[effebrala]

I got one tonight. $60 for one hour. Well worth the money, in fact I scheduled another one for 2 weeks from today.

I went with the main pro and golf course owner, Steve Heckel, this time. I'd always went to an assistant before. Steve's a great golfer, or used to be. Spent some time on the Senior Open leaderboard more than one year, but never finished it up. He told me he was 60, it kind of shocked me. I guess the life of a golf pro is a lot easier than that of a construction worker as we appear to be the same age.

It was amazing how long and loose my swing had got. He asked me to hit a few 6 irons. I did and I caught them sweet. Blew right over the flag he told me to aim at and had a small draw. Then he took me to his laptop computer and showed me my swing on video. He was impressed that I could even hit the damn ball, much less as well as I did.

Widened my stance. Moved the ball up in my stance. Shortened my swing. More shoulders and less arms. I now take a swing where it feels like I'm chipping, but on video I'm still getting almost parallel. Hard to believe until you see yourself on camera.

He said "I bet you take some hellacious divots." He was right about that. I had a tilt going, moving my head behind the ball too much and then letting loose with my arms. My left elbow was bending and wasn't getting extension.


Now all I have to do is be smart enough to practice the same shit he taught me.

[Kragh]

I got one tonight. $60 for one hour. Well worth the money, in fact I scheduled another one for 2 weeks from today.

I went with the main pro and golf course owner, Steve Heckel, this time. I'd always went to an assistant before. Steve's a great golfer, or used to be. Spent some time on the Senior Open leaderboard more than one year, but never finished it up. He told me he was 60, it kind of shocked me. I guess the life of a golf pro is a lot easier than that of a construction worker as we appear to be the same age.

It was amazing how long and loose my swing had got. He asked me to hit a few 6 irons. I did and I caught them sweet. Blew right over the flag he told me to aim at and had a small draw. Then he took me to his laptop computer and showed me my swing on video. He was impressed that I could even hit the damn ball, much less as well as I did.

Widened my stance. Moved the ball up in my stance. Shortened my swing. More shoulders and less arms. I now take a swing where it feels like I'm chipping, but on video I'm still getting almost parallel. Hard to believe until you see yourself on camera.

He said "I bet you take some hellacious divots." He was right about that. I had a tilt going, moving my head behind the ball too much and then letting loose with my arms. My left elbow was bending and wasn't getting extension.


Now all I have to do is be smart enough to practice the same shit he taught me.

cool man. i hope they do you good.

Golf lessons are tricky though. If you play alot and then go get one, you have to watch out because they could become a waste. As soon as you go out there and play a bad round and as you know, bad rounds happen there is no way around it, but as soon as you have one, alot of golfers go back to their old swing because they feel comfortable with it and have experienced success with it before. Then all of a sudden, you hit a couple good shots and go back to your old swing thus making a lesson a waste. If you can stick with it thru the bad times, then it's well worth it.

I have never taken a lesson. Never wanted to. I watch players on TV and try and copy what they do. I did that with Corey Pavins putting grip and it has worked for the most part.

[Old-old-Ivy]

cool man. i hope they do you good.

Golf lessons are tricky though. If you play alot and then go get one, you have to watch out because they could become a waste. As soon as you go out there and play a bad round and as you know, bad rounds happen there is no way around it, but as soon as you have one, alot of golfers go back to their old swing because they feel comfortable with it and have experienced success with it before. Then all of a sudden, you hit a couple good shots and go back to your old swing thus making a lesson a waste. If you can stick with it thru the bad times, then it's well worth it.

I have never taken a lesson. Never wanted to. I watch players on TV and try and copy what they do. I did that with Corey Pavins putting grip and it has worked for the most part.

You're right about your golf game going to pot after your take a lesson, especially if you have major faults in your swing. It's rare in my experience for someone to experience immediate success like Ryr describes.

It was months before I could start playing "up to par" after my lesson. But it's important to resist going back to the old faults. Much easier said than done.