Golf Forums - driving range boredom

Not playing much due to the obvious snow and rain so decided to just go to the range and practice. Take my bag and hit a few shots with my wedges and start ok then get bored and just start hitting the balls to get rid off them. I must try a routine so anyone who has been through the 'driving range boredom zone' and come out of it with a plan please let me know. Thanks

if you go to the range with any mates try a bit of friendly competition with a bit of target golf. take it in turn to pick a target and the first person to five wins and gets to choose a new target, choose targets that make you use different clubs each time. i have spent many a rainy day or evening in this way and it certainely sharpens up your aim and gives you purposefull pratice instead of just whacking ball after ball aimlessley.

Steve,   I take full bag and also a note pad and started as far as possible to record all my distances on a full shot, half shot because all the professionals i have played with have all asked how far do you hit your 5 iron, 52 degree lob etc., and now i know pretty well exactly not a guess or intuition and this has helped my course management.. I also courtesy of david leadbetters school in florida have a regimented practice regime. I try to play slices and hooks thruout the whole bag. changing the grip, dropping the foot backwards and have finally discovered that my grip has little effect on my swing but feet position does. Practice has to be more than boomimg the ball away..

Also even in summer i try and visit the range twice a week, if practice makes the pros good it is true what it can do for us. I have made the visits as integral as a full practice round.  I have certainly in the past year c hanged a range visit from a durgewhich only occured instead of a round but a precursor to improving my game for a competition.

we all know that we need to know how far we hit our irons with distance from each club in the bag but in my experiance most driving ranges use very cheap balls which give no indication to actual distance you hit each club in comparison to to the ball you play in your normal round. driving ranges are now charging premium prices for what i would call crap balls which bear no resemblance to to current balls that most people use.

Not sure of your location but in Chigwell, Watford and i think Bexleyheath they have ranges called top golf. There you play with chiped balls to inform you of your distance on each shot ect also they have targets for you to play games with a leader scores all on screen in the bar area. it makes the bore of the range a lot more fun.