Kings Acre Golf Academy
The Academy
Kings Acre Golf Academy is the coaching side of Kings Acre Golf Course, in the Midlothian countryside six miles from Edinburgh city centre. Five PGA coaches work here, each with their own way of teaching, so you can find the one that suits you.
At Kings Acre, open golf means exactly that: you do not have to be a member to play the course or to take a lesson with us. We coach complete beginners, club golfers chasing a lower handicap, and juniors coming through. Lessons are 30 or 60 minutes, booked online, with a coach you choose.
Facilities
Academy facilities
The practice set-up here is built for coaching, not just for hitting balls.
Floodlit driving range
Twenty-six covered bays with floodlights, so practice carries on through the winter and into the evening. Targets sit at measured distances down the practice fairway.
Short game area
Two greens, three tee box areas and a sloped fairway, covering every approach shot you will need. It is not open to the public and is kept for tuition and professional use, so it is never crowded.
Private coaching bays
Four enclosed bays used for lessons and custom fitting. Out of the weather, away from the queue, and set up so you and your coach can see the numbers as you hit.
Launch monitors. Our coaches use Trackman, Full Swing and Bushnell. Which one you will be hitting on depends on the coach you book, and each of them will tell you what the numbers mean rather than just showing you the screen.
Custom fitting
A main custom fitting hub for PXG
Kings Acre is one of PXG’s main custom fitting hubs, which means a full fitting cart on site and a coach who fits clubs week in, week out rather than once a season.
- Full PXG head, shaft and loft options to test
- Fitted indoors in a private bay on a launch monitor
- Driver, irons, wedges and putter
- Open to everyone, member or not
Fittings are booked the same way as a lesson. If you are not sure whether you need new clubs or a change in your swing, book a lesson first and your coach will tell you straight.
public/images/fitting.jpgThe course
An 18-hole parkland course on your doorstep
The academy sits alongside Kings Acre Golf Course, an 18-hole par 70 parkland course designed by Graeme Webster and opened in 1997. The King family have run it across two generations, and it is open golf: no membership needed to play.
More than fifty bunkers and a good deal of shaping mean there is plenty to practise for, and the short game area was built to cover the shots the course actually asks of you.
Tees and yardages
| Tees | Yardage | Par |
|---|---|---|
| White | 6,031 yards | 70 |
| Yellow | 5,801 yards | 70 |
| Red | 5,223 yards | 70 |
All year round
Golf that does not stop in October
The ground here is sandy and free-draining, so the course stays playable when heavier courses are closed or on temporary greens. The range is floodlit and covered, which means a lesson in January at five o’clock is no different from one in June.
Winter is the best time to change something in your swing. You have the months before the season to groove it, and the bays to do it in.
Our approach
How we coach
We start with where you are
Your first session begins with a conversation and a look at what your ball is actually doing. No two golfers get the same lesson, and nobody gets rebuilt from scratch for the sake of it.
Numbers where they help
Launch monitors tell us what the eye cannot. We use them to find the cause rather than the symptom, then explain it in plain terms so you know what you are working on and why.
Something to take away
You leave with one or two clear things to practise and a sense of how to practise them. Book a follow-up when you are ready, not on a schedule we set for you.
Your first visit
What to expect
- 1
Choose a coach
Read about each of our five PGA coaches, what they are best at and what they charge.
- 2
Pick a time
Each coach has their own diary on the site. Pick a slot that suits and book it there and then.
- 3
Arrive
Come ten minutes early, park outside the clubhouse and meet your coach at the range. Clubs can be borrowed if you do not have your own.
- 4
Keep going
Leave with a plan to practise, and book your next session whenever you want it.
Getting here
Finding us
- Kings Acre Golf Course, Melville Mains, Lasswade, Midlothian EH18 1AU
- Six miles from Edinburgh city centre
- Two minutes from the Lasswade junction of the A720 city bypass
- Twelve miles from Edinburgh Airport
- Free parking at the clubhouse
- 0131 663 3456 · info@kings-acregolf.com
Book a lesson at Kings Acre
Pick the coach who suits you, choose a time from their diary and book it online. Thirty or sixty minutes, any level, member or not.