Alan Ochiai teaches golf at Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine, an Arnold Palmer-designed course built into the rolling terrain of South Orange County that plays as one of the better public-access tracks in the region. The Palmer design uses natural contours to create a variety of shot demands — uphill approaches, sidehill lies, and several greens that are more difficult to hold than they appear from the fairway — which gives Ochiai a good canvas for teaching students to think through their shot selection and manage the course rather than just swing at everything. His instruction is available to players across all skill levels at a facility that draws a consistent daily-fee crowd from across the Irvine and Laguna Hills area.