A little range time!

[shankymcgee]

It's amazing what a little range time can do for your ball striking ability. I have been dealing with hitting my driver too high for quite a while. It was not a balloon, but started high and stayed high. I really couldn't fix it while on the course. I started going to the range more than before and hitting balls like i did when i was a kid, trying to get that feel back. I was hitting down the range from an older guy who had some skills and I told him my tale of woe. He was friendly a simply said "are you hitting up or down on the ball" I had to say up, I guess. It was that simple, in started trying to feel like i was hitting down on the ball and the results were positive. My ball flight was much more boring and way lower! i also made the adjustment of playing the ball a tad further back in my stance. I highly suggest working it out on the range!

[luckyluke699]

Lessons + Range time actually practising properly is invaluable in the long run. Congrats on your newfound driving ability! :D

[TourSpoon]

As Hogan said, "The answers are in the dirt."

[RC]

I'm not sure I have played more than a dozen rounds, out of many thousands over my lifetime, without hitting balls on the range first, and it is not uncommon to hit a small bucket afterwards. The range is essential for improvement in my opinion.

[CalBoomer]

The range is study hall. The golf course is the exam.

[dkirk]

I've always felt that the harder I work on the range and putting green, the luckier I would be on the course!

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