I am from the "other " site. tsk tsk.. 6 months of very little improvements.
I had improved tremendously with the new knowledge and my new friend and coach Justin Tang (Comdpa). I actually broke 40 for 9 holes 3 x so far, after less than 4 months of lessons. And to be frank. I know i am less than 1/3 way of learning a good swing.
I went through about 5 coaches this year. Justin is the only coach that told me my swing sucks totally, the others told me my casting is totally fine, One excellent coach say that i sucks too but I could not trust him for some reason. after few hours with him and some lessons , I actually found my driving distance gain by 50 yards. But not consistent because my knowledge is still fragmented and tons of stuffs in my incubator. I am getting alot better and better by the day with different incubator hatching and rehatching.
So, with my experiences. I think the best way is to find a qualified authorised instructor. Stop listening to what forum , golf digest, golf books try to sell you.
Stick to " the golfing machine" and your Authorised Instructor. And Less is best, Learning to be effective is hard. Once you get it , its yours. No matter how u do it. Pitch punch, push bat , hit swing. different combo.
If you had read Vilkram's post. A young gal spent 3 days with Lynn Blake and won by 12 strokes. ^_^ that might give you a clue .
Thats what justin wants me to do . spend 5 days straight with him or Lynn. I dont have the time and resources so I will glue to Justin till he decide to do a siamese separation surgury on me.
My crappy swing 2 months back.. and its even better now