jerryopela
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- Jun 7, 2005
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Well I had my first golf lesson last night and I was not surprised to find that I was doing almost nothing right. He said my grip was good, but that was about it. I was standing to close to my ball, swinging from the outside in (which made a killer slice on almost every shot), breaking my wrist to early in the swing causing me to hit behind the ball, no lower body follow through, and looking up and not at the ball on impact so I was topping the ball. Amazingly he fixed almost all of it in 30 minutes. He had me take slow 1/4 backswings with my 7 iron for about 20 shots to get my wrist action right and then increase my swing from there. I even had the ball going left a little (no more slice). Out of 50 balls only 3 sliced. I am still standing up to soon to look at the ball and topping it but he told me to watch my club hit the ball before I looked up and it helped a lot. We also worked on the proper way to chip, pitch, and hit out of the sand for 30 minutes, and I made some progress, but I still cant hit out of the sand properly for anything.
He told me to practice some drills for a month or two before I even thought about taking another lesson, and also told me if I was at the range just come to his office and get him for a free 10 min review if I am having problems with something.
I just hope I can remember some of this when I play this Sunday.
He told me to practice some drills for a month or two before I even thought about taking another lesson, and also told me if I was at the range just come to his office and get him for a free 10 min review if I am having problems with something.
I just hope I can remember some of this when I play this Sunday.