| Maybe you or a friend had a negative | | | | A New Golfer School is the best and quickest |
| experience with an instructor. It could have | | | | way to learn to play golf. You will learn |
| been a personality conflict or some other | | | | all of the basic techniques for golf, and how |
| problem. Golf instructors are like college | | | | to apply them on the course. In this small |
| professors. Good teachers have the | | | | group setting, you will have plenty of |
| knowledge, but great teachers can explain it | | | | one-on-one instruction and the camaraderie of |
| in a simple yet fascinating way. If you took | | | | others. We will start a relationship that |
| a lesson in the past and didn't see immediate | | | | will last long after the day is over.During a |
| results, try a different instructor. Not all | | | | New Golfer School you will learn how to |
| problems are easy to fix, but you should get | | | | safely play the game and how to avoid |
| a firm understanding of what you are doing | | | | embarrassment. O.K. I can't guarantee all of |
| wrong, why you are changing it, and what you | | | | the embarrassment part. You will learn the |
| need to do.It is also possible that you just | | | | rules, etiquette, safety, dress code, |
| don't take the game serious enough. You | | | | pre-round and post-round duties. We will be |
| might be perfectly happy with your game and | | | | on the course experiencing many situations |
| just don't have the time to improve. | | | | that happen in golf. You will leave with the |
| Besides, golf is just a game. If you don't | | | | confidence to entertain clients, and learn |
| put in the time, you have no right to get | | | | the proper attire and lingo to fit in with |
| upset, throw clubs, and embarrass yourself. | | | | the culture of golfers. I'll admit your game |
| Simply put, if you are confused or frustrated | | | | will not be perfect, but at least you will |
| you are ready for instruction.Private Lessons | | | | know how to play the game and what to expect. |
| vs. Golf Schools | | | | And you will learn it all in a day!1 Day |
| | | | School |
| Let's just say that I've managed to peak | | | | |
| your curiosity about golf lessons. There are | | | | A One Day School is for intermediate and |
| several ways to go about it. If you have a | | | | advanced golfers. These are players who have |
| lot of time and would like to stretch out the | | | | been playing golf for a while but are |
| learning process, take private lessons.A | | | | frustrated or would like to take their game |
| typical series of private lessons works like | | | | to the next level. In this small group |
| this: You take one private lesson every two | | | | setting you will have plenty of one-on-one |
| weeks. By the end of a series, you hope to | | | | instruction and the camaraderie of others. |
| have your swing down and be able to try it on | | | | We will cover several facets of the game, |
| the course. This could be two months later, | | | | have lunch, and spend the afternoon on the |
| or a shorter or longer period of time | | | | golf course. On the course, I can see how |
| depending on your schedule and dedication to | | | | you play and will have a clear understanding |
| the processI'm not against private | | | | of what is really holding you back.In My |
| instruction. In fact I teach hundreds of | | | | Opinion |
| private lessons a year. It's just not the | | | | |
| fastest way to learn the game. This is | | | | I'm not always right, but I'm never in |
| because what you usually get from a | | | | doubt. I feel the best way to take |
| traditional golf lesson is a swing lesson. | | | | instruction is to take a series of lessons |
| And a swing lesson can be great. It can be | | | | that focus on basic technique. Learn basic |
| the difference between quitting the game and | | | | techniques for putting, chipping, pitching, |
| playing it forever. But after a few of these | | | | bunker play and the fullswing. Then, at some |
| swing lessons we get trapped into thinking | | | | point during the series, you need an |
| our swing is why we are not doing very | | | | evaluation of your ability to play the game. |
| well.The reality is that the game is more | | | | Take an on-course private lesson or join a |
| than having a good golf swing. The game is | | | | One Day Golf School. On-course instruction |
| assessing the lie, the wind and the terrain; | | | | is very beneficial, and could be the best way |
| it's selecting the right club, course | | | | to increase your fun meter!Perry Andrisen is |
| management, pre-shot routine, trouble shots, | | | | a PGA Teaching Professional at The Bridges |
| rules, etiquette, scoring, and the | | | | Golf Club in San Ramon, California. He |
| camaraderie of others. These are all parts | | | | teaches over 2,000 lessons a year. He has |
| of the game not usually covered in a | | | | previously worked at Montreux Golf Club and |
| traditional golf lesson. Trust me, PGA Tour | | | | Hazeltine National Golf Club. Perry has |
| players are not taking traditional golf | | | | coached players from the PGA Tour, |
| lessons. They are looking for a lesson that | | | | Nationwide, Hooters, Teardrop, Spanos, Pepsi, |
| evaluates their entire game. For a full game | | | | Dakotas, and Golden State golf tours. Among |
| evaluation, sign-up for a one-day golf | | | | his PGA Tour clients is his former college |
| school. Like many golf instructors, I offer | | | | teammate Aaron Barber. Perry has found a |
| them in two formats. A "New Golfer School" | | | | Profession that he absolutely loves, and it |
| and a "One Day School."New Golfer School | | | | shows in every lesson he gives. |
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