For $35, today’s deal gets you a one-hour private golf lesson with a certified instructor at Jim McLean Golf School, located at the La Quinta Resort & Club (a $125 value).

A part of La Quinta Resorts for more than 14 years, Jim McLean Golf Schools provides peerless instruction at this popular golfing destination, where budding birdie-hunters can drive balls against the backdrop of the Santa Rosa Mountains or compete to hurl a pitching wedge into the Salton Sea. Jim McLean's certified instructors go through an intensive training process that includes thousands of hours of instruction, competing in staff tournaments, and independently researching the school's extensive database of swings. The golf gurus customize lessons to best match each player’s skill level, strengths and weaknesses, and theme song.

After the lesson, the instructor will plot out a detailed action plan to improve your pendular punch with the aid of an in-depth video analysis of your swing. Though the analysis indulges every amateur's dream of being critiqued by an expert in multimedia form, players will have to provide their own obnoxious sound effects and marketable catchphrases to fully complete the ESPN experience.

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Golf Digest chose Jim McLean as the #4 Best Golf Teacher in America 2007. Though press is limited for the La Quinta location, the Texas school boasts an impressive scorecard and was featured by Golf Magazine as one of the Top 25 Golf Schools in America 2008. The range was ranked in America's Top 100 Golf Ranges 2010 by the Golf Range Association of America.