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Clambake 
I know this thread is about a putter addiction, but I really feel like I need to comment on your statement above. You say you've only be golfing for 9 months and have played 75 rounds - wow, that's about twice a week, which is more than most of us get to play! But one thing you're doing is ingraining in swing habits which are almost certainly a collection of adjustments and compromises which come together to help you play a bit. Every time you swing a club, you're going to make it tougher and tougher to correct and build a better swing which will last you years.
The best time to take lessons is when you're just starting out. A decent pro can get you on the correct habits from the beginning. You'll spend the rest of your life struggling to unlearn bad habits and change your swing.
Thanks for your input. Can I ask a question? What if I am not ingraining bad swing habits? Or, if I am ingraining "bad" swing habits, but develop my game and reach my goals of scoring, isn't that all that matters? Bubba Watson appears to have some "bad" swing habits, and we all know what he did last year. Now, to your point, there are coaches and places all over where one could go "work on their swing" or get lessons. At the pro level, there are many pro's that have coaches too.
With me being relatively new to the game, I'm trying to look at this as objectively as I can. I've also done quite a bit of research and reading as well. I will agree with your statement that someone that is new to golf CAN improve their game by getting lessons/help from the RIGHT person. The issue that I have is that there are just as many people that have not improved as those that have improved. So lets say that I go to someone for lessons. There is no guarantee that I will get better. It is guaranteed though that it will take time and money.
Because I am continuing to improve by trying to learn as much as I can about golf mechanics and then practice, until I stop improving (as of now that has not happened, thankfully), why not continue learning and practicing? There are so many people that I have played with either at my club or at other course that I have played, that have mentioned to me that they have been seeing so-in-so for lessons. I notice during the round that they have not/are not improving though. Thus to me it seems that there is just as much if not more of a chance of me improving my golf game by doing what I've been doing versus taking a chance in going to get lessons.
I'm not trying to be difficult or anything like that, just trying to get as much information as I can and then figure out what actually applies/helps me.....that's why I want to know how you know that I am ingraining bad swing habits? Or were you just saying that because that is likely the case for most new golfers? Thanks for your assistance/guidance.....
