Headaches at the range

[el shanko]

  Beachcomber said:

Originally Posted by Beachcomber

I get headaches when I don't stay hydrated or haven't eaten.  I'm in SoCal near the Ocean and it can get into the mid 80's - and the hottest I've seen is low 90's.  But even at those temperatures, when your out banging balls with no shade or cover... It can take a tool on you.

Make sure you drink plenty of fluids and eat something.  I usually try and take a bottled water - and sometimes an energy drink + protein bar to snack on when I'm at the range here and it is blazing.

don,t beat yourself with it

[Motown88]

  sean_miller said:

Originally Posted by sean_miller

What's a turmor?

apparently it's what I have growing in my head!

[iceman777]

Do you have a Will ?

[Beachcomber]

  el shanko said:

don,t beat yourself with it:bugout:

Ha! I'm terrible with typos. :-\

[Goonsidious]

Just went to the range before my round tomorrow. Oh geez... didn't hit a single drive straight. Horrible slices every single time. I'm like a lost puppy again. The best part is every time I get to the course though.. I can hit straight and well. Is it the mindset? The rubber tees at the range? Idk..but it just drives me insane. I think at the range I just have so many techniques and things running through my mind.. my form is ugly as hell. I feel like I don't even know what kind of swing plane I need. Blah blah blah.

[Stewie007]

  Goonsidious said:

Originally Posted by Goonsidious

Just went to the range before my round tomorrow.

Oh geez... didn't hit a single drive straight. Horrible slices every single time. I'm like a lost puppy again. The best part is every time I get to the course though.. I can hit straight and well.

Is it the mindset? The rubber tees at the range? Idk..but it just drives me insane.

I think at the range I just have so many techniques and things running through my mind.. my form is ugly as hell. I feel like I don't even know what kind of swing plane I need. Blah blah blah.

Sounds to me like you should go to a range that doesn't have mats..... Mats can bring out all of the errors in your swing. Grass is more forgiving and allows you to get away with a few things...

[Chas]

Maybe it's just me but I see it the other way around.  Playing on mats is more forgiving of fat shots because the club slides through and under the ball (or thins it a bit), whereas on grass ... well ... we all know what happens then.  Of course a thin shot behaves pretty much the same regardless of the surface you're playing on.

This is why I now avoid ranges with mats as much as possible, even if it means traveling further to get there.  Torrey Pines is the exception; I put up with the mats there because of the excellent practice putting and chipping greens.

p.s. this post serves to correct one on another thread where I said that Torrey doesn't have a chipping green.  Well they DO have one now - I think they didn't have one for a while, after they took out the bunker that was there.

[jamo]

Make sure you don't hit next to a guy using one of those old Nike Sasquataches that made that ear-shattering sound.