Programs and camps
Learn in a group.
Adult and junior classes, the Sunday Clinic, and a summer Youth Golf School for ages 6 to 15.
- From
- $130 a session
- Ages
- 5 to adult
- Where
- Gull Haven
Jones Golf Academy · Central Islip, Long Island
Better golf through better understanding.
PGA golf lessons for juniors and adults at Gull Haven Golf Course in Central Islip, Long Island. Private lessons, camps, group programs and the PGA Jr. League.
Gull Haven Golf Course · Central Islip, New York
2026 lesson season
Booking open through October 31 22 days left in the season
Private lessons
One coach. One golfer. A plan you understand.
Thirty minutes or an hour with a PGA coach, using video to show you what your swing is really doing. Outdoors at Gull Haven, five days a week from May through October.
| Lessons | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10Best value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 min | $60 | $165 | $315 | $500 |
| 1 hour | $100 | $280 | $550 | $900 |
Single lessons are paid at the lesson. Packages are good for a year, and your voucher arrives by email the moment you buy.
How we teach
Nine ball flights.
Two causes.
Every full shot flies one of nine ways. It starts left, on line or right, and it curves left, holds or curves right. Both come down to two things at impact: where the clubface points and which way the club is traveling.
Rich builds his teaching on these ball flight laws. Learn to read your own shots and you can correct them yourself, on the course, without a coach beside you.
Curves leftNo curveCurves right
Starts left
On line
Starts right
Straight
Starts on line and holds it all the way to the flag.
Hear it.See it.Feel it.
Everyone learns a swing differently. Some golfers need the explanation, some need to see it, and some need to feel the club in the right place. Every lesson uses all three and leans on whichever works for you.
More ways to play.
Group classes with the Town of Islip, a summer golf school, and team golf for kids.
PGA Jr. League
Golf is better on a team.
Numbered jerseys, weekly practice and Friday scramble matches. We’ve fielded a team every year since 2012.
- Ages
- 7–13
- Season
- $485
- Islip residents
- $410
A family of teachers.
Two PGA Professionals, a PGA Associate, and a staff of coaches, several of whom came up through our own junior programs.
Rich Jones
Founder · PGA Professional
National PGA Player Development Award winner. Golf professional since 1998, PGA member since 2003.
Rosa Jones
PGA Professional
One of the academy’s own college recruits. Played at Franklin Pierce University (NCAA Division II).
Rich Jones Jr.
Director of Golf · PGA Associate
Played Division I golf at Howard University, Class of 2024. Runs private lessons and the coaching staff.
2020 National PGA Player Development Award
PGA President’s Council on Growing the Game
PGA of America member
U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Kids Teacher
“Junior golfers who have fun will play more, play longer, and play better.”
Steven Fuchs, parent · Stony Brook, NY
Where we teach
Gull Haven Golf Course
Our home course in Central Islip, Suffolk County, a short drive from anywhere on Long Island.
- Address
- 1 Gull Haven Drive
Central Islip, NY 11722 - Lesson days
- Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat
- Season
- May 1 – October 31
- Facilities
- Range, short-game area and the course
Gift cards
Give a lesson.
Emailed instantly, to you or straight to the golfer, with your note. Good toward any lesson package.
Start with thirty minutes.
A single 30-minute lesson is $60, paid at the lesson. When you’re ready for more, packages bring it down to $50 a lesson.
Book a lesson
Prefer to talk first? Call (631) 655-2233