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I agree with most of the comments regarding practicing on the range. It's always good to hit balls to improve on ball striking and also good to practice your putting and short game. However, the real deal is standing over a shot with hazards around you and the pressure of a small green that you have to hit. That is what makes or breaks all of us in golf. Being able to overcome that type of on the course pressure can only be done by...playing the game. Another key is not getting so overly frustrated. That will compound the stress to execute the shot which will just expose the issue even more. As I've said before, golf is a big picture sport and you have to realize that time is the #1 thing required to get better at this game. Give yourself time and practice playing the game as much as you can and just use the range to work on your swing mechanics (short game and ball striking) rather than blasting balls and admiring a bucket full of shots.

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When I arrive at the range I put on my game face. Commit myself to a plan of the day and stick to it. I start with the feature of the swing I want to practice then proceed. Starting with a wedge and 3/4 swing I groove the thought. Then I move to the next club loft. Right on through the bag. If I lose the "feel" I then grab the wedge and regroove the thought. After I go through the bag I then simulate a round rotating clubs.

All this is done at a pace allowing analysis of each shot. Concentrating on a target and shot shape.

A real boost to the confidence if one can repeat the shot after shot from range session to range session.

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  B Keller said:
I usually only use a third to half of my range balls for warmup. I keep them for working on stuff after my round...usually a nasty driver slice or hosel rockets on chip shots.

Where / how do you keep them until later?

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  Dub said:
Where / how do you keep them until later?

I keep my bag/bucket and put the extra balls in the cart with me. When I'm done with my round I just drive back to the practice area and go to work.

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After shooting 3 rounds this past weekend, all in the mid-high 90's, and a few hundred balls on the driving range, I've resigned to the fact that I'm going to have to go back and have another lesson to straighten things out again. I'm just too far into my bad habits after the winter break that I'm not going to fix it on my own.

My 1st lesson for this year is during my lunch break at work.

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Well, as soon as I stepped on the range with the instructor, he immediately saw what I was doing wrong, and it was a couple easy fixes. Just a few things that I had neglected lately.

#1: My backswing was way too fast. I knew better, just not enough practice.
#2: With my fitted irons, I changed my swing, and it had become too steep. Slowing my backswing down also fixed this, since it now felt wrong to go straight up.

So that was the problem with my irons. I'm going to hit them everyday this week at lunch to practice slowing everything down.

Now, when I pulled out my woods and lined up, I was immediately stopped. I have gotten all new woods since my last lesson, since everything was stolen, and bought TaylorMades, and unfortunately all of them, even my fairway woods are way too long for me. I was hitting almost everything off the heel. By choking up, and changing my stance more upright (I want bent over a bit too bar), I am able to drive the ball fairly decently with just a hint of a fade. I handed all of my woods to the shop today to have them shortened, and new grips put on them that are a bit smaller, since I'm a bit smaller.....lol

It feels good to know what I was doing wrong, now I just have to practice to get it fixed, so I can save my handicap before it gets too far out of control. 3 rounds this weeked, the best being a 96 didn't sit too well with me.

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  Bullitt5339 said:
My 1st lesson for this year is during my lunch break at work.

Hope your lesson goes well for you...but I wanted to share somehting that I do at the range that I think helps me bring my game to the course as follows:

1) As others have mentioned I practice with a purpose (takes about 1.5 hours to hit a medium bucket) 2) Just so I don't have to keep a log or anything I work on my even clubs on even days and odd clubs on odd days...so if today is Feb 17th I would start out warming up with my 9 iron and then when I get to my 7 iron I might spend 20-30 balls working on something I want to work on in my swing...then I hit my 5 rion etc... 3) Lastly I save 10 balls at the end of my session and I pick a target (say 7 iron distance) and I play a game with myself to see how many I can hit to the target...this seems to put the same pressue on my swing as the golf course...I set goals ahead of time for myself like to hit 70% (7 out of 10) to the target...needless to say somedays it comes down to the last ball to make my goal and the pressure is definetly there. Just my 2 cents...

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  Boyder said:
I feel lucky enough to play on courses that at least during the week there is very little pressure, so practicing on the course is pretty easy to do. I often play at least 2 if not 3 balls a round, trying different shots for various situations, etc. While I do make time for practice on the range, I really get a lot out my course practice.

You lucky dog you. Very very cool to be able to do that regularly, man I'm envious.

Nice thread. I do notice that all the better players on the range are preparing for each shot much as they would on the track. hmmm, if I do that myself, will I immediately break 80?? Only kidding. Sometimes I try to imagine I'm playing a par 5, say. Hit driver (into left rough say), followed by hybrid to 140 yards out and on the fairway, hit approach shot (missed right, say), hit SW (into the hole LOL). Point being it's much better to try to simulate the actual game, hard as that is to do. The result of each shot has to mean something, golf-wise. Otherwise you're just pumping balls out there ...... i-guy: those big round nets placed at varying distances on some ranges (rare to see tho' )are great for the target practice you describe. Once I got into a competition with a guy next to me - who could get the most balls into the net (at about 130 yards IIRC) in 10 tries? Talk about pressure on the last coupla shots.

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  Chas said:
Nice thread. I do notice that all the better players on the range are preparing for each shot much as they would on the track. hmmm, if I do that myself, will I immediately break 80?? Only kidding.

Ha! Ha!...if only it was that easy...yes there has been some good advice on this thread on how to practice your ball striking at the range to help you take it to the course but to really lower your handicap...mid to high handicappers should spend more time practicing their short game (chipping and putting)...I went from 12 to 8 in six months dedicating myself to more time on the short game...

  Chas said:
i-guy: those big round nets placed at varying distances on some ranges (rare to see tho' )are great for the target practice you describe. Once I got into a competition with a guy next to me - who could get the most balls into the net (at about 130 yards IIRC) in 10 tries? Talk about pressure on the last coupla shots.

Great idea! Unfortunately none of the ranges I practice at have any of those set up...I find myself practicing to all kinds of things like an area of dead grass just to mix it up...the bottom line (as you know) is to practice swinging at a specific target and if you are honest with yourself, what you need to work on will expose itself enough to make it clear what you need to really work on...

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I feel your pain. Had my best week of practice this last week or so and warming up before round (25 balls) was hitting it pure. Seemed all cylinders firing. First hole or two great on Sunday. Then from there on ughghghghghhghg......worst round in 2 months by far! ughghhghghg

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Ok, i have not read though what other people have said, but when you go to the range you really need to practise on how you would hit the ball at the course, take you time, set up the ball pick a target, take some slow swings, then hit the ball. Now this is what i do with a wedge as a warm up.

Now as what i think you should do once you have warmed up and felling good on the range, picture a golf hole in your mind. Picture a hole that is say, 450M (sorry for you M, im australian), say i dogleg left at about the 270 mark.

Then ill im explain what i would do: Since the dogleg is around 270, it means im going to have to hit a solid 3 wood with slight draw to maximise the shot, picture the fairway, go line the ball up, take some slow swings, hit the ball..... Did it hit the fairway, did you hit long enough to make the dogleg, if you missed the fairway.... are behind and tree and now have to hit it low?? you make then up, but it interesting for yourself, try to hit shots you would at any golf course when you go play. Next pick the club you want to hit into the green. How far to the Pin, were is the pin cut? what shot are you going to have to hit to give yourself best chance at making birde? Then just do as i said before, picture the shot your going to hit, line it up, take some slow swings. Then hit it. Did it hit the green? ECT Ok so i think you get the picture now.
So if you did not hit the green do you need a pitch shot, or chip green side or a flop over the bunker? Ect

And also, the idea of this is to put pressure on yourself, like the the same type of pressure you would have when playing golf.

Good luck!

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Yep...that is exactly what I do. I hit maybe 20-30 balls to warm up, then take the rest of the bucket and pretend I'm at the course. I pick one of my 4 favorite courses that I know very well and step back from the ball, visualize the hole, shot shape, etc. I really makes the practice more worthwhile, takes longer, but it's better practice. I also started hitting the range on the way into work, every Tues, Wed, and Thurs for an hour before work. It's already making a big difference in my consistency, I shot a 78 and 80 in the last two weeks. Once the weather gets better up here, I'm sure I'll hit my target of shooting a 75 or below this year!

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Yep...that is exactly what I do. I hit maybe 20-30 balls to warm up, then take the rest of the bucket and pretend I'm at the course. I pick one of my 4 favorite courses that I know very well and step back from the ball, visualize the hole, shot shape, etc. I really makes the practice more worthwhile, takes longer, but it's better practice.

I do this once in a while especially if I know what course I am playing this coming weekend...this type of practice will expose what type of shots you are currently comfortable hitting (to bring to the course) and NOT...meaining if the first hole requires a fade off the tee (hitting driver) and when practicing it I cannot seem to hit it the way I need to then the day at the course I may take a long iron off the tee and hit it down the middle (play within my self)...

I also started hitting the range on the way into work, every Tues, Wed, and Thurs for an hour before work. It's already making a big difference in my consistency, I shot a 78 and 80 in the last two weeks. Once the weather gets better up here, I'm sure I'll hit my target of shooting a 75 or below this year!

Yeah this is a very key component to playing better...Practice, Practice, Practice!!!

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Some folks have already mentioned this, but it's important. If you aren't taking your range game out to the course, the problem may not be what you do on the range, but what you do on the course. In other words, do you have a good, repeatable, pre-shot routine when you play? Do you focus on the target from the minute you stand behind the ball to visualize your shot (do you even stand behind the ball?). Are you too quick to hit your shot?

I know that when I rush through my pre-shot routine, I hit bad shots. This is especially true if I have been on the range working on something new. I am so anxious to see the anticipated great results that I rush the setup, then rush the swing, and all goes bad. When I am playing well, I am not in a rush to hit the shot, I have a good pre-shot routine, etc. Then when I stand over the ball, I am ready to make a good swing.

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  RCF said:
If you can hit the course on off hours ask pro shop for permission to go out alone to practice. Last summer, I asked the pro shop if I could go out alone to practice and what was the best day and time. I was only asked to not practice off the tees.

this is a great idea, never thought of asking to do this before. i feel the same way, for me, the best practice comes on the course during your round. the range is good for warming up, etc. but it's just not for me as far as just going to hit. question though: did the course charge you for going out there to practice??

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My best practices are later in the day when the course is empty nearly, Me and my buddy sneak out to holes 12-14 and hit several balls and many different shots till it gets dark, then we go in. Devotion and passion play a big part in lowering your score down closer to par on every hole, and it's hard to do with work and family and so forth. Eventually it will all come together; my cousin shot 91 in our junior tournement 2 summers ago. He worked his butt off for a year and shot 70 the year after. Talk about a turn-around. He was #1 on his golf team that next year and was only in 8th grade.

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