The (PGA) Tour Academy will open its newest location at Pronghorn Club in Bend, the academy announced Tuesday.

The Pronghorn location is the ninth Tour Academy location nationwide and the first in the Pacific Northwest. The academy is scheduled to open May 1.

“We are thrilled to be opening an academy at such a prestigious and desirable golf destination,” John Fechter, president of academy operator PGA Tour Experiences, said in a press release. “We are very much looking forward to providing the highest level of quality golf instruction to the local golf community as well as those who decide to make Pronghorn their golf vacation destination.”

The academy will replace the Jack Nicklaus Academy of Golf, which had been on the grounds of Pronghorn since 2008, and Pronghorn’s new director of instruction will be Joey Pickavance.

Pickavance was the director of instruction for The Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon, Calif.

The academy provides a variety of instruction programs — including golf schools, junior camps, and private lessons — to golfers of every skill level.

It will incorporate much of the same state-of-the-art golf instruction that was available through the Nicklaus Academy, including high-speed video capture software and a TaylorMade putting lab.