| If you read Article One in this golf advice series of | | | | pro told me that the cure lay in making a full 90 |
| three articles, you may remember that I was | | | | degree turn and keeping my left arm absolutely |
| extolling the virtues of golf lessons but at the same | | | | straight at the top of the backswing, "Just like Tiger |
| time adding a warning that it is necessary to take | | | | Woods". |
| care in selecting whom we entrust our golf game to. | | | | Now, with the best will in the world, I was physically |
| I also shared one of my own golf lesson experiences | | | | incapable of meeting those particular demands and by |
| which I described as "Ugly" and suggested a tip for | | | | the end of the lesson, not only hadn't my slice been |
| discovering which grip is right for you. | | | | cured, but I'd pulled a muscle in my arm that kept me |
| In this second article of the series, I share another of | | | | out of the game for a couple of weeks. |
| my past lessons which, whilst not ugly, was pretty | | | | To add insult to injury (literally), the pro then |
| bad and seeks to explain what I mean when I say | | | | recommended I buy and study the book, "Tiger |
| that the sad truth is that some teaching pros fall | | | | Woods - How I play Golf" before my next lesson |
| short in their efforts to help us to play the best golf | | | | with him. |
| we're capable of playing, instead teaching their pupils | | | | Although I'll admit to buying the book - and very |
| in a way that often focuses on trying to get them | | | | interesting it is too - my physical limitations were too |
| to play golf that they're not capable of playing. | | | | much of a barrier to me emulating much of what |
| I should also repeat that I am not seeking to criticise | | | | Tiger describes in it. I'll also say that Tiger's legendary |
| golf teaching pros generally, as most do a fine job | | | | shrewdness shines through in the title; i.e. "How I Play |
| but we do need to be careful whom we go to. | | | | Golf" and not, for example, "How To Play Golf Like |
| So, let us take a look at my bad lesson. | | | | Me". |
| 2. The Bad | | | | So, by way of summarising this section, if you are |
| If I remember correctly, this was in late 2001/early | | | | looking for extra golf advice by way of having or |
| 2002 and is, as I said, a prime example of teaching | | | | considering having golf lessons, make sure you find a |
| pupils in a way that often focuses on trying to get | | | | pro who can work with what you are capable of |
| them to play golf that they're not capable of playing. | | | | doing. My friend's twenty-three-year-old son might |
| I took myself and my new set of irons to a pro | | | | well have found it easy to make a 90 degree turn |
| recommended to me by the twenty-three year-old | | | | and keep his left arm straight at the top of the |
| son of a friend. I explained that although my woods | | | | backswing, but for this old-timer it was bridge too |
| were fine, I'd developed a slice with my irons and | | | | far! |
| after the initial questions and hitting a few balls the | | | | |