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With what club(s) do you start practice when your at the range? What system does everyone use or do you have a system...just go out and bang it!!

I suspect a lot of people will say the same thing, but I try to start with the highest lofted clubs first and work down. The real point of that is, in general, if you can't hit the higher lofted club correctly, the lower lofted club aren't going to be better. Some days I'll get stuck at like an 8 iron, for instance. Something ain't right, so there is no point in trying a 5 iron on that day -- I'll hit wedges and 9 & 8 until I think everything is back on track. Even on days I am working on the really lower lofted clubs -- 3 hybrid, 4 wood, or driver, I always start with a few swings of the wedges and work up. Now, I don't do every one, but a typical example is: 3-5 swings with each of 60*,51*,8 iron, 5 iron, then ready to hit higher clubs.

same here, I have not used the range much , because the nearest one to me is 20 miles but I start with The Lw and work my way up to driver.

I start with my 7 iron, it is my most used and comfortable club. I am always pulling a 7 on the course. I find my swing and tempo and then work some wedges. I usually skip the 8 and 9 irons and goto a 5 iron followed by the 3. I then work my fairway woods and finally driver. I never hit more than 5 balls with the driver. It is always either I have it that day or not with my driver and if I work on it too long I usually only wind up making it worse.

By the way, Tom Watson starts with a 3 iron when he practices. He figures if he is hitting that well from the get go everything else is easy.

I hit some wedges to get warmed up, do some stretches, then some mid irons, stretch a little more, then work on whatever club is sick...

I start off with what I came to work on and also finish with the same. Inbetween that I pick targets and try to hit them. The stuff I go to work on is usually something like:

I want my driver to go straight
or
I want to learn to draw the ball
or
My long irons need desperate help
That latest tip i read about looks useful
Gotta get used to this new club
Lets see if we can reach the back of the range today
need to practice fundamentals like chipping for tomorrow's game
What yardage will a 9 o'clock swing give me with my clubs
Lets burn a bucket in the sand trap today

I try to at least get 15 minutes of range time before we tee off. I'll start with a 9 iron , 6 iron, 7 wood and finally the driver. If I have more time i'll work with a 5 iron and a 3 wood off the grass

I haven't played for a while so right now, I just focus on making solid contact. I do see how the ball flies and approximate distance, but until ballstriking is more consistent, this is my current practice goal. But I do vary my club use.

Club use #1: LW, PW, 7 iron, 4 iron, 3 wood, driver.
Club use #2: SW, 9 iron, 6 iron, 3 iron, 3 wood, driver.
Club use #3: GW, 8 iron, 5 iron, 2 iron, 3 wood, driver.

My clubs are very similar in that the LW, SW, and GW are all Nike SV wedges. My irons are the Nike ProCombo, so the PW-8 iron are full blades, the 7-5 irons are mid cavities and the 4 - 2 irons are full cavity backs, so that should explain my club use.

And once my ball striking is more consistent, I'll work on things like shaping shots - up, down, left and right. And I'll also pay more attention to my distances.

As for putting, chipping and sandplay, I practice that whenever I can, which is on the days that I don't take my son to hit balls. He's 2 years old and likes to crush the ball...even with his putter. After taking a divot on the green, I've limited his practice to hitting balls on the range.

Actually I can see how this could make sense.. Personally I usually find proper rythm only after hitting long clubs.

i generally start with a LW or GW and hit a few 1/2 and 3/4 shots and make sure my contact is how i want it before moving to full shots. from there i go to a 9i and hit 10-15 just to get my tempo. move on to the 7i and try to hit "golf shots" (high, low, fade, draw). do the same w/ the 5i and 3i. hit 3-5 w/ the hybrid, 5-10 3W's, 5-10 drivers. then after that i'll hit a few more short wedge shots to get a feel for that days distance control. and if i'm getting ready to play a round i like to end by "playing the 1st hole" a few times... i look at the way the hole sets up and get a idea of how i'm going to play it, then hit whatever i'm going to hit off the tee, hit whatever club i'd have to take to get to the green from there. helps me make a smooth transition from range to course

What ever club I would be using on the first shot. LOB, and ussally 7 or 8 matters what club I would be using on my second shot.

Hit about 10 Fullswing shots with the LOB wedge from 20 out too 95, Hit the driver 4 or 5 times, hit about 20 iron shots, till I can find something that I can take out that day and use on that round.

And now I pretend I am on the first hole:
Then I start playing the first hole, driver, iron, different kind of wedge shot
and I will do that for a couple holes.

Hit my first club shot 4 more times, and then head to first box

I guess Im backwards I grab driver and do the same process. My reasoning is if I can hit my driver all my other clubs are a walk in the park!!

i hit my clubs about five times each in this order:60*, 56*, 52*, 48*, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 4 wood, driver, and when im done, and if i have any balls left, i'd hit some fancy shots with whatever i choose.

I start on the range with stretching, then swing a weighted club. When I'm ready, I start with my 7 iron with 3/4 shots, gradually up to a full swing. I feel that I can best work on grooving my swing plane and setup when using the 7. I then go to what I plan to work on, although most of my range work is 7-iron, pw for feel and accuracy, driver.

If I have enough balls left after my concentrated work, I play a few imaginary holes.

There's a difference between my pre-round warmup routine and my practice sessions at the range.

The pre-round routine is nothing more than stretching, loosening up and hitting a few balls, and working on my timing for the day. I don't try to work on shaping shots, because it's not a practice session. I just want an idea of what to expect regarding ballflight while I'm getting loose. I'll basically take 3 clubs -- short iron, mid iron, driver. Hit maybe 25 balls, and I'm done. The shortened warmup routine has enabled me to not be mentally drained early on in the round, and it also prevents me from grooving what might be a bad swing for the day.

The practice session is completely different. I prefer to work on my game immediately after the round, so I have a clear idea of exactly what I need to work on. If I hit my irons well during the round but struggled with my tee game, I just might spend an hour trying to iron out the wrinkles. Seldom do I work my way through the bag, however. What I might do, on the other hand, is take a short iron and alternate hitting short iron shots and shots with driver, to find a better sense of feel and control.

Some guys go to the range just to relax and hit balls. I've never had that desire -- when I go to the range, I go to the range to work on something specific. It might be something as simple as dialing in my wedge play, or maybe something as major as working on shaping some shots with my mid irons (which is an issue at times for me). Or, it might be to just work on a basic fundamental with my driver. Whatever I struggled with the last time out, that's generally what I work on.

I think that it is important to work on something specific, or you can easily become sidetracked with millions of other ideas and accomplish very little in the process. It is the quality of your practice session that matters most, not the quantity of balls you hit.