GBC Golf Academy Facilities

A world-class golf school is not possible without a top level facility. The Junior Golf Academy is hosted at the GBC Golf Academy which is located at Olympic View Golf Club in Victoria. You will find everything a golf school needs to provide a well-rounded instructional experience.

Long Game Practice

The GBC Golf Academy Long Game Area

The GBC Golf Academy offers large grass hitting decks and several target greens with bunkers to accurately simulate on-course conditions. Complete with areas to practice out of the rough, off side-hill lies and other trouble shots, the facility offers everything a golfer needs to work on their long game.

Short Game Practice

One of the many GBC Golf Academy Short Game Areas

You have probably heard how important the short game is to your score. It is so important, the GBC Golf Academy features two large short game areas with one exclusively for academy students. With putting greens, chipping greens, practice bunkers and a fantastic wedge area for shots of
25 - 120 yards, every facet of the short game can be taught and improved. Students develop the ability to hit all the short shots and, better yet, know when to use them.

Video Instruction

Video instruction has advanced to an amazing level. The academy uses state-of-the-art computer video system that utilizes V1 software. V1, the same software used by the games best teachers like Butch Harmon. This system has all the tools needed for diagnosing swing faults and, more importantly, the ability to clearly communicate them to the student.

The V1 video system also has the ability to send a complete summary of the key points from a lesson to a student via the Internet. The video summaries provide a great references so a student can stay on the correct path to improvement. For a sample of a video lesson, click here and then click on "click here to view" when the new page opens.

The Golf Course

Olympic View's #17

The golf course is another key element of a great golf school. Olympic View offers a nationally ranked layout that is challenging in places and beautiful from start to finish. As the name indicates, there are several views of the nearby Olympic Mountains. The course meanders through typical west coast terrain with many of the holes cut out of the forest and there are several nice elevation changes which provide great vistas and some fun with club selection. The signature hole, used in many magazines and golf articles, is the 17th pictured to the right. The waterfall is behind the green and the roar of the water gets progressively louder as you approach the hole. For more information about Olympic View, go to the Golf BC web site.

We are sure you will find the facilities at the GBC Golf Academy to be everything you could hope for and make your time at the Junior Academy both productive and very enjoyable.