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hookem2102

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I need to take a few lessons to get the kinks out of my swing. Anybody have a reccomendation of a teacher or a place that can give me a good hour lesson for not a ton of $ ?

Thanks in advance.


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I had lessons last year at Mr. Tee Driving range on 620 just west of parmer. The pro there is Rodney (can't remember his last name.) phone # 335-4444

They had a special last year around Father's day for 4 lessons for $120. He helped me get some of my swing back.
 
I've always had good luck with Richard Ethridge out at Terravista (used to be at Golfsmith). I'm not sure what he charges.
 
MeaHorn,

I've taken clinics from Rodney at Mr. Tee. He teaches a rather unconventional method that I'm not yet sold on. It seemed to work for me up to about a 5 iron but I really struggled beyond that (and still do). In fairness, I probably didn't give it a fair chance because, well, frankly, the guy's personality is a bit grating and I didn't think I could stand a one-on-one lesson from him.

How has it worked out for you? I'd be willing to give him another shot if I had some independent assurances that his method worked all the way up the bag.
 
El Guapo,

Never saw any indication of what you mentioned, but it was always around noon when I went for lessons. Seemed like a real nice guy to me. He also told stories about being around Harvey Penick (who knows whether they were true or not.)

I had not played golf in since I was a teenager. I basically needed to re-learn all the fundamentals, and he helped me with that. I'm far from where I want to be, but I thought that my lessons with him were definitely a help.
 
Suttree, you're right. I made an edit.

I liked his method in theory because he doesn't bog you down with a bunch of swing thoughts. He essentially boiled everything down to "turn - throw - follow through". He also taught a somewhat bizarre grip that I'd never ever seen or heard about anywhere else. I just couldn't seem to make it work with my woods and longer irons, and that's where I need the help.

I had been going to a Harvey Penick disciple (which are legion here in Austin) and despite all the praise heaped upon Mr. Penick and his Little Red Book, I couldn't keep all that crap straight. "Clip the tee" is a great soundbite but I hit nothing but wormburners when I use that thought. And don't get me started on the "hole to tee" philosophy. A putt or chip has no more in common with a 5 iron swing than suttree has with Prop 12 proponents. The last straw for me was when I went to a lesson one day requesting specifically to work on my 3 wood and he started me off putting.
 
MeaHorn,

He might have spent time with Penick, but pretty much any Austinite with any golf talent in the last 40 years did. Rodney seems a little young to have gotten much from Penick, though. I've heard him criticize not so much Penick himself but instructors who supposedly teach the Penick method.

I don't know - I've been thinking about setting up a lesson with him because my slice has gotten really bad lately. I guess I need to decide if I'm going to continue pursuing a more "traditional" swing or make a full-on commitment to doing it Rodney's way, because from I could tell, there's not a happy medium.
 
Yeah, what did he say about the grip? Something like: "If it doesn't feel like ****, then it's not right." I didn't really follow that bit of advise.

I did like his approach with me where we basically worked just with a PW for the first lesson and a half. I also liked that he taught you about the importance of practicing the right way.
 
That's exactly what he said to me about the grip. I take a fairly strong grip anyway, but what he showed me was like Incredible Hulk strong. It was basically all fingers, which I could see, but he had my left wrist bent almost 90 degrees. Forget two knuckles, I could see the entire back of my hand. I've never seen that extreme of a grip advocated anywhere else.
 
Grips that extreme should not be taught. If you do this then all the work from your past with correct grips is lost.
I tried something like that and the ball would never fade or slice for me. The grip changed my game for the worse. I decided not to use the grip after about 4 rounds.
I remember playing college golf with someone that always drew the ball. The guy could not hit a shot straight to save himself. It was sad during tournaments when the guy would draw the ball into the dogleg that needed a fade, cut, or slice.
-Instruction
I would just ask for my money back because the guy is not working with your current issue. He is just introducing a new method that may or may not work later.
This just means your game suffers in the long run.
 
what worked for me was watching my swing on a video and seeing how screwed up it was. Severe problem with my swing plane. This guy showed me exactly how to adjust my swing and the results were almost immediate.

I had played well before, but a long layoff coupled with going to the range by myself and re-enforcing my bad technique had just made my swing go to hell.

This place was in Dallas, near uptown, though.
 
I went to Mr. Tee yesterday to hit a bucket and asked about Rodney. He's no longer teaching there.

My swing has suddenly turned to crap, btw.
 
OK, you convinced me. I'm gonna give Wes a call when I get back from Las Vegas. I hate taking lessons but I've been in a real funk swingwise for the past couple of weeks and I've got to do something.

One question - is he on staff at Jimmy Clay or does he just use their facilities for his lessons?
 
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