"Play the Course" on The Range To Lower Your Scores

Many, many golfers suffer from not being able to take great range sessions onto the golf course. Are you one of those? Do you practice well on the range and short game practice areas but fail to score on the course? Maybe the way you practice has something to do with that...

Most golfers conduct a range session where they hit 10-15 balls per club, starting with wedges and working their way up through the bag. There is nothing wrong with this in and of itself. However, when we are on the course, playing for score, this is never a scenario that plays out...where we get to hit multiple balls with the same club in a row. In that typical range session or short game practice session, where we hit the same shot repeatedly, with no real goal other than hitting solid shots, we can consider it a good session if we hit 8 out of 12 shots well. On the course, we do not have that luxury of the repetitiveness of hitting the same shot over and over. We must work with the results of one shot with a particular club, then go to the next shot and continue to try and advance the ball until holed. Obviously, that singular shot on the course weighs much more than it does in a range session or when hitting 20 chips from the same spot.

Do not get me wrong, there is all kinds of merit to practicing the typical way that many of us do. It creates repetition and allows you to work on technical aspects that you and your coach may be working through with your swing.

Over time, you will start seeing the fruits of your labor helping you score better. To become an Ace on the course, you need to practice as you would like to play and play as you practiced doing so...