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Big Sean

Hey everyone. long time reader (not THAT long), first time poster.

I have been playing golf for about 4 months legitimately. I've never had a lesson, but I watch a lot of videos on the golf swing. I also read Hogan's 5 fundamentals book. That helped a lot. I am looking to take a group lesson simply because it is cheaper than a solo by a large margin. My question is: do you think I should do a few of these group lessons or save up and just get one solo lesson? Thanks!!

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There's no question that you will benefit more from individual lessons. My advice to you would be to go down to your local driving range (if you don't belong to a country club) and get some information from the pro there about lessons.

They usually run pretty cheap, the pro near me offers 10 individual lessons for $150 dollars, and will be effective for a beginner.

I've only gotten one lesson in my life and it helped my game A LOT. If you're serious about getting better that's the way to go.

Lastly, if you do decide to do this, you will more than likely struggle with the new swing changes, but stick to it and do your best to employ every tip he gives you and you will see improvement.

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the best thing to do is to get a solo lesson because they have more time to just attend to u and get what u need and they shouldn't be that expensive the best teacher is David Leadbetter if u are really really serious go to him i went and now im down to almost scratch
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the best thing to do is to get a solo lesson because they have more time to just attend to u and get what u need and they shouldn't be that expensive the best teacher is David Leadbetter if u are really really serious go to him i went and now im down to almost scratch

lol....

You actually went to him? That's cool, but what does he do? Travel to any area? I went with a pretty cool teacher, worked with him for about three weaks now, and I've noticed a dramatic improvement already. I'm hitting the ball quite a bit farther, and although the change has caused me to be erratic at times, he'll help me on just about anything I tell him what's happening...all I have to do is call him up and each week we get together and I tell him what's going on with me and he'll fix it up...

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rubbery, the lessons at my course are way more expensive than that. They range from 110 to 225 for one 1 hour lesson! And its 30 for a 1 hour group lesson! Where do u live, maybe I should move their!
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rubbery, the lessons at my course are way more expensive than that. They range from 110 to 225 for one 1 hour lesson! And its 30 for a 1 hour group lesson! Where do u live, maybe I should move their!

San Francisco is pricey. The driving range down in San Bruno might be a bit cheaper than going to Harding for a lesson, although I'm not sure. It might also be cheaper across in East Bay.

I am in agreement with most people here though, solo lessons are much better than group lessons.
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