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Well the golf season is coming to an end in my region and I have moved forward in the right direction this year with my game. I started out being a 16.2HC and moved down to a 12.8HC right now.

I would like to start taking lessons, but I have a few questions:

1 - Should I wait until next spring? There is a great instructor that teaches in the winter at an indoor golf (HD simulators etc). Would it be pointless to do it in the winter and the end of the season?

2 - Lessons are broken down in 30minute periods. How many lessons should I take? I realize this is a though question without knowing my goals. My goal is to get into single digits. I feel length and accuracy is what is stopping me.

Driver: MX-500 10.5° Grafalloy ProLaunch Blue 65 Regular
Wood: F-60 15° Exsar FS3 Regular
Hybrid: CLK Fli-Hi 20° S300
Irons: MX-15 R300
Wedges: MP-R Chrome 52°-07°, 56°-13°Putter: White Hot XG #9Ball: HX-TourShoes: Chev X-Series


Xbmchs12X Established Member

Xbmchs12X

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Well first off, move to fl where you can play golf year round

But anyways I would yes get some lessons see if they help, and I would say about once a week would be enough.

Driver- 9.5 905R
Woods- V-Steel 15*
Hybrid- Rescue Dual 16*
Irons- 3-P Project X 5.5 Wedges- Vokey 54* and 58* Putter- Scotty Ball- Bridgestone B330-S


VanillaEps Established Member

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Well first off, move to fl where you can play golf year round

I agree. Space out the lessons so that you are able to practice and implement what you have learned from each lesson. Otherwise, you're going to get all this new information, not have time to full implement, and it will wind up being a waste of time.

Take a lesson. Go to the range and ensure that you completely understand and can repeat what you have learned before you take the next lesson.

DRIVER - Tight Lies/Graphite/10°
3 WOOD - Sasquatch/Graphite/15°
5 WOOD - Tight Lies/Graphite/19°
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Diggitydog Well Established Member

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If you can practice over the winter I would say now is a great time for lessons. The key is that you have time to practice. If you take the lessons and don't really practice them you'll lose probably 80% of the information that the pro is giving you. It'll just disappear from your memory and then the lessons become very pointless.

Swing = Stacked and On Plane when possible.
In My Bag:
Driver: Ping G5 9° Alidila NV 75g Stiff
3-Wood: Nike SQ 15° Diamana Stiff (Stock)
Irons: NIKE FORGED SPLIT CAVIY (S300)Wedges: Taylormade RAC Fe2O3 (Rust) 52°/56°/60°Putter: Titleist/Cameron Newport 1.5Ball: Looking for a new...


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dcomartin

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Yes there is a heated range I can go to along with the virtual golf that can help me practice. Short game I am not too concerned about and would be harder to practice anyways. Generally its my overall swing that I want help with.

Driver: MX-500 10.5° Grafalloy ProLaunch Blue 65 Regular
Wood: F-60 15° Exsar FS3 Regular
Hybrid: CLK Fli-Hi 20° S300
Irons: MX-15 R300
Wedges: MP-R Chrome 52°-07°, 56°-13°Putter: White Hot XG #9Ball: HX-TourShoes: Chev X-Series


Diggitydog Well Established Member

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Then I say now is a great time for you to go work on your swing!

Swing = Stacked and On Plane when possible.
In My Bag:
Driver: Ping G5 9° Alidila NV 75g Stiff
3-Wood: Nike SQ 15° Diamana Stiff (Stock)
Irons: NIKE FORGED SPLIT CAVIY (S300)Wedges: Taylormade RAC Fe2O3 (Rust) 52°/56°/60°Putter: Titleist/Cameron Newport 1.5Ball: Looking for a new...


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Yeah I find it takes me 3 trips to the range, hitting 2 buckets each to get back to a place where I'm ready for another lesson - then my pro can see what I've succesfully taken onboard and what I've missed. My second lesson this year (after not playing golf at all for 8 years) completely wrecked my swing and I waited two weeks and much heartache before going back to my old swing and taking another lesson. He was totally cool, and just said, 'fine if that's not working we'll try this instead...' three months later and I'm close to the swing he showed me back on that second lesson - I just had to do it in stages.

In My Bag:
Driver: isi-T 11.5
3-Wood: X-Hot 15
Irons: isi-K 3 - SW2 + LW
Putter: Anser 2i


Leek Dedicated Member

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I think winter is the BEST time to make swing changes. It can be easier to stay on task then during Northern Golf season when you inevitably want to make a score.

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Adams Tour Issue 4350 Dual Can Matrix Ozik Xcon 5

Hybrids- Srixon 18 deg
Srixon 21 deg Irons- Tourstage Z101 3-PW w/Nippon NS Pro 950 GH - Stiff Srixon i701 4-PW w/ Nippon NS Pro 950 GH-Stiff MacGregor...


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