Junior Golf Programs

Junior Golf Programs offers Junior Group Golf Lessons, a Junior Golf Summer Series, private golf lessons, and Adult Group Golf Lessons. Junior Group Golf Lessons and the Junior Golf Summer Series are taught by golf professionals associated with the Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA). The Junior Golf Summer Series focuses on building good habits on and off the course, effective practice, and mental game concepts in a casual and fun environment.

• Ages: 7–17 years old
• Schedule: Junior Group Golf Lessons meet in four-day sessions, Monday–Thursday, with one-hour classes; Junior Golf Summer Series meets three times in one week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for one hour per class.
• Price: $95 per student for Junior Group Golf Lessons (ages 7–15, 8 students per class); $95 per student for Junior Golf Summer Series (ages 9–17, 6 students per class); private 30-minute lessons range from $40–$50 per junior and $50–$60 per adult depending on instructor; Adult Group Golf Lessons are $100 per student (ages 16 and over, 8 students per class).

Participants in Junior Group Golf Lessons are required to bring their own equipment and should have at least a putter, iron, and wood. Participants in the Junior Golf Summer Series are required to bring their own equipment and are encouraged to complete Junior Group Golf Lessons before registering. Friday is used as a make-up day if a Junior Group Golf Lessons class is cancelled due to weather, and no refunds are given within one week of the start of class for Junior Group Golf Lessons and the Junior Golf Summer Series.

Lessons are offered by PGA Professionals, including golf professionals Andrew Ogata, Matt Nations, and Jack Granath, with class changes or refunds handled by Kim Prazak. Private 30-minute lessons cost $50 per adult and $40 per junior with Jack Granath, and $60 per adult and $50 per junior with Andrew Ogata or Matthew Nations.

Arrowhead Golf Club, where these programs take place, has a meticulously manicured 27-hole course and is described as a public golf club with an exclusive golf club feel. The original 18-hole Antlers Club was built in the 1920s with horse-drawn plows, and in 1929 the club was renamed Arrowhead Golf Club. The West Course was constructed in 1967, bringing the number of holes to 27, the learning center opened in 1990, and the West Course was completed in 2001, with the property purchased by the Wheaton Park District in 1982. Course renovation was directed by Ken Killian, co-designer of Kemper Lakes Golf Club, and some ponds on the course, when viewed from the air, resembled a pair of antlers.

Arrowhead is rated as one of America's 25 best all-around golf experiences, has been voted one of the Best Driving Ranges in Chicago by Chicago Golf Report, and has been featured in Chicago District Golfer's “Chicago's Best 19 Holes.” Arrowhead Golf Club received recertification as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary and achieved designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, recognizing environmental quality in Environmental Planning, Wildlife & Habitat Management, Outreach and Education, Chemical Use Reduction and Safety, Water Conservation, and Water Quality Management.

Testimonials describe Arrowhead as one of the top golf driving ranges and practice facilities in the Chicagoland area and note that public golfers will find it a captivating, challenging, thoughtful design. Other testimonials state that the 27-hole layout is nicely maintained and that the course has the feel of a private course that is well maintained, with a layout that is well spaced and a nice challenge.

Last updated January 13, 2026.