It was an exhausting three days. Just me and the instructor, Jim Samsing, a long-time club pro who even at my age can still really whack a golf ball. He also turned out to be a very good coach. We changed virtually everything about my swing. No surprise to me, since I’ve been playing poorly for about eighteen months. I estimate I hit over 1,000 balls over the three days. I came away with a solid understanding of what my swing should look like and a program to try to get there. He’s my new backswing: