Be Happy on (and off) the course with 3 Simple Questions
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Here are a few highlights to check out when you have some fun with us this summer...
---Our award winning Happy Camp is back with help from my returning coaches... all of which are former and current students. And we're adding a Happy Family Camp this year too, so you can have fun with grandparents, parents, kids, grandkids, cousins... whoever you want.
---We're kicking it old school for both kids and adults and returning to where we started with some 4 class lessons. I want to give you the feeling I had when this golf (and life) instruction stuff was just in its infancy. (It's a good feeling). 4 lessons, basic fundamentals of driving, irons, chipping, putting, and games, games, games. This will be perfect for a quick intro or a refresher to get you going again. And we're making it the same price as when I started... so you have no excuse.
---We're introducing Friday Fun Golf for adults on... well, Fridays. Get it? The main word that will describe this one is casual. We're taking away the intimidation of getting on a course and maybe meeting a few new, cool people. We'll meet on Friday nights to play a few games and play a few holes. You don't even have to play every shot or your own ball every time. We'll make it easy and fun for you.
---For the kids with a little more experience that want to get out on the course, the Team Golf Challenge is back. Grab some friends and get ready for a little friendly competition each week on the course. Plus we threw in a practice each week to work on those skills.
---Mystery Tuesdays. Every Tuesday I'm going to make a tee time, but not tell you where until a few days before. This one will be limited to 3 players and me each Tuesday. We'll play 18 holes and I'll show you how to be the happiest golfer.
Check out the 2024 Spring/Summer Schedule FOR KIDS right here
HAVE MORE FUN ON THE COURSE
Grab our 1-page Happy Golf Planner and see how you can have more fun, more laughter, and more confidence on and off the course.
Meet Bryan
Bryan Skavnak is the happiest golf professional in Minnesota. Through his heartfelt and sometimes goofy stories, Bryan blends humor and inspiration to teach you about golf and life. He is the author of the #1 Best Selling book, Happy Golf Starts Here. He is the founder of the Bryan Skavnak Golf Academy, which for nearly 20 years has taught kids and adults how to have more fun and confidence by showing them that score doesn’t matter, people do.
He is one of U.S Kids Golf's Top 50 Master Kids Teachers in the world and a Junior Golf Leader award winner in Minnesota. He is also the creator of Battleball... the greatest game you will ever play.
As an inspiring speaker and writer, Bryan has helped thousands of golfers (and non-golfers) achieve their dream of being happier and more confident by revealing how to surround themselves with a team of good people and embrace how the game of golf can improve relationships.
Bryan has 11 different colored belts, has stacked 5 golf balls on top of each other, and can dance to N ‘SYNC’s Bye, Bye, Bye. He also can both Whip and Nae Nae. He is married to his beautiful wife Kim, and has two darn cute kids, Ethan and Ella, who eat more vegetables than candy. Weird kids.
Here are a few ways I can help...
Get the 1-page Happy Golf Planner and have more fun on the course
Learn the 6 Steps to Happy Family Golf in this FREE TRAINING CLASS
Be Happier. Get the Beginner's Guide to Happy Golf.
You run a great program, and its value extends way beyond golf.
Books
by Bryan Skavnak
Happy Golf Starts Here
A beautiful roadmap to the game of golf we play inside our hearts, also known as life... Great job Bryan, making golf more fun one page at a time." - Erik Anders Lang, Director - Be the Ball
With heartfelt, funny, and thought-provoking stories, Bryan provides a fresh perspective on golf, and shares what you can do to be a little happier.
The Happiest Golfer
Score doesn't matter. People do.
After a less-than-stellar 2011 when my mom died of lymphoma, I decided to write an email to my family, friends, fans, and followers expressing what she meant to me. This email began the funny, heartfelt and inspirational stories that continue today. These stories relate more to life than to golf, and are read by golfers and non-golfers alike. Golf is not about the score and life is not about the stuff. What matters is the people you're with, the relationships you have, the connections you make and the memories you create.
Programs
with Bryan Skavnak Golf Academy
Bryan Skavnak Golf Academy
In 2011, Bryan was named a Top 50 Master Kids Teacher... in the world. He brings his smile and humor to programs for ages 5 - 95 (no 96 year olds, sorry).
Through his innovative Happy Golf process, thousands of students have learned more about golf and themselves. And when you can play better and be better, that's a self high five. Whooo!
Happy Golf University
Everything you need to know about your game in 2 days of high-level, on-course, deep-dive action. Sounds cool, doesn't it?
We'll hit every shot from chips to pitches to drives to putts (and more). Then we'll follow it up daily on the course. You'll walk away with a deeper understanding of how to make your game the best game. Held at world-renowned Edinburgh USA, this is the program that will bring your game to the next level.
Writing and Storytelling Workshop
One of the biggest questions I get is, "Can you teach me how to write like that?"
Yes. Yes I can.
There's a simple framework that anyone can use to write great stories, emails, proposals, blogs, and much more. Whether your writing is for work, for remembering, for fun, or for a legacy, you'll find everything you need at this workshop.
Story Blog
Featured Stories by Bryan Skavnak
Simply fantastic and amazing. I've thought about this story all day today. Such a powerful message. Thanks for sharing.
BE THE NICE KID
I was a dorky kid.
I didn’t really know it at the time….and by the time I figured it out, I really didn’t care.
I was quiet. I played the saxophone (faked it my first two years). I didn’t like playing video games, but I could memorize the Legend of Zelda map and loved doing stats while my friends played old school (not old at the time) baseball. I had some close friends, but not a ton of them. I flew under the radar for most of my days in school.
When I got to high school...
MOM AND SCHOOL
I always liked school.
Mostly because of my mom. See, mom knew school was important.
It was important to try your best (whatever your best may be).
It was important to be with friends.
It was important to listen and share and gain confidence and smile.
So, every morning, my mom would get up with us, and make us breakfast. She'd cut our toast into squares. She'd pack our lunch (except for Italian Dunker day), and...
THE ARIZONA TEA STORY
My students and I are like a family.
We support each other, we rag on each other, and we go to Buffalo Wild Wings together.
This isn't a Wild Wings story, but it's just as good.....
Every Friday, a group of students and I go play golf at a local course. These kids have been with me for a long time now...6, 8, 10 years. I've seen them grow from curious little kids to annoying middle schoolers, back to...
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