vr4nothing

I signed up for and took a lesson this past Wednesday before I had ever swung a club. My teacher said I was doing better than a lot of people he's taught for weeks straight, which made me feel pretty good. He could have just been blowing smoke, but I'll never know. He also told me to hit the range 2 - 3 days a week for a month then come back for another lesson, so I'm doing exactly that.

I guess a better question would be how long did it take you to make consistent shots? I've hit about 350 range balls so far and I only hit the ball straight about 1/3 of the time -- the rest are shanks, skulls, or fat shots. I can count on one hand the number of slices and hooks I've it, but right now I either hit a great shot or a horrible one.

As a new player, how long did it take you to stop shanking balls?

I bought used clubs without headcovers so I picked some up from Dick's for my woods and putter.

There are several courses in my area, but I'll just give a link to Grand National for now. http://www.rtjgolf.com/courses/grand_national/

I'm a student for the next four months then, depending on how things go, I'll either be making money from my first business or I'll enter the working world as a computer scientist.