A short game practice range with 40, 60, 80 and 100 yd. elevated and bunkered targets, beautiful range balls, good turf to hit off, a nice day. "Aah, I can really work with my wedges today!"
For most of us, getting just the nice day to coincide with our free time for golf is all we can hope for. Most driving ranges don't have anything under 100 yds. to hit at. So how to practice the under 100 yd shot? By knowing 1/2 swing distances with your clubs.
If you know how far 1/2 swings with these clubs go, it's then easy to increase or decrease the swing to accommodate to the situation.
Say you have a 60 yd shot and you can't feel the correct distance. Pull out your 56ยบ, make some 1/2 swings, feel the 50 yds that result from the half swing you've been practicing, then increase the swing length slightly and there you have it.
All these less-than-full swings require a way of reliably guessing the distance. By using any club's 1/2 swing distance, then adjusting to your practice swing, you'll be dialing in the correct distance in no time!
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