Master the three scoring clubs–the driver, the wedge, and the putter–and you’ll improve your game dramatically. With 14 clubs to hit, golfers often have trouble deciding which part of their game to work on. If you’re serious about working on your game, focus on the three scoring clubs. They have the greatest impact on your score.

Unfortunately, not all of us live in a climate where we can always practice outdoors. Even if we do, we don’t always have the time to go to a driving range and hit balls. That doesn’t mean we can’t work on the fundamentals needed to master the three clubs. We just need to do it indoors.

Below are several indoor drills that will help you master these three clubs. They can are done in almost any location, even your office.

Putter

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Every good golfer must have a good indoor driving range in which to practice. The reason to have this type of range is probably obvious, you need a place to practice in case of inclement weather. Indoor ranges are great for those rainy weekends or just for when it is too cold outside to practice. Here are a few practice exercises you can do while at your local indoor driving range.

Closest to the Pin

This is a great game that you can play with you golfing buddies at the indoor driving range. You both grab a bucket of balls and you start with the closest flag (which is probably twenty five yards) and you see who can get the closest to the pin. Once you have played through the farthest pin on the range, you add up your flags and the player with the most flags wins. Usually the loser has to buy the next round but that is purely optional.

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Golf is a sport that does not take too much strenuous activity. It is not required of the golfer to be able to bench press 225 pounds at least twenty times or a minimum requirement of a 5.0 time in the 40 yard dash. Golf is a sport for people for all ages. People in their mid thirties can play, as evidenced by the mastery of the world’s best and highest ranked golfer, Tiger Woods. People that are ages do not have to shy away from the game due to their elevated age. There are still many golfers of age competing professionally, as evidenced by Tom Watson, the British golfer that is approaching seventy. Therefore, if one follows a simple buy yet strict regiment for playing the game of golf, they should be fine and be good to go when the game commences. Many people do not stretch and exercise properly before playing golf. Here are a few easy indoor or outdoor stretches that one can do to knock off those dreaded strokes.

First off, it is pertinent that one should claim a comfortable spot to lie down, and then they must proceed to lift both their legs in the air. Then after this first step has been accomplished one must make an L shape with their legs from their buttocks to their feet. This is the step where one can see small signs of progress. Then one should let one leg rest on the other for 30 seconds or longer. Then after this one should switch over and do the same for the other leg. This will really build up the muscles in the legs. This is an exercise that can be done indoor before a group of people make their way to a golf course. This is not an exercise that should be or is traditionally done in public at a golf course or anywhere because it is not proper golf etiquette. As one can see, this is why this exercise has been designated for indoor purposes away from any kind of public sector. Likewise, there has also been an outdoor exercise that has been designated for the golfer to perform on the golf course and in public with a group of people.

In the outdoor practice exercise, one will just need a golf club and their body. The first step is to, once on the golf course; take a few practice swings with an old golf club. Then after a few practice swings, one should take one hand off the club and make their full swing. The golfer should do this a couple of times. This will really help build up one specific arm. The purpose is to get the body acclimated to plating golf. After this, the golfer should do this with the opposite hand. If one is right handed, they should start with that dominant hand then shift over to the left. For the left hander, vice versa applies. These are both exercises that can get the golfer ready for battle physically and mentally.

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