Golf Tips

Below are some ideas to liven up your practice sessions. Try some of them:

1- When you go to hit balls, finish up playing your favorite course in your mind on the range. Change targets, change clubs, hit pitch shots, etc. Your first shot is the tee shot you would hit on the first hole. Your second is the shot you would have next, and so on...

2- At some point while you are hitting balls, try hitting some extreme shots---big hooks, banana slices, low screamers, high flop shots,,, every once in a while, you need to be able to hit a shot like that from trouble on the course, so practice shots like that. You will learn by experimentation and visualization how to execute shots you wouldn't normally think to practice.

3- Hit shots from divots, tight lies, uneven lies and fairway bunkers. Quite simply, not every lie on the course is a perfect one, but that is how we often place our balls on the range. Practice hitting shots like these, because you will encounter them on the course.

4- If you hit balls with a friend, try challenging each other to different contests. Put a wager on the outcome. Do closest to the pin shots with a sand wedge, long drive contests, trick shot contests, most 7-irons in a row hit onto a green, etc… little competition is always good.

Finally, always make your practice time of the highest quality. Work diligently on the areas of your game you need to focus on, and use your time wisely. But from time to time, mix things up a bit to make practice fun.