What's your typical week look like?

[ShankyBoy]

After doing a lot of running/cycling for many years...its quite natural to imagine I should be practicing nearly every day at my golf...not sure what would run out first, the money or the Mrs's patience.

So a few questions to help me gauge an appropriate/normal level of practice per week. I've only been a member of a club for 3 months and gone from 100+ to around 86-90 most comps now. So I'm looking to get better, wanting to break 80 as the next target.

My current week looks like below, be keen to hear others what they are doing:

• How many times do you go to the driving range?
  • 3-4
• How many balls do you hit at the range each time?
  • 150
• How many holes do you play on the course?
  • 30
• How many comps do you play on the course?
  • 1
• How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?
  • 30 mins
• How many lessons do you have?
  • none
• Handicap
  • 19

 

[bladeplayer]

Typical week this year

Sun @ 11am i take clubs outa car .. Sun 3.30pm i put clubs back in car ..


Occasionally play a Tues Comp . Played yesterday 39pts for .2 cut , missed putt for 40 on the last ..

 

[Rooter]

Here is mine:

• How many times do you go to the driving range?
  • 0
• How many balls do you hit at the range each time?
  • 0
• How many holes do you play on the course?
  • 0
• How many comps do you play on the course?
  • 0
• How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?
  • 0 mins
• How many lessons do you have?
  • none
• Handicap
  • 16

Hoping for a 40 pointer at West Hill in a few weeks too! LOL

 

[jamielaing]

How many times do you go to the driving range?

• Seldom- prefer on course practice

How many balls do you hit at the range each time?

• 100- possibly once a month

How many holes do you play on the course?

• 54-72

How many comps do you play on the course?

• 1-2

How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?

• none

How many lessons do you have?

• none

Handicap

• 9

Over the winter I will be in full practice mode, taking a lesson a month and spending 6-8 hours a week on practice area and driving range.

 

[guest100718]

Mostly avoiding my teenage sons attempts to get a 3 second pin....

But I do also get to the range a couple of times a week.

 

[Hobbit]

1 comp a week, 40 comps a year tops. Practice, very rarely although I do benefit from a doz balls before I go out in a comp. However, I love putting and will usually do a couple of sessions a month on the practice green.

 

[Keeno]

I much prefer your schedule to mine. I just don't have as much time as I used to. If I can get 2 games in a week during the summer I am delighted.

How many times do you go to the driving range?
5-6 times a year

How many balls do you hit at the range each time?
50

How many holes do you play on the course?
18 - 36

How many comps do you play on the course?
4 this year

How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?
5 - 10 putts when I get a new putter then I get bored

How many lessons do you have?
None for a few years

Handicap
5

 

[ShankyBoy]

I'm probably in that honeymoon period, where it's the new passion and desperate to get better and enjoy seeing things click. Every single time I go to the range or the course, it's like something new gets added to the armoury I learn.

I could spend hours at the range though, it's really only the cost that stops me. But its cheaper than the pub...how quick before that excuse runs out

 

[Crawfy]

How many times do you go to the driving range?

Once a week, whilst my daughter is having her lesson ( Twice a week in winter)



How many balls do you hit at the range each time?

50 ( 100 per session during winter)



How many holes do you play on the course?

18 (poss 36 during summer)



How many comps do you play on the course?

1 per month - less this year though



How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?

30m-1hr per week



How many lessons do you have?

six per season


Handicap

7


I tend to play more than practice during the season, but that may change as I may move to a course with better practice facilities.
I put the clubs away in December, but Jan - March is where I ramp up the practice. I take 6 lessons (one a fortnight) over this period and work on each area we are focussing on in between those lessons.
Last winter was all about a new swing path. This winter will be grinding that even more and grooving my soon to be fitted putter.

 

[Keeno]

I'm probably in that honeymoon period, where it's the new passion and desperate to get better and enjoy seeing things click. Every single time I go to the range or the course, it's like something new gets added to the armoury I learn.

I could spend hours at the range though, it's really only the cost that stops me. But its cheaper than the pub...how quick before that excuse runs out

I could play on the course for hours and hours, but get nothing out of the driving range tbh

I find practice pretty tedious,, which isn't ideal

 

[JT77]

How many times do you go to the driving range?
Once, and sometimes hit a few before playing

How many balls do you hit at the range each time?
80/40 before I play if I have time

How many holes do you play on the course?
18 once/twice a week 9 a couple times if lucky

How many comps do you play on the course?
1

How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?
None

How many lessons do you have?
none

Handicap
8.2

Usually finish at 4 ish so I can get to course and play 9 and be home before 6, play sat comp and recently have played Sunday with friends.
Sometimes just head to short game area for an hour on way home.

 

[RollinThunder]

I'm probably in that honeymoon period, where it's the new passion and desperate to get better and enjoy seeing things click. Every single time I go to the range or the course, it's like something new gets added to the armoury I learn.

I could spend hours at the range though, it's really only the cost that stops me. But its cheaper than the pub...how quick before that excuse runs out

We seem to be on the same level! . It's great when the hard work and practice starts to pay off, and everything starts to feel easier. I was at the range today, and I was moaning to myself for hitting an iron slightly thin, and then I realised that a month ago, I would have killed for that distance, flight and trajectory!

I could stay at the range for ages too, my problem is time. I'd take an hour at the range over an hour in the pub, any day of the week. The Honeymoon Period you speak of is definitely what I'm in, but I've been told by many people that once you chop some shots off your handicap, and get to the best of your ability, then it gets much harder to improve.

 

[Break90]

How many times do you go to the driving range?

• 0

How many balls do you hit at the range each time?

• 0

How many holes do you play on the course?

• 18 in winter, 36 plus in summer

How many comps do you play on the course?

• 1

How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?

• 0 mins

How many lessons do you have?

• 0

Handicap

• 10.7

 

[MendieGK]

150 balls on the range is way too much. A proper focussed session shouldn't be anymore than about 50balls. I can't even begin to think how boring 150 would be (and unproductive at that)

 

[HomerJSimpson]

How many times do you go to the driving range?
3

How many balls do you hit at the range each time?
100

How many holes do you play on the course?
36 (18 on Saturday and Sunday

How many comps do you play on the course?
Depends if there's a comp on

How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?
0 mins

How many lessons do you have?
1 every 8-10 weeks

Handicap
12

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Driving Range

0

Rounds during the week

4

How many comps

As many as possible

Practise at home

Zero

How many lessons

Never had one

Handicap

5

 

[ShankyBoy]

Certainly isn't boring or unproductive for me, I go through all my irons woods and plenty left for chipping. I'm still tinkering with slight adjustments to fix issues that come with being new to taking this seriously.

Nice to see the good guys doing bugger all practice though that's quite reassuring!

 

[Region3]

Range - At the moment 2 or 3 times a month, 60 balls each time.

Rounds - Probably average 2 point something a week over the year.

Comps - 1 a week at my place. Played in about a dozen opens this year.

Home - Nothing apart from occasionally waggling a club in the lounge if I suddenly discover the secret to golf and want to test it out looking at myself in the patio door window.

Lessons - Had half a dozen last winter but nothing since.

Handicap - 4

Think about golf - 24/7

 

[Lambchops]

Here you go

• How many times do you go to the driving range?
  • 0
  
  
• How many balls do you hit at the range each time?
  • 0
  
  
• How many holes do you play on the course?
  • 18
  
  
• How many comps do you play on the course?
  • 1 every 2 weeks
  
  
• How much practice do you do at home, chipping/putting etc?
  • 0 mins
  
  
• How many lessons do you have?
  • none
  
  
• Handicap
  • 20

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Range = Twice if work/meetings allow at lunch

How many balls = 50 each time

Holes on the course = 18 if lucky, sometimes another 5-9 in the summer during a nice evening

Competitions = Average 1 per month but it's heavily weighted to the spring and summer months

Home practice = 30 mins putting, 10 mins over three days (end of the week usually ready for the weekend)

Lessons = None since I was a kid the late 80's

Hcp = 1.5