TPC Scottsdale- Scottsdale, AZ
The TOUR Academy 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.
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 it’s 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 is the Head Instructor at the TOUR Academy TPC Scottsdale and has been instructing since 2000. He has taught for Resort Golf Schools and ESPN Golf Schools before joining the TOUR Academies. Stahlschmidt has studied under some of the games best instructors including Scott Sackett, Jim Flick and Hank Haney. His students include 10-time Arizona Golf Association player of the year Ken Kellaney, BYU Golfer’s Nick Killpack and Brad Nicholson, and Nationwide Tour competitor Andrew Medley. He has been featured in more than 20 golf tips that have appeared on ESPN.com and PGA Partners Magazine. Stahlschmidt also has been featured on the weekend installment of the TODAY SHOW with Lester Holt and Campbell Brown, as well as Good Morning Arizona with Brad Perry. Stahlschmidt played full time as a professional. He has one Pepsi Tour victory and finished second five times on the Arizona Professional Tour and the Southwest Professional Tour. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, John competed at the University of Alabama, captaining the Crimson Tide his junior year and was named to the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll his junior and senior seasons.
Additional Staff
During the TOUR Academy Junior Golf Camp, John will be assisted by a staff of PGA Professionals who will serve as the camp counselors. Each of our TOUR Academy 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
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 1:00 - 3:00 pm. The graduation ceremony will take place on the last day of camp around 1:00 PM 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 5:00 pm each day, with the graduation ceremony taking place on Friday at 5:00 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.