J Kreger Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 It is easy sometimes to forget that golf is a physical sport. I've been of the mindset that warming up before a range session or a round is key to playing your best. But sometimes, either due to arriving later to a tee time or a rushed range session, it gets missed. Do you guys warm-up too? Is this something that you find you don't need as much with golf? Am I hurting my game by not doing a warmup in these cases? Quote Driver: Cobra F9, stiff, (set 10 deg) 3 Wood: Srixon F65, Reg, (15 deg) Hybrid: Cobra Baffler TWS, reg, (20 deg) Irons: Cobra Forged One Length, stiff( 4-PW) Wedges: 52 deg Ray Cook, 56deg TM Milled Grind, 60 deg Ray Cook Putter: Odyssey White Hot Xg 2-ball F7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedgie Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I'm starting to think I play better when I don't warm up. I played 5 straight days without any warm up mostly because of the Covid rules at my club. IE show up 5 minutes prior to tee time, range closed etc... 4 of those 5 rounds I parred the first three holes. After that it was pretty much pars, bogeys and doubles the rest of the way. When I hit balls at home on SkyTrak I see the same thing which is the more I warm up the more I start pulling the ball left. Not a ton but enough to mess with a round. I don't know if it is because my tempo is thrown off as I loosen up or what but something I am aware of and trying to find a solution. ole gray and daviddvm 2 Quote Wedgie Driver - XXIO X Driver 9.5 - Launcher Turbo 2 hybrid - F9 One Length 3-L - ER 1.2 Top Flite Gamer Play Right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ole gray Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I'm starting to think I play better when I don't warm up. I played 5 straight days without any warm up mostly because of the Covid rules at my club. IE show up 5 minutes prior to tee time, range closed etc... 4 of those 5 rounds I parred the first three holes. After that it was pretty much pars, bogeys and doubles the rest of the way. When I hit balls at home on SkyTrak I see the same thing which is the more I warm up the more I start pulling the ball left. Not a ton but enough to mess with a round. I don't know if it is because my tempo is thrown off as I loosen up or what but something I am aware of and trying to find a solution. Not hitting a boatload of balls is also easier on the ole coots come game time. Old backs = pain-in the arse when swinging too much. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy daviddvm, Kenny B and Wedgie 3 Quote Ping G430 Max Driver 10.5 Degree Titleist TSR1 4, 5, & 6 Hybrids Titleist T350 Irons 7 - W48 Cleveland CBX ZipCore 52 56 & 60 Degree Wedges LAB Mezz Max Broomstick Putter / TPT Shaft (Platinum @ 45/78) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, ole gray said: Not hitting a boatload of balls is also easier on the ole coots come game time. Old backs = pain-in the arse when swinging too much. PLUS... when I hit a good shot on the range, it's one less good shot that I could have had on the course!! daviddvm and ole gray 1 1 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavygolffeels Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I prefer to warmup on the range. Feel like my swing is a little different each day and has to be grooved. Dont need more than 20 balls or so. daviddvm 1 Quote GARSEN GRIP TESTER Driver: PING G400 MAX, Ventus Blue 6x Woods: COBRA F6 Baffler AD DI 8S Hybrid: CALLAWAY Apex Pro, Ventus Blue 8s Irons: SRIXON ZX5 mk2 5-6, ZX7 mk2 7-PW, Modus 120x Wedges: EDEL 50 C grind, 54 V grind, CLEVELAND 60 RTX6 Low Putter: YES Abbie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviddvm Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 My golf game is a work in progress! When I go to the range I have a tendency to try new things and I don't get to go to the range as often as I would like because I have "A LIFE" that I have pay more attention to than my golf game. So I do probably the worst thing you could do before a round. So if I do go to the range I should just take some normal swings with one swing thought and loosen up. But noooo that's not what I do! Maybe next time I will take my own advice. Kenny B 1 Quote SpeedZone Pars and Stripes 9.5* Driver 14gm weight in back, VENTUS Blue 6-R set to +1* draw. 14.5* Fairway, 18.5* Fairway, 22.5* Fairway. All with Tensei CK Blue R set to +1* draw. 816H1 27* Hybrid w/ Diamana Blue Board 70 HY Stiff Shaft SpeedZoneONE 5 + 6 KBS Tour 80 R SpeedZoneONE 7, 8, 9 KBS Tour 90 R SpeedZoneONE P, G, S KBS Wedge King Black ONE 60* VO8* True Temper Dynamic Gold Black Lamkin Crossline Cord Connect Black Mid-size plus 2 wraps Special Select Newport 2 34" Matador grip -ProV1x Align XL All in a Masters Staff Bag or SpeedZone stand bag #COBRACONNECT CHALLENGE 4 The ONLY One Length Contestant! Tested Prototype Balls Tour B RXS Tested:Black Cat irons 5 - PW UST Mamiya Recoil Graphite Regular +0.5" 1* upright BirdieBall Outdoor Putting Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryShortCake Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I prefer to warm up before a round with a small bucket of balls to loosen up. Because of COVID and the restrictions to the driving range I havn't been warming up before play and my front 9 has suffered because of it. I bought a resistance band and I now use it to warm up my shoulders and hips before tee off and it seems to help. Quote Driver: Rogue Sub Zero 9* stiff Wood: Tight Lies TI 3 wood stiff Hybrid: XR 3 19 deg stiff Irons: JPX 900 Tour std loft/lie Wedges: 52,56,60 Putter: #7 Red Ball: Q-Star 12.9 Handicap Comox Valley, B.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaDawg Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I normally hit some balls and putt some to get the speed down, but yesterday afternoon I went out to play 9 holes. Walked to the 10th hole and teed off, after 3 holes I was 2 under, finished the 9 holes at 2 over. Golf is a strange game, I think the more relaxed you are mentally and physically, the better you play. StrawberryShortCake and Kenny B 2 Quote Driver: TSI3 - 10*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff Driver: Stealth Plus - 10.5*, Oban Kiyoshi Purple O4Flex-65 Grams Purred 3 Wood: SIM - 15*, Graphite Design Tour AD DJ5 Stiff Hybrid: TS3 - 19*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff Irons: 5 - PW T150, with Nippon Zelos 7 Reg, 4 iron - U505 with Project X HZRDUS Black Stiff Wedges: Vokey SM 8 - 50*, 60* Standard Wedge Shafts Wedge: Milled Grind 3 MG3 56* S200 shaft Putter: Studio Select Newport 1.5 Putter: Phantom X 5.5 Ball: Pro V1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 1 hour ago, GaDawg said: Golf is a strange game, I think the more relaxed you are mentally and physically, the better you play. Truth! Quote of the day, right there!! GaDawg 1 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jddaigneault Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Warm up for sure. Stretch the hips really well. Then I hit at the range. It’s nice to see a couple good ones before I head to the course. Mtbryant01 1 Quote Taylormade M5 Driver Cobra F9 3 Wood Srixon ZX5 4-6 Iron Srixon ZX7 7-PW Taylormade MG2 Wedges 50/55/60 Taylormade Spider X Putter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacchus Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 I do a 5 minute warm up. Basically loosening up the legs, hips, and back with dynamic warm-up/stretches. Once i started doing this, I have much better range sessions and I've never had an issue with tweaking a muscle or anything during an abbreviated range warm up. Quote Driver : F7 - Project X Hzrdus Yellow 6.5 75g 3w: F7 Fairway - Project X Hzrdus Yellow 6.5 75g Hybrid: F6 Hybrid - KBS Tour Hybrid Prototype 95g X-Stiff Irons: JPX 900 Forged (4,5) JPX 900 Tour (6-P) KBS C-Taper 130 (Softstepped) Wedes: SM7 52* F Grind, 56* M Gind (KBS C-Taper 125), 60* S Grind Putter: Futura X7M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtbryant01 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 23 hours ago, jddaigneault said: Warm up for sure. Stretch the hips really well. Then I hit at the range. It’s nice to see a couple good ones before I head to the course. I’m with you on seeing a couple good ones. Even if it’s just one good hit off the driver, I’m good. I try and find what is working on the range, even if it’s just from the 10-15 balls I hit, and try to replicate that on the course. Hitting those balls also warms up my muscles and helps me not be as tight. its tough for me to go cold turkey and expect to know exactly how my swing is today on the first tee. russtopherb and jddaigneault 2 Quote Cobra Connect 5 participant G410 Plus, w/ X stiff 75 g Project X Evenflow Black shaft driver / Radspeed w/ Smoke RDX Blue 70S shaft Big Tour 3 wood/ 5 wood w/ Fujikura X F3 60S shaft 4 Hybrid w/ Project X Catalyst 80S shaft Copper MIM Tour Irons w/ KBS $ Taper Balck 120S shaft Snakebite 50, 54, and 58 wedges w/ KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 125S shaft Newport 2.5 putter MTB X golf balls RH, Alabama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtopherb Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 I really prefer a warm up, more for my back than anything else. It doesn't hurt to see what swing showed up that day either. When there's no range, or I know I won't have time, I'll swing my Orange Whip for a few minutes just to get loose before teeing off. Quote In my carry bag: ST-X 10.5* Kai'li Blue R Flex ST-Z 15* Kai/li Blue R Flex ST-Z 4h Linq Blue R Flex Launcher 5h Launcher CBX 6i-PW CBX 54* & 58* Huntington Beach #10 e12 Contact CURRENTLY TESTING - Mizuno Long Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhammer Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 I usually stretch a bit before I go to the course. If there is time to hit some balls I take my SW, 7 & driver to the practice tee and hope to find something with the driver before heading to the first tee. Quote Driver: Speed Zone 9* HZRDUS Smoke Yellow Shaft 3 Wood: King Speedzone 13.5* HZRDUS Smoke Black Shaft 2 & 3 Hybrids: Speedzone Recoil 480 ESX Shaft Irons: Speedzone 5-GW Recoil 460 ESX Shafts Wedges: PM Grind 54* & 58* Putter: Dual Force Rossi II Ball: Whatever I find in the woods HCP:18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy AFG Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 I HAVE to warm-up. Ideally I get up early enough to do some stretching at home before the round. If there is a range and it's open, I'll hit a small-medium bucket with a heavy emphasis on wedges. And nearly every round, range or not, I'll go through the Orange Whip protocol. I tend to swing poorly when I don't turn as well and my hands and arms take over. Warming up is essential to make sure I'm turning enough. Quote Driver: TSR2, Ventus Blue 6 S, 65g Stiff FW: TSR2 3w, 15, Ventus Blue 7 S, 70g Stiff Hybrids: Apex Pro 3H, Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff Stealth DHY 4H, Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff Irons: SMS 5-6, SMS Pro 7-PW, Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff Wedges: SM9 48 F Grind, 52 F Grind, 56 M Grind, Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff Putter: Sri-Hot 5K Triple Wide, Stroke Lab shaft Ball: Pro V1 Click here for my HONMA TR20 Official Review! Click here for my Arccos Caddie Bundle Official Review! Click here for my Edel SMS & SMS Pro Irons Official Review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edteergolf Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Maybe I have missed a post or two, but I have not seen a post the identifies what is actually required in a warm up. What tasks are required on the course? 1. Tactical decision or strategy. These are often pre-determined. Choices have already been made based on your strategy standards. 2. You have to be able to swing so a physical warm up must be employed. 3. You have to swing your pattern more or less. Pattern reminder movements. 4. You need to hit the ground in the same place. Line drill without a ball. 5. You have to hit the ball solid and in the center of the face. Hit balls and make the corrections you already know to make to hit it on the face. 6. You have now warmed up your movement. 7. Randomize and chose different targets and clubs, possible in playing order until you have played 3 or 4 holes. You are now warmed up your ability to make decisions, you have executed shots that meet your strategy, and you have done so in a order that replicates the game you are about to play. Outside of the physical warm up, this plan takes about 15 minutes. Similar plans should be in place for your wedges and putter. Great players do this. It is likely we aren't as good as them so it makes it more important that we do it. They are better and can get away with less effort. Whacking balls in just a maddening waste of time. Plus, why would you hit it good if your body isn't ready to move. Doesn't it make it more frustrating to see bad shots when you are preparing to play. Doubt sucks! Creating standards and a procedure just isn't that hard. THEZIPR23 and GolfSpy AFG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middler Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Whenever possible I have three stretches I do, take a half dozen practice swings and then hit a small bucket of balls (usually 6i & driver), and hit the practice putting green (most important IMO) - I can easily do it in 15-20 minutes. When I'm stuck and hit the first tee with no warmup, I do a couple stretches and practice swings and swing easy. Sometimes I get away with it (score OK) and other times my score will suffer for several holes before I get loosened up. One of my former regular courses didn't have a driving range, so I was always starting off cold - never liked that. Quote Titleist TSR2 11° HZRDUS Red CB 50 6.0 w Lamkin UTx Midsize Titleist TSR2 16.5º HZRDUS Red 60 CB 6.0 & TSR2 21º HZRDUS Black 4G 70 6.0 w Lamkin UTx Midsize Mizuno JPX923 HMP 4-GW, T22 54.12WS, T22 58.04DC w Lamkin ST+2 Hybrid Midsize Evnroll EV5.3 Maxfli Tour & ProV1 Ping Pioneer - MGI Zip Navigator AT Payntr X 002 LE, Ecco Biom C4, FJ DryJoys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMart519 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I pick up approx 5 mph club head speed by warming up compared to starting cold. Not being able to putt before a round is the biggest frustration as someone who plays at a lot of different courses. Quote G425 MAX Driver & 5W Baffler Rail-H 3H-4H 699 Pro Utility V2 - 4i APEX CF19 6-AW INDI Wedges 52, 56, 60 EAS 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMookie Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I have to fully stretch and roll at home before I play or go to the range. Then at the range I have my SKLZ Gold Flex and warm-up with that doing a bunch of drills. Then, at minimum, before a round, I’ll hit a small bucket of about 20 balls.With a back disease, I have to do a lot to get, and keep, loose and to prevent injury. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Driver: Ping G430 Max 9*, Ping Tour 70X Fairway: Ping G425 15*, Ping Tour 70X Hybrid: Ping G425 22*, Ping Tour 80X Irons: Ping i230 4-GW, TT DG X100 Wedges: SMS 50D/54V/58DModus 130 stiff, +1” Putter: EAS 1.0 Ball: Titleist 2023 AVX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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