andiritchie
Journeyman Pro
haha nice one think there is one of them everywhere,i had one chap go through my clubs telling me what i should be using instead of what i got who the bloody hell wants a 9 wood nowadays
Newbie - Was I in the wrong?
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logger123
Newbie
Hi, thanks for the welcome.
It looks like I have an interesting adventure ahead in my quest for perfection with my £22 Ebay clubs
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The pro who gave me the lesson was impressed with my clubs. His exact words were "they are fine for a learner".
Which roughly translated means "bin them as soon as you can and get a proper set, you are embarrassing yourself".
I cant believe how much I learned in 40 minutes with him.
90% of my shots were going right or 10 yards. He asked me how many knuckles can I see, the answer was none.
A quick twist of the grip, in which he manhandled me.
A quick prompt not to strangle the club and try not to hit the skin off the ball and weyhey..... Straight as a very straight arrow in the finals of the straight arrow world cup.
Now 90% of my shots are down the middle (ok about 60%).
Next lesson Tuesday.
It looks like I have an interesting adventure ahead in my quest for perfection with my £22 Ebay clubs
.The pro who gave me the lesson was impressed with my clubs. His exact words were "they are fine for a learner".
Which roughly translated means "bin them as soon as you can and get a proper set, you are embarrassing yourself".
I cant believe how much I learned in 40 minutes with him.
90% of my shots were going right or 10 yards. He asked me how many knuckles can I see, the answer was none.
A quick twist of the grip, in which he manhandled me.
A quick prompt not to strangle the club and try not to hit the skin off the ball and weyhey..... Straight as a very straight arrow in the finals of the straight arrow world cup.
Now 90% of my shots are down the middle (ok about 60%).
Next lesson Tuesday.
evita4
Head Pro
Make sure you spend some time on the range ingraining the advice the pro gave you. Remember that your swing will have to become as natural and repeatable as possible for it to stand up under pressure.
Ooh, I sound like Bob Rotella
Ooh, I sound like Bob Rotella
Cernunnos
Journeyman Pro
On the range just as anywhere, people do like their own space. especially if you are working on something. On a busy range its easy enough to blot out almost anything, however on a quiet range even fairly subdued voices can travel.
Was the range first thing the other week & was preparing for a decent session to work on some things from a lesson the previous day, when on to the range come these two seniors, now instead of hitting their balls, they spent the next 20 minutes talking.Normally I can blot out most things, but this two, laghed gaffored & gennerally treated the place like a coffee shop. They never even hit a ball in those 20 minutes. I nearly said something like, "either hit some balls or go into the clubhouse & enjoy your conversation over a coffee, as I didn't want to hear it. But thought better of it as I was sure common sense would fall on deaf ears, so I finnished my balls off with a few drive shots insted of what I was going to work on & left to do some work on the putting green outside instead.
As to whether were you wrong to be exuberant on the course, well, not really, you were using the range for its intended use. Okay so you were having fun doing it, but everyone learns in their own way & the youngsters need to have their interest kept alive & why not , golf needs younsters as the next generation of players. I've had to practice with more unrully youngsters milling about, all having little thought of others around them, but somehow that never bothers me. So you & yours certainly would have been no bother. There was a dad with three youngsters making a lot more noise & running from bay to bay, didn't bother me.
At the end of the day if it bothered the old boy so much he should have moved to a different bay on the range.
If I meet someone down on the range I know I'll share a word or two, though will keep exchanges brief & low toned.
Was the range first thing the other week & was preparing for a decent session to work on some things from a lesson the previous day, when on to the range come these two seniors, now instead of hitting their balls, they spent the next 20 minutes talking.Normally I can blot out most things, but this two, laghed gaffored & gennerally treated the place like a coffee shop. They never even hit a ball in those 20 minutes. I nearly said something like, "either hit some balls or go into the clubhouse & enjoy your conversation over a coffee, as I didn't want to hear it. But thought better of it as I was sure common sense would fall on deaf ears, so I finnished my balls off with a few drive shots insted of what I was going to work on & left to do some work on the putting green outside instead.
As to whether were you wrong to be exuberant on the course, well, not really, you were using the range for its intended use. Okay so you were having fun doing it, but everyone learns in their own way & the youngsters need to have their interest kept alive & why not , golf needs younsters as the next generation of players. I've had to practice with more unrully youngsters milling about, all having little thought of others around them, but somehow that never bothers me. So you & yours certainly would have been no bother. There was a dad with three youngsters making a lot more noise & running from bay to bay, didn't bother me.
At the end of the day if it bothered the old boy so much he should have moved to a different bay on the range.
If I meet someone down on the range I know I'll share a word or two, though will keep exchanges brief & low toned.
