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Congrats to T.S.! Golf Evolution Student wins Conference Championship

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One year ago a college junior was about to quit the game of golf. She'd gotten so frustrated with her swing and the instruction she was receiving that her scores were ballooning and her confidence had all but vanished.

Today, about a year later and less than a year after her first lesson with Golf Evolution (she took about four to six lessons over the year, the most recent of which was in December when home from college on Christmas break), she shot rounds of 74-76 on a par-73 layout, shooting the lowest score each day to win her Conference Championship by eight shots!!!!

Pretty remarkable! Here are some videos from July and December of 2011. The July lesson was a few weeks after her first lesson in June. The asterisked image is the one I've included at the bottom.

DL:

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/f/ff/ff9106a8_DL01.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/d/df/df6d7a8e_DL02.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/7/76/768e2639_DL03.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/b/bc/bced7e9b_DL04.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/3/38/3878ebc2_DL05.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/7/7a/7a7df37a_DL06.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/7/71/71945ed1_DL07.jpeg

FO:

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/a/a2/a26fad55_FO01.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/6/60/6072c042_FO02.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/8/8b/8b6fef42_FO03.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/3/3d/3d9c0225_FO04.jpeg

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/6/6f/6fa7585e_FO05.jpeg *

http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/d/d1/d1a5d388_FO06.jpeg

6fa7585e_FO05.jpeg

Quite honestly, this kind of news beats just about anything else we can do in golf. We take a different approach at Golf Evolution - our lessons aren't on the clock, we want people to play and enjoy the game of golf because we honestly believe people are happier when they play better golf. We're passionate about the game, and I think that shines through in how we approach teaching.

So as corny as it may sound, today's results and T.S.'s play is our true payoff. She was in tears she was so happy, and she was about to give up the game less than a year ago.

We couldn't be more thrilled. Kudos and congratulations are deserved ten times over, and T.S. is a hard worker and a great student. Congratulations!

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Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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Congratulations to both the player (nice swing!) and the instructional coaches over at Golf Evolution.  Pretty stellar and appreciate you sharing the success story with the rest of the forum!

Threads like this - on this site is what gets me motivated to keep improving on my own game in search of lower scores.

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Shindig Incredible Member

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This is awesome news for everyone involved. Congratulations, T.S.!

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LuciusWooding Great Member

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Definite improvement in impact position, even the address looks more square after lessons. It's a big mechanical improvement, but the fact she was able to go from having no confidence in her swing to winning a tournament is the real accomplishment. As an instructor, that has to be satisfying. Congrats to both for the big win.

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Excellent! Congratulations.

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Awesome stuff.  Her impact position is just night and day.

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Strong work Erik, this is pudding from whence springs the proof.

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dean007 Member

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If I could only achieve that impact position.

4-6 lessons and this is the result, absolutely amazing!!! I don't which is more impressive, the hard

work that went into the changes or the instruction. Congrats on a job extremely well done!


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Steady head + weight forward + better flying wedge from P5 to P6 + hard work = conference championship


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The right photo impact position looks so much more natural, unforced and powerful compared to the left photo.

Why am I not surprised it only took 4-6 lessons?

Congrats!

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scv76 Well Established Member

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That's an incredible difference of the before and after. Just out of curiosity, what was her "before" index?

Congrats to everyone involved!!


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Originally Posted by dean007

If I could only achieve that impact position.

you can!!!

Colin P.

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Originally Posted by colin007

you can!!!

I agree. It just takes proper application of proper principles.

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Really great news. Glad to see your sudent's hard work paying off.

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Congrats to T.S. and the Golf Evolution team.  The stark difference in the photos above is incredible... what a testament to solid instruction as well as player dedication (less than year?!).

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