I have downloaded the windows app which I thought as a subscription payer I could use to read the magazine but cannot see how to do it.
Any help welcome
Sure enough the way that amateurs practice eight hours is far too long. However professionals are much more "professional" about the way that they practice. It simply isn't a matter of just hitting one ball after another. They vary their type of practice between their short game and long game...
Play the same ball all the time. I tend to buy a couple of boxes of balls at the beginning of the season and they normally last for the whole year. If you are lucky you should find as many as you lose.
Try just playing golf in the summer. It is far less stressful than paddling around in the cold and wet. It's our choice to play the game whenever and wherever we choose. Enjoy it, the game should be fun.
Not many people can hit the ball within 10 yards (+/- 5 yards) regularly for any club. Therefore the 150 yard markers are only there for guidance. If the green is 20 yards from front to back and you aim for the middle the chances that you will be on the green which is good enough for most...
The best way to find the swing after break is not practice but just to go out and play. Then everything comes naturally and during your first round you'll find you play far better than you thought you would! It's only when you think about how to play and what you're doing match when the game...