Specialized Training

Operation Par: You Can Shoot Even PAR!

Learn the game from the hole back and achieve that elusive goal of shooting EVEN PAR for 9 holes at each step of the way! OPERATION PAR is a creative learning program that breeds confidence and gives measurable success. Instead of hours of practice to achieve an unrealistic goal on a longer course, we SCALE THE COURSE to your level, allowing you to have success…and shoot even par as you progress!

Golf Lessons with a Purpose

Par – noun – the number of strokes an accomplished player should normally require for a particular hole or course.

For most golfers, par seems unattainable. Yet, the truth is, anybody can shoot par by matching the course to the player! Golf is a relaxing sport played on a beautiful field, naturally growing friendships, providing physical exercise – all things we want and need. But often, we take up this game with little direction, playing under the same challenging conditions as experienced players.

Copper Hill Golf Academy celebrates its 27th year with a program designed to help ALL players enjoy golf’s great benefits, learning where the game is played – ON THE COURSE – and giving them the chance to actually shoot LEVEL PAR on their own terms! It’s called OPERATION PAR.

How Is This Done?

We scale the course. The course starts at 25 yards per hole (the “beige” course). Once a player shoots a 36 at this level/distance, they move to the yellow course, where each hole is 50 yards long. A beginner golfer plays a course appropriate for a beginner, an intermediate player gets a more challenging course, and the advanced player may play the full length course. EVERYONE is set up for success, everyone has a realistic goal of shooting PAR for 9 holes, which is 36. As the player evolves, the course changes, but that elusive goal of PAR 36 stays the same! For a list of the different courses and levels, see “THE COURSE” below.

To get involved in OPERATION PAR, sign up for a Copper Hill Golf Academy OPERATION PAR program. You won’t attempt the course until your instructor has spent enough time with you to develop the technical skills and baseline necessary to have a realistic chance to shoot 36 on the shortest course, the white course, which is 25 yards long per hole. Generally, this will be your putting, chipping, and pitching skills. You’ll be able to play and post “rounds” at your convenience. The course will be available for FREE during certain times of the week (see below), or if you prefer another time, there will be a regular greens fee on a space available basis.

Measurable Success

Each participant receives a bag tag or a PAR card, depending on the program. As par is achieved, the card or the bag tag will be updated to the “color” or yardage at which you have proven to be able to shoot “par.” When a student reaches the red level (playing the red tees), they will be issued a CSGA handicap where they can start posting their own scores.

All other times can be booked online or call 860-653-6191 and will be charged the going rate per round on a space available basis. You may walk or take a cart, a cart would be an additional $7 per person.

The goal is that PGA professional Paul Banks or staff will accompany you on your PAR rounds.

Included

You will

* learn the game from the hole out, advancing from shorter shots (putting, chipping) to longer shots (pitching, irons, driving)
* learn to play at an appropriate pace regardless of the level you play at
* learn rules and golf etiquette
* learn at your own pace!

Instruction

You don’t just pay your fee and we let you loose on your own. The program does come with skill building, traditional instruction from Copper Hill PGA Professionals Tim Boscarino or Paul Banks and assistants on pre-defined days.

Requirements

* Try your best!
* Have fun!
* Like any round of golf and no matter the length of your golf course, whatever level you are at, you should be able to play the 9 holes in 2 hours and 15 minutes or less.

The Course