How often do you go to the driving range?

[hawkeye]

twice a week minimum.

i have free balls up to 5pm with the college scheme so whenever i'm not in college or on the course i try to go. sometimes at nighttime i go to empty my head. learning lots of junk....need some down time!

[nandoal28]

Hardly ever. I like to play!

[Mark19]

I just went this past Sat to shake off some winter dust. Went pretty well and it was 50 degrees here in the NE

[keiyoz]

going to the range at least once a week has become a routine lately.

also, i also almost hold a golf club everyday, and swing in front of the mirror.

[Golf Yokel]

A typical day for me starts out at 7am when Parmasters opens...

I play 18 holes on the simulator, take a shower in their locker room, head to class at 9:40am (or 10:20am on fridays)... and then get on the real course at 2:00pm when I get out of class.

I try not to hit less than 200 balls per day... you should have given an option for me.

[joshiemac25]

During the season I try to get to the range at least once a week. I just feel it is nice to go out and swing all of the clubs, helping to decide which ones I want to carry during rounds at different courses. Plus, it is good to just let loose and blast a few balls to blow off some steam with the DotComThis driver...

[mapa94]

I practice on technique at the range at least once per week (usually twice). The golf club is a 1/2 mile from my house and has an excellent range, putting/chipping area and another area for practicing pitching/sand shots. It's used by the Dave Pelz school.
I'd be there more often but my job gets in the way. I bought an annual range pass for $200 (great deal)

[walk18]

I'll warm up before a round if there's a range and I have time, but usually no more than 10 balls. If I only have 10 minutes, I'll head to the practice green for chips and putts to get the speed of the greens. After all, that's how you score.

[giantbear]

I warm up before each round if possible, maybe 20 balls. After my Saturday round i will usually hit the range for about 45 minute to work on something, usually iron play or wedge play on the pitching range. During the week, if time allows, i get in another 45 minute session at the range before playing in the afternoon. I try and always hit the driver a few times each session just cause its fun to boom em sometimes.

[Sand-Dweller]

Usually twice a week, if I can. Once by myself for about an hour and a half. Once with my off-spring for about an hour.

[TKing]

I built my own. It's not really a driving range since the markers only go up to 200 yards. There is a narrow slot between the trees at 210 and continues on for a long ways but I don't try to hit many balls through there-although it is fun to send one through there once in a while. I just started playing golf last summer but try to hit a few hundred balls most days. Most days just with one club. Other days mix them up.

[brad jacobs]

I go before each round to warm up. Working on technique on the range is difficult because of the mats.

[Divot]

Right now, my wife is still learning, so I go to the range often for her sake. I like to call it practice. My routine is to some sense have no routine. I try to simulate a "round" on the practice tee. I hit a drive...then pull a mid-iron...then maybe a wedge. I constantly hit different clubs from different lies. After we finish off our bucket we head over to the chipping area. I usually pull out a sleeve of my own balls and chip 3, putt 3, chip 3, putt 3. Then I might putt for awhile. There I do three major drills: long lag putts, putt some balls that circle the cup at the same distance, and work on speed by lining up a string of balls.

Thats it...I they had a good sand pit I would work on my sand game.

[wachesawgolfer]

I could not vote either as I go several times a week and hit lots of balls. All in all too much practice. Ideally, the people I see who hit daily at the range for about 20 minutes have the best approach to keep the tempo and timing while not overdoing it. Its either you love or hate the range, it seems to me.

[TexHacker]

Not nearly enough, apparently...

[golfboy13]

In my bag I have...
Driver InSight BUL 5000 10.5 S w/ Aldila Speedline
Hybrid Rescue Mid Hybrid 16m degree S
Irons CG4 Irons S 3-PW
Wedges 56 Degree Tom Watson Gunmetal, 60 Degree A10
Putter 34 inch #9 phil mickelson model



I go to the driving range alot when the weather is nice, but living in CT really sucks during the winter. If it is not snowing, then it might be to cold to go but you never can really tell until you get there. There is a driving range a couple of minutes from my house that is open all year and has a heated tee line where you tee off from, it is nice. I go there about each weeks during the winter and try to hit at least a couple large buckets to get ready for the upcoming season.

[mybloodinvt]

I voted less than once a month. Back when I lead a much more leisurely life, I went to the range a couple times a week. I spent alot of time putting and generally working on my short game (which really paid off and continues to pay dividends), as well as beating balls. Now, if I get to the range three times a season, once every two months, I am doing pretty good. Back when I spent more time at the range, I was probably a more consistent player. Now, I usually go when I'm in the midst of a downward slide in my game and I need to sort things out. Now, if I have time for anything, I prefer to just play rather than practice. During the winter, there is absolutely nowhere to hit balls around here or I would be out there at the rock pile as often as time allows. Maybe this summer I will commit to hitting the range more often.

[Gapwedge]

I could not vote also. I go to the range everday but Tuesday. That is my day off. I hit about 70 to 150 balls six days a week.

Brother-in-law just became my new best friend because he moved to Orlando. Man, I wish I had the opportunity to practice 12 months out of the year. I will be visiting him more often now especially during the winter.