It follows the philosophy that led Jack Nicklaus to win 18 majors and become who many consider, the best golf player in the history of golf, Nicklaus trains players and teaches them that “Success depends almost entirely on the efficiency to learn to control two opponents: the golf course and yourself”. There are 23 schools scattered around the most exclusive resorts in the world, one of them is at Finca Cortesín Golf. The resort is located between Marbella and Sotogrande. It has a golf course designed by Cabell B. Robinson, amongst other facilities. It is considered one of the best golf courses in Spain.
The Jack Nicklaus Academy at Finca Cortesín is one of the most prestigious in the world. The method created by Jack Nicklaus originates from his own experience, but not as a player but as a student. He became aware of the difficulty to correct you own errors when you reach a certain level in the game. At Jack Nicklaus Academy, the player has the opportunity to overcome this obstacle.
Using an individualized work method for each student, the school and its trainers Ricardo Jiménez and Rubén Holgado, deal with all aspects of the game. The technical, the physical and the mental aspects, the appropriate equipment as well as the strategy, as the basis to improve not only technically but with the objective to take learning to the golf course.
Another approach taken at the Jack Nicklaus Academy at Finca Cortesín, is helping students understand the cause and effect of their mistakes. With the help of the highest technology and using video cameras in order to follow the flight of the ball, the students learn the correct movements for a good swing. Ricardo Jiménez, Instruction Manager at the school tells us “there are many players who have never seen themselves and if they have, they have never analyzed their own swing and they are really impressed”. Rubén Holgado, the Academy Instructor, also wanted to point out that “95% of players who come to the Jack Nicklaus Academy at Finca Cortesín, do not have the appropriate equipment”, “they have clubs which are not suitable for their swing, so they develop wrong technical gestures”. Instructors and professionals help in making the appropriate club suitable for the characteristics of each player at The Official Fitting Centre Taylor Made.
At the Academy in Finca Cortesín, everything is designed with the objective to make players improve by means of individualized work. It is the school that adapts to each player offering packs from 1 to 20 hours, combined with classes on the golf course.