louise_a
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One full practice swing, pick my line, take my stance, hit the ball.
Pre shot routine
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SocketRocket
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Richuk123
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Similar to me, only difference is i try make my practice swing as close as possible to the shot i want to hit. I Don't agree with the length of time some of the top pro's spend over the shot. i think it is way too long. would be funny if they had a 30 second shot clock from when the caddie puts the bag down
find something that works for you, i don't like to spend ages and i will then end up either throwing another option in or talk myself out of it. Pick my club, make a realistic practice swing, set up and go.
Keep it simple
AmandaJR
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Ditto except my order is, I pick my line, one full practice swing and so on...I do waggle my shoulders and have also been told I waggle my ass rather like a duck!
freddielong
Tour Winner
The most important part of golf if you want to consistently shot good scores you have to approach the shot with the same a good clear frame of mind.
3565
Journeyman Pro
Oh come on, haven't you learned anything from watching the pros?
1. Step on to tee.
2. Look at card/course planner. Return to back pocket.
3. Pick up grass and throw it in the air. Pull face.
4. Look at tree tops. Frown.
5. Go to bag pull out club.
6.Step on tee.
7. Couple of little swishes.
8. Pick up grass and throw it up. Puzzled look.
9. Go back to bag and change club.
10. Step back on to tee.
11. Couple of swishes.
12. Get ball.
13.Tee up trying to line up lining up mark with target.
14. Pick spot on ground 2 feet in front of ball as reference point.
15. Walk behind ball.
16. Go to ball and adjust to align lining up mark.
17. Walk back to behind ball to check lining up mark.
18. Couple of swishes step into ball almost into address position.
19. Two very deliberate practice swings.
20. Step in to address ball.
21. Feel slight change of wind.
22. Step back pause and and step in again.
23. Settle into address position.
24. Line up leading edge of club face with lining up mark and reference point in front of ball.
25. Few waggles.
26. Tightening and loosening of grip.
27. Ensure you have key swing thought in head.
28. Initiate trigger movement and.....
29. swing.
I've probably missed a few and of course some pros have additional mannerisms but that seems to be the minimum. Of course they can also intersperse this with discussions with their caddies.
Now you will look like a pro at least until you hit the ball.
I tried this routine today in first round of our club championship.
Shot 72, 4 birds, 5 bogies, 1 over and I have a 4 shot lead going into tomorrow.........
More of the same tomorrow me thinks if that's the outcome :thup:
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Pre shot routines can be long winded or very short but they are PSRs all the same. I see so many golfers that line up poorly then wonder why their ball went into the cacky! I see them teeing the ball too high or low and blaming the driver for the ball skying or diving into the front of the tee box, making out that their putt broke or didnt break due to some magical forces at bay. Personally I cant understand how anyone expects to make the best of a shot when they have not set themselves up properly, taken into account the weather conditions and visualised the shot in hand.
Of course some people may just step up and give the ball a good mullicking and get away with it but I would suggest thats not the best way for most people.
Of course some people may just step up and give the ball a good mullicking and get away with it but I would suggest thats not the best way for most people.
3565
Journeyman Pro
I can't agree more. I've struggled this year, and seen my hc go up, I'm going thru a swing change and saw Alistair Davies at Arden 2wks ago for a 2nd opinion, and he suggested my posture wasn't quite right bio mechanically and needed a bit more width on my back swing. So golf is about fundamentals, GASP, then swing fundamentals all trying to repeat the same thing over and over. After I choose the club for that yardage, and gauged the conditions, I put in a check list of words that starts behind the ball to make me focus on what I need to do and speak them as I do it.
TARGET - where I want the ball to go to,
AIM - line my club with a spot 2ft in front of the ball to my target
STANCE. - I'm guilty of having too wide a stance at times, with legs flared out.
POSTURE - incorporate the new posture, hip wise.
before I swing I say
WIDTH. - is for the backswing
& PRESSURE. - is applying pressure onto the ball by forward shaft lean and rotating my hips.
Sounds complex and long winded but it's not, and since adopting this routine my last 2 rounds are 71 72.
It keeps me focused and present in my round.
D
Deleted member 15344
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I find it easier just not to think about things - tee it up - grip it and rip it
3565
Journeyman Pro
Good for you, knock yourself out!
D
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Cheers :thup:
Foxholer
Blackballed
You disagree with me! What a surprise, its starting to become a bit boring now!
No disagreement!
You are obviously just not seeing the same (type of) Golfers (the poor ones with PSRs particularly) that I've observed!
Then again, your statement could just be wrong! The implication is that the difference between a poor golfer and a good one is simply the presence/use of a PSR.
Surely you owe it to the Golfing community to implement your observation and convince every poor (h'mm, the ambiguity!) golfer to adopt a PSR and, according to your observation, they will instantly become a good one! I reckon you will simply prove your statement wrong - as you will see a lot of, still poor, golfers with PSRs!
Oh, and just for the record, I arbitrarily 'define' a 'poor' golfer as anyone with a handicap 20+ - which is a few shots above the average handicap.
I have a pre shot routine. I take it out and use it in practice and to be honest on the course I don't think about it, just do it and according to the pro I have lessons with who unbeknown to me timed it in a playing lesson is virtually the same length of time per shot so I guess it's ticking all the boxes. If, and it's rare these days, I don't go through it and hit a shot, I do notice I haven't after I've done it
RGDave
Money List Winner
My PSR is kind of messed up at the moment.
If I ever find my swing again (it's a bit lost through hitting hundreds of balls doing something new/different) I'll go back to whatever I did before, which wasn't much, just checking the essentials.
If I ever find my swing again (it's a bit lost through hitting hundreds of balls doing something new/different) I'll go back to whatever I did before, which wasn't much, just checking the essentials.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
I didn't say that adopting a PSR would make a poor golfer into a good one. Did I? I said that in my observation good golfers have them and poor golfers don't. I cannot recall any tour Pro that doesn't have one. It goes without saying there are many more attributes that separate the good golfer from the poor but I didn't think that needed clarifying.
RGDave
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sev112
Tour Winner
You can't just use any PSR - you must be custom fitted ......
