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hi, i went to the range today and was striking some good shots with all my clubs. i thought i was going to have a good round, but it was terrible. so i went to the range straight away to work on few things. i was striking shots better than the first time i went on the range. does this happen to anyone else. also does anyone have any advice. thanks

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All the time, it just happens, on the range there is no pressure or expectancy! What were you doing to make it terrible, if you can put your finger on what was going wrong then you can take further action!

You get into a groove on the range.

Try switching clubs and targets more frequently.

I dont hit more than 5 shots with a club at a time..I am constanly switching...I would recommend this!

Make yourself tagets like fairways, try using a driver then for your second shot a 7 iron and then a wedge etc, try it out i sometimes do it.

The practice range is 90% physical. The course is 90% mental. That said, one of the best ways to control the mental side is to know that you can hit the shot well, which comes from practice. The more you practice, the better you play.

Hmmm... I'll remember that! Makes sense

Yea it helps so you are not training your body to hit 1 club and only 1 club...Each club is slightly different!

This happens to all of us, and I would venture to say that it happens to the tour pros also. One thing you have to always remember; on the course, the only place you are level is in the tee box. Around the course you're dealing with ball above, ball below, down slope, up slope, elevation differentials, etc. At the range, every ball is hit from a level lie. It's kind of like Major League Baseball players during batting practice. (They call them 12:00 Hitters) They hit 10 out of 12 over the fence. Comes the real game......different story. A lot tougher!

I know what you mean with the driving range, but the batting cage reference definitely rings true. I played baseball for most of my life and you could do great in batting practice, but come game time, it wasn't always the same.

I always view it like the Las Vegas commercials "What happens on the range stays on the range" I have the same problem. My son's Pro said the matts can give a false sense of security as they are way more forgiving than grass. Even when I hit off the grass at the range I still hit shots that would intimidate Tiger. I think it comes down to a good lie, no pressure, and no expectations.

I played today and almost didn't as I couldn't hit nearly anything that I tried to at the range...it was so bad I even took out my driver and 3 wood and left them in the car when I went to play...funny thing though; I managed my way around hitting shots that I had confidence in, taking an extra club and making 3/4 swings and eventually my swing came back to me well enough to post a + 4 through 10 holes including one birdie from off the green (hooked the tee shot just as I had been all morning on the range)...the range is a different place than the course where you have to make shots, not swing well and lately I have been putting myself in the mindset of forgetting about the perfect swing and all the mechanics required and just playing when on course, regardless of the game that I have that day...this has helped me tremendously in that on the course I have gotten away from trying to duplicate the perfect shot that I can hit on the range 7/10 times and instead opt for the good shot that I can make more often...forgoing that high, arching beauty that drops 8 feet from the hole for a bump and run that stops 20 feet away...was paired an older japanese gentlemen today who illustrated that in that he did not hit perfect shots or even pretty ones, hit relativley short shots (I routinely out drove him driver vs 3 iron) missed girs by 5 yards or so on every hole, but with decent chipping and putting pulled off a +1 through 10 holes...not spectacular but good golf...it was a lesson...

It happens... One thing I've noticed is the range is REALLY WIDE, meaning, you can put a little fade or draw on a ball, start it a little left or right, and may not notice it on the range, but when you are hitting into a 30 yard wide fairway, or a narrow green, it is apparent. On the small greens I play on, 6-7 yards right, left, short, long, etc. hits the edge of the elevated green and bounces off, ends up 19 yards right. The course is just different.

Yh thats some very good advice, ive read this in books everywere i would do this!!!

I don't think so