PLAN
PRACTICE
PREPARE
PLAY
Player-Coach Relationship
Welcome to the Trent Wearner Golf Academy. We appreciate that you have entrusted us with
your game as you embark on a process of improvement. In our ongoing efforts to remain the
region’s top golf academy we spend a lot of detail on each student. We will do everything we
can to help you improve; that starts with completing our questionnaire and making you feel
welcome and comfortable. We look forward to coaching you through all the stages of learning
and in all the areas that will make the biggest impact on your game.
The lessons learned in trying to maximize your potential in golf are applicable across a number
of disciplines in life and the golfer who strives for this excellence not only becomes the best
golfer he or she can be but also the best person.
Practice Great to Play Great,
Trent Wearner
This packet contains resources and information that will help you better understand the steps it
takes to improve. It also contains some additional services that we offer. Here are a few quick
rules we like to stress:
1. Deliberate, Focused Practice: The student is expected to practice, and practice in the same
manner as was done during the lesson. Use drills, a mirror, slow-motion swings or whatever
process was given to you during the lesson. You need to KNOW you’re improving instead of
whacking golf balls just “thinking” that you’re improving.
2. Communication: You need to let us know when you’re struggling, don’t understand something,
feel off-track, or have any questions at all. We all need to communicate & be on the same page.
3. Tracking Progress: You must keep stats on your game and you must keep score during your
practice sessions. Both of these can be done on our FREE website www.scratchgolfer.org
4. Respect the Game: Respect every golfer and golf course. Represent yourself well in your
behavior and your dress. At Meridian you must wear a collared golf shirt and no jeans.
5. Conviction: It is often the case that you will be approached by people who mean well but offer
advice to you that perhaps doesn’t apply to you. This is why you need to KNOW and
UNDERSTAND your swing as well as the stage that each area of your game resides.
Scratchgolfer® is a FREE online golf-improvement community designed by nationally recognized PGA
Coach, Trent Wearner. It’s a community of golfers, all of various ability levels, who are practicing
effectively, improving their golf skills, and scoring lower. Adults can learn to practice better with the
time they have. Teachers and coaches can view stats and practice scores of their players or prospects. Juniors can compete in skills challenges, post swing videos and display impressive stats to
catch the eyes of college coaches.
Measure Your Practice Sessions: Inspire and monitor progress by playing games and
entering the scores from these practice sessions. Average scores can be ranked
amongst all other members and because it ranks you based on your average score, it
forces you to continue to excel or sustain your level of play. Practicing in this manner
has been proven to accelerate your ability to take your game to the course. It creates
accountability for your practices and your improvement.
Track Stats From Your On-Course Play: For accomplishments based on your stats,
you’ll receive virtual trophies for reaching certain levels within these stats but be careful as you can lose a trophy if your play doesn’t sustain that level. Your trophy will be
prominently displayed in your virtual trophy room. You also have a great page summarizing, displaying, and averaging your stats from rounds played.
Reviews: Join in on reviews of your Teacher/Coach as well as Golf Courses you’ve
played, Training Aids you’ve used, Golf Equipment, and Golf Books/Movies/DVDs.
Community: Set and document goals with your coach; Your coach and “friends” can
view Your Stats, Your Skills Challenges Scores and Your Trophy room; Read gameimprovement articles, post comments and questions in the Player’s Lounge, and support others who are also on the track to improvement.
Junior & College Golf: Resources and tools for parents, juniors, and college bound players. Practice plan templates, college golf guidance, playing portfolio examples, & more.
Sign up for FREE at www.scratchgolfer.org
GOLF IS A SKILL
Research on Accelerating Skill Acquisition
Two variables have been identified as the most critical for motor learning/gaining a new skill:
(1) Increased Deliberate Practice, and (2) Knowledge of Results/Feedback.
The quality of practice obviously makes a difference:
1. All practice must have a purpose. Players will learn more rapidly by doing drills and
practice activities that are useful and interesting
2. Since the golf swing involves a high level of motor integration, practice should
emphasize the “whole” swing to enhance learning
3. Players should have an awareness of the hierarchy of golf skills to be learned and strive
to master the initial skills in the hierarchy first before proceeding to more complex skills.
The existence of prerequisite skills will facilitate the learning of more advanced golf skills
4. Practice successive drills of the same type will improve learning
5. Continually remind players of the benefits of practice and improving their game
6. All drills and activities must be “meaningful.” Nonsense activities (e.g., just hitting balls)
will serve as interference to learning.
7. Players benefit from viewing themselves as a “member” of a group of people who can
play golf successfully. Otherwise, they may sabotage their own learning process due to
your having a goal that seems contrary to their own self-identity.
8. To enhance learning, players should “understand” the connection between swing
mechanics and ball-control/ball-flight.
9. Coaches should provide an explanation and demonstration of the skill to be learned.
Players benefit from having a clear image of the mechanics to be achieved.
10. It is the coach’s responsibility to present instruction in a comprehensive manner, AND to
confirm with the player that the player received and understood the instruction in the
manner intended.
©Dr. Rick Jensen Certified Golf Coaches Association
Golf’s Three Skills
Golf is a game of skill just like other sports yet the golf instruction industry, indoor-only golf
centers and the media have done a very good job at selling you tips, quick-fix tidbits, or
instruction in an unrealistic setting all that typically tend to revolve around the full swing only.
There are three skills you’ll need in this game and it’s much more than simply improving the
mechanics of your full swing. By understanding these skills better, we hope you become more
aware of the skillset needed to play better golf and begin to look at improving in a broader
sense focusing on the areas in your game that need the most attention.
If you haven’t completed our Questionnaire, please do so on our website and email it to us.
This will help layout a prioritized plan of attack and give us a better understanding of you and
your game.
BALL CONTROL SKILLS
 You need to successfully put the ball in play with your tee shot
 Ability dependent, but you roughly need to hit wedges within 15-25 feet of the hole and
your chips much closer
 Have 2 putts or less
DECISION-MAKING SKILLS
 Ability to analyze all that goes into each full swing, pitch, chip, putt and bunker shot
 Know how far you hit each club
 Play to your strengths
 Strategize and properly weigh risk-reward
 Play with the correct clubs in your bag
SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS
 Obtain mental toughness skills (focus, acceptance of distractions/bad shots)
 Have emotional management
 Be in proper physical condition
 Hydration and nutrition knowledge
 Know your optimal intensity level and how to shift it as needed
 Know your style of play (conservative, aggressive, combination)
Four Steps of Mastery
At the Trent Wearner Golf Academy, it is our passion to help people reach their goals, reach
their potential, and enjoy the game more. The first thing that we should be focusing on as a
team is your weakest link, which is why you must complete a comprehensive questionnaire
before we even begin. This helps us learn as much about you, your learning style and your
game as possible.
When golfers look to improve, what tends to dominate their minds are the mechanics or
technical aspects of the game. Endless tips, swing advice -- whether solicited or not -- flies
around every practice facility. An endless number of videos can be seen online while different
theories and methods from many other media pound the golfer with information. However,
one thing remains the same when it comes to how people master something, as Dr. Rick Jensen
explains in his book Easier Said Than Done, - it's called the Four Steps of Mastery:
Step 1: UNDERSTAND CAUSE & EFFECT – Seek to identify and understand the cause of your
errors and their respective solutions all in an effort to gain better ball control. This will help you
achieve more desirable, consistent results.
Step 2: SKILLS TRAINING - You must practice in order to acquire the skills you learned in Step 1.
This is focused repetition with feedback from your coach, a drill, training aid, mirror or the like.
Step 3: TRANSFER PRACTICE - You must practice golf. This is what sports psychologists call
transfer skills - the ability to transfer your game to the course. This is accomplished in practice
through simulating conditions you’ll experience on the course under pressure via practice
games. Resources you can take advantage of include the book Golf Scrimmages or our free
website scratchgolfer.org
Step 4: PLAY - You actually need to perform on the course with success while keeping score,
with hazards and obstacles lurking, other competitors around, etc. This will typically require
you to not only successfully work through Steps 1-3 but also acquire additional skills needed on
the course. These would include things like decision-making skills and self-management skills.
What you can take from this and begin to apply is not a tip to use on the range or putting green
but a concrete template for how you begin to look at learning and how to begin to develop into
a great golfer. You need to know that each area of your game could be in a different step than
another area. You need to understand and work through all of these steps. If you try to skip
steps and take your “new found swing” from Step 1 all the way to Step 4 it’s highly probable
that it will fail on the course. It is our duty to coach and guide you through all four to help you
become a better player. There are no quick fixes for those who want to see how their potential
measures up. Hard work, determination, fun, perseverance, setbacks and triumphs are all part
of the process and we look forward to experiencing all of this with you.
Option 1: Skill Development Coaching for Juniors
Skill Development packages are for direct focus on 1-2 specific aspects of a junior's game. We do not put
expiration dates on our lesson packages like other golf academies. And taking instruction with a friend
can be a great experience and is more economical as well. Take a look at this option in the column titled
2-P to see what you would be paying per person.
Hours
1-Person
1/2
1
5
10
$60
$120
$575
$1100
2-People (p/p)
N/A
$70
$350
$675
The Skill Development Program is for individuals who have a desire to improve their game but
realistically weigh the constraints of their life with their time commitment to improve. This program
would be appropriate for you if you can dedicate yourself to one session/lesson every 2-4 weeks. It’s for
those who have some or little practice time in their schedule. Players will work with their coach on their
1-2 weakest links with regard to controlling the ball (full-swing, short game, putting) and can also be
coached on the course in areas that are less dependent on practice (decision-making, self-management,
green reading). Coaching will depend on each person’s time commitment, goals and weakest aspects of
his/her game but here is a general idea of what would be included:
Complete Our Questionnaire
This allows us to know as much about you, your game, learning style and goals. It will assist in
laying out a prioritized plan for improvement based on your weakest link
Game Analysis
Based on Questionnaire/Weakest Link, we will pinpoint areas of opportunity and can provide:
 Skills Test to Identify the 1-2 Areas of Opportunity
 Swing Analysis as it Relates to Ball Flight
Periodic Coaching/Instruction
 Control the Ball More Effectively in Weakest Area
 Skill Training with Practice Drills
 Green Reading Skills
Golf Course Training
 Transfer It to the Course with Pressure-Packed/Realistic Practice Games
 Understanding the Law of Averages to Improve Decision-Making Skills
Tools

FREE Membership to Trent’s online game-improvement community: Scratchgolfer.org
Option 2: Elite Junior Training
Elite Junior Training is a committed player program designed to improve all areas of a junior's game. It is
for the junior who has the time and energy needed to achieve sustained improvement. This program
would be appropriate for you if you can dedicate yourself to approximately one session every 7-10 days.
Begin with a comprehensive questionnaire and skills testing. Players receive coaching across all aspects
of the game – improving ball-control, decision-making, self-management, practice effectiveness, and
more. If you are a committed junior player and/or aspire to play college golf and are serious about
lowering your scoring average, this program provides comprehensive coaching for you.
(12) Hours of Coaching + (4) 9-Hole Playing Lessons (2-4 sessions per month)
1-Junior: $2800 or 8 monthly payments of $350
2-Juniors: $1800ea. or 8 monthly payments of $225ea.
(25) Hours of Coaching + (6) 9-Hole Playing Lessons (3-5 sessions per month)
1-Junior: $4200 or 8 monthly payments of $525
2-Juniors: $3000ea. or 8 monthly payments of $375ea.
Golf Coaching
 Comprehensive Questionnaire & Goal Setting
 Two-Hour Skills Testing Evaluation with staff member
 Certain Number of One-Hour Lessons with Trent Wearner
o Expert Ball control training in Full Swing, Short Game and Putting
o Managing Practices and Tournaments
o Warm-up, Fitness and Nutrition Information
 Certain Number of Additional 9-Hole Playing Lessons with Trent Wearner
o Transfer Training
o Decision-Making Skills
o Self-Management Development
o Mental Toughness
 How to Prepare for a Tournament & Play a Practice Round Seminar w/ Trent
Equipment
 Comprehensive Club Fit with Trent Wearner
College Golf
 College Guidance Meeting
 College Swing/Short Game/Putting Video Development
Scheduling
 Advanced Scheduling on Trent’s calendar
Tools: Membership to scratchgolfer.org which includes stat program, practice measuring and
tracking, skills challenges, accountability programs, consistency rewarding trophy room,
tournament preparation guidelines, post-round questionnaire and many other resources
Trent Wearner Golf Academy goodies: Bag tag, Hat, Sticker, USGA Rules in Brief, Game
Improvement Guide, TW Golf Notepad, Golf Scrimmages book
Option 1: Skill Development Coaching for Adults
Skill Development packages are for direct focus on 1-2 specific aspects of a person's game. We do not
put expiration dates on our lesson packages like other golf academies. And taking instruction with a
friend can be a great experience and is more economical as well. Take a look at this option in the column
titled 2-P to see what you would be paying per person.
Hours
1-Person
1/2
1
5
10
$75
$150
$700
$1350
2-People (p/p)
N/A
$85
$410
$800
The Skill Development Program is for individuals who have a desire to improve their game but
realistically weigh the constraints of their life with their time commitment to improve. This program
would be appropriate for you if you can dedicate yourself to one session/lesson every 2-4 weeks. It’s for
those who have some or little practice time in their schedule. Players will work with their coach on their
1-2 weakest links with regard to controlling the ball (full-swing, short game, putting) and can also be
coached on the course in areas that are less dependent on practice (decision-making, self-management,
green reading). Coaching will depend on each person’s time commitment, goals and weakest aspects of
his/her game but here is a general idea of what would be included:
Complete Our Questionnaire
This allows us to know as much about you, your game, learning style and goals. It will assist in
laying out a prioritized plan for improvement based on your weakest link
Game Analysis
Based on Questionnaire/Weakest Link, we will pinpoint areas of opportunity and can provide:
 Skills Test to Identify the 1-2 Areas of Opportunity
 Swing Analysis as it Relates to Ball Flight
Periodic Coaching/Instruction
 Control the Ball More Effectively in Weakest Area
 Skill Training with Practice Drills
 Green Reading Skills
Golf Course Training
 Transfer It to the Course with Pressure-Packed/Realistic Practice Games
 Understanding the Law of Averages to Improve Decision-Making Skills
Tools

FREE Membership to Trent’s online game-improvement community: Scratchgolfer.org
Option 2: Player Development Program
The Player Development Program is a committed player program designed to improve all areas of an
adult's game. It is for the adult who has the time and energy needed to achieve sustained improvement.
This program would be appropriate for you if you can dedicate yourself to approximately one session
every 7-10 days. Begin with a comprehensive questionnaire and skills testing. Players receive coaching
across all aspects of the game – improving ball-control, decision-making, self-management, practice
effectiveness, and more. If you are a committed golfer and are serious about lowering your scoring
average, this program provides comprehensive coaching for you.
(8) Hours of Coaching + (2) 9-Hole Playing Lessons (2-3 sessions per month)
1-Adult: $1925 or 5 monthly payments of $385
2-Adults: $1500ea. or 5 monthly payments of $300ea.
(15) Hours of Coaching + (4) 9-Hole Playing Lessons (3-4 sessions per month)
1-Adult: $3500 or 7 monthly payments of $500
2-Adults: $2500ea. or 5 monthly payments of $500ea.
Golf Coaching
 Comprehensive Questionnaire & Goal Setting
 Two-Hour Skills Testing Evaluation with staff member
 Certain Number of One-Hour Lessons with Trent Wearner
o Expert Ball control training in Full Swing, Short Game and Putting
o Managing Practices and Tournaments
o Warm-up, Fitness and Nutrition Information
 Certain Number of Additional 9-Hole Playing Lessons with Trent Wearner
o Transfer Training
o Decision-Making Skills
o Self-Management Development
o Mental Toughness
 How to Prepare for a Tournament & Play a Practice Round Seminar w/ Trent
Equipment
 Comprehensive Club Fit with Trent Wearner
Scheduling
 Advanced Scheduling on Trent’s calendar
Tools: Membership to scratchgolfer.org which includes stat program, practice measuring and
tracking, skills challenges, accountability programs, consistency rewarding trophy room,
tournament preparation guidelines, post-round questionnaire and many other resources
Trent Wearner Golf Academy goodies: Bag tag, Hat, Sticker, USGA Rules in Brief, Game
Improvement Guide, TW Golf Notepad, Golf Scrimmages book
CLIENT EVENTS
Trent Wearner Golf presents a unique opportunity for business client relations. Through a golf instruction event with
Trent Wearner, you can reward your top clients, acquire new clients, or fuse the two by inviting top clients to bring someone who
would hopefully turn into a client. These business events are
tailored to individual parameters, but can include an educational/
entertaining seminar during lunch, a clinic on our full swing tee,
short game/putting area, or on our practice holes. A fun, educational, intimate golf instruction event is a great avenue to find and
attract new clients or nurture and retain those you already have.
Scratchgolfer.org is a FREE online golf-improvement community for those trying to improve their golf game. Fun and unique
features of scratchgolfer® are tracking your practice sessions
as well as tracking statistics from the course. You’ll receive a
virtual trophy for your accomplishments and it will be placed in
your trophy room. Receive a regular game improvement blog
from Trent and more.
Club Fitting: FlightScope's X2 launch monitor is top-of-the-line.
It is the luxury of all launch monitors and can be seen at PGA
and European tour events. We use it for teaching and for club
fitting purposes. Unlike other Colorado club fitting options, we fit
people for golf clubs outdoors combining the technology and
reliability of the X2 with the ball's true flight, instead of hitting into
a net or simulator. We also sell clubs at or below what you can
buy them for at discount golf stores.
SAM Putt Lab: When putting, even the smallest movements
can decide everything. SAM Putt Lab uses state-of-the-art ultrasound technology and specific mathematic algorithms for precise measurement of the relevant putting parameters. The intelligent SAM PuttWare automatically evaluates aspects at address and during your putting stroke. It calculates all relevant
parameters and graphically displays the results. The data reveals precise information on how to improve your setup/stroke
and how to tailor individual training strategies.
CORPORATE GOLF
Trent Wearner Corporate Golf is the best golf instruction academy to
hire for your company event. Corporate golf instruction can range from a
couple of hours at our facility to elaborate trips to premiere resorts
around the country. Businesses come to us for client appreciation or
team building clinics as well as full day or multiple day golf schools. We
customize events for any group size. We take pride in providing the best
and it shows as we’ve done corporate outings for the same major companies for over ten years.
Golf Schools: TWGA offers golf schools throughout the year. All schools
consist of only 3-4 students per instructor so you'll definitely be getting the
most out of your time! These small groups make for quality instruction and
more personalized time. Golf schools include Full Swing School, Driver
School, Putting School, Short Game School, and a variety of Junior Golf
Schools, including the Summer Long Golf Program, On-Course Playing
School, Full Swing School, and others.
Range Finders at the Lowest Price: TWGA offers several Bushnell
Range Finders including the Bushnell Range Finder Medalist, Bushnell
Range Finder 1600 Tournament Edition, Bushnell Range Finder 1600
Slope Edition, Bushnell Range Finder Tour V2 Tour Edition, and Bushnell
Range Finder Tour V2 Regular Edition. You CANNOT purchase them for
less anywhere else, period!
Traveling Golf Schools: While we teach year-round at our fantastic Meridian Golf Club facility we do conduct golf schools at resorts all around the
country. Keep your game sharp or get prepped for the upcoming season.
We travel to Arizona, Las Vegas, Mexico, Florida, Georgia and California
as well as New England in the fall!
Social Media: The Trent Wearner Golf Academy utilizes Facebook,
LinkedIn and Twitter, to stay in contact with students, post student accomplishments, connect students with college golf coaches and inform
students of upcoming events. These sites create a forum for new and old
students to stay in touch and keep a pulse on the latest TWGA events.
Also take a look at our scratchgolfer.org pages on Facebook, LinkedIn
and Twitter @goscratchgolfer
Trent Wearner Golf
9742 S. Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, CO. 80112
www.TrentWearnerGolf.com
303-645-8000