Driving range mats lie!

[jabuan]

So I played my first round of golf at the beautiful bay view golf course here on Oahu. Only played front nine so it was pretty forgiving.

But I gotta say that you can hit it fat on a driving range mat and still make decent contact. But on the course, you hit fat and its an explosion of grass and dirt. Hahahaha.


"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

[Heath]

Oh man the driving range will ruin your golf game. If I got to the range I will go to the grassy area and use a tee. But the balls are the worst part of the range!

 

[Craig Mac]

I always drive across town to practice at a better facility. Real grass and the range balls aren't beat to shit.

 

[Agentskull]

Plus golf is a mental game. At the range your solely focusing on one thing. Not all the other elements that go into playing a round.

 

[RacFocus]

I use the driving range before rounds pretty much just to stretch out. I don't take much of what happens there to the 1st tee.

 

[KoreanCowboy]

The mats are the worst indicator of how you are swinging. The range balls are generally just distance balls that allow very little spin. Unless of course your course uses Pro V then they are freaking awesome! Played at a course like that last month and wanted to steal all the range balls.

 

[inspector]

Best place to practice is driving ranges with real grass. If I play at a club where you have to warm up on mats I will usually not hit a lot of balls before the round. Simple practice swings on a grassy area or using the chip range is usually good enough for me. Golf range driving mats can even sometimes do more harm then good before a match. I don't think the pros practice on mats ever and that should be telling enough right there.

 

[drunkpile]

Awww I would never play there... lol. I don't even want to go to the range anymore cause I think it screws up my game. Went there a couple of days before I played at Coral Creek and hit mostly fat all day. Play on grass, practice on grass.