Help for a new (ready to be serious) golfer

[Precis1on]

There's no real foolproof way of finding the right instructor. Sometimes you have to go to a couple before you find the right one.

I would talk to people in your area that have taken lessons and get an idea of instructors in your area. When you do find one, see what they offer (video and trackman are both good for instruction). You can always ask us on here before you take the plunge.

If you're already nailing all of your clubs down the middle, I would get get a short game session :).

[JuicePGA]

Originally Posted by cazzy

@PGAJuice. Thanks again bro! Yeah, I'm pretty comfortable hitting the 3 iron...I guess. Saturday was prolly about the 10th time I hit it and was the first time I had consistent success with it. I mean it when I say that the lowest club I've used for years was my 6 iron. Lol.

I will definitely go with your approach about not getting the bare minimum and a 10 loft. Especially since I don't have any where near the confidence I do with irons. I hit a few with my friends driver at the range before the round. It was horrible. After I built my confidence, I tried it again and was making good contact, just had zero control and was slicing it. Still fun though! ;)

I'll give you the one tip i got when i had a...lets call it a "fade" to my drives hahaha. go to the range and and move your hands forward almost to close the club face to a degree you will hook some and draw some and once you get use to it start slowly moving your hands back to the point where A its comfortable and B you are hitting ether a dead straight ball ( to a point i don't know if there is such a thing as a dead straight shot) or a controlled fade or draw. This tip will also help you later as you progress in the game to hit a draw or a fade depending on what the best angle of attack is for the hole. But for right now just get to a point once you get it to where you hit the center of the face and find a median for your hands. ps. if you are having trouble hitting the middle of the face slow down your swing don't worry about distance or flight just get use to feeling the center of the club hit the ball and work back up to your normal pace

[xilez]

post a swing video