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About Under Par
Who we are, and why golfers make us their home course.
Playing Lessons · On the Course
Your coach plays the round with you — all 9 holes, one-on-one with Coach Justin Hood at Muskegon Community College Golf Course. You’ll work club selection, course strategy, and shot decisions in real time, where range practice finally turns into lower scores.
A Different Kind of Lesson
You can groove a perfect swing on the range and still lose strokes the moment you’re standing over a real shot — an uneven lie, wind in your face, water left, a number that’s between clubs. A playing lesson trains the part of golf the range can’t: decisions. Your coach walks every hole with you, reading each situation as it happens and coaching you through the choice — which club, which target, when to play safe, when to go.
You finish the round having practiced golf the way you actually play it.
Coaching on the shot in front of you — not a drill in a vacuum.
The thinking that separates good ball-strikers from low scorers.
You remember the par-4 where you finally played it smart far longer than a range tip.
Your Instructor
Justin has spent his life in the game — a junior player who went on to serve as an Assistant Golf Professional at Spring Lake Country Club, and today coaches the Spring Lake boys high school team while working toward his PGA certification. He works with golfers across the Muskegon area, Norton Shores and Grand Haven included.
On the course, his coaching is calm and practical — clear reads, simple decisions, and strategy you can actually repeat the next time you play without a coach beside you. The goal isn’t to overhaul your swing mid-round; it’s to help you score with the game you’ve got.
On Every Hole
Most golfers don’t lose strokes because of their swing — they lose them through course management, distance control, and trouble. A playing lesson targets exactly that, on every hole.
How to plan a hole, pick the smart target, and avoid the big number — the strategy that drops scores without changing your swing.
Dialing in the right club for the real shot — slope, wind, lie, and the gaps between your clubs.
Playing from awkward lies, escaping trouble, and choosing the safe miss when it matters.
A repeatable pre-shot routine and the on-course composure to play your game under pressure.
Every Level Plays
A playing lesson meets you wherever your game is — and builds from there.
Ready to compete? Join a leagueLearn how a round actually works — etiquette, pace, and where to aim — in a relaxed, one-on-one setting.
Stop leaking strokes you can’t explain, and learn to think your way around the course.
Sharpen strategy and shot selection, and train the decisions that show up on the scorecard.
On-course coaching that builds real golf skills and confidence, the same calm one-on-one way.
What to Expect
Here’s exactly how a playing lesson works at Under Par Golf.
Muskegon Community College Golf Course — a 9-hole course right here in Muskegon.
Just you and your coach, one-on-one, for all 9 holes — the lesson lasts as long as the round takes.
Your own clubs and your game, in normal golf attire — for lessons, bring the set you play so every change carries straight over to your game.
Spring, summer & fall. Off-season, keep sharp indoors on our aboutGolf simulators.
Pricing
A playing lesson is $150 plus the green fee for your 9 holes at Muskegon Community College Golf Course — coaching for the entire round, not a 30-minute slot. The green fee is paid directly to the course.
One-on-one coaching for your full 9-hole round.
+ your 9-hole green fee paid to the course
Build it, then play it.
Pair instruction — indoor with shot data, or outdoor on the range — with a playing lesson to put it all into practice. The complete path from fixing your swing to scoring with it.
The fastest way to turn practice into lower scores.
Weather rescheduling available if conditions turn. Questions? Get in touch
The Complete Path
The fastest improvement comes from doing both: refine your mechanics where you can measure them — indoors on the simulator with real shot data, or outdoors on the range — then take that game to the course and learn to use it under real conditions.
Lessons build the swing; the playing lesson teaches you how to score with it. Do them together and the gains stick.
Common Questions
It’s an on-course lesson where your coach plays the round with you, teaching in real time — club selection, course strategy, and shot decisions as they come up. At Under Par Golf it’s 9 holes, one-on-one, at Muskegon Community College Golf Course.
Muskegon Community College Golf Course, a 9-hole course in Muskegon — convenient to Norton Shores and Grand Haven.
As long as the round takes — all 9 holes, with no clock cutting the coaching short.
A $150 lesson rate plus the green fee for your 9 holes, paid directly to the course. The 9-hole green fee runs $14–$27 depending on walking or riding and the rate category — see the pricing section for the full breakdown.
Not at all — playing lessons help brand-new golfers and competitive players alike. The coaching is built around your level, whatever it is.
Spring, summer, and fall. In winter, keep improving indoors on our aboutGolf simulators so your game doesn’t go cold.
Let’s Play
Book a 9-hole playing lesson and learn to score with the game you’ve got. Walk the course one-on-one with Coach Justin Hood, and leave knowing exactly how to think your way to lower numbers.
Under Par Golf · Muskegon Community College Golf Course · serving Muskegon, Norton Shores & Grand Haven · spring–fall
