Player progress, lesson plans & booking for golf instructors

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Progress you can show

A student who takes six lessons wants to know whether they are better, and a junior’s parents want the same answer without standing at the range. Upswing keeps it on a record: fixed-protocol tests such as putts holed from three feet, a putting ladder, a chipping Par 18, or a wedge ladder scored by proximity, each charted against the student’s baseline and personal best.

The Handicap Index sits on the same record as one number among several. It reflects the best 8 of the last 20 rounds and moves slowly, so the drill numbers show the work that happens between posted scores. You or the family enter the current index from their official record; Upswing does not connect to GHIN.

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Lesson plans that hold up on the course

Build a lesson from timed blocks: a check-in, a baseline test, the one priority for the day, a blocked drill, a varied block that changes clubs and targets, and a re-test. Run it from your phone with the current block and the time left in view. When the plan reaches the re-test, you log the number and it goes on the record.

Practice research on golf putting supports starting blocked while a change is new and then mixing clubs and targets so it holds up on the course. A timed plan makes that shape easy to repeat for every student.

03

Between lessons

Students drift in the weeks between lessons. After a session you can set an assignment with a target for before the next one, such as ten putts from three feet each practice, and the student or family logs it at home. Your notes stay on the record, so the next lesson starts where the last one ended.

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Booking for the way golf is taught

Sell 30, 45, or 60 minute lessons, junior clinics with a capacity that matches your ratio, and on-course sessions, each with its own price and credit cost. Blackout dates cover tournaments and the off-season, and families book into your real availability from one link.

Lightning and rain still cancel outdoor lessons. A weather cancellation is one tap that notifies every enrolled family and returns their credits. Late-cancel and no-show rules are set once and shown to the family before they confirm a booking.

05

Packs, memberships, and the course’s cut

Golf academies already sell packs of lessons and monthly memberships. Upswing handles both: credit packs that come off as lessons are booked, and monthly memberships that renew the family’s credits on a schedule. Cards stay on file, every payment is receipted, and there is no transaction fee on your lesson money.

If you teach at a course that takes a share, set that course up as its own engagement with its terms: a revenue split, a facility fee per hour, or a per-head fee. Your earnings report then shows what each course took and what you kept.

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Juniors and their families

A family account holds every junior in the house, with one card, one calendar, and a sibling discount if you offer one. Parents follow the record, see what was worked on, and book the next session without a text thread.