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Golf Schools

Golf Schools

Golf schools offer expert instruction and personalized coaching to enhance your skills, whether you're a beginner or seasoned player. With state-of-the-art facilities and focused practice, they refine swing mechanics, short game finesse, and course strategy. These schools cultivate a supportive community, fostering consistency and confidence in your golfing journey.

Two-Day Golf School

WORK WITH LEARNING CENTER COACH MARCUS HUNT

Spend two days with Marcus in a small group (3:1 ratio) setting to elevate your golf game this season. This two-day school covers all aspects of the game, including on-course scoring situational work, to help you maximize your fun playing the game. Marcus will give each student an individual plan for improvement utilizing an CoachNow online training space so you can access the information once you are home. For availability, please email Marcus Hunt at [email protected].

February 19-20 and 26-27
March 4-5 and 11-12
April 1-2 and 29-30

Cost: $995 includes full swing and short game instruction, course time and one lunch
Schedule: Mondays 10am - 4pm with a break for lunch; Tuesdays 9am - 1pm

Tim Cooke Mini School

LESSONS FROM DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION

Spend three hours working on your game with our director of instruction, Tim Cooke, in a one-on-one setting. Full use of the measuring technologies will be at your disposal to help analyze your game and plan your improvement. New students should expect a three-month lead time. For availability, please email Tim Cooke at [email protected].

Cost: $600/person
Schedule: Flexible

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Tim Cooke

Director of Instruction

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Tim Cooke

The Sea Pines Resort’s director of instruction, Tim Cooke is a PGA Master Pro, winner of multiple Top 100 Teacher awards from GOLF Magazine and on Golf Digest’s 2022-23 Best in State list. Cooke is the cofounder of GOLFPREP, an elite junior training academy. He holds a master’s degree in pedagogy from the University of Virginia. 

Cooke has coached dozens of golfers who have made the jump from junior to collegiate golf. He’s worked with or is currently instructing players on the LPGA and PGA TOUR.

Tim Cooke’s awards include:

  • 2014 PGA “Teacher of the Year” (Carolinas Section)
  • Awarded “Master Professional in Instruction” status by the PGA of America in 2009
  • U.S. Kids Top 50 Instructor in 2009
  • Golf Digest’s “Best Young Teachers” (2010 - 2015).
  • Named one of the top teachers in South Carolina for 2013-2023 by Golf Digest
  • Selected as a Golf Range Association of America Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional in 2015
  • Golf Magazine’s “Top 100 Teachers in America” for 2017-18, 2019-20, 2021-22
  • Instructional articles featured in Golf Illustrated and Golf Digest
  • Appearances on Golf Channel’s “The Turn” 
  • Instructional segment on GolfChannel.com’s “Weekly Fix”

Individual Lesson Prices:

  • Adult one hour: $200
  • Adult two hours: $350
  • Two-person two hours: $500
  • Junior one hour: $150
  • Junior two hours: $275

Contact the Golf Learning Center to book instruction

Book Online Call: (843) 842-1487

Full Swing School

IMPROVE YOUR GOLF SWING

This is a comprehensive program designed to help you find your swing. We’ll work with what you have and improve your swing fundamentals. This will improve your consistency from tee to green and help you play more to your capabilities and shoot lower scores.

Includes:

  • Three hours of instruction conducted by highly trained PGA Professionals
  • Detailed personal video analysis with voice-over and graphics emailed to you to insure continued improvement
  • 4-to-1 maximum student to teacher ratio helps provide personal attention

Cost: $245/day
Schedule: 9am - 12pm

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Skip Malek

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Skip Malek

Skip Malek oversees The Sea Pines Resort’s golf school programs. His goal is to provide each student with a comfortable, enjoyable and individualized learning experience so he can give them the tools necessary to fulfill their potential.

Skip is a PGA Member, former Carolinas’ PGA Teacher of the Year and has been awarded the prestigious Horton Smith Award for contributions in Education in the Carolinas. He has also been named South Carolina’s Professional of the Year.

A three-time nominee for GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America, he has been named one of the top ten teachers in South Carolina for 12 years.

Previously Skip was the Director of Instruction for International Junior Golf Academy, the Country Club of Hilton Head and the Golf Club at Indigo Run.

Individual Lesson Prices: 

  • Adult one hour: $150
  • Junior one hour: $125

Contact the Golf Learning Center to book instruction

Book Online Call: (843) 842-1487

Short Game School

WORK ON GOLF FUNDAMENTALS

This school is designed to teach you the fundamentals needed to improve your chipping, pitching, lobbing, sand play and putting. It includes our “Ultimate Putting System” designed through years of research to save you valuable strokes on the greens. We are confident this program will help you lower your scores.

Includes:

  • Three hours of instruction conducted by highly trained PGA Professionals
  • Detailed personal video analysis with voice-over and graphics emailed to you to insure continued improvement
  • 4-to-1 maximum student to teacher ratio helps provide sufficient personal attention

Cost: $245/day
Schedule: 9am - 12pm

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Skip Malek

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Skip Malek

Skip Malek oversees The Sea Pines Resort’s golf school programs. His goal is to provide each student with a comfortable, enjoyable and individualized learning experience so he can give them the tools necessary to fulfill their potential.

Skip is a PGA Member, former Carolinas’ PGA Teacher of the Year and has been awarded the prestigious Horton Smith Award for contributions in Education in the Carolinas. He has also been named South Carolina’s Professional of the Year.

A three-time nominee for GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America, he has been named one of the top ten teachers in South Carolina for 12 years.

Previously Skip was the Director of Instruction for International Junior Golf Academy, the Country Club of Hilton Head and the Golf Club at Indigo Run.

Individual Lesson Prices: 

  • Adult one hour: $150
  • Junior one hour: $125

Contact the Golf Learning Center to book instruction

Book Online Call: (843) 842-1487

Women's Two-Day Golf School

WORK WITH LPGA INSTRUCTOR JULIE COLE

The Two-Day School is a personalized, comprehensive program, complete with full swing and short game instruction. By working in small groups (4:1 ratio) led by Julie Cole, you will learn various aspects of the game, from putting to driving, while providing players with a personalized practice plan that addresses your specific goals. Using the CoachNow app and video system, you will have access to your instruction on the range or at home for months after the class. For availability, please email Julie Cole at [email protected].

March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22
April 4-5, 11-12, 25-26
May 2-3, 9-10, 16-17

Cost: $750 for two days, $1,125 for three days
Schedule: 8:30am-12:30pm

Women's Golf Clinics

IMPROVE ALL SKILLS

Focusing on the fundamentals of each golf shot, LPGA “Top 50 Instructor” Julie Cole can help you achieve consistency on the fairway, reducing the frustration experienced by so many golfers. Clinics target different aspects of the game, from the tee shot to chipping and putting.

An expert on the golf swing, motor skill development and skill progression, Cole is able to translate her vast knowledge into easy-to-understand instruction for players of all levels. Her enthusiastic, fun approach to teaching takes the work out of learning new techniques you can use after the clinic to practice your game.

Cost: $70/hour
Schedule: Flexible

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Julie Cole

Prior to joining The Sea Pines Resort, Julie Cole served as director of instruction and managing partner of the Dana Rader Golf School in Charlotte, North Carolina, for 25 years. She taught more than 1,200 lessons a year while directing large group programming, coaching and instructing private lessons.

Before making golf instruction her career, Cole played golf professionally on the Futures, European, Asian and LPGA Tour, winning 12 tournaments worldwide. In addition to her outstanding playing credentials, Julie has excelled in her teaching.

Cole believes in teaching and coaching the game by starting with the fundamentals for all golf shots, which leads to a more consistent physical and mental approach to playing the game and excelling in the short game. She has decades of experience instructing players of all levels, with proven results for the casual golfer, collegiate player and young professional. Cole has an enthusiastic, fun approach to teaching and is able to adapt her instruction to fit a student’s learning style. She has vast knowledge of the golf swing, motor learning and skill progression, delivering technical information in an easy-to-understand style for all golfers.

Teaching Awards:

  • Women’s Golf Journal, Top 50 Teachers in America, 2018
  • Golf Digest “Best Teachers by State” as ranked by peers, 2011-2018, 2022
  • LPGA, Top 50 Teachers of the Year, 2010-2021
  • Golf For Women Top 50 Teachers in U.S., 2005-2009
  • LPGA Southeast Section Teacher of the Year, 1995, 1999
  • Nominated for Golf Digest Top 100 Instructors

Certifications:

  • LPGA Class A
  • Golf Machine Level I and II
  • Mental Golf Management System
  • Operation 36, Level 1 and 2

Individual Lesson Prices:

  • Private lesson: $175/hour
  • Sea Pines property owner private lesson: $125/hour
  • Two-person private lesson: $175/hour
  • Two-day golf school: $700
  • Women's golf clinics: $70 (one hour)

Contact the Golf Learning Center to book instruction

Book Online Call: (843) 842-1487

Meet the Instructors

Our team of professionals brings decades of experience paired with the latest technology to build tailored programs and lessons for each student.