Leaning the swing without lessons? <newbe

[SossMan]

I learned a lot by watching the golf channel a lot.

[Number7]

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You want to make sure you get all the basics down first. Grip, stance, alignment and posture are all good places to start. Read some books/magazines and look for someone who is about your physical build and try to emulate some of the things they're doing. The magazines with the swing frames laid out on two pages are a good starting point to see what kind of postions you should be in at different points in the swing. It takes a very long time to get consistent so don't get frustrated if you aren't seeing the results right away.

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This is so important.

The important thing is not to get good fast, but to avoid getting alot of "bad" things into your swing from the start.
These things are SO hard to get rid of.
Especially when you are on the course, you tend to rely on what "you know" or feel confortable with, and this can lead to an "infected" swing, which is difficult/frustrating and expensive to cure.

Get a PGA pro to give you the basics and let him check your swing regularly in the beginning to make sure you are on the right track.
Then its much better to develop on your own.