CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Keswick Hall, the luxurious 48-room boutique hotel set on a 600-acre estate in the heart of Virginia's countryside, is pleased to introduce Keswick Club's Golf School for the Novice. Recently launched under the direction Keswick's on-site PGA Professional, Eric McGraw, the new Golf School will provide a comfortable and personalized experience for beginning golfers. As the sport can be perceived by some as intimidating to learn, McGraw hopes to drive more players into the game by providing an approachable and fun learning environment. The beginner-friendly courses will be held on Keswick's scenic Audubon-certified, 18-hole Signature Arnold Palmer-designed golf course.
The Golf School will offer extended instructional sessions focused on developing and honing many different skills, whereas an individual golf lesson is usually a short, problem-specific instruction (e.g. how to stop slicing the ball). A Golf School itinerary can also run for several days, making it a perfect fit for guests interested in an accelerated program. Half of the time will be spent on the golf course to allow guests the opportunity to have fun with the experience. Also, because this is a novice school, instructors will teach basic golf rules and etiquette to get new golfers on the course and comfortable as soon as possible. Courses can be conducted with a single golfer or a group.
McGraw, who also acts as President of the Southern Chapter of the Middle-Atlantic Professional Golf Association (PGA), said, "Our school views a group as purely social -- a collection of individuals sharing the same goal of learning to play this great game, but that's where the similarity ends. Within the group each aspiring golfer needs to be coached as an individual."
Led by McGraw or Bubba Pulley, another of Keswick's golf pros, courses will cover basic essentials from how to talk like a golfer ("I'm going to play golf," instead of, "I'm going golfing") to hitting it out of the bunker to picking the right golf ball. Itineraries run from one- to three-day courses and are priced as follows:
• One Day (Start the Journey) - $215 per person
• Two Day (The Journey Continues) - $430 per person
• Three Day (Top of the Mountain) - $645 per person
Keswick Hall's 18-hole course was redesigned by Arnold Palmer in 1990 and has since been named an Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course. Set at the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, golfers are able to spend the day on a beautiful, traditional course while still encountering the challenges of an updated, modern one. Guests of the hotel are given passes to the Keswick Club, the services of which include a club concierge who will arrange tee times, the opportunity to find a local member to tee off with, and a personal locker, in addition to access to the spa, fitness center, indoor/outdoor pool and social events. Overnight accommodations from $255 per room, per night through Summer 2010.
For more information or to make reservations, call 1-888-778-2561 or visit www.keswick.com
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