At what point do you stop taking lessons?

[kid2]

As the title suggests.....
Just wondering what the general thoughts are for the people that have taken them.......Have you achieved what you originally set out to do when getting them?
Are you now drawing the ball after spending years slicing it?
Have you dropped your handicap to the required figure that you set for yourself?

When do you take the training wheels off and venture it alone?

Im not sure whether i should book another block of four for next winter or not......

 

[Dave1980]

It all depends what you want to get out if the game. If you just want to get to a good standard to play amongst friends, or do you want to get you h/c as low as possible, if its the latter I would say keep working on you game during the winter ready for the new season.

I had my first lessons about 2 years ago with h/c of 12, my h/c is down to 9 and have paid for another 6 lesson!

 

[Khamelion]

I had a rubbish swing, really bad slice and lessons have helped me turn my slice in to a controllable fade, I'll probably not have another lesson until after the clocks go back and then work on being able to draw the ball at will, so I can shape shots as I please, not as the ball pleases.

Without lessons I would have been stuffed, my bad habits would have got worse and my enjoyment of the game would have wained and I would probably have given up, but with lessons my swing is getting better and my scores have come down, such that I broke 90 a few weeks back and since have shot consistently under 90.

But as written above if all you wanted to do is play social golf, maybe get a handicap and play in a few club comps, then a few lessons to sort out the gripes is all you'd need, if however you want to get as low as handicap as you can then regular lessons are pretty much a must.

 

[Tiger]

For some people it will be when they've grasped the fundamentals. Others will be forever technique tampering. I like having periodic playing lessons. My technique is fairly sound but there are still things I get wrong on the course.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It is an ever evolving process for me. I'm not blessed with natural talent and have a number of inherent faults which manifest on a regular basis. I am stripping away the layers one at a time to make the best of what I have and ultimately a swing, and particularly a short game that will take me to single figures. I like the lessons, the process of making the changes and the challenge of trying the swing out under pressure on the course

 

[JustOne]

Have you achieved what you originally set out to do when getting them?
Are you now drawing the ball after spending years slicing it?
Have you dropped your handicap to the required figure that you set for yourself?

What are your answers to the 3 questions Kid2?

 

[One Planer]

What are your answers to the 3 questions Kid2?

I was just going to post the same thing!

 

[pokerjoke]

As the title suggests.....
Just wondering what the general thoughts are for the people that have taken them.......Have you achieved what you originally set out to do when getting them?
Are you now drawing the ball after spending years slicing it?
Have you dropped your handicap to the required figure that you set for yourself?

When you stop enjoying them.
Or you run out of money.
Or you realise your wasting your money.
Or you stop improving.

There are many ways to improve your game,
Internet
Books
DVDs
Coaches
Pros
Mind coaches.
The way I see it is,as long as whatever way you choose your improving all the time.

 

[kid2]

What are your answers to the 3 questions Kid2?

Well on the first I originally set out to change a swingpath issue.... Which I have done... So yes to that......

Secondly I'm not drawing the ball... But I'm not slicing it either.... I'm now pushing and getting the odd draw... But I can't say that I draw the ball all the time...... So not sure what to answer to that......

Thirdly.... My handicap has dropped 2 shots to 12 since the start of the year... If played 25 qualifying comps... If had 5 cuts seven 0.1's and iv had 13 buffers...... But my long term goal is to try and get to CAT 1......

Obviously there has to be a time when you need to fly the nest though.... I was just wondering when.

 

[One Planer]

All I'll say, and yes I know it's a different game than we play, is Pro's still have swing coaches.

If they do, surely amateurs should take a leaf out of their book?

 

[chrisd]

I have achieved what I initially set out to achieve when I had the first lessons, I have since re-evaluated my targets

I have an occasional lesson to give the swing an MOT

I never block book as I am not sure that I need to do more than the MOT or if I need to ingrain something as a swing change and I don't know how quickly I may integrate any changes I work on. I book lessons when and as I need them.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I've only ever ad 3 lessons & tbh they're not for me. I play the game for fun & I'd rather spend the money on a extra round of golf than a lesson.

 

[Jumboross]

Tiger Woods has a coach, Phil Mickelson has a coach. I guess amateurs like us can only benefit? I have a coach. Sometimes I'll see him three times in a month sometimes I won't see him for two months. Have I improved? Hugely. Could I stop now? I guess I could, but I want to get better still. That's the thing with golf isn't it? You can always improve, no matter how good you are. Also I find I need guidance with what to work on when I'm at the range. Lessons/coaching gives me that.

Having said all that Bubba's never had a lesson in his life so what do I know!

 

[AmandaJR]

I'll keep taking lessons so long as I believe they can improve my game. So the answer to that is I'll probably always have lessons albeit they might become less frequent.

My original goal, once I found the coach that was right for me, was to be playing off 10 after 5 years (starting point of not even having a handicap of 36 as I was so inconsistent). I've achieved that in 3 years and am a way better golfer than I ever dreamed was possible. Could I have got there without lessons? Absolutely not, no way no how - I'd have quit 2.5 years ago!