Thanks for the replies guys, and of course Teevino, this was not restricted to people who have had lessons, good to hear the other side of the coin. Teevino is right, swinging the club through the air is certainly something everyone can do, swinging it through the air and hitting a ball accurately 250yds on the other hand, not a chance . I take the point that a bad pro can wreck a swing. So can bad advice from a playing partner, on a forum, or bad feedback from a learning device. The one thing I think we can all safely say is, there is loads of bad advice out there!!! lol I just think there is a better chance of getting good advice and feedback from a pro. But I did qualify this by saying to talk to guys playing at a good level who have had lessons from your local pro.

Seatlepop, just wondering when you saying you playing well, what level have your reached in a year? Also, how many lessons have you had, and what frequency were they? I found that anything from 6 to 8 weeks was needed, in the start especially, to master what I was supposed to. Also, most of the time I felt I made improvements in big jumps. I would just suddenly 'feel' what I was supposed to get, like what Teevino described out on the course.

Teevino, you are listening to shootin too in the other threads aren't you? And like me you are finding a lot of what he is saying improving what you are doing? This is what going for a lesson is like for me. Shootin is def right though, setup is a lot to do with the swing, and always good to have another pair of eyes to check it out for you, imho