Golf Lessons

[Deleted member 1740]

Just had my 1st golf lesson at TFG in warrington and i'm absoloutely chuffed with the results.

After a warm up and showing the Pro my swing, He changed my technique( not drastically)and the improvement was greatly noticable. Instead of sweeping the ball as i was, i'm following through the ball with a lot more confidence and belief

He reckons i could be playing off mid teens by end of year providing i work on my game and play often.
Over the next month or so i'm just concentrating on making my swing/technique more consistant, though i'm really happy with how todays lesson went.

 

[andiritchie]

Good stuff there lessons are to way forward to game improvement.

TFG is a great place i have used the range and had a driver fitted there.

How much did your lesson cost?

 

[Parmo]

Congrats fella, not had a lesson in my life, maybe thats why I shot 106 last weekend

 

[birdieman]

Congrats fella, not had a lesson in my life, maybe thats why I shot 106 last weekend

"I look into their eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, 'I am going to bury you."

I just loved the juxtaposition of these 2 statements!
Brilliant!
Thank you Parmo for making me laugh!

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Andi the lesson was £20 for 1/2 hour though he stayed with me for 50 mins and in all honesty it was well worth it.

cant wait for tomorrow to get back on the range and get practicing

Parmo i thought i was beyond repair but it really has openend my eyes just spending a bit of time with the pro

 

[andiritchie]

Thats good value those guys know there stuff iam always impressed when i go in.

Alot of really good players practise there its good to have a chat with them and watch them at it

 

[Herbie]

If you are happy with your lessons and your teachers and results are forthcomming then thats all you can ask for and cost should not be the biggest issue.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Herb spot on. Steve the Pro was sound and answered every question for me. I just wish i'd had a lesson or 2 18months ago.

He asked me what i was playing off (28) and when i was striking the ball he couldn't believe it. I'm more confident now he has seen me all be it on the range.

Overall i'm very very happy

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'm a big fan of lessons as my posts on here and on the GM blog page will testify. If you can get a good teacher who explains things in a language you understand and you are able to convert his coaching into practice then there is no reason why you can't reach your handicap target.

A lot of people practice regularly but unfortunately not always constructively as they don't get any form of professional assistance and only ingrain bad habits and swing faults.

I don't think cost should be the most important factor in picking a coach (within reason) but should be about getting results and your guy seems to have done the trick.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Homer only time will tell when out on the course mate, but i could see and feel the difference in between shots whilst working with him.I'm not putting as much power into shots as i was but still getting the distance

 

[viscount17]

Homer, I'm afraid cost always will be a factor. Around here, as I'm sure it is your way, lessons are a lot more than the £20 StuartC pays - and good luck to him.

Finding the right pro is also difficult - and can be expensive; so far I've used three.
The first is a really nice guy, knows what he is doing but is too soft for me. He works in a group of three pros, all nice guys and good/very good at their job; it was luck of the draw who I started with but its a bit difficult (uncomfortable) if I wanted to switch to one of his colleagues.
The second I also get on with, I told him from the off that he could shout if he needed. I like him, though I feel the lessons are too slow, distance is a bit of an issue as most lessons need to be after work and he's getting more expensive.
Third was a one-off, did the job I asked but the set-up isn't very good.

At the moment, though I desperately need the short game fixing, lessons are on hold (crunch).

 

[DelB]

I booked a 9 hole playing lesson with the Pro at my course in the Autumn of last year and then subsequently booked a series of lessons when he reckoned I could 'easily' get my 21 handicap down to 'low teens'. They were doing a deal where if you booked 5 half-hour lessons for £100, you got another 3 half-hour lessons free!! I've since had one of those lessons and felt that it threw my game completely, for a short while.
Thinking about it now, I must phone him and get the other 7 lessons booked up before the season starts proper.

 

[TonyN]

Delb, a good lesson will do that too you IMO. Everytime I come away from a lesson I think bloody hell this is making me play badly or hit the ball like an idiot, but the truth it, change takes a while to get used too. Do something the same for a good few thousand times and of course even slight changes will feel alien.

Good look with the rest of the lessons.

 

[DelB]

Cheers Tony.

I found that having previously hit my drives pretty well, my driving is now all over the place, but now my irons are pretty good. It's almost as if I have two different swings!

 

[marmar]

I've got my first lesson at the range I regularly visit (Leam Valley) next week, and looking forward to it. Had a first lesson when I first picked up a club in October (on honeymoon) which got me to a point where I can hit a ball and I've since practiced what I learnt to a point where I need a proper coach, on a regular basis, who I can build a good working relationship with and gain a better understanding of what I did right when I cream that driver dead straight and 290 yards (rare) and hit that iron to a foot of the pin (rare-ish) and develop a technique that will give me some semblence of consistency.

I realised pretty quickly that I'm never going to work these things out on my own!

 

[Spoff]

I had lessons about a year ago, and although in the most part last year my scores went the wrong way I understood the changes made.

I haven't played the last three months and spent a lot of time at the range. I'm hopefully playing in a few weeks and am really confident my score will reflect the lessons and practace.

 

[terryb]

I have had lessons since I started playing just over a year ago and find the I benefit from all of them - even when it appears poor at first. I have also had a playing lesson with the same pro learned both more about my play and course management.

The main thing I feel is that there should be a relatively short gap between lesson and playing (unless you can get down to the range instead) otherwise I do tend to forget some of the things learned - but I put down to my advanced years

 

[Herbie]

I booked a 9 hole playing lesson with the Pro at my course in the Autumn of last year and then subsequently booked a series of lessons when he reckoned I could 'easily' get my 21 handicap down to 'low teens'. They were doing a deal where if you booked 5 half-hour lessons for £100, you got another 3 half-hour lessons free!! I've since had one of those lessons and felt that it threw my game completely, for a short while.
Thinking about it now, I must phone him and get the other 7 lessons booked up before the season starts proper.

Take the lessons and if you dont get down to low teens sue him for your money back!
Lessons are only as good as the results they provide, if you spend cash with h/c of 22 and after a number of lessons and an empty pocket you are still on 22 then the pro wasnt worth a penny! If you pay and see your standard of play improving noticeably over a reasonable period then that is a pro who is worth their money regardless of what they charge. I know people who have gone to nice pros for years and remained static in their h/c, waste of money to a pro who obviously has a winning smile.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Just come back from the range after practising what the Pro changed and already after a 100 balls i can see an improvement. I'd normally hit prob 3/10 balls well then the other 7 slice or hook but today i hit 7/10 really well.
I've got a G10 hybrid which every time ive used it (about 12 times) i sliced or hooked my shots, today hit my last 9 balls and hooked 1.

I know there's a difference between the range and actually playing but now every time i go to hit a ball i'm confident in what i'm doing. Though i'm not getting too carried away with myself.

 

[level5s]

i start each year with the intention of getting a serious of lessons, i tend to book and take the first one but never get round to returning. I do make use of the drills/tips discussed for a few weeks but then get bored practicing as i much prefer to just get out on the course.
I have to change though if i am going to reach single figures.