Learn golf, here in the North West, and combine golf with business -the Learner Drivers scheme
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IS THIS YOU?
You don't play but you've often thought about giving it a go.
You know it's a very social game and very good for business.
You'd like to start saying 'yes' to the occasional invitation to play.
IF THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR...
Learner Drivers might be just the ticket. WANT TO FIND OUT MORE...
Get more details and an application form by clicking here.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
Learner Drivers aims to teach business people and professional workers how to play golf. We recognise that golf is a tremendous tool for developing business relationships - but if you don't play (or play really badly) you're missing out!
We provide you with what we believe is the very best introduction to the game possible.
Learner Drivers allows you to learn the game through a TWO-STAGE process of golf swing lessons (INDUCTION) followed by a series of instructional events (DEVELOPMENT), making the process fun and sociable.
Stage One - Induction (Lessons)
This is where we work with you to construct a basic golf swing. Private lessons in the driving range - starting from £100 for a run of 6 half hour sessions.
Golf lessons are essential if you're going to build a sound, basic golf swing. Half a dozen lessons should get you to 'first base' provided you practise properly in between sessions. It's still early stages, and you may well wish to refine your swing further, but you've got some essential fundamentals in place.
But what then?
Stage Two - Development (Learner Driver Events)
You've constructed a basic golf swing through an initial lesson programme, but you don't really know how to apply it yet. That's where the Learner Drivers Club comes in.
Essentially a series of monthly instructional golf events, the Learner Drivers Club enables you to:
1. consolidate the techniques learned in golf lessons.
2. transfer your golf swing from driving range to golf course.
3. acquire the skills/knowledge needed to play and compete.
4. develop new, profitable relationships with business people.
The Learner Drivers Club - how it works
For a monthly fee of £25, members receive free entry to one standard instructional event per month PLUS additional benefits listed below. A minimum of 2 events are scheduled each month and these take place either in the Playgolf Driving Range (Trafford, Manchester) or on local par-3 academy courses.
Driving Range Events
Normally on a midweek evening, between 6.30pm-8.30pm. Mixture of practical tuition in the range and classroom video instruction. Range balls and clubs provided.
Events on Par-3 Academy Courses
Mostly on a weekend morning (9.30am-12.30pm). Nine holes in groups of 3 around the Academy Course, with a Teaching Professional in attendance. Prize giving and analysis to follow.
What kind of things will you learn?
Each month we cover a different tuition theme, central to the development of your golf game. Normally at the end of the practical element of the event, this is in the form of a 30 minute classroom presentation covering subjects like:
• understanding the golf swing
• adapting to the golf course
• putting, chipping and bunker shots
• golf rules & etiquette
• choosing golf equipment
Membership Benefits
• regular tuition events for novices
• free use of range balls/equipment
• monthly tuition theme
• meet fellow golfers from the business world
• access to tuition library (video clips, articles)
• access to opted-in database of fellow members
Note:
Membership runs for 12 months but members paying by monthly standing order can terminate their membership at any time.
WHO'S JOINED?
The prototype version for Learner Drivers was launched in October 2007 and attracted representatives from the following firms:
KPMG, Barclays Bank, BDO Stoy Hayward, Addleshaw Goddard, Alexander Macdonald, Brabners Chaffe Street, Cross Engineering, Cushman & Wakefield, Price Waterhouse Coopers, RBS, Bank of Scotland, Davis Blank Furniss, Kelloggs, Ernst & Young, University of Manchester, Beever & Struthers, Cullen Financial Planning, Galliford Try, MIDAS, PA Golf Associates, FastWebMedia, Eversheds, Barnardos, Co-Operative Bank, Cartridge World, Bridge Insurance, Coutts & Co, Bovis Lend Lease, Horwich Farrelly, Grant Thornton, Turner Parkinson, Freeth Cartwright, Harts LLP, Unison Engine Components, Slater Heelis Collier Little, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Seriun....and many others.
Wed 3 Dec
Informal Drinks
All Bar One, King Street, Manchester
Starts: 6.00pm
2009 Schedule
Wed 14th Jan
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: UNDERSTANDING THE GOLF SWING (IRONS)
Tues 20th Jan
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: UNDERSTANDING THE GOLF SWING (IRONS)
Tues 3rd Feb
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: UNDERSTANDING THE GOLF SWING (WOODS)
Wed 18th Feb
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: UNDERSTANDING THE GOLF SWING (WOODS)
Wed 4th March
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: CHIPPING
Tues 24th March
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: CHIPPING
26-29 March
Balaia Village, Algarve, Portugal
Overseas Tuition Trip (details to follow)
Sat 18th April
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: PUTTING
Sat 25th April
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: PUTTING
Sun 10th May
Adlington Graduate Course (Macclesfield)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: BUNKER SHOTS
Sat 16th May
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: BUNKER SHOTS
Tues 19th May
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: BUNKER SHOTS
Sat 6th June
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: GOLFING ETIQUETTE
Sat 14th June
Macdonald Portal Golf Hotel (Tarporley)
Starts: 10am
Finishes: 4pm
Extended event, open to Learner Driver members with £10 supplement
Tuition Theme: GOLFING ETIQUETTE
Mon 22nd June
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: GOLFING ETIQUETTE
Sun 5th July
Adlington Graduate Course (Macclesfield)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: COURSE STRATEGY (DECISION-MAKING ON THE COURSE)
10-13 July
UK Tuition Trip
Details TBC
Supplement applies
Sat 25th July
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: COURSE STRATEGY (DECISION-MAKING ON THE COURSE)
Sat 15th August
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: SCORING & HANDICAPS
Sat 22nd August
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: SCORING & HANDICAPS
Sun 6th Sept
Adlington Graduate Course (Macclesfield)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: RULES OF GOLF
Sat 19th Sept
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: RULES OF GOLF
Thurs 24th Sept
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: RULES OF GOLF
Sat 3rd Oct
Styal Par-3 Course (Wilmslow)
Starts: 9.30am
Finishes: 12.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: UNDERSTANDING GOLF EQUIPMENT
Mon 12th Oct
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: UNDERSTANDING GOLF EQUIPMENT
Sun 18th Oct
Macdonald Portal Golf Hotel (Tarporley)
Details TBC
End-of-season special (supplement will apply)
Tues 3rd Nov
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: OPEN Q&A
Wed 18th Nov
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: OPEN Q&A
Tues 1st Dec
Playgolf, Trafford
Starts: 6.30pm
Finishes: 8.30pm
FREE to Learner Driver members
Tuition Theme: REVIEW OF THE YEAR - FESTIVE THEME
What is classed as a Standard Tuition Event?
The majority of events shown on the schedule are 'standard tuition events'. These include the regular midweek events at Playgolf (Trafford) and the weekend par-3 events at Styal and Adlington. Members are entitled to free entry to ONE of these per month.
What's different about the 'special events'?
We occasionally schedule 'special events' which incur a separate fee (eg extended events at Portal or overseas teaching trips). In this case, you may use your 'one-event credit' against the cost of this event, but a supplementary fee will apply.
Can I enter more than one event per month?
Yes, you have access to ONE standard tuition event FREE each month, but you may enter more than one standard tuition event on payment of an additional fee of £15.
How do I book into events?
Simply drop an e-mail to Andrew Thorp. Members are entitled to ONE free standard tuition event per month, but if members don't take this free event entry, this does NOT carry forward into subsequent months.
What if I can't make it to an event I've booked for?
Members must give at least 24 hours' notice of cancellation of an event entry. If not, we reserve the right to count that month's event credit as taken.
What equipment do I need to take part in events?
For driving range events we provide range balls and golf clubs (if required). Bring your own clubs if you have them. For par-3 academy course events, we provide golf clubs (if needed, again bring your own if you have them) BUT you will need a small golf bag (carrying bag), golf shoes, tee pegs and golf balls. An umbrella and waterproof clothing is also advisable.
OTHER EVENTS
In addition to the above, members can expect the occasional social event and away trip (UK or overseas). And for the better players, there wil be opportunities to play full-length 18 hole courses (we have a partnership with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Golf Society).
OUR VENUES
The Playgolf Complex, Trafford Quays, Manchester M17 8PG
Tel: 0161 749 7000
www.manchestergolf.co.uk
Junction 10 of the M60, by The Trafford Centre and the new ski centre. Sixty four bay driving range, two-tiers, ample car parking, Golf Academy, American Golf store, cafe bar and function room.
Styal Academy Course, Station Road, Styal, Wilmslow SK9 4JN
Tel: 01625 531359
www.styalgolf.co.uk
Close to Manchester Airport and easily accessed from M56. Covered driving range, par-3 course, 18 hole full length course, clubhouse and ample car parking.
Adlington Golf Centre, nr Poynton, Cheshire SK10 4NG
Tel: 01625 850660
www.adlingtongolfcentre.com
On the A532 between Poynton and Macclesfield, by Little Chef.
Covered driving range, two par-3 academy courses, ample car parking.
Portal Academy Course, MacDonald Portal Championship Hotel & Country Club, Tarporley, Cheshire CW6 0DJ
Tel: 0870 194 2135
http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/ThePortal
Recently acquired by MacDonald Hotels, Portal boasts a fine 18 hole championship course, a nine hole academy course, excellent practice facilities, hotel, leisure club and conference centre. Off A49 (Warrington-to-Whitchurch road) close to Tarporley.
Get more details and an application form by clicking here.
Or e-mail Andrew Thorp at 'Business in Golf' at andrew@businessingolf.co.uk
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