Making some progress since the depths of the desperate times in which I first started this thread. The above tips have certainly helped, swing plane is steeper and I try to focus on hitting the inside of the ball. I've had a couple of...
So I'm a 17 handicapper, coming down fairly quickly having just started golfing again the last 4 months after a 20 year layoff with the occasional game here and there. Had a few lessons from the pro at my club (Simon Perks at...
Spoke about this with the pro at my course recently (this is in the UK bear in mind - may be different in the US) and apparently it's pretty straightforward. Anyone with a handicap of 4 or less can become a member of PGA. Just fill out...
Thanks Machine - and congrats on a great score! I had a lesson yesterday, and conversely to what I had thought, he diagnosed that I am on too shallow a plane on my backswing, and I then come 'over the top' and come outside to in. The...
My grandfather was a very good golfer (played off four) and my father (grandad's son-in-law) took it up I suppose mostly to appease him. Anyhow, I had cut-down clubs in my hand probably from about age six, and started playing properly...
Yep - that was the diagnosis in my lesson today. I am breaking my left arm at the top of the swing then starting down on an outside in line. He said the first 3/4 of my backswing was very good, all on plane and looking good, just...
Breaking 80 in your first year of regular golf I would say is a very good achievement and a strong sign of good things to come if you stick at it. In the UK we have much the same system as in Oz (I am Australian though live here),...
