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I use to play about 10 years ago and I was a high handicapper then. I am starting back but I plan on being a more discpline player fundamentally. (keeping eye on the ball, dont try to kill the ball etc). I plan on starting on the diving range and was wondering what should I practice with first. Should I use all the irons on the range. I am guessing I should use wedges and work my way down to the longer irons then practice with the woods and driver last. Hopefully you all can share your driving range routine.

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Mine's typically the same everytime.

SW, LW, and/or Gap Wedge chips and half shots for about 5-7 balls
LW half shots to full shots
PW Full shots
8 iron Full shots
6 iron Full shots
4 hybrid Full Shots
3 Hybrid Full Shots
3 Wood (no tee) Full Shots
Driver Full shots

If everything is going smooth with the driver I proceed to shape my Driver shots. Draw a few, fade a few, etc. Then I go all out for a couple, maybe 3 balls.

Then I go back through some of the other irons not listed and hit full shots or I hit hard 90%+ shots with the irons I already hit (for those in between club shots).

All of my warmup routine is concentrating on tempo, hand position, rotation, aim, foot position...not swing speed. I know I can get it out there if I need to, but my game really needs to concentrate on the other.

After all that, I putt for a while.

Good luck out there.

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Kind of hard to say. One thought is to take an intermediate iron like a 7 iron and try to groove a swing. Might be kind of hard to do that jumping around from club to club especially if you haven't played in a long time. What do you know about swing fundamentals? Do you have any main thoughts when you swing? Ever had any lessons. Start learning as much as you can about the golf swing and try things out. One bit of advice is to learn what a swing plane is and how to swing the club on a proper plane to hit a golf ball. I have found golf forums and especially swing videos to be very helpful. Look up some videos by Jeff Ritter on Youtube. He explans things very well. Good luck.

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Honestly... I think you only need to take one club until you find your swing (Probably a 7 Iron). Working all your clubs at this point is going to be a waste of time.

Until you find a swing that you can repeat consistantly you probably arent going to be good with any club.

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Thanks for the advice I have never taken lessons I do have 2 close friends who are excellent golfers. One was on a state championship team in high school and the other is a near scratch golfer. I really dont know if the can teach but one said he knows the swing fundamentals. I will check out the videos and may even consider lessons.

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It depends what I'm doing. If I am warming up then Ill do a progression like the one mentioned by Klew. If I'm practising Ill take one iron (normally 7) and just use that, and maybe try the others once I've worked on what I'm trying to do.

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the one thing i always do is practice my pre shot routine always.

Not enough people do that. Too many just beat balls. Hit a ball, pull the next over. Repeat.

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Start with the sand wedge and work your way to the longer irons, then woods then driver. Don't stop hitting the club you have until you get it the way you want.

Here's how I practice: fade, straight shot, draw. I keep doing these until I get it the way I want, then I move to the next club, all the way to the driver.

Also start off by doing some slow motion. Hit the ball normally. You'll look silly because the ball will only move a couple yards, but when you practice in slow motion you can control all aspects of your swing.
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Not enough people do that. Too many just beat balls. Hit a ball, pull the next over. Repeat.

I've always wanted to pull into an out of town driving range when travelling:

Carry my clubs bunched up in my hands, (yes, not in the bag), get a bucket of balls, dump them out and start hacking and flailing, dispensing of the entire bucket in about a minutes time, grab my clubs off the ground and walk of mumbling something incoherent about damn lessons. I just like seeing peoples reaction to situations like that. I guess I'm getting to the age I don't give a rats arse anymore.

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warm ups ill take a wedge, 8 iron, 5 iron, 3 wood, driver and all im trying to do is find my rhythm. i dont hit more than ten balls with each club, and take my time. dont wear yourself out fast.
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I hit about 5 balls with each club, but it really depends on how many golfs balls you have. If you have about 100 than 5-10 with each club (depending on how well you are hitting the specific club)...

I've always looked at the range a great place to make your weakness a strength. My 50-100 yard shots used to be the worst part of my game. I went to the range everyday for a week and a half and all I did was hit about 50 balls of just wedges. After about two weeks, my scores started dropping - a lot too. I went from shooting low 90's to about mid 80's.

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When I took a lesson, the guy told me: "If you can hit a 7-iron, you can just about hit anything. The swing is about the same for every club."

So, that's what he had me hit for just about the whole bucket. We switched to a Driver for the last couple of balls to show me the differences in swing for that long of a club. That was it.

Now, when I hit the range, I hit primarily my 7i and my 5i.

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I use to play about 10 years ago and I was a high handicapper then. I am starting back but I plan on being a more discpline player fundamentally. (keeping eye on the ball, dont try to kill the ball etc). I plan on starting on the diving range and was wondering what should I practice with first. Should I use all the irons on the range. I am guessing I should use wedges and work my way down to the longer irons then practice with the woods and driver last. Hopefully you all can share your driving range routine.

I recommend you practice in a way that provides you with confidence. Sticking to hitting certain clubs, a set number of times, in a set order does not necessarly correlate with good scoring. For example with the 6-under par 66 I shot earlier in the month I didn't hit any balls before the round. I spent time practicing putting before the round, and when I went out to play I focused on getting setup with good fundimentals which in turn made it easy to make sound swings, and that provided me with a lot of shots at making birdies (and eagles). Not all pros practice in the same way, or for the same amount of time. Find a routine that helps you build confidence (instead of one that decreases it).

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I like working on my wedges, I carry a 60, 56 and 52 so I start with my 60 degree.

I also like to shoot for the 100 yard flag. I found that when I need to find my golf swing by starting with my wedges, I can groove my swing.

Then I test it with mid and long irons.

If you want to score practice from the putting back wards, chipping and pitching.

also when I am at the driving range I practice my half shots and within 100 yards

I like to practice my short game 70-80% of the time I am at the driving range and 20-30% on the mid to longer irons.

good luck and have fun!

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I have completely different routines for when I am playing a round and for when I am practicing.

If I was you. I would pick a 7 or 8 iron and continually hit it until you are comfortble with your swing. I used to hit 200 balls with a 7 iron when I was spending all day on the range and only about 50-75 with all the rest of the clubs that I have in the bag. I used the 7 to get a consistent swing and also for target practice at the 150 sign. I now use a 9 for that, but it is the same principle of working on fundamentals.

I would use a club that would hit at the 150 and keep on it until you are comfortable and make sure to take the time to aim everytime. It will be well worth it in the long run to work on the accuracy of your iron game.

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