I've been privileged to teach golf for nearly 40 years. The process has evolved into something that works quite well. First I watch a new client hit a small sample of shots - it doesn't matter how well or badly. With this I can assess their personal characteristics. Next I explain the "Basics" (unapologetically in the same way for everyone since we're all subject to the same mechanical tendancies) and then I work to solve their personal anomalies.

Once the optimal pattern of a "climbing draw" starts to emerge with a short iron, I proceed to the more important clubs: the woods - both off the tee and the ground.

When my new client can keep their long shots in the fairway I attend to the remaining auxilliary skills - the strokes known collectively as the "Short game" and the adaptations for "Sloping lies".