| Lory,
I don't agree.
Before I get flamed let me say ,Sorry but that's my opinion.
I think that five weeks of work every day after work can help you
become a much better golfer quicker that playing a round of golf
every day for two months. Here's my suggestions.
First go out and buy a putter and a dozen balls. Find a pro and
a course that is open and spend a solod week every day after work
for 1-2 hours on the practice green just putting. Start short app.
12 inches from a hole and putt until your comfortable then go out
to 18 inches and so on for the entire week.
Now take a lesson with a pro on chipping. Again practice for an
entire week. One hour of putting and the remaining time chipping.
Next Take a lesson on hitting short irons. Again Practice the
short irons 6-PW for the first hour.Then chipping and then putting.
Next take a lesson on the long irons and the woods. Practice driving
one bucket of balls each day for a week followed by hitting the
long and short irons. No putting this week. Concentrate on good
contact not distance.
Good luck with your game....
Tom
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| re: .1
Tom, I've indoctrinated a few new players into "the" Game,
and your suggested approach seems more like a Military
Drill Sgt's methodology to learning "the" Game. Lory,
I'd suggest that you find a 'average' Amateur Golfer
who plays at least once a week, and let that 'average'
Golfer teach you the "basics", but don't play the League
as a means of learning "the" Game. Learn "the" Game by
having your 'average' Amateur Golfer teach you to Putt
note: a carpeted Living Room Rug is an excellent surface
for Putting and/or the Putting Green at your local Golf
Course. Then, have your 'average' Amateur Golfer teach
you to hit a few balls at the local Driving Range. note:
just use a 5 Iron for the first few "Tee shots", then use
a 3 Wood for the next few "Tee shots". After you've had
a few Putting lessions (as described), and a few Driving
lessions (as described), then have that same 'average'
Amateur Golfer take you to a friendly "PAR3" Golf Course
to play 9 Holes of 'average' Golf. note: It almost like
learning to "Ball Room" dance, just follow your partner's
lead, and use the same Clubs that he/she uses as he/she
plays each Hole. After you've played this friendly "PAR3"
Golf Course at least once a week for a few weeks, you'll
have become a 'average' Amateur Golfer by the process of
"osmosis", and you'll be ready to play 9 Holes of "real"
Golf at a Regulation (full-sized) Golf Course of your choice!
After you've played 9 Holes of "real" Golf at least once
a week for a few weeks, then consider joining a Golf League.
OSMOSIS: "a gradual process of assimilation or absorption".
enjoy "the" Game,
Bob
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| I take issue somewhat with what has been suggested in .2. In addition
to going out with "average golfer", taking lessons from a PRO is
imperative. In fact, listening to the average golfer will probably
hurt more than help your progress. A total beginner listening to
some fairly *good* golfers without professional instruction can
set you up for failure in this game. Sure go out and practice with
friends, but practice what you learned from a recommended pro, and
not what "average golfer" told you to do. While .1 may seem a bit
strict, it is a much better approach to learning the game. What
I'm suggesting is a middle ground where you can learn the correct
way to hit the ball and can also have fun. So, see a pro every
couple of weeks, and in between hit the range and the small courses
to practice what you learned. You'll probably be happier with your
progress, and won't end up quitting in frustration.
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| The only problem I see with the suggestions in .1 is this.
While it may be a very good way to learn the game well and to set
you up to become a better golfer in the long run, most people, myself
included, do not have the patience, drive, motivation or whatever
else you want to call it, to endure all this training/practice/drills
and ect., without being able to actually participate in or play
what we are trying to learn. The want and need to actually get
out on the course and play, far outweighs my ambition to go to the
drining range and hit a bucket of balls. While I agree that it
is necessary for improvement, to go to a driving range and spend
some time on the practice putting green, I don't think anyone will
view golf as the fun, liesurely type sport/activity it is and can
be, if they have to spend the first 5 weeks at it, doing nothing
but work, work, work at all the skills before they can partake in
the fun. If you always view your golf game as something you do,
** JUST ** to improve on your last score, or average score for that
matter, you'll probably never have any fun at it, and end up one
of those poor soles who just end up swearing and cussing from tee
to green, and ending up each round with one less club, because you
threw it and didn't see that pond or tree in the heat of your anger.
My suggestion, is practice by spending some time on the driving
range and putting green. But also, go out and play 9 holes every
once in awhile. Just don't expect to become a pro, or even a good
amateur golfer in a couple of weeks. And most of all, *HAVE FUN*
at it. Enjoy yourself, and partake in what I have found to be one
of thos most relaxing and enjoyable activities I have ever tried.
Beak
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