Featured in Today's Golfer Magazine - November 2007

Day five
We spent dinner last night in agreement that we couldn’t believe how quickly the week had flown by. There was a unanimous praise for the facilities, tuition and accommodation (with just one small complaint about a shower). We’re all eager to cement our improvements on the range this morning and I enjoy looking at the transformation in my technique, in the video centre with Phill. Is this really the same golfer that arrived just five days ago?
Phill’s manner is, as always, positive and encouraging, discussing my progress and performance, my strengths and weaknesses, illustrating main points with pictures from the last few days. He is clear, firm and honest.
Then I receive a neat bound folder containing all the before and after shots from the start of the course. At the front of the folder is my practice programme, detailing points I must rehearse, the routine I should follow. When I leave, with a handshake and profuse thanks to this talented and sympathetic instructor, there is no doubt in my mind of the debt I owe him.
I began this course with a question, could a senior, high-handicap golfer change his golfing life with intensive instruction of this kind? I will know in the coming weeks, as new courses and new challenges come and go, whether this experience has substantially changed my golf. But as I drive away from Sedlescombe, the instructors already taking charge of their new arrivals, I know I have better knowledge, new skills, higher confidence and my hopes are high. And that, in itself, is worth the visit.

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"The proof of the pudding is in the eating and being fortunate enough to be able to play 18 holes the next day, I can truthfully say that it was the best round of golf I have played for several years. A rewarding experience and one well worth repeating."

Stuart Barber - Golf Today/Golfpro-online.com