rbarthle17
One-length advocate
So it looks like my car is going to be staying outdoors a lot more than it used to. About a month ago I turned over my side of the garage to my Callaway hitting net. I have a bucket of balls that golfers have donated to our backyard (and keep doing on average 4-5 balls a week) next to a 3x5 hitting mat. I cut the bottom off of a fairway wood brush tee that is the perfect height for my driver and it sits in a rubber tee made for holding real tees that, without a tee in it, is the perfect height for teeing it up with irons or hybrids.
Originally I did this because I was having a lot of time issues getting to the practice range, even though it's just 2 minutes from my house. Life keeps getting in the way. I set it up one evening, and out of laziness more than anything did not tear it down and left the car outside. The next day, I needed a break from work. It occurred to me that I could escape for 10 minutes and get some swings in! This was great! At that time I realized my car could withstand being outside, and that this was a much better usage of garage space for me.
In the last month I have spent more time working on my swing than I probably have in the previous year, just because I can. I stick to the PW-5hy range for 95% of the swings. I'll take my mini sized mat out to the driveway and do chipping occasionally for distance, and really only swing the 2-4hy and driver a couple of times a week off the tees.
In an effort to protect my clubs, I wrapped the bottom of the garage door opener unit with unused baby table padding that we had. I have bumped it a few times on the dropping of my longer clubs after the follow through is complete, already making it worth it. I also disabled the garage door from catching should someone accidentally hit the garage opener button on my side.
Yesterday I came to another realization, I don't have to spend money at the range for warmup buckets before a round! I played for the first time in 2 weeks last night. I took about 5 minutes of swings getting a basic full swing warmup in, then hopped in the car. As soon as I hit the course I went right to the putting and chipping greens and was ready to go in 10 minutes. I shot a 42 with a blowup hole and one bad putt that cost me a PB and maybe my first time breaking 40! My ball striking was the best it's been all year by a long shot, I can already see the dividends of the practice there.
Until winter arrives, I think I've got something going here! Sorry car. :blob:
Originally I did this because I was having a lot of time issues getting to the practice range, even though it's just 2 minutes from my house. Life keeps getting in the way. I set it up one evening, and out of laziness more than anything did not tear it down and left the car outside. The next day, I needed a break from work. It occurred to me that I could escape for 10 minutes and get some swings in! This was great! At that time I realized my car could withstand being outside, and that this was a much better usage of garage space for me.
In the last month I have spent more time working on my swing than I probably have in the previous year, just because I can. I stick to the PW-5hy range for 95% of the swings. I'll take my mini sized mat out to the driveway and do chipping occasionally for distance, and really only swing the 2-4hy and driver a couple of times a week off the tees.
In an effort to protect my clubs, I wrapped the bottom of the garage door opener unit with unused baby table padding that we had. I have bumped it a few times on the dropping of my longer clubs after the follow through is complete, already making it worth it. I also disabled the garage door from catching should someone accidentally hit the garage opener button on my side.
Yesterday I came to another realization, I don't have to spend money at the range for warmup buckets before a round! I played for the first time in 2 weeks last night. I took about 5 minutes of swings getting a basic full swing warmup in, then hopped in the car. As soon as I hit the course I went right to the putting and chipping greens and was ready to go in 10 minutes. I shot a 42 with a blowup hole and one bad putt that cost me a PB and maybe my first time breaking 40! My ball striking was the best it's been all year by a long shot, I can already see the dividends of the practice there.
Until winter arrives, I think I've got something going here! Sorry car. :blob:
