Playing lesson vrs Normal Lesson

WillyWonka

Hey,

I was looking at a lessons leaflet I got from Citywest. However they don't actually do it in Citywest its in Palmerstown house. (la dee daaa)

Standard lessons are €30 (30 mins)
A nine whole playing lesson is €90

so has anyone ever got a playing lesson? how do they compare to normal lessons? Is little and often better or is the playing lesson more robust?

Poker & Pints

Playing lessons are a joke unless you have the whole course to yourself. You have no time to work on anything, because you are PLAYING. The "teacher" gets to see your shot and then has to comment on one shot. In addition, you NEVER, I repeat NEVER, want to be working on your game on the course.

Now if you want lessons while on the course, it should be about course management and how to see/visualize shots, what and why to take a shot, etc. You can get this by playing with a better golfer anytime. When my mates play with me they will ask me these things and we talk about it while playing. But, I never tell them to fix/do/attempt anything on the course.


You are paying 90 to play 9 holes...:eek:

Tak a lesson, practice what you learned and when you can do it on the range, then and only take it to the course. i.e. When I first learned how to effectively hit a draw, I practiced it for over 4 months before actually putting it into my game. Even then, I only did it rarely.

css

I'd agree 100% with P&P on these too. Course management is about all you will learn. Most of that is common sense in any event.

swingking

a playing lesson is far better than hitting golf shots of a mat in the driving range and the coach never knowing if you are hitting the ball clean.

I had a playing lesson but it was during the winter and the course was empty


probably not for the weekend hacker but for the low handicap player who needs to achieve better course management.