| Golf is one of Americas most popular sports. | | | | plan works asplanned and desired. |
| People of allages want to play golf. Without | | | | 2. Swing, which is natural and is difficult to change. |
| learning golf, one cannotplay golf properly. You | | | | Dueemphasis must be given to swing. It is for the |
| need to learn the basics of thegame and then | | | | instructorto improve your swing. The instructor |
| practice them to become proficient. | | | | should beknowledgeable enough to explain the |
| For learning it, you have to join a Golf Academy, | | | | fundamentals leading toswing. |
| which hasall the required facilities. Apart from the | | | | 3. The instructor must ensure that your game |
| commonfacilities, the academy should have good | | | | improveseveryday. There is a saying that "You'll |
| instructors, wherethe learner can have personal | | | | get worse beforeyou get better!" but you and |
| attention. | | | | your instructor should try toprove it wrong. |
| This is very important for a beginner because he | | | | 4. The instructor must behave like a friend; he |
| may havelot of questions and unless one gets | | | | shouldencourage you for a good shot and should |
| one to one interactionwith the instructor, he may | | | | correct it ifthere is something wrong or |
| not feel comfortable. Gettingpersonalized attention | | | | not-so-good shot. |
| such as one to one, though ideal butmay be | | | | 5. The instructor must have the habit of less |
| difficult. Therefore, you should be happy if you | | | | talking andmore teaching. He should always focus |
| getan acceptable ratio of three or four to one. | | | | on the training,similarly as a learner one should also |
| Instructor Is the Key | | | | follow it but aim atlearning only. |
| Learning Golf from an instructor having following | | | | 6. The instructor is like a life partner as far as the |
| traitswould be ideal, because he is the one who | | | | Golfis concerned, he is always there to help, guide |
| will not onlyteach you ABCs of the game but will | | | | and supportyou. |
| take you to the nextlevels one by one. | | | | That is why Learning Golf is not as easy as any |
| 1. The Instructor should be able to chalk out a | | | | othersport. One has to put all necessary efforts |
| personalplan and then he should ensure that the | | | | to learn andbecome a good player. |