GOLF Magazine has selected Jim Waldron's Balance Point Golf Schools as one of the top 25 Golf Schools in America for 2001-2002 and again for the year 2003-2004. This selection was based on the excellent results from the graduates of the golf school. The training provided and the teaching facilities available have made this possible.

In its May 1999 issue, GOLF Magazine recognized Balance Point Golf schools as one of the four golf schools in America that bring about improvement in the golfer�s mind along with improving the game. This has been hailed as the most important and far-reaching enhancement of golf instructions in the last two and a half decades. The students who have been trained at these schools feel that the training instructions have helped them achieve positive results.

The philosophy of these golf schools is based on the premise that the body/mind connection is very important while learning golf. The golf instructors stress that it is necessary for the mind to understand clearly its goals before trying to train the body in executing the perfect swings and other mechanics of the short game.

When the mind understands the objective clearly, proper mechanics are created and the body is able to execute excellent golf shots. Most golf schools do not proceed on these lines and as such, their students are not able to achieve the mind/body harmony that is extremely necessary for achieving consistently good golf shots.

The Balance Point Golf Schools help the students in three aspects:

• The physical aspects of short game mechanics.
• The mental focus for creating the right shots.
• The art of course management.

Golf School Curriculum

• Jim Waldron personally conducts each golf school, along with several assistant instructors.
• Lunch daily in the clubhouse. Snacks and beverages on the practice range.
• Mental game coaching.
• One on one instruction.
• Post-graduate 30 minute telephone consultation on your personal practice program - Great Shot! only.
• Video analysis of swing or short game.
• Unlimited use of practice range, golf balls & training aids from 8:30AM till dusk.
• Additional personal coaching available from 5:30 - 6:00PM at no charge for Great Shot! students.
• Pre-school Game Evaluation interview.
• Comprehensive Training Manual. Except some half-day golf schools.
• Free follow-up support/coaching after graduation by phone and email.
• Equipment Evaluation. Great Shot! and Three Day Short Game only.
• Golf Fitness Evaluation.
• Golf Flexibility Training.
• Golf swing Body Type evaluation. Great Shot! only.
• Some golf schools also include green fees and on course professional instruction.
• Complimentary golf swing training aid - Great Shot! only.
• Complimentary audio CD "Perfect Practice" by Jim Waldron. Great Shot! and Three Day Short game only.

Balance Point Golf Schools offer 3, 4, 5, and 6 day courses in Oregon, Palm Springs, and Hawaii (Honolulu & kaui) as well as some specialty schools like Perfect Practice, Rip It To The Target, Power Golf, Balance, Rhythm, and Tempo, etc...  Below are the pricing for the Portland, Oregon schools.

Great Shot! Core Three Day weekend golf school. Friday through Sunday. 

Tuition: Commuter $1,095.  
Lodging Inclusive: 4 nights hotel - $1,323.

Four Day Golf School Option A: The three day weekend Great Shot! golf school, plus our two mental game fundamentals golf schools, Rip it to the Target and Perfect Practice, always held on a Thursday, the day before Great Shot! Learn both the Art of Shotmaking - mental focus, emotional state control and an effective pre-shot routine - and how to learn/practice golf skills to the level of dominant habit. 
Tuition: Commuter $1,485.
Lodging Inclusive: 5 nights hotel - $1,770.

Four Day Golf School Option B: The Core Three Day Great Shot! weekend school plus our Extra Day of Great Shot! always held on the Monday following the weekend Great Shot! school. This Extra Day affords additional time for our students to experience real golf swing learning and performance breakthroughs in the key swing areas of Transition, Downswing and Impact mechanics. We also include our two and one-half hour Power Golf school (see below) into this Extra Day program.   
Tuition: Commuter $1,450. 
Lodging Inclusive: 5 nights hotel - $1,735.

Five Day Golf School Option: Either Four Day Option above plus a fifth day, starting on Wednesday, the day before Rip It to the Target and Learning Golf schools. This fifth day is our One Day Short Game school, designed to quickly lower your golf scores through improved chipping, pitching and putting skills.

Tuition: Commuter $1,795.
Lodging Inclusive: 6 nights hotel - $2,137.

Six Day Golf School Option: Five Day Option above plus our Extra Day of Great Shot! always held on the Monday after the weekend Great Shot! school. This extra day affords additional time for our students to experience real golf swing learning and performance breakthroughs in the key swing segments of Transition and Impact mechanics. We also incorporate our two and one-half hour Power Golf school (see below) into this Extra Day of Great Shot! 
Commuter Tuition: $2,150.  
Lodging Inclusive: 7 nights hotel - $2,549.

Accommodations are available at various locations such as Portland in Oregon, Honolulu and Kauai in Hawaii and Palm Springs in California. There are many hotels at these locations and the rates vary from $57 per night to more than $129 per night in Portland. However, in Honolulu and Kauai the rates can go up to $319 per night. Make sure to verify the rates while making the travel arrangements as these rates keep changing.

Contact
Balance Point Golf Schools
65278 Stockton Rd. Enterprise
Phone: (800) 898 4563 or (541) 426 9002 (Outside US and Canada)
Fax (541) 426 4863
Email: info@balancepointgolf.com
Website: http://www.balancepointgolf.com