Comments on: The Range Is Your Laboratory http://www.lifeintherough.com/2007/05/19/the-range-is-your-laboratory/ My Quest to Become a Golf Pro Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Double Eagle http://www.lifeintherough.com/2007/05/19/the-range-is-your-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-3074 Double Eagle Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:41:54 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/?p=54#comment-3074 Jonathan, I see what you're saying, but the key is to practice the shots you'll likely face on the courses you play. If you're not going to face normal bunker shots, then there's not much point practicing them. And once you do get to the course and are faced with multiple options on a particular shot, the best course of action is to play the one you've practiced most and thus are most comfortable with. Jonathan, I see what you’re saying, but the key is to practice the shots you’ll likely face on the courses you play. If you’re not going to face normal bunker shots, then there’s not much point practicing them. And once you do get to the course and are faced with multiple options on a particular shot, the best course of action is to play the one you’ve practiced most and thus are most comfortable with.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.lifeintherough.com/2007/05/19/the-range-is-your-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-3073 Jonathan Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:16:23 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/?p=54#comment-3073 While I agree with the sentiment, there are many times on the range that I find myself where I just don't have a shot. There's nothing in the bag that I've practiced that's going to get me out of this. Then I'll think, "What about that flop I saw Lefty hit?" My biggest example comes from bunker shots. Where I live, the courses have the hardest time keeping the bunkers full of sand. Sand is one of our prevalent soils. Yes, it can be chalked up to poor groundskeeping, but I have yet to play a course in Oklahoma that didn't have sandburs and crab grass encroaching the bunkers. So, I rarely get to practice them. But that's just me. I'm sure there are lots of other examples out there. That's why we subscribe to golf digest, watch the Golf Channel, and come here. To learn vicariously. ;) While I agree with the sentiment, there are many times on the range that I find myself where I just don’t have a shot. There’s nothing in the bag that I’ve practiced that’s going to get me out of this. Then I’ll think, “What about that flop I saw Lefty hit?” My biggest example comes from bunker shots. Where I live, the courses have the hardest time keeping the bunkers full of sand. Sand is one of our prevalent soils. Yes, it can be chalked up to poor groundskeeping, but I have yet to play a course in Oklahoma that didn’t have sandburs and crab grass encroaching the bunkers. So, I rarely get to practice them. But that’s just me. I’m sure there are lots of other examples out there. That’s why we subscribe to golf digest, watch the Golf Channel, and come here. To learn vicariously. ;)

]]> By: HappyRock http://www.lifeintherough.com/2007/05/19/the-range-is-your-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-61 HappyRock Mon, 21 May 2007 16:48:26 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/?p=54#comment-61 I often try hit a 4 iron between two trees, under a branch, and over a stream hoping to get right to the green, knowing full well that I don't really have that shot in the bag. Most times, I should have just laid up with a 7 iron, and taken a small hit. Usually I plunk the tree, and then have to hit the 7-iron anyway. The trick is that occasionally we do make it, and that reinforces trying, since that is the one we remember. The Happy Rock I often try hit a 4 iron between two trees, under a branch, and over a stream hoping to get right to the green, knowing full well that I don’t really have that shot in the bag. Most times, I should have just laid up with a 7 iron, and taken a small hit. Usually I plunk the tree, and then have to hit the 7-iron anyway. The trick is that occasionally we do make it, and that reinforces trying, since that is the one we remember.

The Happy Rock

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