About
Palos Golf Lessons offers golf lessons that use a Full Swing Golf Simulator in an indoor hitting bay. The program also provides golf club fittings, golf club maintenance, and golf club repairs, including regripping, reshafting, length adjustments, minor repairs, loft and lie changes, and shaft exchange. The Full Swing projection golf simulator gives statistics on ball speed, launch angle, distance, and dispersion and is used for comparing and testing clubs.
• Schedule: Business hours Monday–Saturday with lessons available in half-hour and hour blocks
• Price: Lessons cost $40 per half hour or $80 per hour
Palos Golf Lessons is family-owned and operated and has been in business since 1976 as an independent retailer of brand-name golf products. The shop was founded by Tom and Nancy Thoss after their earlier retail golf shop, Lincoln Fairways, closed in 1976, and Nancy’s family had previously owned Northern Golf Ball Co. and Lincoln Fairways beginning in the 1940s. All lessons are conducted by Brett Thoss, who has been playing golf since he was eight years old, keeps up with industry standards and new technology and trends, attends the PGA Show Convention every year, and has played with many PGA Tour players. The business leadership includes founders Tom and Nancy Thoss, their son Brett Thoss, and the late Thomas Thoss, who had nearly 40 years of experience and expertise in golf club fitting. The company states that customer service is central to its work, with a business philosophy of treating every customer fairly, honestly assessing customer needs, and providing top quality merchandise, and its service is geared toward improving the golf experience for customers. Palos Golf has been voted “Best Pro Shop” in Southwest Chicago and has been selected as a Mizuno SureFit Account, Ping Advisory Staff, Callaway Tour Staff Member, Authorized Ping Fitting Center, and Tour Edge Advisory Council Member. The store is a discount golf shop with affordable brand-name options, offers a 24 to 48 hour turnaround time on golf club repairs with some repairs done within an hour, welcomes players of all ages and abilities, and includes a whole section dedicated to women golfers.
Last updated January 14, 2026.
• Schedule: Business hours Monday–Saturday with lessons available in half-hour and hour blocks
• Price: Lessons cost $40 per half hour or $80 per hour
Palos Golf Lessons is family-owned and operated and has been in business since 1976 as an independent retailer of brand-name golf products. The shop was founded by Tom and Nancy Thoss after their earlier retail golf shop, Lincoln Fairways, closed in 1976, and Nancy’s family had previously owned Northern Golf Ball Co. and Lincoln Fairways beginning in the 1940s. All lessons are conducted by Brett Thoss, who has been playing golf since he was eight years old, keeps up with industry standards and new technology and trends, attends the PGA Show Convention every year, and has played with many PGA Tour players. The business leadership includes founders Tom and Nancy Thoss, their son Brett Thoss, and the late Thomas Thoss, who had nearly 40 years of experience and expertise in golf club fitting. The company states that customer service is central to its work, with a business philosophy of treating every customer fairly, honestly assessing customer needs, and providing top quality merchandise, and its service is geared toward improving the golf experience for customers. Palos Golf has been voted “Best Pro Shop” in Southwest Chicago and has been selected as a Mizuno SureFit Account, Ping Advisory Staff, Callaway Tour Staff Member, Authorized Ping Fitting Center, and Tour Edge Advisory Council Member. The store is a discount golf shop with affordable brand-name options, offers a 24 to 48 hour turnaround time on golf club repairs with some repairs done within an hour, welcomes players of all ages and abilities, and includes a whole section dedicated to women golfers.
Last updated January 14, 2026.
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