Featured in Today's Golfer Magazine - November 2007
Day three
Our group is buzzing with excitement: our programme reads ‘Full Swing’.
This morning’s work at the range is intensive. Phill wants feedback on our experiences on the course yesterday, and selects points for each student. With me, he concentrates on the errant drives. He gives me some new pointers in the video centre and sends me away to work on them. After an hour there’s a noticeable difference in the sound of my hits; much crisper cracks. Phill appears behind us, moving from student to student, adjusting here, commenting there. Through the good shots, and the bad ones, he never loses that enigmatic smile.
We break for coffee and, in total contrast to our driving, Phill leads us to the putting green for the next session. We listen carefully as he explains alignment, marking a line round our balls, insisting we line up ball and pin from behind (not over the ball) before the stroke is made. We play a few putting games to add some fun and help us focus on our new skills.
After lunch we play the course. Our spirits are high and, today, our shots seem cleaner, longer, crisper and (most importantly) straighter. I am really beginning to enjoy this course.
