Golf Lessons

Well, Erin has already one-uped me.  I've never had a golf lesson in my life, and I don't need any snide remarks about it.  But Erin had a lesson today and did really well.  She was the only one who actually made a 'nice' putt.  Only one other girl made a putt and that one was 'skulled' and would have gone off the green if it hadn't hit the pin and dropped in.  Erin's was the perfect speed and plopped in on the last turn of the ball.

The first thing they did was talk about golf.  Explaining what "par", "birdie", and 'bogey' means.  How playing golf is a sport you can enjoy all your life even when you get old.

They were taught  the proper stance and where the ball should be in relation to your feet.  You should never take more than two putts per green.  If you don't make the first putt it should be close enough to the hole to make the second one.  She really stressed how important that was.  Two putts are OK, but you never want to 3-putt!  This is the distance of the putt Erin made.

Then they practiced chipping.  Erin can tell you, just like she told Mommy and Daddy when she got home, "Keep you weight on your left foot and the ball between your feet". 

Then they practiced 'pitching'.  And Erin can tell you "you need to pitch the ball sometimes when you need to get it over high grass on sand"









After the lessons Erin and I practiced putting .  It was amazing how much she improved in just 10-15 minutes of putting.