- Sep 23, 2004
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Saw potential for a serious threadjack over on Wirehair's post so I thought I would get us started fresh.
Let me start by saying I'm a fan of Golftec but an even bigger fan of the two pros that I've worked with. I started taking lessons there about 18 months ago and have seen drastic improvements in my swing/game; we're talking 10+ shots off of my handicap drastic and I'm still heading the rigt way! All my swing changes are finally feeling natural and my swing is repeatable 80% of the time.
Last Saturday I went and played a course that I hadn't played since just before I admitted to myself that I needed lessons. The course isn't overly long but it is a challenging links style course with a lot rolling lies, narrow fairways, and elevated tee boxes. Last time out there I felt decent and shot a 110. Last Saturday was a completely different experience though. I missed only 2 fairways all day and hit almost as many GIR. I stumbled a bit on the last two holes and had struggled with the speed of the greens all day (four 3-jacks) but when all was said and done, I walked off having shot an 85. That's a 25 stroke improvement since I last played the course prior to my lessons.
I'm sure any lessons would've yielded improvement in my game but I'm convinced that the key features of Golftec (instant video feedback and ability to retake lesson via the web) are what yielded such drastic improvements.
I'd like to hear others chime in about their experiences with lessons; the good, the bad, and the ugly. It doesn't have to be specifically about Golftec either; what aspects of your lessons did you like/not like?
Let me start by saying I'm a fan of Golftec but an even bigger fan of the two pros that I've worked with. I started taking lessons there about 18 months ago and have seen drastic improvements in my swing/game; we're talking 10+ shots off of my handicap drastic and I'm still heading the rigt way! All my swing changes are finally feeling natural and my swing is repeatable 80% of the time.
Last Saturday I went and played a course that I hadn't played since just before I admitted to myself that I needed lessons. The course isn't overly long but it is a challenging links style course with a lot rolling lies, narrow fairways, and elevated tee boxes. Last time out there I felt decent and shot a 110. Last Saturday was a completely different experience though. I missed only 2 fairways all day and hit almost as many GIR. I stumbled a bit on the last two holes and had struggled with the speed of the greens all day (four 3-jacks) but when all was said and done, I walked off having shot an 85. That's a 25 stroke improvement since I last played the course prior to my lessons.
I'm sure any lessons would've yielded improvement in my game but I'm convinced that the key features of Golftec (instant video feedback and ability to retake lesson via the web) are what yielded such drastic improvements.
I'd like to hear others chime in about their experiences with lessons; the good, the bad, and the ugly. It doesn't have to be specifically about Golftec either; what aspects of your lessons did you like/not like?