The Academy Facilities

The Celtic Manor Resort boasts one of the finest equipped golf academies in Europe.

Our PGA professionals will provide help and guidance to improve your game, whether that be showing you how to pick up a club for the first time, full analysis of your swing using the latest digital technology, or a few helpful tips to solve that niggling problem.

Golfers of all standards can brush up their skills on a 28-bay, two-tier Toptracer driving range or take a lesson in one of the state-of-the-art swing studios. There are also a wide choice of tuition packages to choose from, for groups of friends, individual players and specially tailored options for juniors.

OPENING TIMES:

Monday: 10.00am – 8.30pm
Tuesday – Saturday: 8.00am – 8.30pm
Sunday: 8.00am – 6.30pm

Last balls on the driving range 30 minutes prior to closing time.

FACILITIES INCLUDE:

Practice Greens
Short Game Practice Area
Academy Pro Shop
Custom Fit Centre
V1 Coaching System Swing Studios
Indoor Putting Studio featuring SAM Putt Lab Technology

THE DRIVING RANGE

Golfers of all standards can brush up their skills on a 28-bay, two-tier Toptracer driving range.

SHORT GAME PRACTICE AREA

This fantastic facility features three pitching greens and three tees made from Huxley artificial turf, all with grass and artificial turf options meaning that the facility can be used for practice and tuition in all weathers throughout the year.

INDOOR PUTTING LABORATORY

The Indoor Putting Studio gives every golfer the opportunity to have their most used club custom fitted to their own specification. We use cutting-edge technology designed by Science and Motion Sports to enhance your putting stroke, custom fit the correct putter for your game and help you to hole more putts.

GOLF TECHNOLOGY:

Toptracer Range is the ultimate practice tool, taking the guesswork out of range sessions by offering an engaging, data-driven experience that appeals to everyone. Technology and swing stats once considered exclusive to the pros is now accessible—and enjoyable—to all.

The technology also allows you to play virtual games and plot your way around famous golf courses from around the world, adding variety to a solo practice session or creating fun experiences for a family or group of friends.

The Science and Motion (SAM) PuttLab is an incredible tool for helping you improve your putting stroke. The SAM PuttLab putting analysis and training system uses ultrasound sensory analysis technology to capture your key putting stroke parameters.

It measures and analyses the twenty-eight most important parameters of your putting stroke and displays the results in easy to understand comprehensive graphic reports, allowing you to discover your individual strengths and weaknesses for a better and more efficient training.

Within seconds the system gives us an individual feedback on your putting strokes. The analysis reveals even the smallest details of your movements and allows you to develop improvements and training strategies.

Because SAM PuttLab utilizes ultrasound sensory analysis, our PGA professionals can help you discover your individual strengths and weaknesses for an improved and more efficient putting stroke.

Trackman uses the latest Doppler radar technology to monitor three-dimensional clubhead movement and the entire ball flight, from impact to landing.

Trackman not only measures the ball’s launch parameters more accurately, but also tracks the ball during its entire flight, displaying this on a computer monitor.

Trackman is used at the Golf Academy as a coaching and club-fitting tool. Golfers can experience the thrill of seeing their shots reproduced accurately on a computer screen, and the Academy’s experienced coaches and equipment specialists can use this same accurate information to provide instruction and custom fitting.

Using the same technology as the award-winning FlightScope X2, accurate distances, club speed and ball speed will provide the amateur golfer with the same data that Pros depend on to hone their skills.