Hi all,

I've recently picked up and started this wonderful game once again. I've been to the driving range a few times and played a couple of rounds of golf recently. I'm looking to completely re-address my game and want to make sure I (re)start off on the right foot.

As a result I'm looking for golf memberships, tuition and any kind of training that will help me. I know of the Central London Golf Centre which do 10 pro lessons for £99 (not including range balls), but I've also looked into forking out the big money for 10 lessons with video analysis through either N1 or Swing Academy- Swing Academy is just shy of £500 for in effect 11 lessons - one starter and 10 adjusting lessons.

I've not looked into it in too much detail but has anyone else got experience or an opinion on this. Is it worth it? Would you advise it? and if you've done the more expensive options did it help more then any standard pro lessons?

Thanks for any replies

hi Richard,

Funny game, this golf lark.....I have been playing since I was a kid, and have never had a lesson of anykind, I was obviously shown what to do, but never a pro lesson, I grew up playing with some very good players, who some of which have gone onto play as pros( one even scraped a 2nd place at a recent event in the usa..lol). this helped me, but would i of made it if id had lessons....who knows. I think if i had my time again maybe i would have lessons.

What i would say(some may disagree) is to learn the basics yourself(you obviously know how to play). then get 'coached' to improve. i dont think id be going down the parting with 500 notes route myself at this point tho'. Id get my membership, play some golf, see how much you improve on your own, and enjoy it a bit, shelling out straight away may put alot of presure on yourself, and not enjoy...and back to my point about playing with good players, do it when you can, they dont need to be pros, its remarkable how much you can pick up...

Hi Richard, they are hard to find now but if you can get a Casio Exlim EX-FH100 camera they are great for golf swing analysis. They have the option to capture video at 120 fps (and above) which is great for analysis. It's amazing how much you do yourself to improve your swing when you can see what are doing in slow motion.

If you have an iphone or android phone there are plenty of golf swing analysis apps you can get for just a few pounds. My husband uses a couple of iphone apps to record and analyse his swing and it helps him hugely. The number of hours I have to spend standing behind him on the practice range..... I notice that our Pros are now all using ipads to record people's swings in lessons now. a year ago they all had expensive cameras and software.

Thanks very much everyone, very quick responses. I'm definitely not going to go with the expensive swing analysis option just yet.

Might attend a one hour professional session to see how they analyse my swing and what feedback I get from that. But more importantly going to keep trying to hit the range and the courses nearest me. I've been considering splashing out on an I-pad regardless so I might invest in a bit of DIY technology of some sort.

Membership to a club still seems a daunting proposition, but I'll keep all advice in mind, any more ideas from anyone are also welcome.

Thanks again.

Thanks very much everyone, very quick responses. I'm definitely not going to go with the expensive swing analysis option just yet.

Might attend a one hour professional session to see how they analyse my swing and what feedback I get from that. But more importantly going to keep trying to hit the range and the courses nearest me. I've been considering splashing out on an I-pad regardless so I might invest in a bit of DIY technology of some sort.

Membership to a club still seems a daunting proposition, but I'll keep all advice in mind, any more ideas from anyone are also welcome.

Thanks again.