TPC Scottsdale- Scottsdale, AZ
The TOURAcademy TPC Scottsdale offers an exceptional instruction facility located in the heart of the Sonoran Desert adjacent to 36 holes of world-class golf. Our state-of-the-art game improvement facility features a private practice area, a putting and chipping green, practice bunkers and the finest diagnostic technologies. The facility also includes a comprehensive club fitting program. Our comprehensive short game training facility allows for fine tuning every type of shot you may face around and on the greens. This is where we will elevate your skills to new heights while taking your scores to new lows. This summer, have your junior golfer club fitted at any of our TOURAcademy locations using US Kids Golf equipment and technology.
Stadium Course
Named one of the “Top 10 Public Golf Courses in Arizona” by Golf Digest, the magnificent par-71, 7,216- yard Stadium Course was designed by Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf expressly to serve as the stage for the PGA TOUR's legendary Waste Management Phoenix Open – the largest spectator golf event in the world. During the 51 weeks of the year when fans are not witnessing history-making moments by the world's best golfers in “The Greatest Show on Grass,” they can test their own skills on the same pristine fairways, maintained to PGA TOUR-quality standards year-round. Lauded for its outstanding environmental stewardship, the Stadium Course was the first golf course in Arizona to be designated an Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary System.
Champions Course
Rivaling the Stadium course in both beauty and playability, the brilliantly crafted Randy Heckenkemper designed Champions Course offers the complete desert golf experience. Featuring 7,115 yards of undulating Bermuda fairways, pristine greens and challenging bunkers, the par-71course meanders over natural ravines and picturesque foothills, with five par-3's and a diverse variety of par-4's and par-5's to thrill golfers of all skill levels. A quartet of dramatic finishing holes make this golf gem a "must play” for all golfers. The Champions Course includes a beautiful new modern clubhouse featuring expanded banquet and catering capabilities and a large outdoor patio.
Camp Director
John Stahlschmidt has a rich and lustrous golf background both as a player as well as a golf instructor. After completing a successful collegiate golf career at the University of Alabama, Stahlschmidt turned his passion for the game to an instructional capacity, with tenures at Resort Golf Schools and ESPN Golf Schoolc. Stahlschmidt currently teaches players from the PGA, LPGA, Nationwide and Futures Golf Tours. He has also been featured on the Golf Channel, The Today Show, ESPN.COM, PGATOUR.COM, and the GolfChannel.com. Stahlschmidt also writes instruction pieces regularly for Golf Tips magazine as he was just featured on the cover, the Arizona Golfer and Jet Set Magazine. Stahlschmidt enjoys teaching golfers from beginners to touring professionals.
Additional Staff
During the TOURAcademy Junior Golf Camp, John will be assisted by a staff of PGA Professionals who will serve as the camp counselors. Each of our TOURAcademy instructors is a carefully selected career teaching professional who share a refreshing, effective and proven approach to the art of successful golf instruction. Golf instruction will focus on improving the camper’s swing, short game, putting, and course management. We are dedicated to improving not only the camper’s fundamentals, but their mental game as well.
Accommodations
Overnight and Elite campers will be housed 2 per room in the Fairmont Scottsdale Resort. The Fairmont Scottsdale Resort, a perennial winner of AAA's Five-Diamond award is known as the "Jewel in the Sonoran Desert." With the spectacular McDowell Mountains providing a kaleidoscope canvas to its immaculate beauty, the resort is unlike any other in the Valley of the Sun. Breakfast and dinner will be had at the hotel dining facilities while lunch will be taken everyday at the golf course. Campers are fully supervised 24 hours a day. Campers may also request roommates.
Camp Specifics
Overnight campers will check-in on the first day of camp between 3:30pm - 4:30pm at the Fairmont Scottsdale Resort. The graduation ceremony will take place on the last day of camp around noon after the tournament at the TPC Scottsdale Champion’s Course clubhouse.
The Overnight fee includes all golf instruction, green fees, evening activities, housing and all meals. The Commuter fee includes all of the above except housing and breakfast. Commuter campers may participate in the evening activities.
Campers arriving to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport are to secure their own transportation to and from the airport. The preferred arrival and departure times are from 10:00am - 12:00pm on the first day of camp and 4:00 - 7:00 pm on the last day of camp.
Full Day campers will check-in on Monday at 9:00 am. The camp will end at 4:00 pm each day, with the graduation ceremony taking place on Friday at 4:00 pm after the tournament at the TPC Scottsdale Champion's Course clubhouse.
Half Day campers will check-in on Monday at 9:00 am. The camp will end at 12:00 pm each day.