Range or Course

[Cobra_Nut]

Which will improve my game most, I know its a mix of both but does one just edge the other.

 

[daymond]

Look at the poll on the GM home page. 70 odd% go for course.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I believe the course will do more good than harm but i also realise that going the range is still as important to improve.

I've not been the range for a while as i just cant motivate myself.

 

[Imurg]

PLaying real shots on the course for me. Range is ok but there's no pressure, if you hit a bad one you just tee up another. Plus you get away with poor strikes from the mats that you wont get away with out on the course.

 

[Wedgemonkey]

course every time - easy to groove say 10 4-irons in a row at the range but in an average round you'd play only a handful and rarely 2 in a row - for me one of the main challenges is the variety of shots required on the course - hard to replicate at the range

 

[Cobra_Nut]

the course it is butjust seen practice on the course at my club is prohibited but I am the only one usually out after work, so I probably would'nt get caught

 

[chris661]

Unless I am working on a change to my swing then the course otherwise the range just for quantity not quality

 

[timgolfy]

The range is the perfect environment to learn a swing, to groove it, and to experiment.

If you already have a grooved swing then the range offers little more benefit other than more grooving and physical workout.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

That's not even a choice is it? Course all day long for me, roll on summer.

 

[richart]

Range, range, range and more range. Just wanted to type the word a few times as i don't think i have before.

Course of course, but no surprise there.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Range for making swing changes and the course to prove you've done the work properly. Get out and play as much as you can. You can't recreate the course on a range and the shots you'll face

 

[percy_layer]

Ideally both.

But if it was one or the other, it has to be the course. On the course, no two shots are the same and there is such a huge variety of shots that need to be played.

I've spent a lot of time this past few weeks working on changes, concentrating more on technique than ball control until this last week. Went on the course today for 9 holes and i think only 2 shots were stock shots, one with a 7 iron and one with a 5 iron. All the rest were shaped one way or the other, punched or a different trajectory to normal.

Also, the range is where you can learn to hit the ball but the course is where you learn to play golf.

 

[G1BB0]

range for swing and trying new things, course for seeing if it works in the real world

I am also planning to do a lot of short game practise near my home (great big field) so will be able to try a variety of lies hopefully.

any practice is better than none regardless how or where its done imho

 

[Happy_Gilmore]

If you're happy with the way you are swinging the club then I don't think the range does anything more for you, if your trying to nail something new in your swing then it's range all the way for me.

If it's just to get the feeling back after a long winter then hit the course, play a few balls on your own and get the feeling back of stitching 1 from 150 yards or nailing a drive down the middle

 

[Adi2Dassler]

I really enjoy going to the range.Repetition of the swing and dialling in yardages with the shorter clubs is essential.I'm lucky my gaff has an excellent range and I'm happy to spend a couple of nights each week during the winter up there.

Re-creating those shots on the course is where it's at though, and when the summer months come along I'll ditch the midweek range action for a round.