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Anyone interested in a group playing lesson?

I (a 12 handicap) would describe the first hole on a local links style course I like to play. After describing the first hole and playing conditions (temperature, wind speed and direction, fairway grass conditions [soft, hard]), I would then tee off and describe where my ball ended up (location on hole [fairway, rough, trap], lie, slope, etc). You gals/guys then tell me how I should hit the next shot. After your input, I take the shot and then describe the result of the second shot. So on and so on....

i take your idea is to have golf lessons in live conditions,we tend to think of lessons as working on our swing,but course management saves lots of strokes,so that will be refreshing approach

It'll make for a very long round unless you got your laptop with you.

i'm in, go for it.

sounds fun, real fun, go for it, haha maybe even bring a camera and take a pic of each shot, long as the course is private you should be good

That's the idea.

I see this as a somewhat longer playing lesson than usual . Let's try to complete one hole every couple of days to begin with and see how it goes.

Sunny day. Wind from the south at 15-20 mph, temp in mid 90s. Par 4 hole, laid out straightaway from south to north. Playing from men's tee, distance to flag is 429 yards. One fairway bunker on the right at 294 yards. Two fairway bunkers on left, the closest at 282 yrds. I line up the tee shot at the right fairway bunker hoping to draw it back toward the middle. I swing away with the driver. Make good contact with slightly closed grip. Ball doesn't turn over, ending up on right side of fairway about 140 yards away from pin. Good flat lie. Pin tucked behind sand trap on right side of large green that is longer than it is wide. Left side of green is safe with small collecting area. You call the next shot.

since the wind is with us, i would take a full pitching wedge. which would normally be about 125 yrd, to the middle of the green, (a 289 yrd drive with the wind would equate to a approx. 102 mph ss) and away from the bunker , but not too far. only a mis to the right will give you a tougher next shot.

Good choice. I was thinking about trying to fade an 8 iron around to the flag at the back of the green (sounds like you hit your irons a club longer than I do). However, I would have probably tin-cupped it. Let's go with your higher percentage shot with my 9 iron rather than your PW. Result of the shot - hit the front of the green but it did not hold (the hot wind must have dried out the green). It ended up in a good lie in a depressed collecting area about 10 feet to left of the green. The pin is uphill from the ball on a crest in the green about 30 feet away. What next?

Here are the specs on the course we are playing:
Gold (Men's) Tees 6,675 yards, Par 72, rating 70.7, slope 117

An illustration of the first hole that we are currently playing can be seen at the following site: http://www.rosecreekgolf.com/courses.php

is the next person supposed to give you a club, or type of shot to hit and you describe how you execute? Or is the next person supposed to both say a club and describe how they execute.

A chip and run with a PW, pitch it 10 feet from the pin so it can roll up onto the crest. Should have taken a PW for the second shot as suggested

My original thought was to have the next person recommend the club and type of shot they want me to try to hit. I then hit the shot and describe the result based on my usual 12 handicap tendencies. However, we can change the format as we go along it needed.

A PW chip it is. Plumb bobbing suggests a ~ 4 inch left to right gravity line break for an otherwise straight putt. I factor that in, allign the ball off my right toe in an open stance with my weight shifted forward on my left foot. I take three practice swings to get a feel for the distance and then make the chip. Ball ends up 5 ft below the hole. Looks like a straight in putt from there.