what club do you use for warming up?

[ronaldkuntoro]

When you just starting at a driving range/golf course, what club do you use for warming up?

[rubbery]

I start with my 56 to get a good tempo going. Then I go to a 7 iron because that's my favorite club and warming up with it helps me gain confidence. Then I hit my 2 hybrid and driver because those are the two clubs I tee off with the most. I finish with the 56 to take the feeling of swinging a wedge to the first tee.

[saevel25]

None, i usually do some dynamic stretches to warm up.

[FX(TM)]

None, i usually do some dynamic stretches to warm up.

This, but then I like to have some swings with a 7 iron, before moving onto the driver.

[Gioguy21]

Practices goes with stretching first then 5-7 balls a piece in this order 8,6,4,7,5,9,2H,PW,3W,AW,D -----> tee box

[anthony]

Pitching wedge is always the first club I pull out of the bag at the range. Not sure why exactly.

[NI4NI]

Depends on whether it's a range session to work on a specific part of the game, or just a warm-up prior to playing. If it's a prelude to playing a round, then first some stretching (especially if it's my usual early morning tee time), and then from short irons to long irons (chipping/pitching is first as it doesn't use the full swing - progress through the club lengths to the longer clubs needing a full swing). Finally, some woods, and then some time on the putting green.

[jlund]

I stretch, then hit a half dozen 50 yard shots with my 56*. Then a half dozen 100 yard shots with my PW. I like to work on nice 3/4 swings, for control and accuracy. I then typically grab my 6i and hit a few follwed by my 3i. Lastly I finish with about 3 shots with my driver.

Then I putt for at least 10 minutes and I am ready to rock.

[killerduck]

I usually start hitting 60-80% pitch shots. I've never really been able to fit anything more than a 6 iron on the warm up area, but that may change now I've started at a new club, where there is a much longer practice fairway.

[DavidFehertysBike]

I start off by hitting some pitch shots with my gap wedge. I do it to mostly find where the bottom of my swing is going to be for that day. I dont really care where the ball goes. Then as i feel i got a good tempo going, i go for an 8i for some fuller swings.

[RC]

Start with 5 or 6 iron (maybe 2 or 3 swings,) then 3 iron.

[sean_miller]

a few moments of gentle stretching - including ankles and hands
a few smooth (and very slow) swings with 5 or 6 iron
a few more swings left handed
< 5 minutes of stretching
~ a dozen full swings
~ another minute of stretching - like working on rotation with the driver shaft across my shoulders
go time hitting balls with a mid-iron

I'm in my 40s now - a good stretch is a good thing

[HazardMagnet]

SW,8,6,4,7FW,5FW,3W,1W,3,5,7,9,PW, then SW untill I'm done.

[uttexas]

I swing holding the SW and GW together. Then stretches. Then I hit the 2H (Tom Watson's theory of hitting longest iron/hybrid to start with on the range). http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-instr...-watson-warmup

[Teklabz]

I do minimal stretching, which I MUST get better about, swing two clubs in an arc over my head forward 10 times then back 10 times, a couple of practice swings without a ball with my heaviest club, my 3 hybrid, then I pull out the gap wedge and hit short pitch shots to 10 or 15 yards, and slowly work my way up to a full swing, going about 60 yards or so. Then work my way down the clubs, SW, AW/GW,PW,9i-driver etc.

I don't know if it's effective, and as I said, I really do need to spend more time stretching. I kind of like Sean_Miller's method of stretching then hitting then stretching again, I think I'll try that at the range today.

[goblue107501]

I use a 9-iron to start. The reasons for me using a 9 is kind of goofy. I will hit more balls with the first club than any other, especially with a small bucket just before playing. I start slow and work up to a full swing and use a 9 for most of it. Then I will hit a 6 or 7, then a couple 3-woods and drivers off tees and I should be ready. If I have the time and unlimited range balls, I will do a lot more, but my regular courses just have the small bucket.

I figured out a few years ago that I tend to not hit the 9 as much on the course as I do the 8 and wedge. So I hit the 9 more on the range to kind of equal out the wear and tear on the grip and head on the 8-9-W group. Even as I type it, I know it is stupid. I just came to the conclusion that if I use an 8 or wedge on the range, those grips will wear down faster and the 9 will be fresh.

[The Recreational Golfer]

I use my driver to help me stretch out by making VERY slow baseball swings, gradually lowering the plane of the swing. The first balls I hit are with my sand wedge, to get the feeling of bringing the club through the ball correctly. Then it's straight through the bag, two balls with each club. I don't want to pull out my 8-iron on the fourth fairway, for example, and that be the first time I've swung it all day.

[kyle92]

Usually my wedge, then I gradually work my way up