I have a routine that is the same every time I play. Have tried to do this consistently for about the last year or so, I get it done in about 15 minutes. I find that if you spend too much time on the range, you get diminishing returns.
I chip about 10 balls with a sand wedge or pitching wedge. I am especially paying attention to the sound. I want a crisp click, a thud is not acceptible. I then go to a 7 or 8 iron and do a chip with a small turn. When I feel comfortable with this, I get my driver and do the same swing with a bigger turn. I try and view all my full swings now as a chip with a turn. Once I hit about 5 driver shots, I putt for about 5 minutes and go to the tee.
I have found absolutely no correlation between practice time and score improvements when the round immediately follows the practice session. I view pre-round practice as nothing more than getting loose and instilling a sense of tempo. Amazingly, some of my best rounds have been when I barely got to the course for my tee time, throw the bag on my shoulder, and literally ran to the first tee.
And one thing I have promised myself not to do is try anything new on the course until it is ingrained. Every so often, I will go to the range from work and not play. This is time for trying new things. And I have a net at home and a full length mirror that I frequently practice with. These are the times I play "golf swing". On the course, I accept the swing I have at the time and go with it. I am playing golf, not playing around with my golf swing.
Boris
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My practice routine
Posted - March 15 2007 : 3:03:27 PM
