Driving Range Games

[Paulsearle1405]

Hi as my home club is closed because of snow I decided to spend a couple of hours at the range. I tend to find it a bit boring after a while so today came up with a game to try & help.

So I pick out an imaginary fairway between 2 150 yard signs (about 40ft apart). Starting with my pw I take 5 shots & have to get in between 4 out of 5.

If I do I move to a 9 iron & so on if I don't I do another 5. The idea is to get to my driver with more balls to spare.

Does anyone else play games like this if so I would love your feedback on games you play

 

[Jon321]

I tend to play a round at the range so I'm never hitting the same club twice in a row. I use my home course as I know what clubs I will be left with if I hit a good shot.

 

[And29]

I domthis everytime,

i play courses and use the flags as fairways

like this, Anything left of the 150 yard flags is dead in the trees.

a nice drive will leave me 130 to the middle of the green

 

[And29]

I tend to play a round at the range so I'm never hitting the same club twice in a row. I use my home course as I know what clubs I will be left with if I hit a good shot.

BOOM

 

[Deleted member 21784]

my range installed pro trace with the ability to play 18 holes on a sim

so I do it now and again

 

[Deleted member 18645]

I still like the drill where you hit 5 shots with each club starting with a wedge and working up. I track each shot and record good, average or bad. Over the course of 5-6 sessions, I can see which clubs I am struggling with and where improvement is needed. Every shot is hit to a specific target in a game situation.

 

[Jacko_G]

I concentrate on technique and rhythm and don't care where the ball goes.

 

[Hendy]

Could always head to this driving range lol

topgolf.com/uk

 

[ScienceBoy]

I play 5s

5 shots to a target scored out of 5 then try and beat the score.

Anything to put a little pressure works really.

Just playing a round helps but you need to add consequence and pressure to make it really effective

 

[Deleted member 18645]

I concentrate on technique and rhythm and don't care where the ball goes.

Last time I did that I got Mrs Shark pregnant .....

 

[Oddsocks]

I tend to play a round at the range so I'm never hitting the same club twice in a row. I use my home course as I know what clubs I will be left with if I hit a good shot.

This.

 

[And29]

I play 5s5 shots to a target scored out of 5 then try and beat the score.Anything to put a little pressure works really.Let's b HWhatever works, my handicap has come tumbling since using this I give myself 30 yds of imaginary fairway to aim for, so on the course i may have an easier tee shotI will also shape the ball away from the danger on the hole in my head..Keep your 5's and your scores I would bet your 5 off the tee are all right but in you head your thinking that would be ok, but on the course when in fact the ball is dead and you have no chance of making a FIVE or six

 

[londonlewis]

I tend to play a round at the range so I'm never hitting the same club twice in a row. I use my home course as I know what clubs I will be left with if I hit a good shot.

I do this too. Great way to keep the mind thinking and to put yourself under pressure.

I often change the imaginary course I am playing too - the most difficult being The Nicklaus course at St Mellion.

 

[Beedee]

Unless I'm working on something particular after a lesson, my range sessions are almost always the same format

Three or four 8 irons
Three or four 6 irons
Three or four 7 wood
Three or four driver

5 shots with PW aiming at targets at 125, 100, 75, 50, 25.
4 shots with 50 wedge at 100, 75, 50, 25
3 shots with 54 wedge at 75, 50, 25
3 shots with 58 wedge at 60ish, 50, 25
With all the wedges it's always one go at each shot, never replaying the same club to the same target until I've got thru them all. I try to keep a score based on whether each shot leaves a tap-in, good chance of a one-putt, safe two-putt, or worse.

Then it's either repeat the wedge drill or finish the basket trying to get as fair round my favourite course in my head. I only repeat a shot if I hit such a stinker that it's a guaranteed lost ball. If it's just a bit rubbish I have to play a wedge "back to the fairway" or a hybrid bunt-shot to stay below the imaginary trees.

 

[Capella]

I never get tired of target practice at the range (maybe because I so rarely manage to actually hit the target, so it stays a challenge ), especially trying to hit the same target with different clubs. I find it very satisfying to actually hit something (like a net or a distance marker) as opposed to just getting the ball near it. I also do the imaginary round, occasionally, but we have a short practice course right next to the range, so I normally prefer that.

 

[ScienceBoy]

but on the course when in fact the ball is dead and you have no chance of making a FIVE or six

A good point And29, games like 5s have their place but cannot replace the pressure on the first shot.

The important thing in practice is know what you are working on and don't get distracted from the aim you have.

I use games to replicate pressure, I use that practice to help me deal better with the pressure on a single shot.

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Ignoring the imbeciles to insist on taking phone calls and speaking loudly as if they are saving the planet in between slashing drivers 120 yrds in any direction. If I can concentrate amidst that cacophony I'm right happy.