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The Elected Golf Academy

Grip, stance and ball position; your bag and its lofts; ball flight. The first three lessons are each built around one thing you can move and watch, and every lesson leads to the 28-day plan.

6 lessons3 interactiveProgress kept on this device

The Academy is a short set of free golf lessons, written to be read once and used on the range. The first three lessons pair plain text with something you can move or tap, so you see the idea rather than take it on trust; the other three are written guides. The lessons sit beside the 28-day practice plan. They are not a separate course, and nothing here is coaching.

IThe course of study

Six lessons, played in order.

Your progress

0of 6 lessons done

  1. 01 Setup · InteractiveHow to hold a golf clubGrip, stance, posture and ball position for every club. ToolBall-position strip PlanWeek 1
  2. 02 The bag · InteractiveGolf club typesFourteen clubs, their lofts and what each one is for. ToolKnow your bag PlanWeek 1
  3. 03 Ball flight · InteractiveGolf ball flight lawsWhy the ball starts where it starts and curves the way it curves. ToolBall flight lab PlanWeek 1
  4. 04 The planGolf practice plan: 28 daysThe Candidacy's card, week by week, and its published rule. ToolThe card PlanWeeks 1–4
  5. 05 StrategyPlan a round hole by holeA target, a tee club and a safe miss for every hole. ToolGame Plan sheet PlanWeek 3
  6. 06 EtiquetteGolf etiquettePace, safety, the course, the card and the clubhouse. ToolClub Book PlanWeek 4

Progress and election

If you tick a lesson as done, that tick is kept on this device only. Nothing is sent to us, and clearing your browser's site data clears the ticks.

Lessons never decide election. The published rule on the plan page does, and only that rule. Read the lessons because they help, not because anything depends on them.

IIFeatured

Watch a slice become a draw.

The ball flight lab puts you behind the golfer, the way a broadcast tracer does. Move the face against the path and watch the curve change.

Open the lab

IIIAlongside the plan

What to read, week by week.

The Academy is free to anyone. If you are keeping the card for Intake I, these are the lessons that sit beside each week of the plan.

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    Short game and scoring

    No lesson this week: the plan's own drills.

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Read the 28-day plan