World Golf Village
At World Golf Village in St. Augustine, your golf school experience includes access to two championship courses and extensive practice facilities. Located in Northeast Florida between Jacksonville and historic St. Augustine, the destination is easily accessible from I-95 and is within reach of the area’s beaches, restaurants, and attractions.
World Golf Village is home to King & Bear and Slammer & Squire, offering 36 holes with two distinct course designs. King & Bear is the only course co-designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, featuring wide fairways, lakes, bunkering, native coquina rock, and mature pines and live oaks. Slammer & Squire was designed by Bobby Weed with input from Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen and features generous fairways, contoured greens, woodlands, and wetlands.
Both courses include dedicated practice facilities with a driving range, putting green, chipping green, and practice bunker. These facilities provide students with space to work on the full swing, short game, and putting throughout their golf school.
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Day To Day
01 On The Range
Start your day on the range establishing your individual goals for your golf school. You will baseline your current swing with swing video analysis before you move into your applicable swing drills, customized specifically for your own game.
02 On the Greens
Your instructor will help you understand the fundamentals of the putting stroke using a variety of aiming tools and techniques. Your instructor will help you understand distance and direction control and help you brush up on proper green reading techniques.
03 Pitching and Chipping
Focus on your short game by beginning with proper set up and approach to the ball and the green. Your instructor will evaluate your chipping and pitching alignment and help you make repeatable, proper contact with the golf ball. Most of your short game will come down to club selection. Your instructor will help you understand how each club selection leads to trajectory control, distance control, loft/lie angle selection and understanding different lies.
04 Bunker Game
An area many golfers struggle with is the sand game. You and your instructor will work through bunker shots, both greenside and fairway bunkers. Golf shots out of poor lies will only improve with practicing each bunker scenario.
05 Playing Lessons
Afternoons are all about taking “your game” to the course. This includes playing within yourself, developing a consistent routine, and reinforcing swing changes.
We don’t just show our students how to hit the ball better on the driving range…we play with them each day of their school. How often has someone taken a golf lesson only to go to the course and ‘lose’ everything that they just learned? We know that the most important part of changing is trust. It is that trust in something new that we abandon when it matters most; on the course. Playing lessons allow us to observe ‘how’ a person plays, both in thought and mechanics and then to show them how various intangibles like lie, wind, pin placement, and course condition affect each shot. We teach them how vital course management can be. It is also essential to show students how important it is to play ‘in your personality” and to play “within yourself”.
End your round post-game analysis.
06 The Mental Game
Mentally, golf can be more than a little demanding. Consistent performance on the course requires a mental approach that is effective for a casual weekend round or a high-pressure tournament. We teach students how to think like pros. We coach a mental program that allows for thinking clearly on the golf course. In addition to our one-on-one concept, we focus on the mental side of the game. This singular approach allows us to show our students how to take their game and swing from the driving range to the golf course…where it really matters.
Hotel
A Premier Resort Setting For Our St. Augustine Golf Schools
World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine ResortLocated within World Golf Village, the Renaissance St. Augustine Resort provides a convenient home base for your golf school experience. The resort features spacious guest rooms and suites with contemporary accommodations and easy access to the golf facilities and surrounding St. Augustine area.
Guest rooms include comfortable bedding and modern amenities, with select rooms offering private balconies overlooking World Golf Village and the Slammer & Squire Golf Course.
The resort also features multiple on-site dining options, including Villagio Grille, along with a fitness center, seasonally heated outdoor pool, whirlpool, game room, gift shop, convenience store, and other amenities for relaxing after a full day of golf.
What’s Included
What’s Included
What’s Included
- Students stay at the World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort.
- Unlimited practice and play
- Player evaluation
- Lunch with your PGA/LPGA professional each day
- The ultimate golf learning experience®, with 18, 24, or 30 hours instruction with your Bird Golf Academy Professional
- All taxes are included
What’s not Included
What’s not Included
- Golf Balls and Tees
- Golf Clubs, however, rental clubs are available through our golf course partners
- Airfare and transportation to and from the golf school locations
- Personal items purchased during the golf school
- Additional golf rounds before or after your school days
- Golf Rounds for other members of your party, not in your golf school
- Instructor gratuities are not expected but always appreciated. If you would like to leave a gratuity for your instructor, $75-$100 per day is customary.
Travel Details
How To Get There
Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)
45.2 miles
Approximately 50 minutes
How To Get There
Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB)
67 miles
Approximately 1 hour 10 minutes
Planning For Your Trip
1 Packing and Weather
St. Augustine has a warm, humid climate that makes golf possible throughout much of the year. Summers are typically hot and humid, with daytime temperatures frequently reaching the upper 80s and 90s. Fall and spring bring warm days and generally more comfortable conditions, while winter temperatures are typically mild compared with much of the country.
Florida weather can change quickly, particularly during the warmer months when afternoon showers and thunderstorms are common. Cooler mornings are also possible during the winter season.
Please check the weather at your destination before you leave and be prepared for changing conditions. We recommend bringing removable layers, sun protection, rain gear, and a vest or lightweight wind jacket so you can stay comfortable throughout your golf school.
2 Ready to book?
To book your golf school, you can reserve your package today here, or call us at 877-4-BIRDGO to speak with a booking specialist. Your booking will be finalized once your deposit of $1,000 per golfer is paid at the time of booking. If you reserve your school less than 30 days prior to the first day of school, the full balance will be due at the time of booking. Once your school is booked and your lodging is confirmed, you will receive an email confirmation with important information pertaining to your school, and a player profile to be filled out and returned.
3 What happens once I book?
Once your golf school is booked, you will receive a confirmation email along with a player profile to be filled out and returned prior to your school start date. The night prior to your first day of school, your instructor will call you and let you know the meet up location and time for your golf school.
4 General FAQs
Didn’t find what you were looking for? Check out our General FAQs section. You will find answers to the most common questions that don’t necessarily pertain to a specific school.
5 What if I have to cancel my trip?
Our student-first cancellation policy makes it as easy as possible to change your golf school. Even in uncertain times, you can rely on us to provide flexibility so you can book your trip with confidence.
You can always take a mulligan on your golf school in the occasion life events get in the way. If you need to take a future school credit with us, there is no expiration and you can redeem your credit on any golf school location, even if it is different from your original booking. As long as you don’t quit the game of golf, your credit will always be redeemable.
We want to make it as easy as possible to change your golf school to fit your schedule. Have a question? Give us a call, 877- 424-7346.
6 More Information
Our St. Augustine Golf School is hosted at World Golf Village, one of Northeast Florida’s premier golf destinations and home to two championship courses, King & Bear and Slammer & Squire. Conveniently located between Jacksonville and historic St. Augustine, World Golf Village provides Bird Golf students with an excellent setting for focused instruction, practice, and on-course learning.
King & Bear is the only golf course co-designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Stretching to 7,279 yards, the course combines wide fairways with strategically placed bunkers, lakes, native coquina rock, pines, and live oaks. Multiple tee options make the layout accessible to a wide range of golfers while providing plenty of opportunities to work on course management and shot selection.
Slammer & Squire was designed by Bobby Weed with input from Hall of Famers Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen. The 6,939-yard layout features generous fairways, contoured greens, native woodlands, and wetlands, creating a different playing experience from King & Bear. Students also have access to practice facilities that include driving ranges, putting greens, chipping greens, and practice bunkers.
Your golf school package includes accommodations at the World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort, conveniently located within the World Golf Village destination. Guests can enjoy on-site dining, an outdoor pool, fitness facilities, and comfortable accommodations after each day of instruction and golf.
With 36 holes of championship golf, extensive practice facilities, resort accommodations, and convenient access to both Jacksonville and St. Augustine, World Golf Village brings together everything needed for a complete Bird Golf Academy experience in Northeast Florida.
