Looking for a source of objective golf instructor reviews (not golf schools) particularly in the L.A. area.?
That would be a GREAT idea… for someone to create forum/blog independently hosted with anonymous user ratings, kind of like eBay feedback. Golf instructors are typically under-qualified in my opinion. There are merely a handful that really worth their salt. One acid test I use is whether the instructor has a grasp that golf cannot be explictly "taught"… the learning, for any player, comes thru self-discovery and experience. The instructor’s role is to convey WHAT needs to happen in a cause/effect fashion, but there are numerous ways to "implement" a given what. And more over, the verbage rarely translates into "feel". You can’t explain "feel"… but rather guide a student to constructively acquire feel thru guidance. Finally, I feel instruction RARELY touches on the mental aspect of both playing and learning. What constitutes good practice?? How to play under pressure… My list of rants goes on and on… so YES, I think an objective reviewing source would be fantastic. Other comments?