The students on the course can choose to concentrate on golf training with resident professional Jamie McIsaac, from Queenstown Golf Club, which operates both the 18-hole golf course at Kelvin Heights and the nine-hole course in Frankton.
Queenstown Golf Club chief executive Michael Shattock said he was delighted the Institute had chosen Frankton Golf Centre to provide the facilities for its tuition.
"It is a great boost for Frankton Golf Centre to be used in this way. We hope the students will soon be able to assist our other coaches in teaching the many juniors who attend our free clinics every Saturday morning. It should provide a great introduction to their coaching and career progression," Mr Shattock said.
The golf club's lease on the council land is due to expire in 2012, and the Queenstown Lakes District Council had indicated it would not renew the licence "in its current form", as the land had been earmarked for expansion of the Queenstown Events Centre.
This had spurred the golf club to launch a campaign to save the club, and Mr Shattock said more than 4000 people had so far signed the petition to keep the club at its Frankton location.
