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Learned informally through my dad for a few years - after about 5 years of playing, I finally decided to take lessons. I highly highly recommend you go ahead and bite the bullet and take lessons early - you’ll know you’re building a correct golf swing foundation - you will jump past “you trying to figure it out on your own” by 50x with lessons
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Caveat to this - you don’t only need to do lessons, take about 1/2 a month max, and then have time to work on their suggestions in between. You need time to implement
I would go to a range first and see what you’re good at and what can improve. I’d then book a private lesson with a PGA pro and see if they can give you some easy takeaways so you can go back to the range and practice. I’d repeat lessons with the pro to make sure your form is staying on point. Golftec is great for a swing analysis and even lessons with all of the cool gadgets provided.
Agree with this but would almost do the lesson first . Then range. A beginner might not be able to diagnose the underlying cause whereas a pro will be able to spot the issue immediately
Hi there! I virtually started from scratch about a year ago. Have taken about a dozen lesson, interwoven with time by myself / on the course to embed what I’ve learned. It was absolutely game changer. When I started, I was just doing what looked good on TV or on the YouTube videos, and had no idea what I was doing. I learned to decompose the swing into many steps, learned about the separation of movements, shifting and turning, not leading with my arms, etc. etc. Frankly, without the dozen lessons, my swing would have been absolute garbage, and I learned a lot more things along the way about short game, putting, etc.
Now, none of the essentials came naturally to me, so this may have played a part in me needing a lot of lessons. For others, it may take much less. But I really feel like I’ve developed a strong understanding of what to do (and most importantly, what not to do), and the lessons helped build muscle memory. Plus, I’m having a lot of fun now!
Originally took a 4 week beginner clinic. Played and thru the years took random resort Pro lessons. This year made a change and booked a long dedicated 1:1 series with a pro. The results were impactful for me. Even the crazy exercise of swinging a broom like a club helped with my takeaway significantly. Looking forward to the playing lesson in 2 weeks now to see about on course comments. Meanwhile I have been playing and in the range and feel the difference.
I’d recommend a swing coach just to get your mechanics figured out. Course management is more experiential learning. Chris Mclure in Oakville, Ontario is who I work with. Best of luck!
I took lessons immediately. I started after my first year of law school. I still take lessons intermittently. If you do take lessons, look for someone who can do on course lessons in addition to the range
I started around Jan 22 and about 9-10 handicap now.
I mainly did private lessons mostly in the beginning to learn how to practice for about 3 months ish. Then I stopped going and mainly went to the range and played
Now going back to private lessons because my swing is consistent and always hits a plateau around 80 and not consistently in the 70s