Golf Lessons booked - Now what to work on ?

ryaner777

I've just booked my first ever lessons. Two half hour lessons at my local range.

the plan is to work witht he pro for 30 mins and the stay at the range and work on what he told me on my own for a while

Money is tight so want to try get the most out of these two lessons.

What do you think I should ask him to work on with me ?

Considering I'm off 21 at the moment and all aspects of the game could do with some work.

I use the same grip I play hurling with. left hand on top and right underneath, no interlocking of fingers at all.

I was thinking of things like ball position in my stance , grip , feet placement , hip movement , and so on

There are so many things to work on so what do yo think I should focus on first ?

HB2002

In my limited opinion.......
I'm guessing the pro will get you to change your grip and work on your swing and alignment..... if you get those three things in some sort of decent shape then putting in the time yourself will pay off!

"Drive for show and putt for dough" is the old adage that is also trotted out and I do kind of agree with it.... but it's more a factor the better you get I think....

you can putt like a demon but if you're putting yourself into trouble off the tee all the time it wont count for much.... my advice would be yeah practise your short game as much as you can but make sure you're not killing yourself off the tee... you don't need to hit 300 yard bombs down the middle you just need to keep yourself alive and give your 'dough' putting a chance!

Best of luck with it......

Ben1977

ryaner777 wrote: »

I've just booked my first ever lessons. Two half hour lessons at my local range.

the plan is to work witht he pro for 30 mins and the stay at the range and work on what he told me on my own for a while

Money is tight so want to try get the most out of these two lessons.

What do you think I should ask him to work on with me ?

Considering I'm off 21 at the moment and all aspects of the game could do with some work.

I use the same grip I play hurling with. left hand on top and right underneath, no interlocking of fingers at all.

I was thinking of things like ball position in my stance , grip , feet placement , hip movement , and so on

There are so many things to work on so what do yo think I should focus on first ?

If he or she is any good they will tell you what you need.

I would imagine they should start off with posture, alignment and setup. This should be more than enough for 2 lessons. Don't take too much on at the start.

ryaner777

Won't be going near the driver with the pro as you'd only use it once or twice on my home course.

I'm hoping to get some consistency in my iron swings. Distance isn't really an issue it's just try to keep it on target.

I currently hit balls from left to right so the grip change would prob change that to a right to left ball flight.

FixdePitchmark

Sorry - Am i right in saying you are holding the club correctly then.

It sounds like you have a good idea there. 21 is not bad - so you can play.

1) Check Grip ( strong weak - get this right)
2) Posture - Body alignment - Ball position

Lession B
2) Swing Path -

It would be hard to get much more in - but that will give you everything you need to work on.

You could go back after working on these for a month or 2.

PARlance

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Sorry - Am i right in saying you are holding the club correctly then.

I wasn't sure myself what he meant... I think it's cack handed though!
Unless he plays hurling cack handed

Is this where you place your left hand Ryanner?

HB2002

ryaner777 wrote: »

I currently hit balls from left to right

Assuming you're right handed then you're afflicted withthe most common curse of all golfers the slice!

My best advice to you on that would be leave the pro tell you how to sort it not us hackers!....

one of the biggest mistakes us non professionals make is taking advice from other non professional types!

FixdePitchmark

PARlance wrote: »

I wasn't sure myself what he meant... I think it's cack handed though!
Unless he plays hurling cack handed

Is this where you place your left hand Ryanner?

I feel he did play hurling with a golf grip.

SO he is ok, just not interlocked or overlapped

PARlance

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I feel he did play hurling with a golf grip.

SO he is ok, just not interlocked or overlapped

I don't know Fix

ryaner777 wrote: »

I use the same grip I play hurling with. left hand on top and right underneath, no interlocking of fingers at all.

Left hand on top of right hand.... cack
Left hand at top of shaft and right hand below... normal

Come back Ryanner and let us know.
Basically, if you have a cack/hurling grip, the Pro is almost certainly get you to change to a normal grip.
It'll prob be worth it in the long run to do this change....but I wouldn't be worrying about working on other things, I'd say you'll be busy trying to get used to the change of grip.

The Lawman made a similar change last year, here's his thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=82713130

ryaner777

PARlance wrote: »

I wasn't sure myself what he meant... I think it's cack handed though!
Unless he plays hurling cack handed

Is this where you place your left hand Ryanner?

Yeah, and then right hand directly underneath. no locking of fingers or overlapping like I've seen some people do

agusta

ryaner777 wrote: »

Yeah, and then right hand directly underneath. no locking of fingers or overlapping like I've seen some people do

You have the "10 finger grip",Its not a major issue if you play with this grip.Ronan Rafferty played with this grip and he won the european tour order of merit in 1989.The interlocking and the vardon overlaping grip helps to get both hand working in unison with each other