Golf and Girls...

[Lefty-Golfer]

wife and me both are in our 40s and I'd beg to differ from the concensus.... me as a consulting professional, it's challenging and fun for me to identify and solve problems in the most efficient way.

I tryed to teach my wife (GF at the time to golf) 20 years ago...we got married anyway!!

She just expressed interest in learning this fall, i think she saw the club bill and how much time i spend there, I never blinked...we'll get you as many lessons as you want. I would love to be able to play every Sunday afternoon with my wife. Golf then dinner whoohoo that could add extra 20 to 35 rounds a year to my golf game!!

[Fourputt]

wife and me both are in our 40s and I'd beg to differ from the concensus.... me as a consulting professional, it's challenging and fun for me to identify and solve problems in the most efficient way.

The trouble is, most couples can't keep the emotions out of the process. If you can, great, but if that's so, then you are in a small minority.

Teaching inevitably requires some sort of critique. A critique requires evaluating the student's progress, and evaluation inevitably involves criticism of the areas where improvement is needed. When that student is your spouse, the criticism is usually interpreted as personal, no matter how hard you try to generalize it or soften the blow. At this point friction can develop between the teacher and student. Now it's no longer profitable for either party, and the fun factor is severely diminished. There are enough real issues for couples to work through without unnecessarily adding to them. Paying $100 or so for a few lessons from a professional is a cheap way to keep both the game and the relationship on a positive note.

[ctyankee]

snip ... with the proper release, the bottom of the swing is so big, it gives a very large margin for error to hit crisp iron shots, and the impact sounds professional too.

Please don't take this harshly, because I appreciate your post, but reading that golf is easy from a 36 handicapper, that's funny.

And suggesting to a woman to "toss her arms 45 degrees into the air towards the target" - the questions I suspect one would get is 1. How do I toss my arms? 2. What about the club? 3. 45 degrees from where? 4. And 45 degree would be ... where in the air?

[FHopper]

Or my wife's favorite comment,

5. "I have these things in the way"

[whetstone]

That's where the wife and I almost got divorced. When I told her that (unnamed female) could do it and her bewbies are huge, I thought there was going to be child support and alimony in my near future!

Or my wife's favorite comment,

[dozu]

Please don't take this harshly, because I appreciate your post, but reading that golf is easy from a 36 handicapper, that's funny.

lol, 2 lazy to update my profile, real index is about a 8.... I have another thread titled 'forget about body parts' covering more details of this simple method.... it's mostly based on George Knudson's method, but I added some elements from other teachers, and also created a simple training aid myself.

[flopdarock]

my buddy is a golf pro... and he wont teach his wife to play... she's actually a really good player too because she took lessons from someone other than her hubby...
he equates it to a doctor treating a family member... you can do it... but there are too many risks involved especially if something goes wrong