dandpl
Club Champion
Hi all
Just not sleeping so thinking about golf.
I do not take a practice swing on any full, 3/4 or half shot nor do I take a practice putt.
I will occasionly practice swing a small finnesse chip or pitch.
I do have a solid pre-shot routine just no practice swing.
I know this is unusual in golf.
What other sport incorporates a full practice? I am struggling to think of one, football penalty taker? Rugby conversion taker? Basket ball shooter? Snooker? Darts player?
If you give a ball to most people and ask them to throw it to a target very few will need a practice swing and that is a one off occasion not something they do very often.
If you have played golf for a number of years you will have hit thousands of full 9 iron shots to whatever your standard distance is, the same is true of the Tee shot and the 3ft putt.
So why the pracice swing?
Who started it? Is it just copied behaviour?
We have all seen terrible golf shots hit after practice swings. And good ones I know.
Without all these swings the game might speed up a little. Say 5 seconds per practice swing X 90 shots X fourball and that is only one swing per shot!
I am going back to bed now but looking forward to your thoughts.
dandpl
Just not sleeping so thinking about golf.
I do not take a practice swing on any full, 3/4 or half shot nor do I take a practice putt.
I will occasionly practice swing a small finnesse chip or pitch.
I do have a solid pre-shot routine just no practice swing.
I know this is unusual in golf.
What other sport incorporates a full practice? I am struggling to think of one, football penalty taker? Rugby conversion taker? Basket ball shooter? Snooker? Darts player?
If you give a ball to most people and ask them to throw it to a target very few will need a practice swing and that is a one off occasion not something they do very often.
If you have played golf for a number of years you will have hit thousands of full 9 iron shots to whatever your standard distance is, the same is true of the Tee shot and the 3ft putt.
So why the pracice swing?
Who started it? Is it just copied behaviour?
We have all seen terrible golf shots hit after practice swings. And good ones I know.
Without all these swings the game might speed up a little. Say 5 seconds per practice swing X 90 shots X fourball and that is only one swing per shot!
I am going back to bed now but looking forward to your thoughts.
dandpl