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Tom Carlson's Summerlin Golf Academy recently started an adult program at Angel Park Golf Club.
Carlson, founder of the academy, will offer the lessons to adults in both private and group settings.
Lessons will be available on weekdays and weekends at the newly renovated practice facility at Angel Park. In addition, classes will run at the same time as the junior academy which will allow parents and their children to take lessons at the same time.
Private adult lessons are $90 per hour with a series of five lessons priced at $400. Five adult lessons are $225; those lessons won't exceed four students.
The lessons focus on putting, chipping, pitching and the full swing. The knowledge, positions and training Carlson emphasizes are the same for all students, including touring professionals.
A longtime member of the PGA, Carlson is a disciple of legendary instructor Jimmy Ballard who has taught a multitude of PGA Tour players — Jim Dent, Johnny Miller, Curtis Strange and Hal Sutton.
Carlson's stable of students includes Nationwide Tour player Scott Piercy who has won two events in 2008 and currently stands third on the Nationwide Tour money list.
Call 300-4673 for details.
Weir commits to Las Vegas event
The 2008 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open announced that Mike Weir, Jesper Parnevik, Bubba Watson and Chris DiMarco have committed to playing in the Oct. 13 to 19 at TPC at Summerlin.
Weir, the 2003 Masters champion, has won eight times on Tour and is ranked 24th on the money list. He has two second place finishes this year.
Parnevik is a five-time winner on Tour and finished tied for 14th in the 2007 Las Vegas tournament.
Watson leads the Tour in driving distance and has three top-10 finishes in 2008 including a tie for second at the Buick Open.
DiMarco is a three-time PGA Tour winner and a former Ryder Cup team member whose best finish in Las Vegas was a tie for fifth in 2000.
Visit www.jtshrinersopen.com for details.
Jensen’s golf column appears weekly in the News. He can he reached at [email protected].
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