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Nancy McDaniel of CAL Women’s Golf Interview

College Golf Advice for Juniors from CAL’s Coach Nancy McDaniel Coach McDaniel answers questions from our Junior Academy golfers about what it takes to play golf for one of the top Division I schools in the country. She offers advice for both junior golfers and parents about how her program works, how she recruits, how …

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College Coach Conrad Ray of Stanford Interview

If you are a young golfer aspiring to play college golf, or a parent looking for insights into how to best help your juniors play at the college level, please listen to our interview with coach Conrad Ray of the Stanford Men’s Golf Program. In this interview you’ll get answers to questions like … How …

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PGA Junior Summer Camp Registration

Registration is Open for PGA Junior Summer Camps! Select Your Facility to go straight to the registration page on the PGA Junior Camp site: Redwood Canyon Golf Course Franklin Canyon Golf Course Watch the video! More Info about the Camps: REDWOOD CANYON We have camps almost every week of the summer beginning June 27th, with …

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Eric Jones Golf Academy In Local Schools

Here’s a highlight reel from our recent visit to a local middle school, where we introduced golf to nearly 180 students as part of their PE class. They had a blast, and so did we. We had nearly 30 kids an hour for all six periods. We brought a blow-up bouncy-house hitting net so they …

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Course Management Benefits

NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE The best golfers in the world are also the best strategists. What they do better than everybody else is get the ball in the hole faster. And isn’t that the objective of the game? If you want to score you need to learn to do what scorers do. Jack Nicklaus, of …

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Golf in the Kingdom with Michael Murphy

Come meet Michael Murphy – the man behind Golf in the Kingdom – play a little mystical golf, learn about the confluence of sports, energy, and consciousness, and support Junior Giants baseball. Peacock Gap Sept 29th. It will be a unique experience. And isn’t having a unique experience what golf is all about? Click Golf …

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Junior Golf Summer Camp Highlight Reel

This is a fun highlight reel of our junior golf summer camp. Here’s a highlight reel from our 2015 junior golf summer camp. The juniors all had a great time. Not only did they learn solid fundamentals (look at their finish positions and how well they control their club on the pitching clip) they had …

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Junior Golf Academy Year-Round Program

How to Have Fun While Learning Golf We know that one of the most important reasons kids play golf – or any sport – is to have fun. The ideal combination is to learn WHILE having fun. That way they don’t even know it is learning. We refer to it as learning thru FUNdamentals. Here …

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Junior Summer Golf Camps Top 5 Qualities of the Best Camps

What makes a great junior summer golf camp? Need a last-minute fun activity for your junior before the summer ends? Consider a junior summer golf camp at Redwood Canyon in Castro Valley (map). Golf is a great activity for kids because it is outdoors, there’s plenty of exercise, and it’s a terrific way to be …

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SUNDAY SCHOOL at Redwood Canyon

Golfers who are committed to improving their game should join our Sunday School program. It’s a 2-hour session from 10:00-12:00 where you rotate with a small group through three stations with instruction. We’ll refine your technique, set and measure performance goals, and teach you new skills. Sunday School is a Coaching Program. That means we …

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