SUN CITY CENTER, FLA. – Dec. 13, 2004 – Ben Sutton Golf School, the nation’s longest-running, largest golf instruction destination based just south of Tampa, announced its inaugural “Players School” exceeded annual attendance projections and will be an integral part of the school’s curriculum in 2005.
“We are extremely pleased and pleasantly surprised by the attendance levels in the Players School,” says Dick Sutton, President of Ben Sutton Golf School. “It is gratifying to have ascertained a demand for this curriculum from our past and present students and to deliver a product that not only meets, but exceeds that demand.”
The Players School is for students with handicaps of 20-and-under who want instruction at the school’s state-of-the-art practice facility in the morning and intensified on-course playing lessons with their instructor in the afternoon. The school’s 3-to-1 student to teacher ratio makes it one of the most personalized and focused instructional programs on the market. Unlike run-of-the-mill golf schools that limit pupils to the practice range, the Players School promotes a theory-to-practice concept by emulating actual playing conditions and situations.
The popular program is offered in three- and five-day formats, and consists of the following:
-- Golf each day with a teaching professional on the neighboring Sandpiper and Renaissance courses.
-- Swing lessons and short game practice on the school’s 50-acre Learning Center.
-- Two playing sessions recorded by a BSGS professional and reviewed with the student.
-- Developing better course management and strategies while playing.
-- Working on psychological and physical aspects of game while on the course
Three- and five-day Players School programs will be offered throughout 2005, with the exception of March and April. A commuter option for local students is available for both formats. For more information on the Players School or the Ben Sutton Golf School, call 800.225.6923, or visit www.golfschool.com.
About Ben Sutton Golf School
Ben Sutton Golf School was founded in 1969 to provide students of all ages and abilities with the highest quality teaching professionals, equipment, and facilities in order to reach their full potential. Recognized as the only true-destination golf school in America, tens of thousands of golfers from all reaches of the U.S. and around the world – including heads of states, royalty and dignitaries; professional athletes; Tour players; movie, music and TV stars; politicians; corporate executives and entrepreneurs – have learned under the school’s real conditions.
Ben Sutton is the only golf school in the world where “instruction is the focus of the entire facility” – not on the fringe of it. Male and female students of all ages and abilities “learn golf where they play golf” at the school’s own 50-acre, nine-hole, configure-as-you-like-it practice facility designed for optimal learning. Support instruction areas include a Short Game Center, 12,000-square-foot putting and chipping green and V-1 Digital swing analysis studios and Callaway Golf Custom Fitting Center. Students learn in actual playing conditions and situations, hitting real shots, from real tees, fairways, rough and bunkers, over and around water to real greens.
State-of-the-art technology is incorporated into one-on-one learning sessions, which emphasize course management, situational thinking, swing analysis and strategy (working within golfers’ different physical specifications), and training. All instructors are PGA and LPGA accredited, priding themselves in mastering not only golf’s subject matter but clearly communicating it to students in ways that are easy to understand and remember.
Three-, five- and seven-day sessions (14, 23 and 36 hours of instruction, respectively) boast an impressive 5-to-1 student-to-instructor ratio, are conducted all year long and start at $775 with lodging, meals and ground transportation included.
