Driving range practice

How to Structure Driving Range Practice

A practical opener that turns range practice into decisions you can use on the course.

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Start with the real shot

How to Structure Driving Range Practice should feel useful before a golfer ever reaches for another browser tab. Picture a 7-iron to the 150 flag; the point is to make that moment clearer, not to bury it under theory.

What to notice

Start with warm up with wedges before speed work, then connect it to the result you can actually see. At the practice tee, a good range practice read shows up as a better target, cleaner contact, or a miss that still leaves the next shot playable.

  • First check: Warm up with wedges before speed work.
  • Second check: Change targets every few balls.
  • Scorecard check: Did it support making the next bucket count?

Use it today

For this article, success is modest: one decision around range practice should feel easier the next time the situation appears.