Individual Private Lessons
Private lessons will allow you to receive full one-on-one attention while being paired with your own personal golf instructor. We can concentrate on any aspect of your golf game. From perfecting the grip to mastering the flop shot, our private lessons are sure to improve your game. Lessons can be scheduled at your convenience. All lessons include range balls.
Big Group Lessons
Get a group of friends or your work team together out to the driving range and learn how to play golf! We offer big group range lessons working with our golf instructors on how to properly grip and swing the golf club. If you are interested in organizing a group for the driving range, please contact our Assistant Manager Michael Portman at mportman@oriongolf.com.
The First Tee of Greater Kansas City
Experiences are our greatest teacher. First Tee believes in developing the ones that are just as fun as they are meaningful, where kids feel excited to grow, safe to fail, and better equipped for whatever comes their way next.
View Programsdirector of instruction
John Gerber
(614) 406-0175
John works with many types of players from Tour Players to beginners to
maximize the enjoyment and knowledge of the game. His vast knowledge of the full swing and short has been developed through 30 years of teaching experience.
As the Teaching Professional at Wedgewood Golf and Country Club in Powell, Ohio, the Director of Instruction at TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Florida and the Lead Instructor at Highlands Performance GC in Dallas, Texas, he has honed his teaching skills under the tutelage of such great instructors such as David Leadbetter, Jim McLean and Brian Mogg.
John is an accomplished player having been a member of the European Challenge Tour and PGA Tour Latin American from 2001-2004. He has competed in over 30 national opens and over 200 PGA events on a local and national level.
John is the host of the nationally broadcasted Podcast FROM THE ROUGH on the Fan Stream Sports channel and is a frequent guest on ESPN local markets highlighting golf handicapping. He is also a writer and on course reporter for Golf Central Magazine.
Lesson Rates
- Single Lesson: 30 min ($70)
- Single Lesson: 60 min ($125)
- Three Lesson Package: 60 min each ($345)
- Five Lesson Package: 60 min each ($575)
General Manager
Craig Martin, PGA
(913) 220-4867
Small Group Lessons Available (Pair up with a couple of friends or business associates; contact Craig for details).
Lesson Rates
- Single Lesson: 45 min ($90)
- Three Lesson Package: 45 min each ($240)
- Five Lesson Package: 45 min each ($375)
- Junior Golf Lesson: 30 min each ($50)
- Lesson & Playing Package: 3 lessons & 1 nine-hole playing lesson ($375)
Assistant Manager
Michael Portman
(816) 513-8940
Small Group Lessons (Pair up with a couple of friends or business associates; contact Michael for details).
Lesson Rates
- Single Lesson: 45 min ($75)
- Three Lesson Package: 45 min each ($190)
- Five Lesson Package: 45 min each ($325)
- 30-Minute Junior Lesson: ($50)
- Short Game Lesson: 45 min ($50)
Simulator Lesson Rates
- Simulator Lesson: 45min ($60)