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………yes they do, but with a caveat - not straight away, so be prepared for your form to take a dip…and your pride a slide.  My wife recently bought me 3 lessons for my birthday of which I have now availed myself of two.

I felt I needed help with my long-iron, game so this is what we concentrated on.  My instructor said that I was using my irons simply as an extension of my arms and not ‘cocking’ my wrists to produce the power and accuracy.  I wasn’t quite sure where I was going wrong but when he said this (and backed it up with video evidence) it made perfect sense.

My problem is that my swing is now somewhere between my ‘old’ swing and where I know it should be, but will take time to get there.  What this translates to on the course is a huge amount of frustration, embarrassment and ultimately - lower scores. 

For me, Golf lessons mean one-step back and then, over time, two-steps forward. Boy though, is that one-step back, hard to take, particularly when generally speaking, you’ve been making such good progress.  You just have to keep telling yourself that it’s for the greater good of your game, and resist the urge to revert back to type.

I don’t plan to take the third lesson for some time as I practice what I’ve been shown. Hopefully I can begin to enjoy the fruits of my labour, for a little while at least, before my game is ripped apart again by the Pro.

Meanwhile it looks as though the Golf Punk has taken golfing lessons to new levels with NLP and Zen.  BTW does anyone know how much Tiger charges for a lesson?

update: If you’re fed up with the cost and hassle of traditional Golf lessons then you may be interested to hear about Nick Bayley’s new Online Consistent Golf School

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