Amazing.....I live right down the road in Ponce De Leon. We play Bonifay almost every Monday. I usually pratice at Red Bay (Sandy pines) the rest of the time.
Bonifay has a pretty nice course compared to Red bay, but I haven't seen a sign of a driving range or pratice area? Maybe I'm just overlooking them, but it's hard tp pratice a swing on the actualy course while playing. If there's one there, let me know where it is. I like to hit a bucket before I start.
My partner had a problem similar to you. His was a two part problem. First he wasn't gripping the club enough, allowing to face (actually whole club) to rotate at contact, then he also hit the ground behind the ball as well, and "skipping" the club. Caused him to hit it almost perfectly sideways off the toe.
I'm with though, I wish there were some quality teachers closer to home. If you go to Panama or Destin, expect to pay top $$ for lessons. Haven't tried Dothan, nor did I know the club had a teacher. If yo take lessons from the Bonifay guy, let me know how it goes, I may try him if he is good and fairly reasonable.
we should get together some time and play a round. I'm a hacker as well, so it would be a fair game. I play between 90-105 at a given time.