https://pinhighpress.com/tags/practice/ Recent content in Practice on Pin High Press Hugo en-us Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/how-to-warm-up-before-a-round/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/how-to-warm-up-before-a-round/ <p>There is a recognisable rhythm to most amateur rounds. The first three holes are a kind of low-grade emergency, a stretch of double-bogeys and missed three-footers and pulled drives during which the player gradually figures out, in real time and at the cost of several strokes, what their swing is doing today. By the fourth hole the body has loosened up and the brain has caught on. The score by then is usually beyond saving. The opening stretch has done what it always does, which is to take the ambitions of the round and quietly shorten them by a couple of strokes.</p> https://pinhighpress.com/posts/build-a-preshot-routine-that-works/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/build-a-preshot-routine-that-works/ <p>Watch a Tour player prepare to hit a shot and you will notice something that looks almost choreographed. Two practice swings, a glance at the target, a waggle, a settle, and then the swing. It happens the same way every time, whether the player is six ahead on a Thursday or one behind on a Sunday. That is not habit for its own sake. It is a deliberately built system designed to do one very specific thing: make the swing feel the same regardless of what the scoreboard says.</p> https://pinhighpress.com/posts/lag-putting-pace-over-line-on-fast-greens/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/lag-putting-pace-over-line-on-fast-greens/ <p>The amateurs I play with spend almost all of their pre-putt routine staring at the line. They squat behind the ball, they walk to the low side, they hold a finger up to the slope, and then they stand over a forty-foot putt and roll it nine feet past. The line was probably fine. The problem was always the pace, and the pace got about three seconds of attention.</p> https://pinhighpress.com/posts/spring-golf-tips-lower-your-scores/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/spring-golf-tips-lower-your-scores/ <p>Spring is here, the courses are opening up, and you&rsquo;ve told yourself that this is the year you finally break 90. Or 80. Or whatever number has been taunting you from the other side of the scorecard.</p> <p>The good news: meaningful improvement is absolutely achievable. The bad news: it probably won&rsquo;t come from watching slow-motion swing videos at midnight. Real improvement requires a shift in how and where you spend your practice time. Here are five things that will actually make a difference.</p>