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Andy, the best way to practice at the range is to always start with your sand wedge, hit say 5 balls and then work your way through every club upto and including your driver. This will give you a better undertsanding of how far each club carries and will be a real help when you play.

Brookwood, you are on the right track with regards the torque created by the bigger muscles winding up and storing the energy to initiate the swing, but in reality you neither "swing" the club back nor just let it unwind without manipulation. If you truly swing back then this will create a sway...

The driving range is there to practice, if you get it wrong you assess and adjust, you experiment. Playing is not practice, it's performance, good or bad. Footballers have to keep fit and practice their agility and moves off the pitch, on the pitch is where it matters, where it happens, and its...

Andy, in my experience not all pros are good teachers; you need to find a pro who is a good teacher, someone who educates you and gives you a greater understanding of what you are doing. With every lesson you want to go away thinking that you have learnt a little more rather than just being told...

I would suggest the following; a) Lessons, lessons, lessons..... it will teach you never to step upto a ball unless you have the right grip, stance and alignment; by far the biggest problems most golfer have. b) Practice chipping and pitching once a week. incorporate chipping within a range of...

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Pre-shot routines are a must..but whatever routine you pick, it must always serve a purpose in aim and alignment; if it is a putt/chip/pitch/lob or bunker shot then it should also include getting a feel for the distance. Putting is probably the most important shot to have pre-shot routine yet it...

Long heavy rough with ball above your feet... a killer!

Hi Brookwood; in answer to your question, if it works for you then continue but beware, if your take a practice swing and it does not feel right, then you will put doubt in your mind you are likely to hit a bad shot... In my opinion as with most golfers, the error is that we think the practice...

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In reality, the K1, the plus 10, the knife, the alien wedge.... all one thing in common, they promise to make you hit straighter, longer and without effort...POPPYCOCK!!! If you have a bad swing then the only way to sort it out is to change your swing, get lessons, understand the mechanics of...

Firstly why are you buying new clubs? I note you are a 22 handicapper and assuming you intend reducing this then a reward for attaining your target would be to buy new "game improving" clubs or a new driver etc. Secondly if you expect to improve your golf swing/speed in the next 12 months then...

I have the momentus and the swing setter. A friend swore by the momentus for getting you in the slot, another said it was good for stretching the right muscles..no benefits found. The swingsetter was a desperate plight to strike the ball better as I was releasing the club too early... I used the...

I've always used cheap balls, but in January I went to the southwest and played with Pro V1's ; I was shocked to see my ball land on the green and then spin back, my playing partners were very impressed. Since I have used cheap balls again but I know that I will need both skill and a good ball...

Played from the white/medal tees today and boy what a feeling, all winter I have been playing very conservative off the winter tees, the wind etc has payed a big part, yet today because the fairways looked so long and inviting I let it rip and straight down the middle every time, what an amazing...