Range

[mono217]

How do you practice at the range with your clubs what drills do you use how what why?

Thanks mono

 

[Putting_Green_Pro]

Tbh I don't bother going to the range, unless I have had a break from golf and need to get my muscle memory back, because the range is nothing like the course. Will always try to play on the course even if it means being on my own

 

[kid2]

How do you practice at the range with your clubs what drills do you use how what why?

Thanks mono

The only thing that i give time to on the Range Mono is my short Irons.......Yardages upto 150-160 yards........Moreoften than not 8i-sw.....I coould hit balls with these for hours....But its just to get my accuracy down to a point with them.......I might throw a 4 or 5 i in to break things up a little but its only to TRY and practice shaping a ball.....Doesnt always work though

 

[doubletripledouble]

Yep the driving range is for alignment and accuracy with the irons, driver, hybrids. No point thinking about distances how good it felt or anything like that as your off a mat. The grass practice area at the club is for irons and judging how well you are actually hitting the ball.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Depends if I'm working on a swing change or not. If its a bit of practice then its about accuacy only and I tend to hit 5-10 balls with each club at specific targets and mark how many I get into the target. Sometimes I just play around trying to hit different trajectories or shapes just in case I ever need to

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I use the range a lot at the moment as I am still trying to bed in changes to my swing. You can't really do much apart from that. You can't take any notice of distance as they are range balls and they will be inconsistent. Last night I was hitting 8 iron at the 150 yard target, some came up short and other equally good strikes carried it, probably 20yd difference. Clearly some of that is me but most of it is the ball.

The range is all about repetition, nothing more.

 

[birdieman]

I don't go to the range except occassionally in winter if there is snow around so grass isn't an option.
I wouldn't knock ranges though, for hitting woods they are great, for long and mid irons they're ok too.
I don't think they are any use for short irons however. The steeper angle of attack into short irons shots usually means taking a divot, I've found at ranges you get a horrible bounce off the mats with short irons and wedges which is hard to ignore and does end up influencing how you're swinging, not for the better I feel.

If I am very rusty i.e. after winter I'll hit lots of the same club just to try and groove a rhythm again. Once that rhythm is hopefully back I would just mix the clubs up, I tend to focus mostly on long irons and mid irons as they're harder to hit well. I don't need to practice driving much so only hit a few of those.
For me if I start hitting 4 or 5 irons well I know my swing and timing is in reasonably good shape.

I would focus range time on where your weaknesses are. Most players practice what they're already good at, the key is to practice what you're not good at!

 

[Oddsocks]

How do you practice at the range with your clubs what drills do you use how what why?

Thanks mono

I play a range version of my local track,

Example:

Par 5 First:
Driver
(if its left a 6-7iron punch out)
(if its straight depending on strike 5iron - 5 wood)
3rd shot depending on result of shot 2 would either be a chip, a flop or a pitch and run.

Par 4 second:
3 wood
(if its left or right P/W out to about 50 yard marker)
third shot another 30-40 yard pitch
if the third was crap maybe a chip to 20 yards

and so on.

its easy to sit there and boom 6-10 of each shot consistantly, but playing virtual courses helps spread the consistancy across your bag

the only clubs i do complete sessions with are wedges. these sessions will be what ever wedges are in my bag at the time,

1/4 swing, 1/2 swing, 3/4 swing, 3/4 swing punches
down the shaft an inch for pitches to the 20 yard and 50 yard markets. and target practice to flags/nets etc on the range.

 

[Adrena1in]

I just go for the exercise really, it's no longer about practising for playing on a course. Oh, and I go to see how far I can hit a driver, or to maybe test "drive" some secondhand clubs.

 

[AuburnWarrior]

I start with good intentions, then get bored and try stupid things like trying to thin my 4 iron 300 yards...

 

[RGDave]

I use the range a lot at the moment as I am still trying to bed in changes to my swing. You can't really do much apart from that. You can't take any notice of distance as they are range balls and they will be inconsistent.

The range is all about repetition, nothing more.

Agreed. And GOOD repetition leads to good learning. BAD repetition leads to ingraining faults.

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I think my range should have a sign up saying "you don't have to be a john thomas to use this facility, but if you are it certainly helps - recommendations for proving your status in this respect include;
1) slicing loads (some off the range), then buying another bucket and trying out the latest £300 Taylor Made driver to see if that works.
2) Dropping and twirling the club after you've pulled your 9 iron 30 yards left and hit it under 96 yards.
3) Not bothering with any other club than a driver. *this is acceptable if you can actually hit the club*
4) instructing your mates or children in the finer points of golf technique when you have none whatsoever yourself.
5) admiring shots that in all honesty would be off the course."

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I think my range should have a sign up saying "you don't have to be a john thomas to use this facility, but if you are it certainly helps - recommendations for proving your status in this respect include;
1) slicing loads (some off the range), then buying another bucket and trying out the latest £300 Taylor Made driver to see if that works.
2) Dropping and twirling the club after you've pulled your 9 iron 30 yards left and hit it under 96 yards.
3) Not bothering with any other club than a driver. *this is acceptable if you can actually hit the club*
4) instructing your mates or children in the finer points of golf technique when you have none whatsoever yourself.
5) admiring shots that in all honesty would be off the course."

You forgot...

6) Pretending it wasn't you when you manage to hit the ball so badly it rattles in the roof of the range causing people in the adjacent bays to run for cover

 

[RGDave]

You forgot...

6) Pretending it wasn't you when you manage to hit the ball so badly it rattles in the roof of the range causing people in the adjacent bays to run for cover

Damn it....you are SO right.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think my range should have a sign up saying "you don't have to be a john thomas to use this facility, but if you are it certainly helps - recommendations for proving your status in this respect include;
1) slicing loads (some off the range), then buying another bucket and trying out the latest £300 Taylor Made driver to see if that works.
2) Dropping and twirling the club after you've pulled your 9 iron 30 yards left and hit it under 96 yards.
3) Not bothering with any other club than a driver. *this is acceptable if you can actually hit the club*
4) instructing your mates or children in the finer points of golf technique when you have none whatsoever yourself.
5) admiring shots that in all honesty would be off the course."

You forgot...

6) Pretending it wasn't you when you manage to hit the ball so badly it rattles in the roof of the range causing people in the adjacent bays to run for cover

Not just at my range then

 

[Adrena1in]

You forgot...

6) Pretending it wasn't you when you manage to hit the ball so badly it rattles in the roof of the range causing people in the adjacent bays to run for cover

Don't knock it, I got a free ball the other day when the chap next to me did that and his ball ended up in my bay.