Anyone have experience working with Chase Duncan? He’s based out of Lonnie Poole but also has a monthly membership site (ownyourgolfgame.com) that seems reasonably affordable… I think his in-person lessons are crazy expensive.
I actually just emailed him about two weeks ago asking about lessons and haven’t gotten a reply. From what I found on golfwrx he is around $250 an hour, which seems pretty steep (I can’t confirm that price). Has anyone worked with the other pros at Lonnie?
His website mentions $400/hour which is absolutely crazy.
I’ve taken lessons from Scott Clagg at Lonnie but can’t say I recommend. Not a great communicator or teacher, seemed disinterested mostly and just kinda stood there for an hour suggesting a few generic tips. Didn’t come away with any clear path for improvement.
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To confirm, Chase Duncan sent me his rates, he is $400+/ hour.
I’m always looking to improve but unless you’re pursuing top DI golf or a pro career I can’t see many people gaining value from instruction that expensive… that is assuming he’s producing $400/hr worth of results too
I had a pretty similar experience with instruction at Lonnie, it wasn’t bad but it ain’t blowing my hair back either for $100 an hour.
Regarding Raleigh golf, one thing that drives me nuts is how many of the public courses are subdivision golf courses. One that is a great deal, fun course and well maintained is The Nuese GC.
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Is there anyone in the triangle area that you guys would recommend for lessons? Had no idea $400+/hr was a thing here 
Check out Hillandale. They have a good staff.
Jim Schwab at Occoneechee also has good rates, $60 an hour, with some lesson packages available.
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I wouldn’t say $400 is the norm, probably a significant outlier there.
I’ll let others chime in here with more lesson experience to make suggestions.
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Going to see Tom Ream at Prestonwood later this week. Non-members can go see him and he’s got all the tech an amateur could ever need. Have heard good things and prices are pretty reasonable. Will let y’all know how it goes.
And yeah, $400 is crazy unless you’re one of the top top teachers in the sport.
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Dave Nastalski at Dogwood in Downtown Raleigh.
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Also - off track here–but anyone ever get on some of the small town ross courses across the state? I’m thinking of Catawba CC in Hickory, Mimosa Hills in Morganton, Benenvenue in Rocky Mount, Highland in Fayetteville…? Big fan of courses like those and wondering how tough they are to get on? Thoughts?
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I’ve seen him for a few lessons. He’s pretty good. I’m still very much a work in progress but his instruction is good and his rates are reasonable for someone that’s consistently rated one of the best instructors in the state.
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Facility looks cool but emailed with him a few weeks back and the whole model is strange – not necessarily bad, just different. Best I could tell, you basically have to sign up for a lesson-taking membership that’s $300+ per month. Gets you one or two lessons a month based on the tier you’re paying as well as membership at Dogwood (use of Trackman for practice, etc.) If you’re wanting that level of commitment then I can see the value but I wasn’t ready to commit to $300+ per month for 6 months or a year.
add salisbury to the list of ross courses you should try and get on…CGA ran a deal earlier in the year that opened up tee times for $45 and it was awesome
everyone there was super cool and the staff was real friendly…id bet they would let you on if you called and asked
Sweet! I’ll have to check it out. I’m wondering how many of these places you can “call”–as long as you’re not asking to play on Sat/Sunday am
I haven’t played any of those Donald Ross courses, but have played Salisbury Country Club.
I would imagine that if you are a member of a club that the pro could set you up at almost any of those places without issue. Pros can set-up a lot of places for instance our pro in NC set us up at Timuquana CC for instance in Jacksonville on a Sunday AM. Also got us on Gaston Country Club on a Saturday AM and set-us up with 5 tee times on Salisbury CC.
If you are not I wouldn’t be surprised that if you just call and talk to the pro that you could get on at any of those places. Most small town golf courses are struggling and need all the paying rounds that are willing to pay.
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ive always been from the school of thought that all they can do is tell you no…right?
salisbury has some very good membership deals going right now and their partnership with CGA would make me believe they are looking to increase members…if nothing else give them a call and tell them youre interested in their course and wanted to set up a tee time to check it out
if they say no, oh well, youre no worse off than you were before
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exactly
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At one time, I was able to get on at Bienvenue (a friend grew up with the former GM), but he’s no longer there. That’s a really nice course. You are also required to shotgun a beer everytime you make a birdie or better (at least that was what I was told).
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Mimosa Hills is definitely one to shoot for. Fantastic layout and a ton of fun. No idea how tough it is to get on, but as others have said, worst they can do is say no.
Bachelor party coming up in the Lake Norman area. Going to play at least once. Any suggestions?