'A 30 something Beginners golf journey'

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Practice time

I have made much more time to practice and play this year, but I find the lure of actually playing much stronger than the lure of the practice ground right now.

Basically I have Tuesday evening, Thursday evening and Sunday when I can get a full 18 holes in each week.

In addition I have an hour to two hours on Wednesday evening and Friday evening for practice.

My club has poor practice facilities, that means to practice I need to visit either a driving range or the local pitch n putt. However the pull has been to go upto the club and do 6-12 holes even on Wednesday and Friday. The benefit of this is that my game is transferring much better from the range on the course and scores are dropping in general play. The down side is that the practice is not focused but is more general and I feel like I'm developing swing faults. Apart from time spent on the putting green which I can only do at the club, I think I need to make a bigger effort to do focused practice sessions on short game and driving. Playing the course three times a week should be enough for me.

The plan for the summer is:

Tuesday - 12-18 holes general practice on the course and an hour on the putting green.
Wednesday - Driving range - working on tee shots and long irons (swing technique).
Thursdays - 12-18 holes scoring practice - one ball trying to shoot a low score + 1 hour on the putting green
Fridays - Pitch n Putt course - short game, pitching and chipping, short irons to small targets.
Sundays - Comp or 12-18 holes for fun and then putting.

On top of this I need to decide about more lessons. I still don't feel that I have worked enough on the last lesson about getting my weight through the ball and hitting ball first. I'm not sure another video lesson is worth it yet. On the other hand I feel like I'm fighting an out to in swing at the moment so a video lesson may help with that?

I'll see what happens in tonight's playing lesson first and then decide.

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