Golf lessons

I've just concluded my 5x 30mins golf lessons @ Cypress Lakes Golf Club.  James, my teacher, was great and I learnt a lot!

Things I learnt and don't want to forget:

Lessons #1 & #2:

• Ensure that my shoulders and feet are square to target. I had a tendency to have open shoulders.
• Roll the wrists when contacting the ball, in order to close the face and avoid a fade.
• Setup: Driving/wood: ball on inside of left ankle. Irons: Ball left of centre stance.
• Don't try to hit the ball too hard!
• 2 drills: complete a half swing with an iron just focusing on closing the face with the hands. Try to achieve a slight hook on the ball. The other drill: assume the position that the body assumes during ball strike: open shoulders, head over ball, right knee rotated inwards. Stay in this position and strike ball with a small swing. 

Lesson #3: 

• Swing first with the body and let the (relaxed!) arms lag behind. This means having the shoulders lead the swing, and arms coming second. James would talk about setting up carefully, and then just turning the body (letting the relaxed arms follow) ensuring that his body (shoulders) would open and so face the target. 
• Continue to focus on rolling hands over

Lessons #4 & #5:

• On the course: don't worry about technical stuff: leave that for the driving range! Just focus on aim and rhythm. For me, rhythm is really important! When I get tired I lose rhythm: I rush my back swing, don't go back far enough and I'm into my actually forward swing too early. To ensure rhythm use the practise swings to achieve it. 'Backswing', 'Forward swing'; 'Backswing', 'Forward swing': say it slowly. Or count 'one' (back), 'two' (forward). Then just replicate it for that actual swing. ALSO, during a game, setup and just before swinging, visualise the shot before playing it. 
• Putting: eyes directly over the ball (you need to be closer than you think). Aim line on ball to when you are aiming (eg. 2 inches right of hole) and line it up with the line on the putter.
• Chipping: 2 different swings: the normal (obviously much softer) swing (ie. shoulder through the ball, relaxed arms, face target) for lower trajectory shot with greater roll. OR achieve a sharp angle with the wrists and break when contacting the ball for greater loft and spin.
• Backswing: the backswing on an iron/driver shot stops when you can no longer keep your left arm straight.

NB. What was learnt during lesson 3 were most key!