Practice How You Intend to Play

When you are practicing on the range, do you go through your pre-shot routine? If not why not?

You want to practice how you intend to play, so that when you get to the golf course you don't have to think about it. That includes practicing your routine on the range.

If you don't hit balls on the range going through your routine you are telling yourself that it is not as important as when you are playing on the course. The problem comes when you get to the course and all of a sudden, instead of just stepping up there and hitting the shot, you are now evaluating the lie, the wind, the yardage and taking onsiderably more time over the shot than you do on the practice area.

This automatically creates more tension (which we want to control at all times), as you have created the scenario as a result of the way that you practice.

Make sure that when you stand on the practice tee you hit balls going through your routine just the way you would on the golf course. You will find that you are a lot more relaxed on the course and able to execute the shots that you want.