how much?

[theeaglehunter]

I was speaking to a guy at the course over the weekend and we were discussing having lessons. And cutting a long story short it turns out in the last 2 years he has spent £2,000 on lessons at £20 a time. Whilst it has cut his handicap from 16 to 4 I was gobsmacked at the amount of money. Personally since I took up the game 18 months ago I have spent about £120 on lessons and I was wondering how much you lot have / would be prepared to spend on lessons. If I had £2,000 spare don't get me wrong I would spend it on lessons but I was just unsure on what the average amount of money spent was.

 

[haplesshacker]

Guess it depends on what your personal goals are regarding h'cap, and, 2 grand might be pocket money to this chap, ie a very small percentage of his income. If I didn't have the mortgage, I would probably be tempted as it's only 2 mortgage payments. It's all relative.

 

[wilf_74]

£167.00 per stroke of his handicap, How many would pay for that??

 

[TWM]

I get lessons at £100 for six. This includes nine holes on the course with the pro.
I will be back for more once my health has improved.

 

[USER1999]

I wish my wifes' tennis lessons only averaged out at £1000 per year. £1000 per month more like.

 

[haplesshacker]

Wife - tennis coach - £1000 a month!

hhhhmmmmmmm!!??

 

[haplesshacker]

Murph.

Congrats on hitting the grand (1000) posts though.

 

[TonyN]

I think I have spent about £75 quid on lessons and my Handicap(if I had one) has gone from about 25-14.

As long as you have all the basics i think you can bring it down your self, I did, and it was down to hours of short game practice.

If I was loaded, I would prob spend what it took to get me playing of single figures!

 

[theeaglehunter]

murph is your wife Maria Sharipova?!

 

[vig]

I've spent £75 on lessons last summer just to make sure that I wasn't starting again with bad habits.
Also had 6 lessons 25years ago, can't remember how much though.

I would rather spend more money on fewer lessons.
For example IMO a couple of lessons with a Pete Cowan,Bob Torrance etc..would be more valuable than a course of lessons with the local pro unless he/she was REALLY good.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I guess I probably spent about £200 quid on lessons with my old teacher last year getting down from 20 to 13. Howver my clubs pro is only £20 a lesson and I'm hitting it pretty well after a couple of lessons from him.

I think I'll need another £60 worth this season (bunkers, putting and short irons)

 

[Ken_A]

£80 for 5 at the very start - then 4 more this year total £160 but willing to spend £20 every other week in lieu of a few pints.

 

[RGuk]

A lesson a week over two years @ £20 = £2,000.....scary.

Personally, one every month is probably enough for me, even with 5-8 proper practice sessions a month.

I suppose you get what you pay for. If I had the cash and time to practice (maybe 5/7 days a week), I'd probably give it a try. Every week is a bit much really, if you can become a highly proficient pianist/dancer/swimmer/horse rider on 1 lesson a week during term time, 30 a year ought to be enough.

However, as a teacher/coach I have to approve of someone taking it seriously, regular lessons often stops horrible and irreparable problems creeping in.

The question I would ask though is ..... does being good make you enjoy if more? I enjoyed my golf much more getting from 24-14 than at any time before or since.

 

[RGuk]

As a kind of sour follow-up, I bet these were all 1/2 hour lessons.
I asked a local range pro about lessons recently and his rate is now £48 per hour. Golf pros don't need the equipment of a car mechanic, so they charge less but conversely nor do they need a £20,000 musical instrument and music lessons are also less, unless you go to the very, very top teachers.

I know professors who went to Oxford and Cambridge who charge way less than this, and yet did a degree and a doctorate which is a little more taxing in my opinion than hitting a white ball around some grass to a h'cap of 1.5 or something equally AVERAGE.

Then again, the whole world is flipping crazy.....if you can get away with charging £1.99 for a litre of diesel, and people pay it, then they only have themselves to blame.

 

[theeaglehunter]

They were 30 minute lessons Dave.

 

[Nico]

One every couple of months at £40 a shot. Handicap down one shot but I think worth every penny to keep me here.

 

[forefortheday]

Once a month £25 per hour on a grotty range on an industrial estate but I like the guy and I know he is making me better on the range but I lose it on the course.

Had a playing lesson once with a pro which consisted of him going "Look at the distance on that" and shouting 2 shot penalty everytime I grounded my club in a bunker.

He also used to leave me for 5-10 minutes of a 30 minute lesson and I still say hello when I see him at his course!

 

[mboy1980]

I have never spent a penny on lessons.

I play off 5.

 

[USER1999]

Thanks Hapless, nice someone noticed.

Last time we worked it out, including membership of two country clubs and two more tennis clubs, with lessons (lots) and paid hitters (lots) it ran to about £900 per month. Can't see why it will have got any cheaper.

No she isn't Sharapova, or it would be free. Nor is she particularly good (as in going to Wimbledon). On the other hand, it is her cash, and she can afford it.

Personally, I have had 6 lessons, about 10 years ago. I decided that my biggest problem was not staying behind the ball, and looking for it before I have hit it. I thought that when I have cured this, I will go back for more, as there is no point in getting technical with the rest, if you are going to spoil it all by looking up.

I am still waiting to fix this.

 

[viscount17]

Looked at in the cold light of day - more than I should have. I have one lesson left of the current series then that's going to have to be it for a while. Trouble is I still don't really know how to practice properly.