The 3 day golf school exists because past students asked for it. Many golfers who had done a longer school wanted a shorter format to come back to: enough consecutive days for a change to take hold, without a full week away. It has since become the school we most often recommend to returning golfers and to anyone whose game has drifted rather than collapsed.
Here is exactly how the three days run.
All three days follow the same rhythm. Pickup from your accommodation is between 7:15am and 7:30am, with the school starting at 8:00am at our coaching centre at Emerald Lakes Golf Club. Mornings are for technique. At midday you grab a quick lunch on the go, and from 12:30pm to 4:30pm you play an 18 hole playing lesson with your coach on one of the Gold Coast’s premier courses. The day closes with a review before you are returned to your accommodation by 5:00pm.
That afternoon round is the difference between a golf school and a block of lessons. Whatever you changed in the morning gets tested on a real course the same day, with your coach beside you watching for the old habit and talking through course management and decision making as you go.
The first hour is introduction and evaluation. Your coach films and analyses your current swing, and together you map out a targeted plan for the three days. Most golfers arrive with a theory about what is wrong; the video usually refines it.
The rest of the morning covers the full swing, short game and putting, and then you are out on the course by 12:30pm.
Day 2 goes deeper on the full swing and short game, and adds club fitting. A swing change can fail simply because the clubs fight it, so checking lies, shafts and grips early keeps the rest of the school focused on the movement rather than the equipment.
Head coach Tom Linskey keeps this work grounded in feel rather than theory. One of his favourite drills for finding speed in the right place is swinging a driver upside down and listening for where the whoosh happens. Watch Tom demonstrate swinging through the ball.
The final morning is pitching, putting, chipping and bunker play: the shots that decide what you write on the card. For most club golfers this is where the quickest strokes are found, and it is the part of the game few people ever practise with structure.
The school finishes at 5:00pm after your third playing lesson and review.
Afternoon playing lessons rotate across The Links Hope Island, The Glades at Robina, Palm Meadows at Carrara and our home course, Emerald Lakes. Courses may change depending on availability. One past student who attended with two mates summed the afternoons up well: “playing on classy golf courses in the company of a pro is really instructive. Great venue, great golf courses, great fun!”
Every school runs at no more than three students to one coach, so your coach sees every swing you make across all three days. A student who attended a three day school after years of plateauing described the result: “Without any major complicating swing mechanics my ball striking ability has improved immensely. This has led to great pleasure playing the game with increased confidence.”
Another left with more than a feeling: “I have videos now of the pro explaining in his own understandable words what I specifically need to focus on.”
The 3 day school is $3,800 per person including GST. A $1,000 deposit secures your place, with the balance due thirty days before your school. Schools run every week of the year, Monday to Friday, and we guarantee your satisfaction.
Check into your accommodation the day before your school starts. Daily return transfers run from anywhere in Main Beach, Surfers Paradise or Broadbeach. We suggest Broadbeach: it is the closest beachside suburb to Emerald Lakes and the dining is excellent. The AGS team is happy to help with accommodation bookings.
Many students also time their school around sport. If your AFL, NRL or Super Rugby team is playing on the Gold Coast or in Brisbane, we can help with extra nights, transfers, match tickets and additional rounds so the trip covers both.
It depends on the job. If you have been to a school before, or your fundamentals are sound and your consistency has slipped, three consecutive days is usually enough to find the fault, fix it and test the fix on the course. If you are rebuilding something structural, or it is your first school, the 5 day school gives a bigger change the time it needs: our coaches find it takes two to three days before a change stops reverting, and the extra days are where it gets pressure tested.
Three mornings of coaching. Three rounds with your coach. A clear list of what to work on when you get home.