Pratice frequency and routine and handicap

[Lefty-Golfer]

I try to practice once a week for 1hr to maybe 2 hrs. 50% short game, 25% putting 25% range...when my kids get little bigger i will do more. I am fortunate that my club is 5 minutes from my house so it is pretty easy to slide in some time if i want to do it.

[James_Black]

I'm practicing solely with my irons.

I think if you can hit more greens and be closer to the pin your scores have to drop.
My friend works in a driving range and I practice with him when he closes up.

[Leftygolfer]

10.5 (not active right now but this is what it was at end of last season, not playing any tourneys this year so didn't pay for it) and I practice as much as possible. It is hard with a 3 year old to say to the wife, I'm going to the range, have fun. I practice mostly short game right now but I am going to change to range to try to get the ball in play better. But over the course of my life, I have practiced putting and pitching far more than going to the range.

[allin]

My practice percentage is higher than it would be if time allowed. I can fit in 60-90 minutes somewhere several times per week. The 2+ hours with any kind of warm up for 9 holes or more for 18 is hard to find more than once or twice a week.

[allin]

I try to practice once a week for 1hr to maybe 2 hrs. 50% short game, 25% putting 25% range...when my kids get little bigger i will do more. I am fortunate that my club is 5 minutes from my house so it is pretty easy to slide in some time if i want to do it.

My kids weren't interested in Golf so that didn't work out so well. Now that they are older I am working in a field where earnings have not risen I can't afford more, so try to recruit them into the game so you have more opprotunity.

[dbuck]

I vote don't practice regularly, but I guess it depends on what you call regular. My goal is to practice 3 times a month, but I don't always make it. I like to hit 1 to 2 small buckets then chip and putt for 30-45 minutes. I don't always have time to do both, but try to practice about equally on long and short game with maybe slight short game bias. I spend most of the full shots on the 5-6-or 7 iron with a few drives, fairway woods and 1 irons. Sometimes I only take the 5 or 7 to make myself concentrate on rhythm. Putting and chipping I am mainly focusing on smoothness and contact and feel for distance.

[deronsizemore]

Also surprised by people that love golf but don't like to practice. To each their own, but as much as I love playing an actual round, I also love going to the range to work on my swing. If my wife wouldn't kill me I could stay at the range for hours.