Do you warm up for a round of golf?

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Interested to know how many of you warm up prior to playing a round of golf?
If you do how long do you spend? And if no, why you choose not to?

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OilBeefHooked2

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Interested to know how many of you warm up prior to playing a round of golf?
If you do how long do you spend? And if no, why you choose not to?

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Ah um let me hazard a guess maybe because it's easier to do nothing than it is to do something!?

GreeBo

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I And if no, why you choose not to?

Because most people I see playing golf arrive at best 5 mins before their tee time.

Whyner

couple of swings and a few shoulder turns

mag

usually try & get there early enough to hit 1/2 bucket of short shots & 1/2 bucket of full shots and about 10 mins of putting. always have to do stretches & stuff or i feel like im swinging in a barrell.

BUACHAILL

I try to get there 45-60 mins before tee off, I take a while to loosen up so I always play better when I spend this amount of time warming up, just start with a few chips around the green then gradually work up to full shots, then spend 10 -15 mins on putting before I start.

This isnt always possible and when I dont do it I find I struggle for the first 4-5 holes

ShriekingSheet

Yeah, about 90% of the time I do, for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, cos our first is a long par 5 and I feel incredibly stiff. I've recently tore a muscle having not warmed up.

Secondly, because it makes me play better and when it comes to say, Captain's Prize, when way more people seem to feel the need to warm up and practice, they often wind themselves up too much, not being used to it. As said above, their ordinary routine is pulling into the car park 5 mins prior to teeing off and in changing that, they can make themselves nervous. On a big day, I'm just doing the same as I always do so it's no big deal, much more comfortable.

death1234567

GreeBo wrote: »

Because most people I see playing golf arrive at best 5 mins before their tee time.

I would warm up if I could but usually I'm one of those people arriving 5 mins before tee off. If I had the option I'd always arrive 40 mins before tee time and get some putting/chipping in. Maybe even sneak a quick hole in before starting the round.

ShriekingSheet

death1234567 wrote: »

Maybe even sneak a quick hole in before starting the round.

I'm sure you know already, but if it's a competition (other than matchplay) that's against the rules.

jimbling

We dont have a warm up area. i.e. no driving range, pitching area or chipping area. All you can do is put, which I do try to spend a few minutes at before I go out.
Other than that it's a few stretches and swings to loosen the muscles. It does normally take a hole before my body adjusts and it begins to feel loose though.

ShriekingSheet

jimbling wrote: »

We dont have a warm up area. i.e. no driving range, pitching area or chipping area. All you can do is put, which I do try to spend a few minutes at before I go out.
Other than that it's a few stretches and swings to loosen the muscles. It does normally take a hole before my body adjusts and it begins to feel loose though.

Yeah, I had always been a member of places like that. I found it a pain in the ass for midweek practice and weekend warm-ups.

Good tip is to use one of those club weights you attach to the head of your iron. A few smooth swings, even in the carpark, can get you resonably ready to go.

jimbling

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Yeah, I had always been a member of places like that. I found it a pain in the ass for midweek practice and weekend warm-ups.

Good tip is to use one of those club weights you attach to the head of your iron. A few smooth swings, even in the carpark, can get you resonably ready to go.

Ya, what I've started doing is grabbing one of the irons, take a proper swing stance and begin swinging back and fourth without stop. Start slowly and with half swings. Then graduate on each backswing to a bit fuller and a bit faster. Takes about 10 to loosen up enough to put in a full swing.
This works for me and it's just something that I started doing for no apparent reason. Not sure if it would work for others. I think it helps get my body into the right frame of mind too. The balance required to do it probably aids as well.

Mister Sifter

I never used to warm up. Didn't feel i had to and it never seem to really effect my scoring. I had a run there recently though where every round i was 5-6 over after 5 or so holes.

Since then i've tried to really make sure i get to warm up beforehand. It's not always easy though as i like to play early and the range isn't always open. It's great if you can hit 10-20 warm up pitches, then 10 or so drives. After that i feel in pretty good shape to start a round.

ozymandias10

death1234567 wrote: »

I would warm up if I could but usually I'm one of those people arriving 5 mins before tee off. If I had the option I'd always arrive 40 mins before tee time and get some putting/chipping in. Maybe even sneak a quick hole in before starting the round.

disqualiied if you do that..unless matchplay

PhilipMarlowe

Almost never warm up because I find practice to be dull. A handful of pitches from about 40 yards and a few chip shots from in close and a half dozen putts is about perfect but most of the time I go from the car straight to the tee... a few gentle 8 iron swings to loosen up.. a few 4 irons next then a couple with the driver and off we go.

GreeBo

Licksy wrote: »

Almost never warm up because I find practice to be dull. A handful of pitches from about 40 yards and a few chip shots from in close and a half dozen putts is about perfect but most of the time I go from the car straight to the tee... a few gentle 8 iron swings to loosen up.. a few 4 irons next then a couple with the driver and off we go.

I think the need to warm up is greatly influenced by what the first hole (or two) demand. We start with two par 3's so you need to be pretty warmed up (170m and 120m) or your round can be over standing on the 3rd tee.

When we start at a par4 (especially if its a pretty open drive) I dont feel the need to warm up as much, pretty confident with the driver anyway.

However I do practice a lot so it would be rare that Im swinging a club for the first time in a week for example.

bigtimecharlie

It's long put's on the putting green for me to judge pace and then some warm-up practice swing's. Otherwise, I could spend a long time practicing shot's i may never have to hit, or put some doubt in my mind.

Fermoy golf club have a chipping green which is a bonus. Don't see many of them around, Adare manor is another but after hosting the Irish open, you would expect that.