do you practice at lunch time?

[slugger]

I'm going to pop along to the local park at lunch time with my wedge and get 20 mins practice in.

Anyone else do this and do you feel it makes a difference?

Just so happens that the local park at my work is Leith Links, one of (if not THE) oldest recorded places that golf was ever played!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I use to way back when (mid 80's) when I worked in the civil service at Chessington and Chessington Golf Centre had just opened and was a five minute walk away. Now I'm too stressed and busy (no seriously) to consider it. The local range is the other side of town too so really haven't got any inclination. I'd rather wait until after work and take my time than rush a bucket against the clock. Out of interest can 20 minutes make a significant difference?

 

[Society_Fan]

Wish I could.
Stuck without transport despite the Playgolf range being 7 minutes drive away
Pity really.

 

[DCB]

Slugger,

I'm telling the parkie !

 

[Putting_Green_Pro]

sounds a bit excessive to me. it is light until nearly 8 now so just do it then

 

[Imurg]

Now the better weather is (supposedly!) coming I'll keep my wedges and putter in the boot and go to our par 3 course when I have a break in lessons. Even if its only 1/2 an hour I can still practice the short game and my putting. Hope to get out there most days.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I'm more of a before work or after work man myself. Practice is practice but 20 minutes? I usually lose myself in golf and have no concept of time so I'd be at 45 minutes before I knew it However, if I was gonna do 20 minutes I'd probably want to choose a specific distance to practice, say 50 yards and spend 20 minutes hitting just that distance rather than just hitting random shots, that way you get good feedback about the result of you shots and if you get feedback, 20 minutes every day can be very valuable (IMHO)

 

[Swinger]

Lunch time??

I work through lunch 98.54% of the time but will be visiting the practise ground after work a fair bit after work.

Not sure i could really get into a session in 20mins. Don't think it would do me much good.

 

[Robobum]

I work from home and can do the last hour of my day from my diary and my mobile so can be on the tee for 5pm any night of the week............in fact that is what I will do this afternoon.

 

[Sneds]

I'd be too concerned about what the time was to do any meaningful practice x

 

[AndrewG]

I'm 2 mins from my course, and 4 mins from my local range, and I work from home, so during the summer I'll probably do one range session a week, about 45 mins in total, and one or two putting/chipping practices which take about 20 mins... As to whether they do any good or not - who knows !

 

[slugger]

well, that's me back in from my first ever work time lunch time practice session...

took my 53º wedge and hit around 30 half shots to a paced out 30 yards where i placed a golf ball box as a target. really enjoyed it, apart from the one shank.

one guy walking past with his well behaved labrador quirked "it's easy when there's no pressure!"... that's when i shanked it... lol!

I think it's going to provide useful. I can't always get to the range after work through the week as we have a wee 20 month old daughter and she comes first.

 

[znuffzz]

i'm in the City so not even an option...my drinking arm is however getting plenty of practice

 

[slugger]

For anyone interested in the history of golf, here's a link to where i'll be doing my lunchtime practices...

http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/leith_links_first_golf_competition.htm

Going by the map, it looks like i was doing my practice somewhere between the 3rd and 4th fairways!

 

[Twire]

sounds a bit excessive to me. it is light until nearly 8 now so just do it then

Pete, some of us have families to go home to and KIDS to look after.


I've not done it this year yet, but towards the end of last year, if I had a quiet hour or so at work I'd go up to the range once or twice a week, and just hit a bucket of balls. I'm sure it made a difference, and I'll be taking it up again when I'm ready. Not to sure 20 minutes will be long enough....but I suppose it's better than no practice at all.

 

[steviep]

I do. I work about 2 minutes away from the Celtic-Manor so popping up there at lunchtime is pretty easy. I've been concentrating on the irons on the range recently.

There are also pretty decent short game facilities up there, so I'll be spending more time practising my chipping and putting over the next few months.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Working in Central London, the answer is no! However my house backs onto my course, so during the summer, I tuck the boys up in bed, leave the missus to Emmerdale, Corrie or whatever rubbish she watches, and then have a lovely couple of hours on the links most evenings!!!

 

[znuffzz]

thats sounds nice! i'm very lucky and there's a number of very good courses within a 2 miles radius of my house, and i live almost directly opposite Burhill, must try and sort membership out when i've got some spare wonga

 

[pokerjoke]

20 minutes i.m.o. is no where near enough time even to get warmed up,but hitting for any amount of time is better than none at all.Im one of these people who will practice for hours.

 

[Robobum]

20 minutes i.m.o. is no where near enough time even to get warmed up,.....

Never felt the need to warm up before some chipping or putting??!!


Or before a round of golf, but that's adifferent matter