Shriver Golf Academy
Want to learn to golf or improve your game? The Shriver Golf Academy at Cove Cay Golf Club offers golf instruction to all skill levels- beginner golfers, intermediate golfers, and advanced golfers alike. Any golfer will tell you there’s always room for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been playing the game. That’s golf!
Bill Shriver and Pat Shriver are lead instructors at The Golf Academy at the Cove Cay Golf Club and offer fun and innovative instructional programs to golfers of all skill levels. Whether you’d like to learn to play the game, or enhance your skills and lower your handicap, Bill and Pat would love the opportunity to teach you. They offer private lessons, semi-private lessons, on-course training and more.
Both Bill and Pat are Award-Winning PGA Class A Teaching Professionals who have been teaching golf for the past 20 years and have earned many accolades during that time.
North Florida, PGA Teacher of the Year 1997
North Florida, PGA Teacher of the Year 1999
North Florida, PGA Teacher of the Year 2000
North Florida, PGA Player Development Award 2016
Played in the U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship 2019
North Florida, PGA Player of the Year 1999
North Florida, PGA Player of the Year 2005
North Florida, PGA Champion 2008
North Florida, PGA Teacher of the Year 2009
With the skills of Pat & Bill, it’s a winning combination! Click HERE to find out more about them or to get contact info so you can schedule a private lesson.
PGA Professional Chris Ardolina joined the Shriver Academy team at Cove Cay Golf Club in 2019 and has quickly become very popular among members and guests. Like Pat & Bill, Chris also offers private golf lessons, semi-private lessons, group clinics, on-course training and more. Click HERE to find out more about him or get contact info so you can schedule a lesson.
Our Head Golf Professional, Chance Lau, came to Cove Cay in early 2023 and has been a welcome addition to our team. His knowledge of the game paired with the skill he has on-course, makes him a natural fit at the Shriver Academy. He works with Pat and Bill Shriver during the Saturday Group Clinics, and pairs with Chris Ardolina for the peak season Adult clinics. Say hello when you see him in the Golf Shop or on the range.
Saturday Clinics
Ladies Group Clinics: 10 am Taught By PGA Professional Pat Shriver and Head Golf Professional Chance Lau
Mens Group Clinics: 11 am Taught By PGA Professional Bill Shriver and Head Golf Professional Chance Lau
Junior Golf Camps, Clinics, Tournament Prep, and PGA Junior League Taught By PGA Professional Chris Ardolina
No Reservation required
1 Hour Lesson
Open to the public
$20
Private Lessons
Lesson packages or hourly lessons
State-of-the-art Video Swing Analysis
On-Course Instruction Available
The Golf Academy instructors work with beginner golfers as well as advance players ages 5 and up. For advanced players, your lesson/lessons can be customized to focus on a specific skill that you’d like to improve upon. For example, if putting is the issue, simply tell your instructor you’d like an hour dedicated to putting.
