ON-COURSE GOLF COACHING
Learn how to play smarter, score better, and manage your game.
A playing lesson takes your coaching beyond the practice area and onto the golf course. Work directly with Derrick under real playing conditions while improving your decision-making, course management, shot selection, routines, short game, and scoring strategy.
REAL GOLF. REAL DECISIONS.
The driving range cannot show you everything costing you strokes.
Golfers often spend most of their practice time working on their swing, but scoring depends on much more than ball striking. Your strategy, routines, club selection, target selection, emotional control, and ability to recover from mistakes all influence the final score.
During a playing lesson, Derrick can see how you actually approach the game and help you make better decisions while those situations are happening.
CHOOSE YOUR PLAYING LESSON
On-course coaching built around your game.
9-Hole Playing Lesson
$450
Approximately 3 hours
Take your game from the practice area to the golf course with personalized coaching focused on helping you play smarter and score better under real playing conditions.
- Personalized coaching throughout nine holes
- Course management and scoring strategy
- Club selection and target selection
- Pre-shot routines and alignment
- Uneven lies and trouble shots
- Chipping, pitching, putting, and green reading
- Identification of habits costing you strokes
- Clear practice priorities after the lesson
- One golfer’s 9-hole green fee included
- Shared golf cart included
18-Hole Playing Lesson
$700
Approximately 5 hours
Receive personalized coaching from the first tee through the final green. The full-round format gives Derrick time to identify patterns in your strategy, routines, swing, decision-making, and emotional control.
- Personalized coaching throughout eighteen holes
- Full-round course management strategy
- Club selection and shot planning
- Pre-shot routines and alignment
- Uneven lies and recovery shots
- Short-game strategy and green reading
- Scoring decisions and emotional control
- Identification of repeated on-course patterns
- Post-round improvement priorities
- One golfer’s 18-hole green fee included
- Shared golf cart included
Playing-lesson pricing includes instruction for one golfer, that golfer’s green fee, and a shared golf cart. Premium-course upgrades and additional golfers may require an additional charge. Any additional costs will be confirmed before the lesson is finalized.
MORE THAN A SWING LESSON
What we can work on during your round.
Course Management
Learn where to aim, when to be aggressive, when to play safely, and how to avoid turning one mistake into several.
Club and Shot Selection
Choose the right club, trajectory, target, and type of shot based on the situation instead of automatically reaching for the same option.
Pre-Shot Routines
Build a repeatable process for assessing the shot, committing to a target, setting up correctly, and swinging with confidence.
Trouble and Recovery Shots
Learn how to handle trees, rough, uneven lies, restricted swings, difficult angles, and other situations that cannot be recreated easily on the range.
Short Game and Putting
Improve shot selection around the green, distance control, green reading, putting strategy, and your ability to avoid unnecessary three-putts.
Scoring and Mental Control
Develop a better response to bad shots, reduce rushed decisions, and stay committed to the next shot instead of carrying mistakes through the round.
WHO THIS IS FOR
A playing lesson can help at nearly every skill level.
You do not need a low handicap or a perfect swing to benefit from on-course coaching. Playing lessons are built around the golfer you are today and the situations you regularly face during a round.
New Golfers
Learn how to navigate the course and feel more comfortable playing.
High-Handicap Golfers
Identify the decisions and habits creating unnecessary strokes.
Competitive Golfers
Improve strategy, routines, emotional control, and scoring performance.
Golfers Stuck on the Range
Learn how to transfer your practice swing into real golf situations.
HOW BOOKING WORKS
Reserve the lesson. We will finalize the course and tee time.
Choose Your Lesson
Select either the 9-hole or 18-hole playing lesson and reserve an available date.
Confirm the Course
Derrick will coordinate the golf course and tee time based on course availability, location, and the goals for your lesson.
Meet at the Course
Your green fee and shared cart are included. Arrive ready to play, learn, and work through your game under real conditions.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What to know before booking.
Which golf course will we play?
Playing lessons are available at select Spokane-area and North Idaho golf courses. The course and tee time will be finalized after booking based on availability and the goals for your lesson.
Are my green fee and cart included?
Yes. The listed price includes one golfer’s green fee and a shared golf cart. Premium-course upgrades may require an additional charge, which will be confirmed before the lesson.
Can another golfer join the lesson?
Additional golfers may be added when the course and lesson format allow it. Additional coaching, green-fee, and cart charges may apply. Contact DC Golf before booking for a multi-golfer playing lesson.
What happens if the weather is bad?
Weather-related cancellations and golf-course closures will be rescheduled at no additional charge.
What is the cancellation policy?
Playing lessons may be canceled or rescheduled with at least 48 hours’ notice. Cancellations made within 48 hours and no-shows are nonrefundable because tee times, green fees, and cart reservations may already be committed.
Is this only for advanced golfers?
No. Playing lessons can help beginners, recreational golfers, high-handicap golfers, and competitive players. The coaching will be adapted to your current ability and goals.
TAKE YOUR LESSON TO THE COURSE
Start making better decisions where your score actually happens.
Choose the lesson that fits your goals and reserve your on-course coaching experience.