
City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation offers adult beginning and intermediate golf classes by a DeLaveaga Golf instructor. Click here for a current class schedule and to register.
Schedule an evaluation lesson to analyze your swing, alignment and equipment. Contact the Golf Shop at (831) 423-7214 and make an appointment with one of our Golf Professionals.
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| Parker Hammond PGA Class A Professional / Instructor |
Cory Daniels Assistant Golf Professional |
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Nationally recognized as one of America’s top golf instructional programs. Guaranteed to help any player improve their game. We have helped thousands of golfers improve their swings and scores. Programs are available for adults, juniors, new golfers, experienced golfers and the executive golfer. Additionally, we offer training in the short game, sand bunker and on-course instruction.
Rick Walker is a former PGA tour player and has spent the past 30 years as a PGA class A Teaching professional. He is also the Director of Instruction for Functional Golf. Johnny Miller, PGA Tour Hall of Fame member and TV Analyst says "Rick is one of the top 5 teachers in golf". The PGA has recognized Rick for his contributions to Junior Golf and is the author of "The Functional Golf Swing". He is a Master FGS instructor and has coached students to the PGA tour, Hogan / Nike / Buy.com tours, US Women's National and State Amateur Championships.
Rick can be reached via email at rick@golfcoach.com or by calling (831) 458-9119. Lessons are conducted at the far-end of the driving range (on the lower level).
For more detailed program descriptions and course schedules, visit www.functionalgolf.com.