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I've done the work through the bag thing, sometimes going up every other odd club & back down on the evens, so But I trend to start on a mid iron. So two or three shots with 7, then 5, 3 (if its in the bag, or hybrid) 3 wood Driver, then back down 5 wood 4 iron, 6 iron 8 iron, PW SW, 60, 50, 9 iron & back to 7 iron. Or I'll pick a mid length target green, say depending on the bay, an 8 iron or even a 6 iron away. Will hit half a dozen shots with that then try hitting the same target flag with an alternative flag, then I'll move up in length to a target flag further away & choose two alternat clubs for the shot & then probably take 3 wood & driver & aim at the furthest target green. Then I'll work my way through the short distance flags with differnt wedges, again choosing two different clubs for each of these closeup target flags, from say 40 yards up to 100 yards, if I've chosen my bay carefully. Then I'll play an essential game around the target greens I'll choose one of the three main target greens take the club I think will get me there. Now if I miss the green I estimate how far I was off the green & what sort of shot might be the likely next, then choose one of the close in flags 40 - 100 yarders, making a pitch or chip type shot with various shot making clubs. Then move onto another of the three main target greens go through the same & so on. I may decide to mix it up & imagine a parr 5 & hit a drive down the line of the main yardage markers, then decide how much I've got left for this imaginary par 5. Say for instance I'm imagining 550yards, I hit my driver & its say dropped at the 250 yarder or maybe slightly past. So for instance this 550, now becomes 300 yards on the range. What now? decide is this a lay up water hole or a go as far as I can hole. So for instance its a lay up, where I need to leave 150 for a safe imaginary water hazard, I'll pick out the 150 yard marker & aim to drop the next infront of it, but not over it. so then I know Ive 150left for this imaginary parr 5 . So can aim at the target green nearest this distance & then if I've missed the green go through the procedure I went through earlier for the short close in flags. If you can't imagine a hole or want something to work different ways of handling holes you know, dig out an old score card from the bag & go through yardages & take into account hazards you know are on the actual course. I quite like this sort of fun round played on the range, makes you think about a lot of things & means more swapping between clubs with no second chances. Especially good when the course is full or bored of working on iron shot techniques. I really do like to vary practice to keep things fresh, when I'm down on the range. Not really worked enough on the range this year, but an example of things I was doing last year, & to a certain extent this year, though as I say, don't really seem to have had the drive as much this year. |