- Jul 11, 2008
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I consider myself a decent golfer. When I have played for most of a season I can shoot in the low 80's to mid 70's pretty consistently. I used to be scratch, but a shoulder surgery coupled with a few year layoff from the sport ended any shot I had at becoming a pro either touring or teaching. That being said, I understand the fundamentals of the swing, and love teaching. I taught my wife to play, and she is now one or two mistakes away from breaking 100 consistently.
A few of my friends have asked me to "teach" them to play golf. Now I don't know if I should do this in the first place, and if I do how much to charge. Here is what I was thinking. I would take them on, they pay for the buckets of range balls during the "lessons". Then once they have a decent enough swing and we head to the course, they pay for the greens fees if they want a "playing lesson". Outside of that maybe a beer at a bar while we talk over things for them to work on on their own outside of the lessons. Does this seem like a fair price, I don't want to take money from friends for something I would gladly do for free, but I also don't want to be paying for greens fees in a round where most of my time will be spent working with them on their swing.
Let me know what you guys think...
A few of my friends have asked me to "teach" them to play golf. Now I don't know if I should do this in the first place, and if I do how much to charge. Here is what I was thinking. I would take them on, they pay for the buckets of range balls during the "lessons". Then once they have a decent enough swing and we head to the course, they pay for the greens fees if they want a "playing lesson". Outside of that maybe a beer at a bar while we talk over things for them to work on on their own outside of the lessons. Does this seem like a fair price, I don't want to take money from friends for something I would gladly do for free, but I also don't want to be paying for greens fees in a round where most of my time will be spent working with them on their swing.
Let me know what you guys think...