Rant: How do you practice your short game?

[nevets88]

If you live in a gigantic city and it takes at a minimum, an hour to get to a short game practice area. Argh! Try being a golfer in big city (read pop: 8 mil+)

[TheFush]

If you live in a gigantic city and it takes at a minimum, an hour to get to a short game practice area. Argh! Try being a golfer in big city (read pop: 8 mil+)

We converted our downstairs bedroom (carpeted) into a chipping/pitching range by placing a matress against a wall - it works wonders!!

[Hustle]

Do you have any kind of yard at all? I will practice with my 62 and hit shots from the front yard over the house and into the pool...The soft nerf golfballs work well too for inside chipping...

[blackxpress]

Are there no par 3 courses near you? We're fortunate to have a real good one just a few miles from my house (see link).

http://www.tpcgolf.com/Default.aspx?tabid=58

That's where I go when my short game starts stinking it up. Sometimes I go play there just for the fun of it. It's a very challenging course and I can finish 18 walking in just over two hours.

[pjsnyc]

If you live in a gigantic city and it takes at a minimum, an hour to get to a short game practice area. Argh! Try being a golfer in big city (read pop: 8 mil+)

Dude - I feel your pain!!! Esp. when you dont have a car - your options are limited. Luckily my local muni is 35 minutes (via subway) from door to tee :)

My apt. doesnt help either...barely any room to take a full swing with a wedge - tho i've found an angle in my living room at which to do it without breaking something...I also have a putting surface i practice with (chipping too w/ plastic whiffle golf balls). Also, I read somewhere (I forget) that dropping 6 or 7 golf balls into a driver head cover is supposed to be pretty close to the weight of a standard driver...so i use that just to stay loose with my swing when im bored...I feel kinda silly taking swings with it tho

[The Rambler]

Move?

[mutadayen]

I lived in Gotham (NYC) for the last year and recently moved back to Chicago, and I ran into the same problem. I did come up with a solution though. If you're in Manhattan, go to Chelsea Piers. I did that for a year, once a week, using a spare 56* wedge and 6 iron I left at my work. If that doesnt work and you want a good way to practice at no cost, find a park. I took a couple of wedges with me to central park and practiced 10-30 yards short game shots in isolated areas of the park. I had a few people join in, but no one really had a problem. I only got ushered away by a cop one time, but all the other times they didnt really care.

Unless you live upstate, LI, or somewhere away from Manhattan, dont even bother with the game. Manhattan may be great, but its a disaster for your game...

[mutadayen]

Maybe this will help...

http://www.chelseapiers.com/gc01.htm

[Realist]

Alley Pond, off Northern Blvd. in Long Island just built a chipping area where their mini golf was (thank God, kids playing mini golf right behind the range was horrible). I don't know if they're opened yet, I was at the range last week and looks like it's pretty much done.

http://www.alleypondgolfcenter.com/index.html