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Dear Jay,
I wanted to let you know what a phenomenal week I had in Miami at your school. Amy Benz was my instructor, and she over exceeded my expectations providing me with professional and expert guidance beyond anything I could imagine. I have been playing golf for about 25 years and have had instruction. However, if Amy had to say something 50 different ways for me to catch on, she figured it out. I left Miami with a solid grasp on golf fundamentals. More importantly, I left with tools to fall back on, when my game (inevitably) goes to pot!! I plan to attend the school again, probably next February in Phoenix. I will be requesting Amy, and I can’t wait to have another go at improving my skill set! Thanks for crafting such a great training concept, for hooking me up with Amy, and for your amazing follow-up prior to my signing up. I own a catering company, and in my world it is all about details. Clearly, we are philosophically on the same page. Can’t wait to see you all next year.
Joan Rosenthal
Cleveland Heights, OH
Golf School: Florida
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Tom and I both thought it was an excellent experience, and that it has helped our games and will continue to do so. We enjoyed working with Greg. He focused on the fundamentals and kept the lessons to the few basic areas that each of us needed to work on. We’ve both been to golf schools before, and I’ve taken a lot of lessons over the roughly 25 years of playing. I had a theory in recent years that rather than going to golf school it would be better to spread that money over many lessons, which I think has some truth to it, but in this case I think Greg’s concentrated focus on the basics, reinforced so much over the three days, actually was better than spread out lessons. I have recommended the Bird school to several friends.
Tom’s handicap has dropped a couple of strokes since June. Mine has dropped only slightly, but I did break 90 for the first time in months, and feel that my long game and short shots around the green are much better, and I’ve eliminated the big scores that led to going to golf school. We’ve both reached out to Greg once or twice and gotten helpful same day responses.
That’s it for now. We’ll stay in touch with Greg, I’m sure!”
Susan C.
Newton, PA
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Nancy and I had a wonderful 4 days in Pinehurst with Mary Mills. The entire experience far exceeded my expectations: Mary was FANTASTIC. We liked her immediately, and were impressed by the depth of her knowledge, her ability to communicate, astute critiques of both of us, and her continued passion for the game. She was professional and efficient with time, demanding in a good way, and at the same time good fun. She was friendly and encouraging. You have a gem of a teacher in her! Thank you so much for all the work it must take to run your fine operation; I will highly recommend Bird Golf to everyone.
Carolie Frazer
White Marsh, VA
Golf School: North Carolina
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I attended the Bird Golf Academy in Sedona, AZ in October 2017 to tune up my game. I am a 12 handicap and wanted help getting back to my days as a single digit player. Craig Waryan was my professional instructor and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed the one-on-one, four day academy. I have had many lessons in the past, but Craig is, without doubt, the finest instructor I have worked with in the past. His demeanor, professionalism, experience and
just being a cool guy added so much to my learning curve. The small but important lessons around and on the green were instrumental in helping me refine my playing skills and approach to the sport. The playing lessons each afternoon were so much fun – reloading on the tee box and trying different shots from the fairway and bunkers added so much to my confidence. Craig is a terrific pro – Jay and his team were always available to me and answered all of my inquiries promptly and positively.
If you want to sharpen your game, or just better understand the fundamentals of golf, I strongly recommend Craig Waryan & Bird Golf Academy – I was so impressed, I convinced my wife (a brand new golfer) to set up her first lessons with Craig – she will learn the right way the first time and have fun doing it. I shot a 77 the first day back to my course – thanks, Craig!!
Charles Jones
Seattle, WA
Golf School: Arizona
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“Just wanted to follow up with you after our golf school at Whispering Pines this previous week. Just a reminder that I worked for 28 years with NASA–and during that time I participated in numerous training activities for our engineers and scientists. So I am quite familiar as to how difficult training is for complex tasks. And learning a golf swing at any age is certainly that. So as the astronauts would say–Mary has the “right stuff”.
With that said (and I know you already know this)–Bird Golf should consider itself extremely fortunate in having Mary Mills as a professional staff member on their team. In particular she has this marvelous ability to tailor the appropriate instruction with just the right amount of detail for each student. After years of viewing You Tubes–I really didn’t expect to see any drills that I had not seen in some form before. Boy was I wrong. Her extensive knowledge of all facets of the game combined with her patience, courteous but direct and honest manner are just a few of her major strengths. It is easy to see how she has had and continues to have such great success throughout her career.
As Mary said before we left–our expectations especially for Elizabeth would be that there would be a few bad shots before the good shots would start to appear. Well Elizabeth had a practice session on Friday after we had gotten home on Thursday. It was without a doubt the most positive ball striking sessions she has ever had. And she has requested we go out again this afternoon (that is a first!). Again we know bad shots will continue to occur–but that practice session just re-affirmed our investment in Bird Golf. And just to complete the loop–I played yesterday and had two really good up and down chips from tight lies using a gap wedge–a club I have never used for that purpose.
Also the accommodations were fantastic!
So again many thanks to Mary and to you Jay for pairing us with her.”
Best Regards,
Elizabeth and Doug Cannon
Very Satisfied Clients of Bird Golf
Golf School: North Carolina
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I can’t tell you how pleased Sonya and I are with the lessons that Sonya received over the past three days. Mary patiently and accurately diagnosed both Sonya’s golf swing and her golf state of mind, and focused on exactly the areas where Sonya needs work, in a way that was clear, logical and understandable to Sonya. We were meticulous about taking extensive notes (Mary saw to that) that will memorialize the lessons for us.
Sonya has had a few sporadic lessons over the years, but none have remotely approached the level of detail contained in Mary’s lessons, and none involved such a careful diagnosis of Sonya’s game and temperament.
Sonya will be on the practice tee on Friday, ready to build on the superb instruction that she received from Mary over the past three days. She may be a candidate for Most Improved Golfer of 2016!
Thank you all so much. We hope to see Mary and perhaps you in the future.
Dick J.
Ipswich, MA
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I would like to express my complete satisfaction with the training provided by Tim P. of Bird Golf Academy. It turned out to be a great experience and well worth it. Tim easily identified my major flaws and quickly had me working on fixing them. He did not have me start from scratch (the last person I took lessons from wanted to do just that — start over after forgetting what I did for 10 years!). Instead, Tim retained the ‘good’ parts of my swing and had me working within my physical abilities. I was pleased to see the results. I got a great deal out of the time we had am now confident that I will be able to play a good game.
Tim was easy to work with and I have a great deal of respect for his teaching abilities. It is now up to me to do the work and then see the benefits in the course. I will keep Tim updated. I hope to give him good news in a few weeks!
Thanks to the Bird Golf Academy!
Philip Thambidurai. PhD
Mt. Laurel, NJ
Golf School: New Jersey
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I want to take this moment to thank Shirley and Bird Golf for providing me golf school experience that exceeded my expectations. With Shirley as my instructor, I learned sound fundamentals of the golf swing starting from the grip, athletic stance and posture, and the actual swinging plane. In addition, with the help of clear key, I was able to reduce tension in my body before hitting the golf ball. I must say, with Shirley’s extensive knowledge of the golf swing and her fine attention to details, I finally learned and developed a golf swing that can be repeated. Furthermore, with her experience as a Tour pro, I’ve learned many ways of attacking the hole from within 50 yards. Thanks Shirley and next time, I’ll bring my wife with me. The experience really couldn’t have been any better!!! THANKS for the great teaching and a great vacation.
Chin-Yu Lin
Tokyo, Japan
Golf School: Nevada
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Craig, Can’t tell you how pleased I am to have had you as my golf instructor. I learned a tremendous amount about how to play the game and what I need to do to improve my swing and my scoring. I came to the Bird Academy with high expectations and you did not disappoint. And aside from all the golf I learned, it was a genuine pleasure spending four days on the course with you. You’re a true gentleman.
Ray Sweet
Rowland Heights, California
Golf School: California
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“Never have I made a better investment in golf than I did this past January with Tim Peightal. I am playing the best golf I have ever played and enjoying it more. I didn’t think that I would be able to do as well as I have at the age of 67, but I was wrong. The adjustments that Tim made in all aspects of my game has me hitting the ball with more accuracy than ever before, and my short iron distance is about 10 to 15 yards longer than it had been. My bad shots are fewer and usually have better results than in the past, and my good shots have very pleasing results. I have improved substantially in chipping and putting thanks to Tim’s advice. My handicap index is currently down to a 13, and of course, the law of diminishing returns factors in as we try to get lower scores. I can remember when I was really pleased if I broke 90. Now I am not satisfied unless I am in the low 80’s. I still hold out hope that breaking 80 will become the norm!
If I decide to seek further help with my game, I would want it to be with Tim. His clear guidance and his understanding of the individual golfer’s strengths and limitations, makes him the ideal instructor.
William (Bud) Colden
Troy, NY
Golf School: Florida
