Fifteen-plus lessons with Dave Theise at GolfTec Westport since 2021. Monday sessions have been the anchor — each one builds on the last. These are the patterns, the feels, and the breakthroughs that dropped the handicap from 16.5 to 5.7.
9/10
Reliable in-to-out path. Can shape both ways when needed. The foundation everything else sits on.
5/10
Primary focus area. Bent wrist, thumb toward elbow. Controls start line and prevents the pull-draw miss.
5/10
Needs attention. Start line consistency depends on hand path repeating. Low takeaway drill in rotation.
With Dave Theise · GolfTec Westport · Since 2021
April 28, 2026
Best iron striking session. Focus on keeping wrist bent, thumb toward elbow. Result: pushing ball left, striping it. 5-7 irons from 186 yards onto green. 7-wood hitting 246 yards carry — absolute lasers.
Key feel
Wrist bent, thumb toward elbow = push left. More wrist hinge = push start, avoids pull-draw.
April 2026
Locked in the driver pattern. Face strong at address. Feel 10° in-to-out. Body aimed right of target. Committed to the fade as the stock shot.
Key feel
Face strong at address → feel in-to-out → body aimed right. Trust the fade.
2021–2025
Fifteen-plus sessions over four years. The pattern has been consistent: identify one dominant feel, drill it until it's automatic, move to the next priority. Path control came first (9/10). Wrist stability and hand path are the current frontier. This is how you go from a 16.5 to chasing 2.3 — not chasing swing tips, but stacking reliable feels over years.
Don't practice everything. Pick the feel that matters most and drill it until it's unconscious.
Each lesson builds on the last. Path → wrist → hand path. The sequence matters.
Some sessions yield 246-yard 7-woods. Others are grinding. Both move the needle.