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Golf
G
lenn Deck has been named one of the 100 Best Golf Instructors
by
Golf Digest
magazine and is director of instruction at Pelican
Hill. During a short interview and after a 90-minute lesson, he explains
his philosophy. “If you look at all the great players that have won fifty-
plus PGA tour events,” he says, “there are seven guys, and they all
had seven different golf swings. If you look at the LPGA, there are six
ladies and they each have a different golf swing. So, we try to match the
individual with what their body can and can’t do, and what they’d
like
it to do. We look at their natural tendencies; if they’ve had success in
some other sports, we try to adapt some of that in there, too.”
Glenn offers a program of half-day golf schools: half-day putting,
half-day chipping, pitching, and bunker play, and a half-day on the full
swing. The half-day golf schools are held one weekend a month, but
Glenn can customize an event for couples or small groups. The Resort
also offers, of course, individual and couple lessons.
Players don’t have to be guests at the resort to play the course;
the regular $305 green fee (Resort guests get a discount) includes a
forecaddie who’ll ride along on the back of one of the carts and, most
importantly, help you read the greens!
The Resort at Pelican Hill announces special packages at certain
times of the year, and it would be wise to get on the mailing list (www.
pelicanhill.com) for such offers. Or, you can do what we did: pick up the
phone and call them at 855.315.8214 to see what’s available and when.
You will not be disappointed.
(Criteria for consideration as a “Weekend Getaway” for the purposes
of this publication are that the chosen establishment not be more than
a six-hour drive from Montecito, that it features something unique,
elaborate, and/or elegant, and offers a distraction different from what may
be available in or near Montecito.)