Rio Pinar • 8600 El Prado Avenue Orlando, FL 32825 • (407) 286-6920

Orlando, FL • Golf Coaching

Full Time

RIO PINAR GOLF ACADEMY

Live your passion for golf.

Join our full-time Player Development programs for Junior and Post Grad student athletes and persue your dedication to high performance golf in our competitive and athletic golf environment. Play golf daily, with instruction in all aspects of the game you love: swing mechanics, short game, strategy and tatics, fitness and nutrition, mental performance, and tournament play.

Full-time junior & post grad academy

We offer a flexible, boutique full time golf program for Junior and Post Grad students, giving a clear, structured path that includes daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly programs, as well as online coaching, executed with the highest level of expertise to ensure each golfer reaches their full potential.

Technical Development

Work on ball flight with TrackMan. Practice in covered hitting bays during the day and under floodlights until 10 PM on our TrackMan Range. Improve your swing mechanics with Golf Biodynamics, TrackMan, G-Coaching, force plate systems, and video analysis in our indoor studio.

Short Game & Putting

Practice your short game on our Florida-shaped practice green and on our 18-hole championship course at Rio Pinar. Lower your putting scores with both outdoor and indoor practice. In our indoor putting studio, featuring sloped greens, SAM PuttLab, video systems, and force plates, you’ll refine every detail. Optimize your strategic and tactical development with Upgame software.

On-Course Performance

Train to transfer your technical and tactical skills to the course and experience the spirit of the game on the beautiful 18-hole Rio Pinar Golf Course—the historic home of the PGA Tour’s Florida Citrus Open. Walk in the footsteps of champions.

We are happy to help with:

Custom club fitting
Setting up your individual tournament schedule
Finding the right school in Orlando for your academic and athletic needs
Housing with a caring host family or in our academy villa
Counseling on college scholarships

Here’s what your daily schedule could look like:

Example daily schedule (PDF)

FULL-TIME PROGRAM OUTLINE

Intensive instruction in all aspects of high-performance golf, including swing mechanics, fitness and nutrition, mental performance, tournament play, and more
Supervised practice and play in the warm Florida climate from August to May at renowned Rio Pinar Golf course
Unlimited access to all of Rio Pinar Golf’s practice facilities, including Trackman Range, Putting Greens, and Florida Short Game Complex, Trackman Indoor Technology Studio, indoor putting lab and the 18 holes golf course.
Implementation of High-End Technology to elevate performance
Transition to elite amateur competition and the professional ranks through a post-graduate program

A team effort – We bring the team concept to individual junior golf. We train together, go to tournaments together and learn together. But even more than that, the team concept includes family and coaches through the use of a collaborative online training space:

Year-round - We’ve developed a seasonal curriculum that focuses on play during the tournament seasons while concentrating on fitness and training in the off-season.

LPGA TOUR PLAYER POLLY MACK

Today’s LPGA Tour Player Polly Mack had her first Golf lesson with instructor Gregor Tilch-Jensen, today’s head Coach of RIO GOLF ACADEMY, in their hometown Berlin Germany. They have been working together ever since. Along the way Polly Mack has played and won in many junior, top amateur, college and LPGA Tour tournaments.

Her home base for Play and Practice between LPGA Tournaments today is RIO PINAR GOLF and RIO GOLF ACADEMY in Orlando, Florida.

Junior RyderCup Player Falko Hanish

Former european No 1 Amateur Player Falko Hanish has started practicing with Gregor Tilch-Jensen 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Along their way, Falko became British Boys Champion 2016, German Boys Champion 2017, played in the European Team in the Junior Ryder Cup 2016 and played division one college at UNLV.

In the Footsteps of Champions

Gregor Tilch-Jensen

All technical instruction in Rio Golf Academy’s full-time program is overseen by Gregor Tilch-Jensen. Since 2009, he has helped players grow from juniors into national and international champions, Junior Ryder Cup representatives, Power 4 college athletes, All-Americans, and PGA/LPGA Tour players.

Peter Bakker

Peter Bakker operates the full-time program and brings over 30 years of coaching experience with juniors and post-graduates. For more than 20 years, he has worked with PGA/LPGA Tour players, national teams, and top amateurs.

His athletes have earned multiple professional wins, and over the last decade, every junior he has mentored has gone on to play college golf, with more than 70% receiving scholarships.

Dr. Robert Neal

Dr. Robert Neal is the world’s leading expert in golf biomechanics and the founder of Golf Biodynamics. His work uses 3D motion capture and performance data to turn complex movement into clear, coachable actions.

His expertise is regularly sought by PGA/LPGA professionals, and he consults on the technical instruction of full-time students.

Chris Paisley

Chris Paisley brings 15+ years of professional playing experience to the full-time program. As a former player on the DP World Tour, he knows what it takes to score when it matters.

Chris works on-course with full-time students to show them how to read situations, choose the right shot, and make confident decisions under pressure.

Karen Harrison

Karen Harrison adds performance training to the full-time program. She is a trusted sports performance specialist with 25+ years of experience helping golfers move better, perform consistently, and stay healthy for the long run.

As a podiatrist and exercise scientist, she brings a rare mix of clinical insight and highperformance coaching. Karen has worked with professionals, national teams, PGA organizations, and elite juniors around the world.

Her approach blends movement screening, strength and conditioning, injury prevention, and sports nutrition, suited for all ages and skill levels.

RIO PINAR GOLF ACADEMY

RIO GOLF FULL-TIME ACADEMY

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8600 El Prado Avenue

Orlando, FL 32825

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Phone: (407) 286-6920

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info@riogolfacademy.com