Golf is not played on the range. It's all about getting the ball in the hole. If you are having problems on the course, it is probably becase you are spending all your time on the range...hitting ball after ball quickly to "get in as much as you can" thinking this is better for you on the course.

Practicing before a round is one thing, you are hitting 10-15 shots to feel the flow of your swing to be ready for the day. Making 30 minutes out of 100 balls in your bucket is another. Whacking 2 balls a minute will only get you tired. It will not do much for your game.

So try this just once at the range next time out:

* Pick 14 of the best balls out of your bucket and put them in a pile.
* Pick 14 more of the next best and put them in another pile.
* Warm up with 14 of the worst hitting 7i only.

* Now, tee off (with the best ball pile) and play your course...what ever course you want to play...if the first tee is a par 5 and OB right, imagine that out in the practice field putting an imaginary OB line at some point and the fairway to the left of that and to a nother point. Go through your routine...get the feeling of the first tee, the pressure you put on yourself. And play this hole. If the ball goes OB, tee another one up. If you hit a snap hook, it's in play but you now play a 4i instead of a 7i. Knowing the holes and your course is essential here...but you get the idea.

* Play each hole to the green and evaluate the approach shot. Right next to the hole is a bird, on the green is a par, off the green is a bogey (I know you can get it up and down, but there is another game for the chipping range, you are evaluating and playing golf at the range here).

* Play all 18 holes. Use the best pile for tee shots, and the 2nd best pile for the second shots. Par 5's you will have to guess at how you did to play the layup or Go For It shot.

Ok, all this is meant to help you practice to play golf. Michanics are one thing, being in the moment and practicing in the moment is what will help you play better on the course.

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I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play. ~Lee Trevino