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No previous golf experience...want to learn
I played golf for the first time in my life today after being around for more than 20 years. I enjoyed it and would like to improve. What should I do? Take lessons? Read books? A combination of both? I looked into it and my town only has one teacher...an old retiree...don't know much else about him. It seems to me that taking lessons would be a good route.
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Re: No previous golf experience...want to learn
Absolutely take lessons. The fact that you don't have much experience playing makes this the perfect time to see an instructor before you develop bad habits on your own that will be difficult to break later.
Find out if this old retiree is/was a PGA pro. If he isn't/wasn't, you might be better off finding an instructor outside your immediate area (I drive an hour to get to mine). Focus on making solid contact and consistently making the ball go straight. Worry about distance later. Long drives are useless if you don't have the iron play to follow them up. Another thing that has really helped my game has been practicing chipping & putting much more often than I've been practicing my long game. For every bucket of balls I hit on the range I chip/putt a good 150-200 balls. The acceptable margin of error for your shots gets a lot smaller the closer you get to the hole and you need to be ready for it. |
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Re: No previous golf experience...want to learn
Take a lesson at a golf course or range. Browse the bookstore and pick up a few books.... They generally cover the same thing.
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Re: No previous golf experience...want to learn
if you are a natural athlete then teach yourself...if not then you might have to take lessons
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Re: No previous golf experience...want to learn
It doesn't matter if you are a "natural athlete". Take lessons. Tiger Woods has a swing coach - and anyone who wants to improve should take lessons.
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Re: No previous golf experience...want to learn
but there is nothing like getting good on your own...ive never taken lessons and played for 4 years and shoot in the mid 80's...having said that, i could get lessons and waste money but Im never going pro nor competitive so just me learning on my own is a challenge that I enjoy as do most athletes...
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