The Golf Slice

A lot of us stuck in winter weather are forced to keep our game alive by visiting in-door driving ranges. Here are four practice tips for the driving range to help you keep your golf game sharp until the weather warms up.

1. Don’t go out there just looking to make contact. Find a flaw in your game and work on correcting it. Everyone should have a game plan before hitting the range.
2. Try and always aim for a particular target. A lot of ranges will put flags or yardage markers out for you to aim at. If that’s not available, just try to hit a general area each time.
3. It’s not all about the long ball. It’s key to get in time to work on your short game as well.
4. Don’t play for too long. It’s really easy to overwork yourself at the driving range. Your shots come fast and furiously without the normal downtime in between shots you get when playing a real round. Be careful not to overextend yourself.

These tips should be useful to any golfer, actually, regardless of the season. If you can actually go out and play a round right now then getting in practice at the driving range is important as well.

A lot of new golfers don’t take advantage of their local course’s driving range before they head out to play a round. It’s important to get in some time at the driving range before you start on the first hole to help get your swing together.

A lot of courses have a driving range on site. At the very least, most have a small practice putting green you can use. Be sure to practice both long and short shots at the range. On the practice green you can work on short chip shots in addition to putting.

When you’re on the range, try and get the most out of each practice shot you take by aiming for a specific target. Aiming in this way should help you get better distance and more control of your shot.

You can really increase your odds of starting a round off great just by hitting the driving range first and taking a few swings.