Nobody123

I got serious about golf about 10 years ago right after I stopped playing hockey. I shoot around 100. Sometimes under and sometimes over. Recently I've improved my ball striking and now shooting an occasional round in the mid 90s which has been fun yet disappointing with the season so close to ending. I always need something to challenge me and something to keep me active. Golf provides both and will likely keep challenging me long into the future. I enjoy playing with my cousins who have also taken to the sport but it's also nice to meet random strangers on the course and learn about their own golf experiences. I see a lot of low handicaps posted on this site but most people I run into shoot around 100 like me. What gives? Are you all playing in foursomes in the early AM? I've gotten into club building and have become a real gearhead. I often find myself on the Mygolfspy website doing research. I strive for every club in my bag to be my favorite club. While I'm pretty dialed in with my set right now, I'm constantly looking at ways to improve it. Not that I need to but just something to ponder while I'm not on the course. The stock Ping shafts are very good but my dispersion will tighten up if I swapped them out with my "go to" Hzrdus shafts. I'd feel the clubhead better if I go to lighter wedge shafts and add some weight to the heads. Then if I'm changing my wedges to be closer to my irons then why don't I just replace my gap wedge with one that matches my set of irons. I'm hitting my irons so well that maybe I just add a gap wedge and 5 iron so I have more irons to hit in my bag. However, I nearly holed it with my current gap wedge the other day so why change? A Mizuno 5 iron will have a really low loft (almost like a 4 iron) but I hit my 6 iron really high now so would that really matter? If I just change out the shaft in my hybrid would that become the better club? Am I really sure my 6 iron is a better club then my hybrid right now? Yes, I know this is a problem but I like it. I'm originally from Massachusetts but live in New Hampshire now. I play Crotched Mountain a ton. I also play Stonebridge, Souhegan, Hidden Creek and most recently started playing Granite Field when I find myself in the area. Obvious the winter is the worst part of golf in the area. The best thing is the amount of trees on our courses. I know they represent some challenges but I'd rather have them then a layout that is completely open to the wind. I was an engineer before moving into sales because it it a lot more fun to work in sales. Why my user name? It's stealth. Under promise. Over deliver.

The biggest problem I've had is the instructor not really understanding my level of commitment, no explanation of the process and then very little focus on what was really holding me back from my goal. The first two instructors that I went to had just quick fixes. The 2nd instructor actually asked me why I booked a second lesson and then it took most of the lesson for him to remember who I was and what he had told me to do. By the time I went to my 3rd instructor, I told him that I don't want a lesson but a program. He then started with my grip and we went from there. After a year of this technical instruction inside a studio I had enough. While I was getting better on video, I wasn't getting better on the course. I brought this to his attention multiple times and even brought some things to him that I had discovered on my own. Eventually I had to stop taking lessons with him. I told each instructor that I can hit a really good shot with every one of my clubs but not consistently. The 2nd instructor did touch on that this inconsistency may be not strictly technical but then harped on one specific solution that didn't really work for me. It wasn't until I read a book by Vision54 that I started to realize that my psychological approach was inconsistent from shot to shot which was holding me back. Then I was able to swing consistently between studio, range and course. Once I was able to do this then everything got easier. What are reasonable expectations from golf lessons? Was my experience typical?