Beginner advice

[iacas]

just one tip, and I'll be in the minority here... but lessons are not always the answer. I know many good golfers who have never taken lesson and are feel players. I had a lesson once that lasted about 4 minutes, the professional started talking about wrist angles and angles of attack... all useful information but I found it annoying. I analyze my lie, determine my distance to the flag and step over and hit the ball. I've seen friends had to overcome the habit of becoming to technical while standing over the ball. Just a word of advice

I'm one of those players, but if I had it to do again, I'd get a lesson EARLY ON. I enjoy very much the process of solving problems for myself, but it's slower and it takes a LOT more patience, and it took me a lot longer to get to where I was shooting in the 70s than it would have had I taken a lesson or five early on.

[bornfishy]

I'm one of those players, but if I had it to do again, I'd get a lesson EARLY ON. I enjoy very much the process of solving problems for myself, but it's slower and it takes a LOT more patience, and it took me a lot longer to get to where I was shooting in the 70s than it would have had I taken a lesson or five early on.

I agree with Iacas and quite a few of the others here; try and get a lesson as early as possible. I get the impression from your post that you're fairly young, and so I realise money isn't easy to come by! Especially when your parents don't know whether you're going to like the game, etc. All I would suggest is, try your best to save up for even just two lessons; that half hour, or an hour, will be enough for the pro to go over the basics of stance, swing, and all that jazz. Explain to him you only want one or two lessons until you know whether the game suits you or not, and ask him to give you the basics. That way, it'll cost you next to nothing, and you'll have something to build on. Supplement the advice with instructional videos you can find for free - you already have! - and don't listen to the armchair experts who can criticise Tiger's swing, while playing off 28! andy.

[DDBowdoin]

remember there's always the sneaky way... again, its harder and takes a little longer but I remember going to the range and standing next to the teachers bay and just sort of watch without being obvious and listen to his explanations about the swing... then I would just hit balls right next to his student

haha its the cheap way to get a few pointers

[rmgr]

just one tip, and I'll be in the minority here... but lessons are not always the answer. I know many good golfers who have never taken lesson and are feel players. I had a lesson once that lasted about 4 minutes, the professional started talking about wrist angles and angles of attack... all useful information but I found it annoying. I analyze my lie, determine my distance to the flag and step over and hit the ball. I've seen friends had to overcome the habit of becoming to technical while standing over the ball. Just a word of advice

Very true, try to go to the range, and see what works and what doesn't work for you, and bring it all together. Not that I'm a pro at this. But this has helped me sometimes too.

[stewy23]

thanks for the advice, next week i'm going to the driving range to get a lesson i hope it helps me. Also if i took a picture of my swing and grip would you be able to tell me what i'm doing wrong and what i need to fix.

thanks