This space is usually reserved for ideas to improve your golf game using thoughts on how to play better golf and at the same time understand what holds a Golfer back from playing better.  But, this week we're using this space for a special announcement - - - St. Augustine & Amelia Island, Florida; San Diego, California and now Tampa, Florida!

We're excited that Golf Made Simple will have a West Coast of Florida location.  And some people say - "Why do you want another location in Florida?"  To which I answer - Have you ever been to Southern Hills Plantation?  The question should be - why wouldn't you want to spend a few days playing and practicing on this brand new private, Pete Dye Signature Designed Golf Course?

Starting the first week of January 2007

That's when we'll be starting our schedule of Golf Made Simple in Brooksville, Florida at Southern Hills Plantation.  Because of the demand we've received for our programs on the Atlantic-side of Florida - we wanted a location on Florida's Gulf-side.  Now we won't just go to any location - there must be something special about it.  We've been awarded the luxury of being able to hold our classes at this beautiful, brand new, private golf course designed by Pete Dye (who's unquestionably one of the top 5 Golf Course designers of all time) that offers Golf Made Simple Golfers the opportunity to improve their golf game in style!

So ask me if I'm excited about Southern Hills Plantation.  This Golf Course is perfect for holding a Golf Made Simple program!  Besides our own private area on the practice range - we have a private short game area, putting green and not just one practice sand bunker, we have two - one to practice short bunker shots to the green and another one to practice long bunker shots to the green!  And then on top of that, we have a 6-hole short course that allows us to practice just about any shot imaginable!

If there's a #1 reason why we wanted to be at this golf course, it could likely be that Southern Hills Plantation will show you the value of establishing a PLAN on the golf course.  This is not to say that it's the hardest golf course to play, it says that you can play well with a PLAN and you can struggle without one.  Although this is true on just about every golf course you play - it seems this golf course teaches you the value of having a PLAN.

Another neat attribute to this location is the topography

As most of Florida is relatively flat - this area of Florida actually has some hills - as defined in the name of the golf course - Southern Hills Plantation.  The terrain is unlike that of any other in Florida, with elevations of 60 feet to nearly 250 feet that truly make this a unique Florida Golf Course.

Trust me, the golf course is awesome.  It's perfect for what Golf Made Simple believes in - You need to hit your Driver well, you need to make a PLAN on every shot and you must be very good on and around the greens.  Being able to read greens correctly is 40% of being a great putter and at Southern Hills Plantation you need to read greens.  So as with Golf Made Simple in our other 3-locations, we'll spend time on what the Monkeys call reading greens, but what we call "Feeling Greens".

As we say that Location #4 is in the Tampa area - the actual name of the town is Brooksville, Florida.  Brooksville is an easy 35 minutes north of the Tampa airport - 30 minutes if you're from New Jersey.  The location takes you back in time to what old Florida must've felt like.  With century old oak trees that are draped with Spanish Moss covering the rolling green hills - you might forget you're in Florida - except for the fact that the weather is perfect for golf!

Because I can't describe in words how awesome Southern Hills Plantation is, the only way I can give you a feel to what I mean is with pictures - "A picture's worth a thousand words!" - all the pictures in this week's Golf Improvement Weekly are from Southern Hills Plantation.

Now that I've gotten myself all worked up and excited again, I'm never going to calm myself down and get to sleep tonight.  I can't wait to start class at Southern Hills Plantation on Tuesday, January 2nd!  And for everybody that can't make it to Florida on January 2nd, we have the last section below with other dates available at all four Golf Made Simple facilities.

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Regards,

Marc Solomon - Your Instructor For Life