Go take a lesson when
- The grooves still have a square corner under a loupe
- The miss is directional and repeats on a dry day
- Contact tape would show a toe or heel story, not glaze
- You want someone to rearrange your handle, not your Ra
A boundary we keep
A lesson moves the path. A mill moves the metal.
If the face is still sharp and the ball is still starting left, you need a person with a stick, not a person with a flute. We will say that out loud. It costs us a mill ticket. It saves you a recut that cannot aim.
Bring the head here when
- Spin dies in rye paste that used to grab
- The 56° packs green by the third soaked collar
- A 7-iron looks like a skillet after a winter of mats
- A putter that used to roll now skids on wet Poa
We will not hybridize the two
Some rooms sell an hour of coaching and a “face check” as one product. That product confuses the receipt. On Olive Street the spindle either runs or it does not. If you need both a lesson and a recut, take the lesson first so we mill the surface you will actually present to the ball next month, not the surface you presented in November.
We keep a short list of instructors who will not be offended if we send you over. We are not their booking desk. We are the mill that refused to pretend a toolpath is a thought about your wrists.