Bad day at the range...

[Society_Fan]

How can you have a bad day at the range?
I love going to the range and hitting balls. Just try to clear your mind every once in a while (instead of always working on something) and you'll hit good shots like you do on the course.
I enjoy watching other hit balls, and having a chat with out the walk!
If you can get in to some sort of good groove you can come accross as being better than you really are!

 

[Screwback]

So you have had a bad day at the range

IMO going to a driving range is a waste of time. To satnd and hit balls down a field with a few targets in is totally pointless it resemble nothing you will come across on a course.

I am not against practising but this is best done on the course. the only clubs that are worth prcatising anywhere else is wedge play to a practise chipping green or putting on a putting green.

 

[kingoftherodeo]

Some interesting responses on here and clearly some mixed opinion. Im don't agree at all with it being a waste of time. It may be for a scratch golfer or even someone with a mid handicap but us mere mortals need some practice off of the course just to practice technique. Im not at the range to practice anything other than hitting the ball straight and working on the fundamentals.

I didn't make it last night, by the time my dad had finished faffing around it was shut!

 

[Robobum]

So you have had a bad day at the range

IMO going to a driving range is a waste of time. To satnd and hit balls down a field with a few targets in is totally pointless it resemble nothing you will come across on a course.

I am not against practising but this is best done on the course. the only clubs that are worth prcatising anywhere else is wedge play to a practise chipping green or putting on a putting green.

I second this

 

[Smiffy]

Mate of mine who plays off 8 came to the Addington meet last year. A couple of nights prior to the game he was down the range while I was having a lesson.
I watched him hit his irons, he was nailing them like God.
Tonking his driver over the fence at the far end with a very slight draw, it was a pleasure to watch him.
At the Addington he scored 19 points in the morning and 22 in the afternoon, and I think he only hit about 5 fairways all day.
I took a fiver off of him in the morning and thanks to a "double or quits" bet in the afternoon, another tenner.
Cushty

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I can understand a lot of the single figure contributors on here advocating the necessity to practice the short game (100 yards and in plus putting) but for many we are still working on a swing that repeats more often than not. The range is our haven to work on the things we have been shown in lessons and once we have mastered them we can move onto focussing much more on the short game. We aren't single figure for a reason so lets not run before we can walk.

Also at the moment the range is all thats open around here and I don't find hitting chip shots or pitches off a mat bears any resemblance to trying to hit a soft cut shot or a spinning punch. I'd rather use it to keep my swing ticking over until I can get out and play.

I'm not advocating standing there and just hitting balls. Regardless of how accurately the target is measured (if it says 150 and you can hit a 9 iron then practice your 9 iron) or what sort of target (net, yardage sign, the bloke on the collector buggy) as long as you are treating every shot with respect and taking the time to se up correctly and aim then I think there is a productivity to the practice.