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Golf Channel Academy

A professional golf instruction platform that revolutionized how players learn and improve their game through video analysis and personalized coaching.

Client NBC Sports / Golf Channel
Industry Sports / EdTech
Platform iOS

Golf instruction was stuck in the past

Traditional golf lessons were expensive, inconvenient, and hard to retain. Players would take a lesson, try to remember the feedback, and often fall back into bad habits within days. There was no way to capture, review, and track progress over time.

Golf Channel saw an opportunity: bring the quality of professional instruction to every golfer's pocket, with the ability to record swings, get expert analysis, and track improvement over weeks and months.

Video-first learning, built for the course

We designed and built a native iOS app centered on the swing video — the core unit of golf improvement:

  • Side-by-side video comparison — Record your swing and compare it frame-by-frame against tour professionals or your own past attempts
  • Drawing and annotation tools — Instructors and players can mark up videos with lines, angles, and notes to highlight key positions
  • Progress tracking — A visual timeline of improvement, showing swing evolution over time with dated recordings
  • Expert lesson library — Curated instruction videos from Golf Channel's roster of teaching professionals, organized by skill and topic
  • Offline recording — Capture swings on the range or course without connectivity, sync when back online

A new way to learn golf

Thousands of active learners
4.5★ App Store rating
Featured by Apple

Golf Channel Academy changed how amateur golfers approach improvement. Instead of forgetting lessons, players now have a permanent record of their journey. The side-by-side comparison feature became a favorite — letting golfers see exactly how their swing differs from the pros and track real progress over time.

The app was featured by Apple in the App Store sports category and became a key part of Golf Channel's digital ecosystem alongside their news and streaming apps.

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