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More than two million people vacation on Hilton Head Island every year and for good reason. Hilton Head Island may be only 12 miles long by five wide but into these few miles it packs more than 25 golf courses, as well as swimming, sailing, nature and history tours, tennis, biking, fishing and great restaurants.

Great golf courses

Hilton Head is unquestionably one of America’s the top spots for golf. It hosts a PGA tournament every year at Harbor Town Golf Links, and is the home of other great courses, including the Robert Trent Jones Course, the Arthur Hills in Palmetto Dunes Plantation, Old South Golf Links and the Ocean Course at Sea Pines Plantation.

Hilton Head Island also features two top

golf schools: The Golf Academy at Sea Pines Resort, and the Island Golf Schools.

Sea Pines Golf Academy

The Sea Pines Academy offers one-day, weekend, three-day and four-day golf programs. The one-day, Full Swing School teaches the vital fundamentals of golf, including stance, posture and alignment the Foundation for a consistent golf swing –and includes take home personalized improvement manual.

The Three-day Golf School is the Academy’s most popular instructional program. Each day, the instructor emphasizes a different aspect of the game.

The Four-Day School is very much like the Three-day Golf School. The major difference in the Four-day Golf School is the addition of the Vector Launch Angle Monitor. which allows students to see first hand

how easy they can maximize distance and accuracy with the latest in technology.

The One Day Full Swing and Scoring Schools are $145 per person. The Weekend School is $695 without golf and $895 with golf. The Three-day school with three rounds of golf (including Harbor Town) is $1395. And the Four-day school, with four rounds of golf (including Harbor Town) is $1895.

The Island Golf Schools

The Island Golf Schools (Hilton Head Island and Charleston, SC) says this about itself. “The Island Golf School … offers the finest of golf learning opportunities, administered by qualified and experienced Teaching Professionals and conducted at world-class resorts.

“Unlike most golf schools, The Island Golf School takes the student on the golf course every day to

reinforce the instruction from the morning. This program is vital for the student to apply the swing thoughts they focused on during the morning session.’”

This school offers half-day and full-day schools, what it calls the Ultimate Golf Experience (18 holes of golf with a Teaching Professional, lunch, and, golf fees included. It also offers three-day and four-day schools.

The half day school is $149, the full,-day costs $229 and the Ultimate Golf Experience is $229. Playing lessons are available were you have the opportunity to work on Course Management, Rules and Etiquette of the Game, and Instruction. The cost of playing lessons are 9 Holes $150.00, 18 holes $300.00.

Island Golf Schools are held year-round.

To learn more about golf and golf

schools in both North and South Carolina, including their costs, just go to http://www.topcarolinagolfschools.com

Douglas Hanna is a retired marketing executive, an avid golfer, and the author of more than 130 articles on HD radio, and Internet Marketing. He is also the publisher and webmaster of http://www.hd-radio-home.com