Decent pro in Newcastle/North Tyneside area?

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My driving is really letting me down at the moment, and I think a lesson would help. Am tending to slice them quite badly, which is puzzling me as I don't slice any other club (not often anyway).

I like our Pro, but he just doesn't have the facilities for a lesson on driving - we have a practice field which is about 170 - 180 yards long, so most drives tend to disappear into the trees behind it. No simulator or anything like that.

Can anyone recommend a good pro reasonably local to me?
 
Check out the distance to Sharpley mate, good facilities and the Pro Simon Robinson is excellent.
 
Who is a decent pro is perhaps different for different people but I found David Clark at Morpeth to be very good and also friendly. He has an assistant but I have not used him so if you want David make sure you ask for him. He is only about 15-20 minutes from you. Lots of clubs in between but David is the only one I have tried that is within a decent range of you.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Who is a decent pro is perhaps different for different people but I found David Clark at Morpeth to be very good and also friendly. He has an assistant but I have not used him so if you want David make sure you ask for him. He is only about 15-20 minutes from you. Lots of clubs in between but David is the only one I have tried that is within a decent range of you.
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25 mins according to Google Maps, which is fine. Does he use a range or a simulator for driving coaching?
 
As Lord T has pointed out, it's more of finding somebody you're comfortable with and teaching in a manner/method that you can understand

Those "north of the Tyne" with good reputations, or those I've knowledge of/with
In no particular order

John McKenna - tynemouth
Andy Paisley - Hexham
John Harrison - matfen hall
Steve McKenna - city of Newcastle golf club
Craig fetherston - parkland golf club/driving range
Marcus Webb - Bedlington golf club

Good luck 👍
 
They have a practice area by the car park including a covered section if the weather is bad. If you are able to hit it past the end of the range area then you should be turning pro! I'm not a fan of simulators. According to the one at AG I never hit anything but straight and about 30yds past my actual distances! There you will hit real balls, not range ones, in a real field.
 
moogie said:
As Lord T has pointed out, it's more of finding somebody you're comfortable with and teaching in a manner/method that you can understand

Those "north of the Tyne" with good reputations, or those I've knowledge of/with
In no particular order

John McKenna - tynemouth
Andy Paisley - Hexham
John Harrison - matfen hall
Steve McKenna - city of Newcastle golf club
Craig fetherston - parkland golf club/driving range
Marcus Webb - Bedlington golf club

Good luck 
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thanks. It's a good point about finding someone who suits you - when I started, I had some lessons from another pro at Parklands who shall remain nameless. He was a right arrogant so-and-so who was more interested in showing off how good a player he was, than helping me improve. Couldn't stand the bloke!
 
Lord Tyrion said:
They have a practice area by the car park including a covered section if the weather is bad. If you are able to hit it past the end of the range area then you should be turning pro! I'm not a fan of simulators. According to the one at AG I never hit anything but straight and about 30yds past my actual distances! There you will hit real balls, not range ones, in a real field.
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sounds ideal, I'll give him a call.
 
I'll add Brian Ridley at Beamish and While I've not used the Pro (John Paul) at Whickham, I'm told by those that have, he is very good.

John can give you lesson on the range or inside on the simulator (GC2 with HMT add-on)
 
rudebhoy said:
thanks. It's a good point about finding someone who suits you - when I started, I had some lessons from another pro at Parklands who shall remain nameless. He was a right arrogant so-and-so who was more interested in showing off how good a player he was, than helping me improve. Couldn't stand the bloke!
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His first name was David by any chance
Orr

I'll recommend Brian Ridley as well had a couple lesson with him and he got me to flight the ball proper and everything spot on bloke
 
rudebhoy said:
My driving is really letting me down at the moment, and I think a lesson would help. Am tending to slice them quite badly, which is puzzling me as I don't slice any other club (not often anyway).

I like our Pro, but he just doesn't have the facilities for a lesson on driving - we have a practice field which is about 170 - 180 yards long, so most drives tend to disappear into the trees behind it. No simulator or anything like that.

Can anyone recommend a good pro reasonably local to me?
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for sure go & see a Pro to get a lesson over (perhaps grip hold on the handle the orientation & just were the handle lies in the hands)
but also over set-up & ball position & the relationship with the head & upper body position to the ball - pretty much guarantee just exactly how you are set-up with a driver will be a big factor in the issues you havin with the big stick
often times see the issue for index folks with driver path owes a bunch to set-up as folks tend to 'feel' more comfortable with an 'iron' set-up which has the head position much nearer (laterally) to the ball so more in line with or over the ball not at all what you want with a driver set-up

so either they move the head back up to be nearer to the ball - or move the ball back too far in the stance

folks know the ball position needs to be up in the stance at/or near opposite the lead heel but the head needs to stay some inches back of the ball with the secondary spine tilt aways from target - because they feel more 'comfortable' with the head nearer to the ball they move the upper body & head back up to the ball (this also opens the torso & shoulders to be 'open' to the ball/target line) which tends then to encourage the steep/er AoA with an 'open' face at strike - so the trouble with either balls ways rightfield (slice - push slice) or/& low pulls & tops leftfield

but given that with driver the ball is up on high tee peg the AoA & path is a tad different from that with an iron the head has to stay at set-up laterally some inches aways from the forwards ball position as the swing motion has to be one that with index players slower swing speeds at worst level but preferably an upwards AoA that is also a tad in to out

folks though who have tee ball issues with driver tend to not be set-up so good plus they want to hurry to get the club head to ball as that 'feels' it would produce swing speed to achieve distance - so that again the need to get the club head to impact as quick as possible leads to the out n'over steep attack

the driver being the longest club in the bag 'needs to take the longest route to the ball' to use that arc width - that's how optimum CHS for the swing motion effort will produce the club head speed where it matters - through the ball
 
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