Golf Instruction & Tips
Laurel Ridge wants to provide you with every advantage in your golf game.
Private and group instruction is available to help with any aspect of your game. Clinics are scheduled throughout the season to work on your short and long game, from chipping and putting to full swing. Golf Club Demo Days are also held to aid with club selection. Whatever you need, we can help.
If you just need time for practice, members have access to our chipping and putting green and driving range. Practice makes perfect!
Golf Tips
Recommendations on the best ways to handle various lies:
Mountain golf has unique characteristics that may present challenges to golfers. For instance, an uneven lie requires two important adjustments.
- Swing the club at a speed that allows you to stay in balance; this usually means slower and smoother than normal (70-80% of maximum).
- Sole the club properly in order to minimize the effect of the hill.
Side Hill - Feet Below Ball
- Allow for a slight fade
- Play ball in the center of stance
- Place weight on the balls of feet
Side Hill - Feet Above Ball
- Take more club than you feel is necessary
- Play ball closer to your feet and in center of stance
- Allow for slight draw or pull
- Place weight on the balls of your feet
Downhill
- Set your body with the slope of the hill
- Use one less club than normal
- Move the club as parallel to the slope as possible
- Allow for a low shot that may fade
Memberships are year-round and include family members consisting of husband, wife and children under age 18 and full-time college students residing in the same household.
An annual Food & Beverage minimum applies to all memberships.
Uphill
- Set your body up with the slope of the hill
- Use one club more than normal and choke down
- Play ball in the middle of stance
- Allow for a higher shot than normal that may be pull-hooked
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