Off Season - Time to get to work

Tiger Mcilroy

Hi

I'm wondering what people do in the off season to get their game in good order has anybody done anything specific over the winter non qualifying period to finetune their game.

I've come down from 19 - 14 this year without any real practice and my good rounds have been very good with a scratch cup win and good second in a medal giving me 2 shot cuts both times.

My biggest weakness by far is my short game which at time can be atrocious and there are days I am stood in a bunker or over a chip and feel I have no hope of getting up and down.

I want to get the head down over the next while with a view to pushing on towards single figures next year and am looking round for some lessons (any eccomendations appreciated) and working on putting/chipping drills. Im going to take a view in the weekly comps that im playing for next year and be less results orientated.

the lawman

What worked for me and what continues to work is I find my weakness and I get a lesson on it. I work on what I'm told for a few weeks or until its not my main weakness anymore.

Then I go back and work on my new main weakness and rinse and repeat. I guess I'll just keep going until I'm happy with where I end up.

Still working on it but its working well so far. What does help me is the fact that I'm obsessed with the game so even when I'm not playing/practicing I'm thinking about how best to practice etc.

Best of luck with it Tiger.

Tiger Mcilroy

This is definitley something i need to take on board, im forever going to the range and cracking irons and woods into the distance and convincing myself im a better "golfer" than i really am while ignoring the weaknesses.

Im going to try and take a structured honest approach and really dial in on why the short game is the way it is.

pinkdoubleeagle

Short Game, Short Game for me

the lawman

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Short Game, Short Game for me

For me anyway this wasn't the case. My short game was the strongest part of my game. Long game was my weakness and I worked on that really hard. Dropped 4 shots as a result.

Obviously when the big weaknesses are reduced somewhat then short game is the part where you will drop the most shots. If you are amazing from within 100 yards but it takes you 2 shots and a penalty shot to get there then its not much use.

I guess it just depends on what point of the curve you are on.

stitcheddepin

the quality of the practice is important tiger. I dropped several shots (not this year but the previous one 12 to 6) by focusing on one thing per practice session. don't bring a full bag to the range, just bring wedges one day and low irons another for example.
if u have bunker practice facility, spend 1 hour in it, dropping balls at different angles, going for different pretend pins.
another day then practice up and downs from around the green, different angles nd lies, try to play each shot like its a comp.
same goes for putting, spend a full hour on it, getting comfortable with line, speed and stroke. muscle memory.
one subject/area at a time, like studying in school

wally79

Hi Lads. not currently a member of a club. Does anyone know of a driving range with a chipping practice area.

tonc76

wally79 wrote: »

Hi Lads. not currently a member of a club. Does anyone know of a driving range with a chipping practice area.

Where are you based?

wally79

Ha. That might help.

south side Dublin

tonc76

wally79 wrote: »

Ha. That might help.

south side Dublin

www.stepasidegolfcentre.ie

http://www.carrgolfcentre.com/

wally79

tonc76 wrote: »

www.stepasidegolfcentre.ie

http://www.carrgolfcentre.com/

I've seen the practice green at stepaside but I am almost sure there's a sign saying "No chipping" or something to that effect so I assumed it was used by the pro's for lessons.

I will check out the other one

tonc76

wally79 wrote: »

I've seen the practice green at stepaside but I am almost sure there's a sign saying "No chipping" or something to that effect so I assumed it was used by the pro's for lessons.

I will check out the other one

There's definitely a bunker at the green in Stepaside so wonder how you can practice from there without marking the green??

Spawell has 5-6 outdoor bays with flags at various locations to aim towards anyway.

digginz

Leopardstown has a chipping greend and putting green