Golf Practice Facilities

Golf practice facilities are a vital part of your game improvement strategy. You are not likely to find a single facility that meets all of your needs. Typically, the driving range is the most common place to practice. Ranges vary widely in quality. This section will get into a more detailed breakdown of what to look for in a practice facility that will suit your game improvement requirements best.

Types of golf practice facilities include:

• Outdoor Driving range
• Indoor Driving range
• Short Game practice area
• Putting practice area
• Bunker play

Practice at Home

Your home can also be included in the list. For certain, limited types of practice, the home should be considered. Of course, you can do exercises, that is ok, too. However, the practice in this section refers to:

• Grip practice
• Swing drills
• Chipping drills
• Putting practice

Grip practice

The golf grip is an unnatural act. Unless you grip the club like a baseball bat (e.g. like Tommy Tolles on the PGA Tour) the overlap or interlocking grip styles feel very awkward at first. Even a veteran goes through grip corrections or minor "resets" of his grip as swing changes are introduced or flaws creep into the game during the season.

If flaws or problems happen to you, a good home practice technique is to take a club, set your hands in a proper grip and just hold the club as you watch television or listen to music.

When I first learned the game, I took a sawed-off shaft with a good grip end and held it over my shoulder. It was about three feet long but it fit comfortably in my hands and in just a couple of days the weird new grip felt perfectly natural. Now, my grip tends to rotate into an overly 'strong' right hand position, causing me to hook the ball so I go back to basics with the short shaft and hold it to get back to the correct hand position. It's amazing how getting back to basics helps to retrain the feel in your body.

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