Golf Academy of the Northlands

I bought a Groupon for a swing analysis (23$). The guys were cool (until the pushy sales pitch) and the high tech equipment was even cooler. The guys asked if I brought a zip/jump drive, (very important if you do not plan on signing up for lessons) I stated no because I was not instructed to do so ( I made a list as he spoke) the guys said its OK you can get it when you come back. That was strike one in my book since it was a 45 min drive from my house. We talked about my swing for a little bit and then the tides changed to a high pressure sale tactic. Buy a 16 week lesson right now, pay in full today for a small discount! I resisted the pitch as much as could w/o rudeness or anger. Even with all the pushyness i asked how much another hour analysis would be w/o a Groupon and I was told it was 50$ I sated I at least I wanted another hour to get my video and continue working on the loads of info. The formally cool guys said he wouldn't do another hour with me because he wouldn't make any money like that, so it was lessons (300$ minimum) or nothing. I am not a business wiz but this doesn't make since to me. I was moderately on the fence about the lessons and because they wouldn't let me come back for just another hour my mind was made up for me. They just gave up on at least another $50 and quite possibly a full lesson. I am sorry to rant on here and post a huge review but the whole process left a sour taste in my mouth and it wasn't smart on their end.

Ryan Patterson is the best golf instructor that I have ever had! Have had several lessons from all sorts of different instructors and have never had the kind of results that I had with Ryan's' teaching. What I really appreciated about Ryan is he first give you some basic swing instructions to let you work on and then once you have got those dialed in, he will help you fine tune other things to keep lowering your scores. Having the combo of multiple angles of video analysis and really great focused instruction has really improved my golf game. He is always more then willing to work on whatever area of your golf game is giving you problems from driver to short game and get you fixed up! Thanks Imperial Golf!