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Date: 31 Mar 2007 18:50:43
From: WW
Subject: what to practice w/ golf pro?

Last yr I took 3 lessons & really changed my swing. I'm hitting the
ball pretty good now but still hit the occasional fat shot or top it.
Don't know if it's a lack of concentration or a swing flaw. I hit my
driver well & put pretty good too. So I'll just ask for a tuneup/
evaluation. I was thinking of asking speciffically for shot game
pointers. I think I'll make significant progress this yr but so far in
5 outings this yr, I'm still making stupid mystakes. When can I expect
to see big strokes off? I"m shooting probably 100 right now. If I
could shoot low 90's I'de be happy.

Date: 02 Apr 2007 14:16:28
From: WW
Subject: Re: what to practice w/ golf pro?

no damn spell chk on this NG. Ok maybe I need english too.

Date: 02 Apr 2007 13:23:00
From: WW
Subject: Re: what to practice w/ golf pro?

HEY BLAGO, SUCK MY ASS!! How's that for proper grammer. The rest of
you....thanks. I'll sign up for a few more lessons. Course management
is big, and I'm improving. I bought some Tietlest DTR irons on ebay
cheap & regripped them w/ oversize grips. I already see a difference
w/ these clubs. Although slightly smaller in profile from my cleveland
quadpro's, they seem much more accurate. I'm hitting some fine shots.

> Since you claim to be hitting the ball "pretty good" and "put pretty
> good too", the problem must be your recovery game, as 100 sucks big
> time. How many drops are you taking a round?
>
> Blago.
>
> PS. while your with the pro, ask him/her for some English lessons.

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Date: 01 Apr 2007 18:25:52
From: Blagovest
Subject: Re: what to practice w/ golf pro?

Date: 31 Mar 2007 21:59:22
From: Birdie Bill
Subject: Re: what to practice w/ golf pro?

On 31, 8:50 pm, "WW" <dirt...@msn.com > wrote:
> Last yr I took 3 lessons & really changed my swing. I'm hitting the
> ball pretty good now but still hit the occasional fat shot or top it.
> Don't know if it's a lack of concentration or a swing flaw. I hit my
> driver well & put pretty good too. So I'll just ask for a tuneup/
> evaluation. I was thinking of asking speciffically for shot game
> pointers. I think I'll make significant progress this yr but so far in
> 5 outings this yr, I'm still making stupid mystakes. When can I expect
> to see big strokes off? I"m shooting probably 100 right now. If I
> could shoot low 90's I'de be happy.

Three lessons? You must be a quick learner. It took me a lot more
and I'm still working on it.

Golf swing and scoring are only slightly related. If you care about
scoring you need to work on short game and course management.
But it looks like you know that.

Definitely take a short game lesson. In fact, take several,
and from different pros. Every pro has his own tricks.

Video yourself chipping, pitching, putting, and making sand shots.
You
may discover that you do things different than you think. Check your
alignment, especially.

Find a good place to practice the short game, and spend most of your
practice time there. Your scores will improve.

Date: 31 Mar 2007 22:41:14
From: George Hibbard
Subject: Re: what to practice w/ golf pro?

"WW" <dirtymm@msn.com > wrote in message
news:1175392243.755161.210210@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Last yr I took 3 lessons & really changed my swing. I'm hitting the
> ball pretty good now but still hit the occasional fat shot or top it.
> Don't know if it's a lack of concentration or a swing flaw. I hit my
> driver well & put pretty good too. So I'll just ask for a tuneup/
> evaluation. I was thinking of asking speciffically for shot game
> pointers. I think I'll make significant progress this yr but so far in
> 5 outings this yr, I'm still making stupid mystakes. When can I expect
> to see big strokes off? I"m shooting probably 100 right now. If I
> could shoot low 90's I'de be happy.
>

You need to learn how to measure to the ball instead of guessing at it. Fat
and thin are about stretching that occurs, change of position between setup
and impact that has to occur, and management of back and knees during the
shot.

THAT requires knowledge if you don't have extremely extraordinary hand/eye
coordination, and clearly you do not have THAT to the degree that is dreamt
of or you wouldn't be writing this problem here.

Find instruction that teaches it.

George Hibbard
www.perfectimpact.com

Date: 31 Mar 2007 21:35:09
From: Mike Dalecki
Subject: Re: what to practice w/ golf pro?

WW wrote:
> Last yr I took 3 lessons & really changed my swing. I'm hitting the
> ball pretty good now but still hit the occasional fat shot or top it.
> Don't know if it's a lack of concentration or a swing flaw. I hit my
> driver well & put pretty good too. So I'll just ask for a tuneup/
> evaluation. I was thinking of asking speciffically for shot game
> pointers. I think I'll make significant progress this yr but so far in
> 5 outings this yr, I'm still making stupid mystakes. When can I expect
> to see big strokes off? I"m shooting probably 100 right now. If I
> could shoot low 90's I'de be happy.
>

You might consider getting a playing lesson, where you play a round (or
some subset of holes) with the pro, and he/she will comment on shot
selection, strategy, and so on.

Absent that, there are some ways to improve both your course management
and your mental game.

One book you might look for is "Butch Harmon's Playing Lessons." Great
book for explaining issues of course management, for three different
levels of playing ability. The book has the added advantage of
explaining how to play a variety of shots, trouble shots, special shots,
like that. Great book.

If course management is part of what's derailing you, consider getting a
couple of books on course design. In learning about course design, you
learn how course architects arrange holes to try to fool you. Tom
Doak's book is a good one, and if you want my views of a number of such
books, try this:

http://tinyurl.com/22s9sv

It's probably time, also, for some work on the mental game. One of the
best books for that is Rotella's "Golf is Not a Game of Perfect."

I think you'll like those books.

Mike

--
Mike Dalecki GCA Accredited Clubmaker http://clubdoctor.com
RSG-Wisconsin 2007: June 22-24----Lawsonia!
Website: http://clubdoctor.com/rsgwis2007

Date: 01 Apr 2007 14:30:17
From: Howard Brazee
Subject: Re: what to practice w/ golf pro?

On Sat, 31 2007 21:35:09 -0500, Mike Dalecki
<mike@removeclubdoctor.com > wrote:

>You might consider getting a playing lesson, where you play a round (or
>some subset of holes) with the pro, and he/she will comment on shot
>selection, strategy, and so on.

I did this a couple of weeks ago and thought it was very good for me.

You (WW) mentioned your swing - implying that you have been working at
the range with your full swing. A full swing can look great - but
you still miss the green a bit. Bogie golfers can be a bit off to do
so. And we don't practice our partial swings enough. It's easy to
not accelerate through our partial swing shots on the course, hitting
short of the green.

You've reached the stage where the short game is more important than
your tee shots. (This stage never ends as you improve more).

It takes lots of rounds of golf for most of us to get better slowly
from our respective natural starting points.

Date: 31 Mar 2007 21:55:10
From: Otto
Subject: Re: what to practice w/ golf pro?