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**Buildityrit** · 10-02-2012, 09:01 AM

This is just my opinion based on working with many instructors over the last 15 years and finding some great ones and many, many more average to terrible ones.

What matters to me these days is WHAT they teach and WHO/WHERE they studied.

I WILL NEVER take another lesson from an instructor whose only training was the PGA training/apprenticeship program. There are advanced schools that teach much more depth and variability in styles and approach.

A good analogy is the difference between taking your Economics class from a teacher who graduated with a Bachelors in Econ vs a teacher who graduated with a Bachelors, worked for the Fed for 5 years, completed their Master's, worked for the UN for 5 years and then got their PhD.

I will only work with someone who pursued advanced training because they are passionate about teaching.

My personal preference is to work with The Golfing Machine certified teachers as that is a very advanced and broad training program that teaches instructors how to identify and teach many combinations of common patterns & components in the golf swing. There is no TGM swing, instead the TGM philosophy is there are dozens of types of swings that all work effectively. That is in stark contract to the PGA program that teaches only 1 very basic swing type (the manual is all over the net if you want to see it).

Having had a lesson from many of both it is night and day how much more quickly you improve working with a TGM teacher who has the ability to teach you any swing you desire to learn.

If you are inclined to find a TGM teacher to see if they may be a good fit you here is a link: http://www.thegolfingmachine.com/ama...tors/find.html

Best of luck!

10-02-2012, 09:01 AM	#6
Buildityrit Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 397 Senior Member	This is just my opinion based on working with many instructors over the last 15 years and finding some great ones and many, many more average to terrible ones. What matters to me these days is WHAT they teach and WHO/WHERE they studied. I WILL NEVER take another lesson from an instructor whose only training was the PGA training/apprenticeship program. There are advanced schools that teach much more depth and variability in styles and approach. A good analogy is the difference between taking your Economics class from a teacher who graduated with a Bachelors in Econ vs a teacher who graduated with a Bachelors, worked for the Fed for 5 years, completed their Master's, worked for the UN for 5 years and then got their PhD. I will only work with someone who pursued advanced training because they are passionate about teaching. My personal preference is to work with The Golfing Machine certified teachers as that is a very advanced and broad training program that teaches instructors how to identify and teach many combinations of common patterns & components in the golf swing. There is no TGM swing, instead the TGM philosophy is there are dozens of types of swings that all work effectively. That is in stark contract to the PGA program that teaches only 1 very basic swing type (the manual is all over the net if you want to see it). Having had a lesson from many of both it is night and day how much more quickly you improve working with a TGM teacher who has the ability to teach you any swing you desire to learn. If you are inclined to find a TGM teacher to see if they may be a good fit you here is a link: http://www.thegolfingmachine.com/ama...tors/find.html Best of luck!
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