New Golf Marketplace Disrupts Traditional Golf Companies

LAS VEGAS - Oct. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Punchbowl Golf is based in Las Vegas and has expanded it’s marketplace to offer golf lessons at over 600 locations in the United States.  Punchbowl helps connect beginner golfers to a certified instructor in their area.  The golf lesson industry is one marked by little competition, high fees, and set times.  The course typically set the high rates and prohibited all outside instruction.

Punchbowl Golf’s secrets are in it’s 600 established partnerships with instructors, local driving ranges and golf courses who allow the outside instructors at their facility.  Punchbowl either partners with the course to use their pros or gives them a percentage of the lesson.

The instructors sign up, pass a certification exam, set their rates and availability and then are listed on the website for student’s to pick their favorite teacher.  All instructors are trained and given a customized syllabus to instruct their students in the “Punchbowl Way”.    Currently, the service utilizes over 550 instructors in all 50 states.

The company is fairly new- launching in 2011.  At that time, they had very few locations and experienced much resistance from courses.  They didn’t want the competition.  They threatened to sue, and sent cease and desist letters.  Punchbowl Golf's director of services, Jamie Savignon, says, "We experienced a lot of hostility.  Fortunately, I think some of them realized that the volume of requests we were getting and eventually realized that it was better to partner with us than fight us.”  She continues, “We received calls all the time from people who really wanted to learn how to play golf, however, we didn't have a location in their area. Now, they can learn how to play golf no matter where they live in the US."

A “punchbowl” is a putting surface that sits in a depression, so the green appears as a “bowl” with sides rising up from that bottom. The bottom is typically the putting surface and consist of mounding around three sides of the putting surface. The front of a punchbowl green is open to the fairway to allow golf balls to run onto the green.  While “punchbowl” techniques may be for more experienced players, the school teaches all levels of golfers.  The beginners are taught the basics, and the more intermediate and advanced receive customized instruction to match their level.  Punchbowl offers an “Elite” program which helps golfers learn how to compete and eventually make the dream of playing in the PGA Tour a reality.

Punchbowl Golf’s private instruction is customized, and it’s website states it starts each student with the basics of holding the putters, finger placement, hand coordination, hitting a driver with power and accuracy, and more.  Will this marketplace for lessons continue to grow or will it be hit with more resistance?  To get a golf lesson (http://punchbowlgolf.com/) or find out more please contact the info below.

For more info on this press release, contact:

Robert Guirola

Punchbowl Golf

877-447-4745

info@golfteachers.org