i lose my swing somewhere between the range and the course

[Connorws]

does anybody else experience this, and tips?

 

 

[justodd]

I have had the same problem. The one tip that helped me was to make my practice more like my round. Try not to just swing the same club over and over again. Hit a variety of shots and change targets. Also change up your lie, meaning don't give yourself the perfect lie every time, hit from a divot, hit downhill, uphill, sidehill. It will be good for your whole game.

[Gongshowguy16]

I thought I saw your swing on the side of the road today...let me know if you see mine laying around in the parking lot.

[leftypga]

You know, I've been having the opposite problem lately. I don't have time for much golf, but I go to the range 4 or 5 days a week. I hit the ball like crap. I don't remember when I've been so inconsistent. When I do get to play, however, I hit it great. I'm hitting nearly every fairway and 14 or 15 greens. If I could get my putting going, I could post a decent number.

[Shwagin1066]

I've always been a terrible range player, no idea why

[Connorws]

thanks for the advice, gongshowguy16 ill be sure to let you know haha

[heffe78]

[quote name='justodd' date='27 April 2010 - 09:32 PM' timestamp='1272425531' post='2405488']
I have had the same problem. The one tip that helped me was to make my practice more like my round. Try not to just swing the same club over and over again. Hit a variety of shots and change targets. Also change up your lie, meaning don't give yourself the perfect lie every time, hit from a divot, hit downhill, uphill, sidehill. It will be good for your whole game.
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+1 - Yup, it's easy to grab a club, start pounding balls, and get in a groove. "justodd" is right, change it up, make your range time worth something. When you're pounding balls for 10 minutes on the range, depending what you normally shoot, you hit about the same number of full shots as you would on the entire front nine. Pick targets, change clubs, go putt, go hit some more.

[Connorws]

see tht is hard for me. becuz at my home course the holes are sooooo short so if u hit a good drive ur lookin at wedge to 52*. but when i play in tournaments for my highschool team its a differant storey. but ill deffinatly try all this out

[ttaylor0024]

[quote name='leftypga' date='27 April 2010 - 11:04 PM' timestamp='1272431062' post='2405617']
You know, I've been having the opposite problem lately. I don't have time for much golf, but I go to the range 4 or 5 days a week. I hit the ball like crap. I don't remember when I've been so inconsistent. When I do get to play, however, I hit it great. I'm hitting nearly every fairway and 14 or 15 greens. If I could get my putting going, I could post a decent number.
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Same. I hate hitting off turf...

[KYMAR]

If you are talking from an accuracy standpoint I would ask how certain are you that your good shots on the range are all that good? I have a buddy who complains ALWAYS that he doesn't take it from the range to the course well. I tell him that his driver on the range is the same weak push he hits on the course, but the width of the range masks it. In essence, pick very specific targets and work on hitting them with in a few yards of the line you have picked.

If you are talking more in terms of ballstriking, I.E. Nice and clean strikes on the range, then fat and thins on the course, much of that is the different lies, sidehill, downhill, rough etc. This is especially true if you are hitting off of mats on the range, that can really hide a variety of misses because there is no turf/club interaction. A fat shot on the range mat will often bounce right into the ball and result in a short yet acceptable looking shot, But on the course you are going to pay for it. If you are hitting off grass tees, try a variety of lie conditions as others have suggested.

Practice will ALWAYS pay off. Keep at it, you will get it.

[Connorws]

KYMAR i do take all tht into consideration. its not my deiver i dont worry bout tht to much. most the time it is my irons, i know i can strike it well. but i think im starting to relize i put so much pressure on myself to shot good tht i start thinking to much and thts when it goes to $h!t