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You guys were very helpful with my bunker woes, that I thought I would post another question, for suggestions.

My wife wants to learn how to play. So we got her a nice starter set of sticks, not too expensive in case she decides she hates it, but I would like for her to enjoy it. She has never hit a golf ball in her life so I'm not sure how to help her.
Should she first concentrate on making contact with the ball, then her swing?
What is a good regiment for an absolute beginner?
I guess what I would like to know is, where should she begin? I can imagine that dragging her to the range on a daily basis would be overkill, as I want her to have fun with it, but I also know that unless you show some signs of improvement, it will get very frustrating for her.

Any tips?

Unless your wife is super athletic and swings the club for the first time like she's been playing for years GET HER LESSONS!!! Unless you are a teaching pro, do not try and teach her yourself. The money you spend on lessons will be well worth the aggrevation and frustration you will experience if you try and teach her yourself and then get her on the course.

I have to disagree with this to some extent. I like your wife wanted to learn to play golf and had never picked up a club in my life. Also I am 53 years old so starting a little late in life My husband did the same thing for me. He bought me an inexpensive set of clubs to use until I decided whether I was going to play or not. My husband showed me how to address the ball, the proper stance etc for my driver. I went out in the yard and hit wiffle balls for several days just to get the feel of swinging the driver. My husband watched as I did this and made some suggestions for my swing. Then we went to the driving range and hit 1 bucket of balls a couple of times a week. Before long I was hitting my driver pretty well and that made me want to keep learning. I have had a couple of lessons with a Pro since then to get more distance from my drives as well as with my irons. The Pro was very shocked that I could hit the ball as well as I did with only a month under my belt. He only made minor adjustments to my stance and said that my swing was great! I have been playing now for 5 months and I LOVE the game! My husband plays with me alot and gives instruction when he sees that I need it. Most of all he makes it fun for me and praises me when I do well and tells me that everyone has bad days when I do not do well. I still have a long way to go, but I did break 99 for the first time about 2 weeks ago on a very tough course. He was thrilled and so was I! I have just bought new irons and driver since it is obvious that I am going to stick with the game! We will be playing our first mixed scramble tournament next month. We are both looking forward to it!
Just be patient with your wife and give her good constructive advice. Make it fun for her. A nice golf outing for the 2 of you just enjoying being together. Be sure and keep her motivation up by praising her when she does well.
Just my opinion and my experience.
Good luck to you and your wife

I would like my wife to play golf with me. I bought her a few of those Nike junior clubs since she's only 4'10". We did play once(9 hole, par 3 course), and on the last hole she was chipping and I looked at the break, and stood in a spot and told her to "hit it to me." Good thing I have jedi reflexes or she would've hit me in the head.

But my plan is to start her on putting (indoors), then chipping and so forth. I also bought her a junior sized club with that how-to-hold-a-club grip - the one with the V's on it. While I'm no pro myself, my handicap is high enough that I consider myself qualified to tell everyone else what is wrong with their swing. The sentence before this one is a joke(I'm too lazy to get the smilies in here).

I read this thread the other day and just had to tell you what David Owen said in "My Usual Game", which I just started reading. "How do you teach your wife to play golf? With a bucket of balls, a one-iron, and a downhill lie. You say, 'We'll take things easy at first, starting with the number one club, and we'll put the ball on a little down slope, to make it easier to hit. Now relax, and let the club do the work."Later on the says, "Still, there are times I find myself wishing that she would learn to like golf - Not to the point of taking it up herself, of course, but perhaps to the point of joining me some afternoon for a few happy hours spent watching videotapes of my swing."

Bnaude,

I agree that just taking her out to the range, preferably when it's not too busy, and just showing her some basics of gripping the club, stance and some simple swing mechanics, would be a good start. She'll be able to feel what it's like to strike the ball and you can go from there.

As for me, my wife has loved golf for years, but has only gone to the range maybe twice in her life. She really wants me to take her out or to the range, but I have to be honest, I don't know if I want her to take up the game. I know it's a bad attitude, but I enjoy the time on the course as something I can do without her. I go out and focus 100% on my game and don't like much distraction. I also don't know if I would have the patience to work on her game and my game at the same time, because I know that's what would happen. Maybe I'll change my mind, but right now that's how I feel.

I dont know if this will help you or not but i just started playing with my husband a few weeks ago. We go to the range together and he does do his best to help me with what i am doing wrong but is always very positive. He does his best to help me and laugh when needed. since he is also fairly new to golf and both go to the same golf clinic together we both give each other constructive feed back. It is also nice to be able to go hit the course an escape the kids for a while. I think that may be why we dragged out my first trip to the golf course. the grands had the kids and we took 6 hrs to play. We had fun just the two of use and the kids had a blast with there grandparents.
i love the fact that we can both play together. Next the kids want to learn. we have taken them to the range on occasion and they loved using the kids clubs to practice. So we may very well have a family event at the local course. I guess that could be cool. and if they learn now they will be light years ahead of me and my husband. They are like sponges. they learn so quick.
But i love playing with my hubby. just be really positive and all will be good.

pending on your skill level and patients ,I would demonstrate g.p.a [grip,posture,alignment with all shots ,I would start with putting and work your way up with her,work on the range but take her with you on the course
and let her join in with the stuff you have practiced she will gain confidence and actualy start enjoying the game.