Golf lessons Dublin area - beginner

My advice would be at 26 to go back playing gaa while you're still young enough to. You can take up golf at any age and play it until you die if you're lucky. You've only so many years when you can play GAA. And while I really do love golf, it doesn't compare to playing a match on a Sunday, your body feeling like it's been through a war and taking a couple of days to recover, but you really feel like you did something on the Sunday. I don't get the same extent of feeling from golf.

You can still get into golf a bit btw with a few lessons and heading out onto the course, but seriously, play GAA while you can or you'll regret it.

Look up Elmgreen Driving Range, on Dunsink Lane. If you go there, I'm sure there will be little flyers for either group or individual lessons.

http://elmgreengolfclub.ie/coaching-2/

I've just started some group lessons, never played before, and it's a good way to get a feel for it without a big outlay for classes. The classes I started going to are in Spawell (Dublin 6) and cost €15 per group lesson compared to multiples of that for a private lesson...

+1 on the second hand route for clubs.

you can get perfect clubs for a song,
Ping eye 2 is a great example, one of the best forgiving irons ever made
I got a full set with a ping driver and 3 wood and 40 balls for 120e recently
(all more than a few years old but all perfectly playable)
dont get sucked in to the latest and greatest gear, the manufacturers
release gear every year with fancy names and trency colour schemes
but under the surface the improvement are minimal year on year
and it certainly wont make a blind bit of difference to a beginner!

also good advice on playing par threes, they are great for "cutting your teeth"

cheers

Leopardstown Golf Centre or Barry Power Golf Academy could be good options but I would suggest you to search golf lessons near me on Google. Then, you should open different suggestions and then open their website to check what are their membership conditions and offers etc.

Went to Barry Power in Kinsealy. He was absolutely brilliant. First lesson concentrated on identifying my many faults, and immediately rectifying them, it was stunning to see the difference with a change to my grip and swing. Then the next few lessons concentrated on reinforcing the new grip and swing. At last I was able to take a club out on the course and actually enjoy myself. Check the website for offers, as there was a huge reduction on offer (yes, I know) when I got my own . money absolutely well spent. He also gives you videos of your own lesson and side by side videos comparing you to say Tiger Woods. My first video was comical, but subsequently the improvement was there to be seen.

Good luck

The pro comparisons with him are gas. But they are useful. Justin Rose was my pro comparison (back when we were both playing better). But I really like the video to show you where you actually are in your swing and the video of the pro to show you where you should be.

NickNickleby wrote: »

It switched between Ernie Els and Tiger Woods. The video helped because even though I was convinced my left arm was absolutely dead straight in the backswing, it was embarrassing to see how it actually looked.

I was being tongue-in-cheek.

Just be careful, he's not a PGA professional and his whole basis of teaching is to pick a random pro and have you emulate them which is not coaching.

I'd recommend visiting a good-reviewed PGA pro.

NickNickleby wrote: »

Aha...got me! :D

Well, to be honest, I'm not trying to get a highly competitive handicap, I just want the ball to go in the general direction of where I think I'm aiming it. I can't comment on the guy's credentials or even the quality of his coaching. I will say that as a complete hacker, he was great for me. All I would like, is to be able to get round a course in under 85. I know that translates to a handicap of a certain value, but I've no idea what that that is, nor how to compute it.

So, that's the context for my having chosen and recommended Barry Power, and I should probably have prefaced my original post with that.

My game is gone to bits,completely gone.

I am a high handicapper but played with lads who were the same so enjoyed it but now i cant even get it of the tee without it going anywhere but straight.

How many lessons did you get and how long did they last?been thinking about getting lessons from power and now im at the stage where im longer enjoying it and am considering giving it up or get lessons and see if i can improve.

would you recommend him?

ddub11 wrote: »

My game is gone to bits,completely gone.

I am a high handicapper but played with lads who were the same so enjoyed it but now i cant even get it of the tee without it going anywhere but straight.

How many lessons did you get and how long did they last?been thinking about getting lessons from power and now im at the stage where im longer enjoying it and am considering giving it up or get lessons and see if i can improve.

would you recommend him?

For me he was brilliant. I've owned and abused clubs for 30+ years. The Barry Power lessons were a gift of vouchers, after Mrs N suggested my clubs should go in the bin, instead of taking up space in the shed. I took my first of 5 lessons in Feb 2019. The improvement was spectacular, and each lesson was saved to a site where I could review it.
After that I could go to a course without the usual trepidation.

bubblypop wrote: »

Could you just turn up at lessons without clubs?
I see that Barry power has online booking and doesn't mention any kind of level of ability.
I'm an absolute beginner, never held a club......

Sorry, can't answer that question, but I remember noticing there were lots of clubs in racks in the bay where the lessons took place (its a driving range with a private closed off bay for the lessons). As for existing ability, I was worse than no experience, I had lots of bedded in poor techniques.

I intend going to him for a couple of lessons before going back on a course later this year. I'm not a member of any club.

I should note that I attended a pro in a well known north city golf club, in the 80's. He was rude and overbearing, and in fact I didn't use all my gift vouchers. Nowadays, he'd get a flea in his ear.

Anyway, in case you didn't see this advice above, I repeat it here :

11521323 wrote: »

...............he's not a PGA professional and his whole basis of teaching is to pick a random pro and have you emulate them which is not coaching.

I'd recommend visiting a good-reviewed PGA pro.

Hi all,

just wondering if anyone could recommend someplace for group lessons. I’m in north dub but willing to travel.

I’m a social golfer but would like to participate in work events etc but don’t feel ready to. I’ve been hacking around 3-4 years and even with hitting the range and playing more I’m not noticing an improvement. Every aspect of my game needs some work but particularly my putting.

I remember a few years ago seeing 6 week beginner group courses and regret not taking the opportunity now.

i took a few private lessons with one of the pros already mentioned but it wasn’t for me. They were consistently late or didn’t show up, left me on my own for long periods of the lesson to talk to other people on the range, promised to bring a track man but never did etc.

Any advice would be appreciated