L.A. Golf Academy
Heroes Golf Course (West LA Veterans Administration property), 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073
About
L.A. Golf Academy offers golf lessons, junior golf lessons, adult golf lessons, a junior golf camp, a golf development after-school program, and a golf therapy program. The program also includes teaching Aikido and martial arts instruction, with all students taught by PGA Professional Carlos R. Rodriguez. All equipment is provided, including clubs if needed.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: Private lessons are available every day from 9:00am until sunset, with 90-minute adult lessons and 90-minute junior lessons for ages 9 and over; Junior Golf Camp runs Monday to Friday, 9:30am–1:00pm during Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter school breaks; the Golf Development After-School Program (currently paused) was a 90-minute co-ed group class held on Thursdays from 3:30pm–5:00pm.
• Price: $150/day for Junior Golf Camp (includes green fee).
All students are taught by Class A PGA Certified and Trained Professional Carlos R. Rodriguez, who has over 30 years of experience and many years of study and passing golf playing qualifications. His teaching philosophy centers on harmony between the mental and physical aspects of the golf game, and on breaking down barriers and preconceptions that may have blocked students from learning skills and concepts. Junior students have gone on to win city golf tournaments and join school golf teams. L.A. Golf Academy offers golf lessons for beginners, intermediate, and advanced players, and L.A. Golf Academy gift certificates are available.
Carlos R. Rodriguez is a U.S. Marine, an Aikido practitioner for many years, and studied Aikido in Tokyo at the Hombu Dojo. He received the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge The George Washington Honor Medal for his service to disabled veterans in teaching them golf and Aikido. He volunteers teaching veterans in the Greater Los Angeles VA domiciliary Golf Therapy program and at his Four Corners Veterans Foundation, and he is an instructor at First Tee of Los Angeles. The leadership team includes Carlos R. Rodriguez as PGA Teaching Professional and Pamela Kratochvil as Manager.
Testimonials describe Carlos as a gifted coach who approaches each lesson with confidence and positivity and has patience to work on swing fundamentals. One reviewer reported learning to golf in one hour before a charity event and mentioned being able to keep up in a best ball format, and also noted that Pamela, who handles scheduling, is “lovely.”
Last updated June 29, 2026.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: Private lessons are available every day from 9:00am until sunset, with 90-minute adult lessons and 90-minute junior lessons for ages 9 and over; Junior Golf Camp runs Monday to Friday, 9:30am–1:00pm during Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter school breaks; the Golf Development After-School Program (currently paused) was a 90-minute co-ed group class held on Thursdays from 3:30pm–5:00pm.
• Price: $150/day for Junior Golf Camp (includes green fee).
All students are taught by Class A PGA Certified and Trained Professional Carlos R. Rodriguez, who has over 30 years of experience and many years of study and passing golf playing qualifications. His teaching philosophy centers on harmony between the mental and physical aspects of the golf game, and on breaking down barriers and preconceptions that may have blocked students from learning skills and concepts. Junior students have gone on to win city golf tournaments and join school golf teams. L.A. Golf Academy offers golf lessons for beginners, intermediate, and advanced players, and L.A. Golf Academy gift certificates are available.
Carlos R. Rodriguez is a U.S. Marine, an Aikido practitioner for many years, and studied Aikido in Tokyo at the Hombu Dojo. He received the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge The George Washington Honor Medal for his service to disabled veterans in teaching them golf and Aikido. He volunteers teaching veterans in the Greater Los Angeles VA domiciliary Golf Therapy program and at his Four Corners Veterans Foundation, and he is an instructor at First Tee of Los Angeles. The leadership team includes Carlos R. Rodriguez as PGA Teaching Professional and Pamela Kratochvil as Manager.
Testimonials describe Carlos as a gifted coach who approaches each lesson with confidence and positivity and has patience to work on swing fundamentals. One reviewer reported learning to golf in one hour before a charity event and mentioned being able to keep up in a best ball format, and also noted that Pamela, who handles scheduling, is “lovely.”
Last updated June 29, 2026.
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