Having trouble warming up... explained inside

[tazrestling27]

Yesterday I shot a 75, shot +5 on front par on back. Today in terrible conditions so not to upset with my score, shot +9 on front and +2 on back. None of the courses I go to have driving ranges, all I can do is putt and chip. No full swings to get everything in line. Any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate the help.

Thanks

[Timmybo]

I have the same problem....it seems like the first few holes are always a struggle until my body gets warmed up and I get in a groove.  The main problem I have is establishing a complete shoulder turn during the first 5 holes or so.

[tshapiro]

Stretch, do some push ups, do some lunges, do some sit ups. Than practice swing for several minutes holding 2 clubs.

[LankyLefty]

I almost always hit at least a little bucket of balls at the range pre round. If i cant I play 4 or 5 balls in the first tee and take the score from the last one I hit. Obviously not an option if there is someone behind you.. but if the opeing hole is a par 4 that's at least 10 full swings to get warm.

[HogansAlley]

I had the same problem in my round yesterday. I putted for about 20 minutes before and warmed up with a club for about 10 minutes.  I know that some courses don't always have a range that you can warm up on but I know from now on I will take my pre-round warm-up much more seriously. I can't get discouraged when my play is poor when I don't properly warm-up. The biggest thing is ,like mentioned above, hitting some drives and getting that full swing motion muscles working. One last thing, I read somewhere that when warming up on the putting green it's good to try to putt from at least 40 ft away to get the speed of the greens down and putt those until you are hitting them or within tap in range. The reason for this is more often than note you wont have a 10-15 ft putt on your first hole so it always you to get a good feel for lag speed. Just a suggestion, I've been doing this for a while and it has helped me.