Golf Driving Range – How To Use It To Improve Your Game

Article by Brad Long

If you play any amount of golf you have noticed that some golf courses have driving ranges and others do not. From my experience a golf course would not have a driving range because of the area. By that I mean the course is located in a city that doesn’t have enough real estate to be able to provide to its players. While other golf courses never had it included in their plans when designing it.So what is the driving range most useful for? Some would say it’s place to get yourself loose before you head out to the first tee. Others will say its a place to hone in your skills that you can take from the driving range to the golf course. However, most of us who are avid golfers know this is easier said than done. I have experienced a really bad warm up session on the driving range where I couldn’t hit anything where I was looking, and then had a great ball striking round. While other warm up sessions I struck the ball wonderfully but failed to carry that over to my round.Such is the normal ups and downs golfers of all levels will experience. If you watch golf you may have noticed the announcers will watch some of the players warm up before they begin their round. They often make comments on how they looked warming up on the range and how well they were able to hit control shots of all types. This rule pertains to the best players in the world as well. Tiger Woods for example, has been known to have an awful warm up, and then went to the golf course and played “beautifully”, as he likes to put it.So if you are confused on why you may hit the ball great during your warm up before you play, and then fail to be able to carry that over to the golf course – know that you are in company of not only most golfers but some of the best players in the world as well.So what can we do about it? Well golf is like a lot of others sports in that we need to actually practice like we play. Take Basketball for an example. Coaches will simulate “real game” situations everyday during practice to make it seem as much like the real thing as possible. Football coaches do this as well putting as much pressure on the players as possible helping prepare the guys for real game situations.So the next time you find yourself on the driving range hitting 95% of your shots with your driver ask yourself if this is actually benefiting your playing potential. I can answer that for you and say with an affirmative NO. If you could spend 10 minutes or so and picture the first few holes in your mind, and actually hit some of the shots you might experience on those holes, it could help your performance on the golf course.We all know how important it is to get off to a good start and for those who are not as experienced as professionals probably aren’t mentally tough enough to handle a shaky start. Nick Faldo used to play the first nine holes on the driving range before he played some of his tournaments. What does this do for you? It will help expand your imagination and feel, which are vital to be a good player.Anyway hope this little tid bit helped. Take this advice seriously experimenting on your own, and little by little you should start seeing some improvements in your game.

About the Author

Brad Long writes about golf and relationships online. You can see his new websites on King Comforter Sets, Pillow Top Mattress Pad and WaterProof Mattress Pads as well.