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Day Sessions:
Click here for the schedule and more information. To register please click here, indicate your preferred date, time and number of people. |
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Included: Click here to view the itinerary.
Please contact
us for more information.
Can I accompany my child or spouse? Our summer schedule for 2004 will be in effect July
5 through August 27. Weekly summer sessions run Monday through Friday
at a cost of $795.00 per participant per week, plus applicable taxes.
Weekly Summer Camps include: We encourage adults and families to enjoy the friendly
hospitality of Tigh-Na-Mara Resort, Spa and Conference Centre during
your golf instruction at Brent Morrison Golf Academy. From the newly
opened full-service Grotto Spa to the authentic west coast cuisine
of the Cedar Dining Room, Tigh-Na-Mara succeeds in maintaining the
highest level of quality services. Families traveling with young
children who will not be participating in the golf camps will also
enjoy the variety of childrens' day programs offered through the
resort. Please contact the BMGA Program Coordinator for more information
on booking your golf camp accommodations. BMGA Summer Camp participants under the age of 18
who are not traveling with adults will be placed with a carefully
selected Homestay family in the Oceanside area, at a cost of $200.00
per camp (Sunday-Saturday accommodation), plus gst. Complimentary morning and evening shuttle service
is provided between Tigh-Na-Mara Resort, Homestays and Glengarry
Golf Links. To receive a Summer Camps Registration Package, click
here
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Please complete a custom inquiry form and we will create an instruction package tailored to your preferences. Custom Inquiry Form >> |
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Some of the small details around the Academy are being finished up now as well, areas like the borders of the lake, the mounds, and areas surrounding the marquee. New Titleist NXT practice balls are in stock and ready to be used for the short game practice, so that students won't be practicing 'feel' shots with range balls. Two Dryrange units have now been installed, this will permit students to practice shots under cover should the elements warrant it. |
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The Golf Shop staff at Glengarry provide the best in service to help its patrons enjoy their time when visiting Glengarry Golf Links. From stocking the latest in technology of golf equipment, exciting clothing lines for men, ladies, and juniors to accessories, we have it all. Our golf equipment brands include Ping, Callaway, Titleist, Cobra, Taylor Made and Dunlop. Our Professionals are accredited Ping clubfitters and fit clubs for beginner and accomplished players. Among new products the most exciting is from Ping. Ping has designed the G2 and G2HL line of irons that feature new cavity designs that extend the club’s perimeter weighting and contribute to wider, more forgiving soles. The ladies model features shaft and loft configurations designed to provide proper distance gaps between clubs. The G2HL clubs add an easy-to-hit long iron option. Ping has expanded its appeal for forgiveness and game improvement clubs which they have always been recognized for. As for apparel you will always find a full selection of Footjoy golf shoes and gloves. Izod and Roots clothing can be found in the ladies and mens sections as well as Aurea, Sun Ice, and Liz Golf in ladies and Aureus, Cotton Reel, Second Skin, and Ping in men’s. Our Golf Shop is among industry leaders in merchandising offering variety and selection of colors, sizes, and fashions. As for junior golfers we offer golf shirts and windshirts from Krickets as well as golf shoes ranging in sizes from youth 3 to youth 6 from Roots. In golf clubs we carry Infinity for kids, Dunlop loco, and Cobra is also available. Accessories such as logo’d hats, headcovers, towels and divot tools to name a few make for great keepsakes. You will also find a wide selection of carry bags equipped with stands and double straps, cart bags and golf balls from Callaway, Titleist, Maxfli and Dunlop to complete your needs for a round of golf. We in the Golf Shop look forward to your visit and the opportunity to fulfill all of your needs to have the best experience possible at Glengarry Golf Links.
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Diarmid "Scotty" McVicar, RPT, CWCE The fall of 2003 has offered us a very unique opportunity at Oceanside. With the arrival of The Brent Morrison Golf Academy we were invited to assess the young golfers and develop fitness programs which would complement the work being done on the golf course, in the classroom through nutrition counseling, PowerYoga, and through the Personal Excellence program. Following the student assessments, programs have been developed with an emphasis on four major areas:
The main components of Warm Up & Stretching
are as follows: Warm Up This can be achieved by doing some low level activity: walking up and down the practice tee at a good pace, walking around the parking lot, or doing an exercise like jumping jacks or running on the spot. This gets the pump (heart) going and the blood circulating both to the core and to the muscles. This leads to an increase in muscle temperature which will allow muscles to stretch more effectively. Static Stretching Static stretching helps the muscles lengthen, which in turn gives greater range of motion. This leads not only to reduction of injury but also enhanced performance. Sport-Specific Warm-Up Dynamic Stretches Once this last stretching component has been done, the golfer should be both physically and mentally ready to step to the first tee. Remember, golf, like any sport, is best played when the appropriate preparation has been done. Too often golfers race to get to the course, grab a sandwich on their way to the first tee, and start off double bogey, as they are neither mentally or physically prepared to step on the golf course. Get to the course in time to warm up and stretch
before you step onto the first tee. Your golf game will be much
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Your body, just like your car, needs the right kind of fuel in the correct proportions, along with additional compounds to make it run efficiently and with good power. Without the correct mix of nutrition your body and brain will not function well - you will tire easily, have reduced strength, be more susceptible to injury and illness and have trouble concentrating. This is not a good combination for having the winning edge. What you eat prior to, during and after a round of golf will affect results on an ongoing basis. Good nutrition can help you achieve your goals whether you are a casual exerciser, an elite athlete or somewhere in between. A Registered Dietician (RD) can help you by determining your caloric and fluid needs, making sure you are consuming the correct amount of carbohydrate, protein and fat for your specific sport needs, or just for good health and a better quality of life. At present many people are following low carbohydrate diets. Long-term use of these diets is potentially dangerous for anyone, but particularly for those who are training for optimum physical performance. Carbohydrates are the fuel of choice for muscle and brain function. Performance will suffer without adequate carbohydrate. A RD can create a nutrition template that is practical and achievable for you and give you tips on meal planning, shopping and preparing food. Be sure you are talking to an expert - the title Registered Dietician is protected by law and can only be used by those who have met stringent national standards. A RD holds a Bachelor's degree specializing in food and nutrition - be sure to ask about designations, training and credentials. Maureen Noble-Kilback, RD has recently joined the team at the Brent Morrison Golf Academy. She specializes in sports nutrition, health promotion, disease prevention and treatment, weight management, and Women's issues. Maureen has a private practice in Parksville, B.C. Mention this article for a 10% discount off your
initial consultation. To schedule an appointment, call 951-0888
today! |
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Improve your game at Glengarry Golf Links with Yoga for Golf
... an Ashtanga Yoga based class adapted to specifically focus on
benefiting golfers. This class works on developing your overall
body strength, flexibility and core conditioning, giving you greater
distance and accuracy off the tee. You will gain an increased sense
of balance, giving you more effective club control and weight distribution.
By integrating breath awareness with focusing the mind you will
see noticeable improvements in the rhythm and tempo of your swing
along with greater concentration. You will also improve your overall
fitness level, thereby reducing risk of injury and accelerating
recovery time. No experience necessary! All classes Co-Ed. |
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Optimizing Technique in the Off-Season While out on the course, players should ideally be concentrating on how they are going to get the ball to the hole and focusing on their target rather than swing mechanics. Realistically though, most golfers don't have the luxury of putting in the time required in order to improve their skill level to a point where this can easily happen! Click here to view pictures and illustrations, to view please login into the site: Enter the username: November
Then click on "Lesson ID#: 1335 Swing Fundamentals"
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In our full-time junior program we are continuing to focus on technical swing improvements and fitness strength & flexibility. We're also becoming more focused on individual routines and personal goal setting. I would like to thank all of you for putting forth your best effort and persevering through these uncomfortable times! The swing changes (for most of you) undoubtedly feel awkward now, but will gradually become more natural. As you are aware, our program has been designed to train you to compete at the highest personal level possible. Dr. James E. Loeher describes this process the best in his book The New Toughness Training for Sports (Penguin, 1995, ISBN: 0-525-93839-7). Loeher uses a computer analogy to describe your body as the hardware, your skills and talents as the software and emotions as the links that allow the software to operate. You have all brought with you a certain amount of talent; we are currently working on updating your software (skills). It is essential that we maintain the hardware (body) to ensure it will operate the software ... Scotty, Penny and Maureen will be assisting you with this through Fitness Training, Yoga & Nutrition Ed. Anne will be helping us link our hardware (healthy, fit bodies) and software (well-developed technique) through our Personal Excellence sessions! Many golfers never get to the next level ... they don't fully understand how to control their emotions in order to properly operate the software! To control our emotions we must understand how to access the performer in us (two great examples are actors and professional athletes). How do you think great actors demonstrate such a wide range of emotions on cue? Do you think Wayne Gretzky, Jack Nicklaus or Joe Montana show up at the Hockey Rink, Golf Course or Football Field everyday feeling energized and ready to perform? They do this by using mental imagery, drawing on past experiences and cultivating a physical posture that matches the inner state they wish to achieve. In the coming months we will start utilizing some of these techniques, learning how to access the performer! |
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The past two and a half months have gone by so fast that it's hard to find where all the time has gone. From the moment we got here, it seems that we have been working exceptionally hard. Of course, this increased workload has been made much easier with all the help we have been receiving with our eating habits, physical conditioning programs, and of course our self empowering psychology sessions. Life has certainly been an adjustment from my home town of Calgary, so I can only imagine the changes that the international students are dealing with. The weather here has been quite rainy in my opinion, yet Brent has ignored my repeated pleas to relocate to Arizona. After a recent trip back to Calgary with all the snow, I'm quite confident that I will never complain about the weather ever again. Despite the rain and the bitter cold, we students are adapting readily, with a solid wardrobe of gloves, toques, and liberal amounts of enthusiasm. All these are essentials although Brent has enough of everything to share. The golf and going to the gym were very similar to what I expected: lots of work which requires plenty of focus. The biggest shock personally, was the introduction of weekly yoga sessions. It is inherently obvious that those who think yoga is a sissy activity have never tried it. Working out at the gym is not nearly as tough as yoga is in my opinion. Not only have we learned about our golf swings, but also how to eat and think right. Nutrition and psychology are very useful, and much more entertaining than I had imagined. It is very apparent that everyone in the academy has vastly improved since the sunny days of September. It has been the combined effort of all the work we do on the range, in the gym, and the nutrition and psychology which has led us to this point. I am anticipating playing in all the tournaments after Christmas as well. Qualicum Beach is a unique place, and the high school has been very welcoming to the golf academy, like allowing us to take some time off to teach some children how to play golf. That has had more of an effect than leaving home. Teaching gives you a better understanding of your own golf game, and exponentially increases the respect you have for your old elementary school teachers. I will personally endorse any raise that is requested by any teacher. These past few months have really been a great learning experience, whether it is fitness, food or golf. It has given me great insight into life in general and exposed me to all different sorts of people that I would probably never meet outside of here. It has been very rewarding receiving the benefits of all the hard work I have put into my golf swing and into my fitness. It has only been two months and there are still 8 to go, which lets me think of how good I can get come the end of the school year! So far it had been very enjoyable, and I look forward to continuing into the New Year and beyond. |
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Brent Morrison
Recognized in 1998 as both British Columbia and Canadian PGA "Teacher of the Year", Brent is consistently ranked as one of Golf Magazine's "Top Golf Instructors in North America" and has recently been nominated for inclusion into Golf Magazine's prestigious list of "Top 25 Golf Schools". Brent has been featured in Score Golf Magazine, Golf Magazine, Pacific Northwest Golfer, Inside Golf, Island Golfer and Fitness World, among other publications. Teaching private and group lessons to both adults and juniors since 1989, Brent's constructivist approach to golf instruction led him to create the comprehensive 10-month Junior Golf Development program, now in its second year, with his wife, Janie. |
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Barrie McWha
A member of the Canadian PGA since 1967, Barrie McWha began his apprenticeship at Southwood Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg. During the period of 1977 through 1985 he was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian PGA, serving as President in 1983-84. In 1990, Barrie started Premier Golf Associates, a Golf Management Consulting Business, and in 1996 arranged the purchase of Glengarry Golf Links. Barrie has served as President of the Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce, is currently a Director of the Oceanside Tourism Association and is the 2010 Olympics Community Chair for the Qualicum Beach area. |
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Gord Melissa
Gord began playing golf at the age of twelve at the Cowichan Golf and Country Club and realized early on that this was to become a life-long passion. At 15, he began working in the back shop and entered the CPGA Apprenticeship program in 1991. Gord became a Class "A" Professional in 1996, and was awarded the British Columbia PGA "Assistant of the Year" designation in 2001. His desire to teach golf and manage a golf facility was realized in January 2002, when Gord became Head Professional at Glengarry Golf Links, a position which highlights his enthusiasm both for the game and for helping players fulfill their goals. |
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Brandon Guile
A graduate of the Professional Golf Management program at Camosun College, Brandon has extensive teaching experience with students of all ages. Formerly Junior Chairman and Coordinator at Crown Isle Golf Resort, Brandon's energy and sense of humour made him a favorite instructor of the many youth who participated in the Brent Morrison Golf Academy Summer Camps at Crown Isle in 2003. We are pleased to welcome Brandon to our team at Glengarry Golf Links and are confident our students will enjoy his progressive instruction and engaging teaching style. |
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Steve Hocking
Steve has worked in the golf industry for the past 16 years and is a graduate of the Professional Golf Management program at Camosun College. He is a devoted player on the Vancouver Island Professional Golf Tour who has earned Top 10 Status on the Order of Merit for the last three seasons, winning the Mid-Island Assistant's Championship in 2001. For the past two years, Steve has been Junior Chairman at Glengarry Golf Links; dedication recognized by his peers with his 2003 nomination for British Columbia PGA "Junior Promoter of the Year". Steve's goal is to help each student learn to enjoy the game and have fun! |
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Diarmid "Scotty" McVicar
Scotty received his Diploma from the Royal Infirmary School of Physiotherapy in Glasgow, Scotland. A former trainer to the NHL Winnipeg Jets, Scotty was also attending Physiotherapist at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, 1978 & 1982 Commonwealth Games. He presently owns and operates Oceanside Physiotherapy & Work Conditioning Centre in Parksville, B.C., where he trains students in our 10-month Junior Golf Development program three times weekly. |
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Anne Sands
Anne is a certified Program Leader for Context Associated and Vancouver Island Excellence Seminars, leading personal and professional development courses called, "The Pursuit of Excellence." She has pinpointed critical elements to make the difference between success and failure in creating and achieving whatever it is you want in life. Anne teaches using high involvement, "accelerated learning" techniques so that participants learn faster, remember more and achieve maximum results. |
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Maureen Noble-Kilback
Formerly Senior Clinical Dietitian at Langley Memorial Hospital, Maureen has energetically maintained a thriving private practice in the Oceanside area, working with businesses and individuals alike. Maureen brings a strong background in Sports Nutrition and Disease Prevention and Treatment to Brent Morrison Golf Academy, where she conducts regular workshops for our students, as well as providing individual nutritional counselling. |
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Janie Rome Morrison
Janie maintains a solid support network for students in our 10-month Junior Development Program, acting as liaison between parents, students, homestay families, schools and the Golf Academy. She administers our Homestay, Personal Development and Work Experience programs and is also instrumental in coordinating our customized and seasonal programs for individuals, families, tour and corporate groups. |
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Penny McGuire
For over a decade, Penny has helped many reach their physical and personal best, from Athletes to Mums to Be, to Mature Movers in both Australia and Canada. Penny has recently moved into the Oceanside area and is currently accepting clients for one on one Assisted Yoga sessions and Fitness, Nutrition and Lifestyle Coaching. |
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1025 Qualicum Road, Qualicum Beach, B.C., Canada, V9K 1M5
Toll Free: 1-866-752-8787 / Phone: (250) 752-8786 / email: info@brentmorrisongolf.com
Visit our website: www.brentmorrisongolf.com
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