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I just gave some lessons that I purchased to my son. I figured he could use them more than I could. He's already a single handicap at 16 years old, but he wants to qualify for a golf scholarship. I would just like to get better. Everyone's obviously covered the good personality fit, but it also goes to how much time do you have to devote to practicing what you learned on your lesson night? What is your budget? Maybe at your current handicap, getting together with a low handicapper will get you playing in the 80's pretty consistently. My son got to single handicap without lessons and trust me, I couldn't coach him. He went on youtube, probably on here, anywhere where there was a video of whatever skill he wanted to learn. Watched it studied it, set up a camera and did swings in our basement (no ball, just swinging the club) until he could emulate what he was seeing on the videos. He read the books, magazines and if he wasn't working on homework, he had a club in his hand. LOL. I doubt you are a 16 year old, so you probably can't devote the amount of time that he has to getting better. The first responder sounds like he was probably doing the same thing by watching his preferred instructor remotely via youtube or some other media means. Not trying to deter you from buying lessons, but this MAY be a good place to start. I think that for the most part, if you are wanting to be a single handicapper, paid, professional lessons are probably the way to go so then it comes back to how much can you spend, what kind of time can you commit to practicing between the lessons because that is truly where the improvements will come, not just going to lessons, and finding an instructor that you get a good vibe with between the two of you. Here in Kansas City there was a place called Robin Nigro's Golf Academy that had some really good packaged lessons that I purchased for me. They had everything that I was looking for. http://www.robinnigrogolf.com/ They had an outdoor range with heated booths for winter, indoor range for when the weather gets bad and several instructors that I was able to talk to at leisure and get comfortable with. Check out their site, maybe you'll have a similar place where you are for comparison. I've not taken lessons at Edwin Watts, but if you have one of them near you, I've been pretty impressed with those guys from what I've seen while in there doing some club fitting for my son as well.

All in all, lessons are very personal and what any of us may like and think is important may be a complete turn off for you. Good Luck and keep us updated with your progress!!