Hi niwde11,
Last saturday, I picked up a 7iron and just went in cold to the nearest driving range to me - Club Intramuros. Looked for a Pro, asked around who is good Pro and they pointed me to someone there. Reasonable naman singil, mga P400 / hour. Sulit talaga, I learned a lot in the one hour session. From the grip, address (bago ito sa dictionaryo ko). Gave me a beginners briefing for about 10-15 minutes until the backswing (wala pang palo). After all the shadow swinging, foot positions, he made freeze on the backswing, pointed to the ball on the ground and he said 'paluin mo' -- whooop, Nakayod lupa!

sumama naman bola pero malapit lang nilipad. Baka mas malayo kung sinipa ko. Adjust, adjust, adjust, 2nd shot, lumipad pero kumanan (hanep sa pektus ika ko sa sarili, tinalo ko si Beckham ah). Tumingin ako sa Pro ko, late ka lang, tagal ko syang kinulit kung ano ibig nyang sabihin sa 'late'. The good thing about having a Pro teach is he gives you feedback and knows what to adjust. I would not have figured that out on my own. Well half a bucket later I started to get the feel of it, dumadalas na ang sigaw ng Pro 'yaaaan'. After two buckets, I was already hitting between the 125-150 yards on the 7iron although 50/50 ang direction, I still have the slice when I forget what the Pro taught me, more practice. It was fun!