Forum: Instruction

Looking for left hand instruction by a left hand instructor. I am asking for a friend. He has had instruction before and it was a right handed instructor, maybe it was the instructor but the instruction seemed awkward to my friend. He is now looking for a left handed teacher in the Ottawa area....

If your problem is pinpoint accuracy, then it's likely you hit a lot of greens, just well to one side or the other of your ultimate target, the hole. That means you're probably left with many a lengthy putt, the kind you're glad just to roll up close, tap in, and walk away with par. So if you can't...

One of my xmas presents was a gift certificate at KH for lessons. Anyone have a great experience with one of their instructors? I'd like to hand pick my teacher based on someone's previous experience.

At just about every 19th hole, you will hear how so-and-so drives the ball well over 300 yards every time he steps on the tee. And of course, they are all straight down the middle. Strange how you remember seeing this same player on the 400-yard 4th hole hitting his second shot from about 175 yards...

I have been to a few different golf discussions and I have always been interested in a talk about the swing and it goes sour when people say that the information is too technical. I like technical and I like biomechanics, psychology, physiology, geometry and science ... I'm wondering if anyone...

I have to tell you. I have been working with a golf personal trainer to work on my golf fitness and I have knocked 10 strokes off my game. I used to shoot 90-95 and now I am 80-85 and I even shot a 78 once.....That was awesome...Still a ways to go but its getting there. I feel so strong and...

Probably one of the most common swing flaws is looking up before the ball has been struck. "Peeking" can ruin any shot, but most frequently plagues players hitting "finesse" shots -- a pitch over a bunker, a chip shot or a putt. And since even the slightest head movement can cause a muffed shot or...

My current driver of choice is the Titleist 10.5 905R with NV65 reg flex. And when i'm on it's a bomber. The problem is that there never seems to be any roll out of the drive. Now I'm not saying i'm a big hitter, far from it, but lets say if I hammer it out there 250yds, my total distance will be...

The slice is possibly the most dreaded shot in golf. Most players who regularly hit the "Banana Ball" know little about it except that it wreaks havoc with their direction, steals from their distance and prevents them from seeing much of the left side of the fairway. Two Types of Slice There...

For years I have tried to set up square to the ball.:hissyfit: And before you asked I checked more than once if my feet were set up properly. :eek:And for years I have read that a closed stance promotes a draw and that a open stance promotes a fade and a square stance promotes a straight ball....

Crisper Irons Typically, mechanical sloppiness will manifest itself in your iron play. Nothing dramatic perhaps, but greens in regulation seem to drop as scores start to rise. Everything may feel the same, but your medium- and short-iron approach shots aren't as crisp as they used to be. Over...

Fairway bunkers present a completely different challenge than do greenside bunkers. In a greenside bunker you want to hit the sand first and allow the ball to ride out on a thin wave of sand. When playing from a fairway bunker you want to hit the ball first, and to ensure that you've got to make...

In golf, you can be challenged by a variety of difficult shots. Very rarely do you have a perfectly flat lie. During every round you'll face uneven lies, including uphill, downhill and sidehill lies, where the ball is either above or below your feet. These were written for a rightie, so just...

Faulty alignment can ruin your shot before you swing the club. Aiming the body somewhere other than parallel to the target makes a good swing bad and a bad swing worse. Examples: A good player with a solid swing gets sloppy and starts aiming right of the target. He can't figure out why his...

When players start missing short putts, they immediately blame their stroke when, in fact, the fault may be allowing for too much break. A putt of three feet or less usually doesn't have enough time to break more than a couple of inches before reaching the hole. If most of your short putts are...

Seen at the Rick Boisvert's free seminar. Great gizmo for correcting an over the top move. It'll cure you real quick:lmfao

I have struggled with pulls all season last year. I always thought I was coming over the top somewhat as the cause. I recently saw a video of my swing and in slow motion I saw that my path was fine from the inside. I also remember that on the swing (pull) that I checked my hands and noticed my...

Had some time to kill after my round yesterday so went to the putting green and hit some shorter (inside 5 feet) shots. Tried, again, to keep my eye on the ball rather than lift it to see how the shot went. Tried to focus on seeing the spot where the ball had been immediately after the stroke. I...

Anyone tried "The Grip Coach"? http://www.clubclean.net/grip_coach.htm I was thinking of picking one up online (about $20 shipped), to reinforce the new/correct grips I am learning at t-to-green.

I also received lessons for christmas, but from Golftown east where Marc Levac is the head teaching pro. Not sure if there are other teachers there but if you've taken lessons from them I would love to hear your impressions. I'm assuming all lessons are in the store on the simulator area, I am...

I am now looking for a local teacher who can help me transition to this swing. Any one out there know who is familiar with it? I have watched all the videos and I seem to have easily grasped the takeaway to the top as my current swing is short and promotes an onplane approach. Looking in the...

Given all the new trends and technology, is it still 'recommended' to have the same swing with your driver as with your irons? Granted that the differences are minimal, but I used to mentally try to be less aggressive with my weight shift to the left foot (right handed golfer) with my driver. As...

After watching AK this past season, I notice he chokes down quite a bit(couple of inches) on most if not all of his clubs. Any benefit to this...better control and better contact? I probably choke down a good inch on my clubs but I'm a short guy.

I'm looking to improve the game over the winter, and I figure joining a golf school would be a step in the right direction. I was initially set on joining the OAC (I have not yet seen the facilities, but they have been recommended by a colleague), but after looking at the "Golf Schools" section,...

Just putting this out there. (forgive the pun) I was inconsistent with my putting and short game up until about three weeks ago. I looked at a Golf Digest article (I cannot recall which is the month of issue but it had tiger woods standing with his hands on his hips on the cover) on the...

For Christmas I'm asking for lessons. I also want to get custom fit for some new shafts/sticks. Which should come first??? Do I want to have the custom fit sticks on a swing that might change with lessons, or do I want to take the lessons with the clubs I have now and then get custom fit with...

Has anyone tried this and does it help or hinder????? Thanks

Hi All, I am looking for advice on winter junior golf instruction/practice. My son is 13 years old. He played on the Junior CPGA Challenge tour here in Ottawa this past year. As well, he was his junior Bantam club champion. He is a 15 handicap, and wants to get more serious about golf next...

I have found latley that my golf has been very inconsistent. I will play a good round of golf then the next day play very bad. Or i will hit some very good shots, then some bad ones. To keep my consistency, will choking down on the club help with my control and consistency? I'm aware that i will...

now i've been playing an old cleveland launcher for a couple years now and decided today to go to golftown and try out some new drivers. bad idea. i don't know if my launcher has much offset, i don't think it does. i tried nike sq, callaway ft5, cobra ld, hi bore xls, none were the draw model but i...

My game has gone from decent to pathetic over the last little while. I've been having problems with slicing and hitting the ball to the right in general during the last little while. I went to the range last night armed with all my clubs and set up on the grass right about in the middle...

Just got back from Chapters,so many golf books. Does anybody know a good instrctional book for long and short game. thanks.:thumbsup

I have seen an ad on TV by Butch Harmon for a regulatioin size driver that has a weighted head. I am trying to get back to swinging through the ball and I think that with that type of club I could develop some muscle memory to help me follow through. Trouble is I am cheap, so If I picked up an...

If you have an inside approach to the ball, but are "getting stuck" or blocking your shots to the right, should they be straight out to the right or should they slice? I feel as though I am not coming over the top yet I still slice every now and then. But if getting stuck or blocking shots...

Having trouble consistently sinking those 8 footers? Or maybe it's those testy 3 footers? It may not be your technique, but your mental approach. Here's a scenario: You're 8 feet from the hole with an uphill, fairly straight putt for par. You've determine where you want to send the ball, moved to...

Any ideas on how to slow down my back-swing. Have no problem on the driving range but put me on the course, even if i am playing by myself, and I pick up the speed. My co-players have mentioned this and i could use a swingthought or tip.:scratchch

I have a tendancy to pull my short irons (left for right hitters). Lately I've been concentrating on: 1) keeping my club along the target line longer during my follow through 2) my transfer of weight When I do these things, my ball tends to go straight. Would the Medicus 5 iron help...

Hi, During a video taping session, I noticed that I am spinning my left foot out during the downswing. Should I try pointing my foot out (45 degrees) during setup? Am I swinging too hard? Mike

When I am swinging smoothly and my backswing is parallel I tend to play my best golf. Lets think of this swing as a Jack Johnson song; makes no offense in the background and holds a very smooth tempo. This does go without saying. This golf swing can produce many GIR and quite a few pars in a...

Biggest mistake??? http://www.break80today.com/biggest-golf-swing-mistake.html

This is something that has plagued me my whole golf "career" lol. I hit all my irons too high and lose distance. For instance, I had a shot today where I was about 125 yards from the green. I took out an 8 iron and hit it pretty decent. It landed about a foot short of the green and I'm sure...

I really need help with my slice. Funny...and extremely frustrating thing is that I developed a slice litterally overnight! Since I started golfing a few years back, I was NEVER a slicer, not even with the long irons or woods. I did, however, happen to have a short backswing (slightly too inside as...

Wasted several shots today in trying to get out of soaked sand traps. I find it hard to visualize sliding the club under the ball as if the sand were dry/fluffy. If there is no or little lip then I'd use a putter but in both instances today there was a considerable lip and hill to climb to get to...

I have always had a slice ... so what is it about my crazy new setup that works like a dream (I almost don't want to know). Feet - aligned 10° to 15° left of target (so lining up with the forest to the left) Grip - arms and club extended out in front with the clubface closed 10° to 15° Ball...

I've always used an overlap grip since my father showed me the varden grip about 25 years ago. Unfortunately, whilst cutting up some avocados on monday night, I sliced into my left index finger (ouch!) up near the fingernail. The result is no way can I do the overlap (which has my left index under...