Missouri Golf Instruction & Tips from the Pros

The Branson, MO Golf Professionals Will Help Improve Your Game

Branson, Missouri has quietly become the premier golf destination in the Midwest. With all of this golf available there has natural become a need for quality golf instruction in Missouri. Its central location, good weather, affordability and year-round availability offer tourists and residents alike a unique opportunity to play and learn this beloved game.

Dan Davis is the PGA Professional at Thousand Hills Branson Golf Course. Mr. Davis is a graduate of New Mexico State University and has a degree in Professional Golf Management. Personal Golf Instructors have included Ron Filipowicz of Fred Arbanas Golf Course, Robin Nigro of Nigros Golf Academy and Stan Thirsk whom personally instructed Tom Watson. Dan is available by appointment for personal or group lessons and can provide short game or playing lessons on site at Thousand Hills. When the instruction calls for the use of a driving range, Mr. Davis is commissioned to give Missouri golf instruction and lessons at the “Branson Driving Range and Golf School” on East 76 HWY in Branson.    

With the addition of the country's largest privately funded airport and the new highways now completed, Branson will also be the most accessible destination. With eight world-class Branson golf courses, Missouri is a golf lovers dream. It is no surprise that several of the worlds top golf course architects such as Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Bobby Clampett and Robert E. Cupp chose Branson to design courses. Branson offers an amazing collage of courses that cater to a wide variety of golfers. Each course provides an array of challenges that include dramatic elevation changes, Ozark streams, lakes and beautiful hardwood forests.

Now, Branson, Missouri Golf Instruction is available on the web to everyone. Check Back to this page Often For More Updates!

• Improve Your Golf Grip - It all starts where the hand meets the club. Looking to play golf for the first time, or looking to improve for your next time out--your grip is the best place to begin.
• Golf Putting Tips - The short game can mean the difference between a birdie & a bogey.
Toe Putting From the Fringe - While we wish every shot landed in the middle of the green, this isn't always the case. Toe Putting can come in handy on the lip of the fringe.
• Chip Shot Golf - Too far to putt? Too close to drive? Chip it in with the easiest but most impressive shot in golf.
• Improve Your Chip Shot - This video lesson with Buck Trent gives you a feel for improving your short game.
• How to Hit a Backwards Chip Shot - Dan's video instruction gives you pointers on what to do for those shots that aren't just straightforward chips.
• How to Hit a Bump and Run - Too far to putt, too close to get it in the air, learn this important golf short game technique.
• How To Hit a Long Bump And Run - Matt shows you what to do when your ball lands at the edge of a long green.
• How to Chip Over a Bunker - You just missed the sand trap but now it's between you and the short grass - now what?
• How to Hit Out of the Rough - You almost made it to the green! But you completely made it to the rough. What now? Watch Matt help you salvage that shot that's just too far off the mark.
• How to Hit a Short Chip Shot Out of the Rough - Well, you're almost on the green, but you're still in the rough. What you need is a short chip shot to get close to the pin.
• How to Hit a Pitch Shot - The key is to go high, and roll to the pin. Learn more, including how to pitch it with 3 different clubs by watching this video.
• How To Drive A Golf Ball Farther - Technique before strength. Learn to drive the ball farther without hitting the gym.
• Perfecting Your Golf Swing - This video lesson features celebrity guest Marty Haggard as Dan gives you tips on maximizing distance and consistency in your driving swing.
• How To Hit out of a Sand Trap - See Dan's Video lesson on getting out of your next sand trap bunker with a minimum of fuss.
• How To Hit Out of a Bunker - If you need a few more tips, watch as Matt explains more fundamentals of getting out of the sand.
• How to Hit a Plugged Ball Out of a Bunker Face - Bad=Your ball didn't hit the green. Worse=Your ball went into a bunker. Worst=Your ball is plugged in the face of the bunker. Find out how to recover from that worst case scenario.
• How To Golf Left Handed - Even the right handed golfer will need to change things up from time to time--get out of tough lies using a left handed shot.