Academy at Orange

Lessons Leveraging Trackman Technology

Take your game farther with lessons from experienced PGA Professionals utilizing TrackMan which provides the best club data in the industry.

Our professional staff will analyze your golf swing and provide expert instruction to optimize game improvement. Learn how to understand TrackMan data and maximize your practice efficiency.

Meet our instructors

dustin wrighter, PGA

Director of Golf

Dustin is an avid lifetime golfer and was elected into the PGA of America as a Class A professional in 2015. He attended Methodist University (BA & PGM), and has over 10 years experience in the industry across many facets of the business. He is also certified with over 20 different major club and shaft manufacturers. This level of expertise has led him to be one of the most trusted equipment experts in Westchester county. His past experience includes manage the Learning Center at Methodist University, Manager and golf pro of the MCG Golf Studio, coaching at GolfTec and Club Champion.

Lesson Rate: $140/hour

John Humphreys, PGA

Director of Golf Instruction

I have 18 years of teaching and coaching experience and have been a PGA Member for the past 12 years. I have extensive tournament experience and also played collegiately for 4 years at the University of Connecticut. I embrace the challenge of coaching golfers of all abilities from pure beginner up to collegiate players. My mission with every student is to give them the knowledge and technique to achieve their performance goals and enjoy the game of golf to its fullest.

Lesson Rate: $140/hour

Mike Fournier

Golf Instructor

I played college golf at West Texas. Have been training with George Gankas and Johnny Ruiz for over 3 years. My goal is to find the correct match up with all my students. Teaching them the parameters of the golf swing. I love working with players at every skill level (Junior Golfers to Collegiate Golfers). My goal is to teach you how to score and self correct. I want to teach you how to be your OWN golf coach. Mike and his wife Channing reside in Fairfield, Ct and are expecting a baby girl in May.

Lesson Rate: $140/hour

Matt WaRD

Golf Instructor

Matt Ward was named the men’s and women’s golf coach in Spring 2022 when the University of New Haven announced the return of men’s golf and the beginning of women’s golf as the 19th and 20th varsity sports in program history.

Ward comes to West Haven with more than 20 years of experience in the golf industry, including seven years as a collegiate head coach and 20+ years of instructional experience. He will make his east coast debut at New Haven after spending the last two seasons building a first time program at San Diego Christian College in Santee, Calif.

Prior to SDCC, Ward spent the 2018-19 season at Texas A&M Commerce where he led the men’s program to back-to-back tournament wins in the spring and the women’s program to 20-straight Top-five tournament finishes as well as mentoring the Lone Star Conference Player of the Year – Sarah Wongsinth.

For four years prior to that, Ward was the head coach at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colo., where he placed the No. 1 player in the West/South Central Super Regional Tournament in 3 of 4 seasons.

Lesson Rate: $110/hour

Chase brinton

Golf Instructor

Chase is a PGA associate that is ADM certified. He is currently the Assistant Golf Professional at The Tradition Golf Club at Wallingford. Chase has a focus on promoting the game of golf by creating new players out of beginners!

Lesson Rate: $110/hour
Kent A Dunn

Kent A. Dunn

Golf Instructor

My experiences come from teaching individual lessons, junior golf camps, and clinics taught at Private and public golf courses. Four years of sales and club fittings have also influenced my teaching methods. Currently I’m an Assistant Professional and Golf Instructor at the Yale
Golf course. Teaching and studying the golf swing for more than 18 years, I’ve found that the best way is your way. A golf swing that is truly your swing is a golf swing that can last a lifetime. We all have the ability to swing a golf club, so I work with students to find that natural ability and bring it out. When we combine basic swing fundamentals with a student’s natural motion, we can build a repeatable golf swing.