtle Beach
Miles of wide beaches and numerous golf courses make Myrtle Beach a top destination for family vacations. Disney-style entertainment, shopping malls, theaters, good seafood restaurants and endless water sports are all part of the attraction. Located 100 miles up the coast from Charleston, it is a world apart.
|
Accommodations
Beachfront resort with six swimming pools and fitness center.
|
| Road Scholar Instructors | | These instructors are participating on at least one date of this program. Please note that changes may occur. | Shelby Smith
| | Shelby Smith has been developing thousands of golfers at all levels during his career in Atlanta and Myrtle Beach. He is an experienced golf teaching professional, a certified PING club-fitter, and a Wilson Advisory Staff member. A former 1-handicap player from the Washington, D.C. area, Shelby has over 40 years golfing experience. For the past six years, Shelby has been an instructor for Road Scholar golfing programs. He has also developed a golf instruction program for older adults, with special considerations for working on golf swings, game improvement and enjoyment. | | | | Tom Garber
| | Tom Garber is a professional golfer whose specialty is long driving. A five-time ReMax World Long Drive Championship Finalist, his longest drive in competition is 414 yards, with a club speed of 142 mph. Tom is an instructor at Myrtle Beach clinics, PGA events and golf expos. | | | | Walt Zometsky
| | Walt Zometsky is a U.S. Golf Teachers Federation certified instructor and former American Golfware store owner. Also a certified member of the Professional Clubmaker Society, the Pennsylvania native has more than 50 years of golfing experience. | | | | James Gillespie
| | James Gillespie is a PGA Professional and tournament director at Barefoot Golf Resort in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Named the 2010 valedictorian at Golf Academy of America in Myrtle Beach, James has an excellent knowledge of the golf swing and has earned superior ratings for his teaching skills. | | | | Ann Wilson
| | Ann Malys Wilson is an Interpretive Ranger at Myrtle Beach State Park, the one full-time job she has ever had. Holder of a marine biology degree at UNC Wilmington, Ann coordinates the sea turtle, trail and nature center volunteers, cares for nature center and injured animals, and maintains the nature trails. Memorable highlights for Ann include watching a green sea turtle on the beach with a family during a morning patrol, witnessing a humpback whale breach, watching playful harbor seals and dolphins, and seeing a double rainbow over the ocean on Earth Day. | | | | Lee Brockington
| | Lee Brockington is a senior interpreter for the Belle W. Baruch Foundation at Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown County. A graduate of Columbia College, she was a participant in the Seminar for Historical Administration at Colonial Williamsburg. Lee is also a former curator of education for the Historic Columbia Foundation and an instructor of history at Coastal Carolina University. Her research appears regularly in newspapers and magazines and on educational television. As a former member of the Pawleys Island Planning and Zoning Commission, Lee was elected to the Pawleys Island Town Council and served before and after Hurricane Hugo. She is editor of “Pawleys Island, Stories from the Porch,” a collection of oral-history interviews, and author of “Plantation Between the Waters, a Brief History of Hobcaw Barony.” She also wrote the Pawleys Island entry for Walter Edgar’s “The South Carolina Encyclopedia.” | | | |
|