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The balls I use have lines on them so don't need to draw, but I use this for every putt. I focus on that line in comparison to the line on my putter to ensure I'm taking it away square to where I want to aim. Although my putting has a long long way to go, I do feel this makes an impact. I don't take practice putts per se, but I do take a practice take away, pause, and make sure the take away is square to where I want to go

Fully agree, great example. When playing with @tylorjudd he plays music at a volume where you can hear it in the cart and at your ball when hitting, but can hardly hear it 10 steps away - the sweet spot! Side note, jealous you live in Arizona, came down for a golf trip and was BLOWN AWAY by the courses we got to play there. Boulders, Troon North, Longbow, La Sendas, take me baaaaack!

I view music on the course in the exact same lens I do for drinking on the course, in that I have absolutely no issue with people playing the way they enjoy the most AS LONG AS they are doing so in a way that's non-obtrusive to others. Having a few beverages can, to some, promote relaxation. The same can be said about music. Conversely, I view individuals who blast music loud enough to be heard from even 1 fairway away in the same light as I view people who get hammered and obnoxious on the course. This is a game of consideration, enjoy your drinks, enjoy your music, as long as it doesn't compromise the fun of others. If you're playing in a cart and have music going, consider playing with the windshield up to muffle the noise. If you're playing with the music audible to random playing partners you're matched with, consider pausing it during their swings. I certainly believe there is a place for music on the course if handled the right way.

@RickyBobby_PR you're like a wise owl. Appreciate your reply

Good morning, I concluded my 4 pack of golf lessons last weekend which has transformed essentially my entire swing. The biggest changes are to my stance at address, club face position, and have adopted an inside to out swing plane to vanquish my slice misses. There is one last change I'm needing to make that's causing more misses than I had before lessons.. I open the toe up on my backswing quite a bit and always have, and it's now causing more issues than ever, mostly shanks to the right. As a right handed golfer I'm trying to grow accustom to the feeling of keeping the right forearm slightly over the left midway up the backswing to maintain a square face, as well as finding a comfortable means to get some wrist bend at the top of the backswing as I begin downswing. I'm not sure what magical words of wisdom I'm hoping to find, but perhaps hearing any drills/exercises that have worked for people, or even hearing depictions of what you visualize or feel during your back swings will benefit me figure the rest of my swing out. The range is usually my happy place but now it just gives me an eye twitch haha. Appreciate your time!

These puppies got delivered to my work today, excited to get to the chipping green after work!

Plenty of time to change your mind about the launch deck

I had the privilege of witnessing both those shots. We were paired with two older ladies with hearts of gold and he definitely made their knees quiver

Thanks! One further tidbit relevant to this story is that the instructor is a CPGA pro, and owns the driving range in my town. I've been borderline obsessed with the range for the past 3 years and have been a frequent customer. He's seen me swing A LOT over the last three years so it's not as though yesterday was my first time meeting the guy. But yeah, great point in saying "what I'm really going to show you is my bias toward how my sequence works for me". We'll see how it goes!

I appreciate your input! For now I'm going to trust the process laid out for me and see how things progress. I'll make a follow-up post down the road.

Realistically about fifteen minutes a day of practice is what i expect. I think I'm going to play 18 on Sunday before my lesson so we will see how that goes. I'm hoping to achieve a bit of confidence and adaption to the changes I've already made before Sunday, however I fully expect to run into some new issues at first

I definitely agree with both your first two points. Appreciate that. As far as the lessons, I feel as though what we discussed isn't enough in itself to take to a course and implement, it feels after the next lesson when we (hopefully) move on to discussing the entire swing as a whole that I'll be able to practice on a course and form new habits.

I (34m, 12 handicap) am making it my goal to break into single digit handicap level and have began my first of 3 (at least) lessons. We began by discussing his view of the golf swing. We talked about address, back swing, and follow-thru theory for about 10 minutes before I grabbed a club. Upon getting the address position he began by correcting an issue I didn't realize I had. With a 9 iron (and honestly with all clubs except for driver) I was playing the shaft directly in line with the middle of my stance. He instructed me to have the hands forward quite a bit with the mid irons (apparently 9 irons should be 9 degrees fwd, 8 iron should be 8 degrees fwd, ect) which is the first new feeling I'm working on growing accustomed to. I believe this will help me hit down more on the ball, and in time correct my swing path. In the same theme, I then spent the remainder of the lesson practicing the swing keeping my armpits glued to my torso, backswing to waist height, and follow-thru at waist height, emphasizing following through pointing at a certain area conducive to consistent impact. I quickly began getting the swing plane down when there was no balls, but would have to correct myself when a ball got into play. I'm going to work on it as much as possible before my next lesson on Sunday and see where things go from there. I suppose I'm writing this for two reason. Firstly to go over everything in my head, and second to get outside opinions of the lesson as a whole. For those of you who have taken lessons or are wizards of the golf swing, does this seem like a good first step in terms of forming a consistent, reliable swing? Appreciate any and all replies.

So jealous! I've been salivating over the performance and aesthetics of the Paradigm since it's release. My good friend @TylorJudd recently got a screaming deal on one and he also benefited from at least the yardage increase you've experienced. Happy for your new purchase!

I'd love to only play courses that have a range attached, I feel so much more comfortable and confident teeing off after a small bucket at the range, a bunch of chips, and a few putts. Nothing better then showing up at the course an hour+ before your tee time and being in no rush going through the warm up routine. That's my happy place!