Practicing short game, hard time visualizing distances.

[taylor310]

What do you guys do to help practice 100 and in? I'm having a hard time visualizing 10-20-30 yards etc. I'm a pretty new though so maybe I just need to mark off actual distances Ina chipping area to help me visualize it. I'm practicing on a tablet and not a full projector (yet).

[mikeingp]

It just takes time and practice on the sim to feel what the distances are. You will quickly get to a point where you don't need to 'see' the distance, you need to know the number. Then you'll be the guy on the course with a rangefinder shooting 30 yards...

[trhuke]

I second mikeingp's thought. Figure out how far a full swing with the approach club you'd use goes and then try half, 2/3s, etc. swings and the resulting distances to find your ranges.

[Brent628]

Ha ditto. I AM the guy that has my range finder from 20 yards or more.

[Jason Penner]

And like Mike said you’ll be the guy with the rangefinder @ 30-40 yards but, you will also be the guy sticking it tight!

[aja]

I think the point that's missing here is, you are using a tablet - no projector! That's a whole lot of make believe.

When you have a projected image you have a much better feel for what's going on, distance wise. Not that it's ideal of course, but has to be better than a tablet!

[Solstice72]

I almost answered, then saw the tablet issue. No can do for realism.

[taylor310]

My issue is I have an outdoor setup on my patio. I'm debating if it will be worth it doing a projector outside that I have to bring in and out all the time.

[William Jack]

Yeah, You are absolutely right that becoming an expert takes time. But it's a natural fact that practice makes a man perfect. But according to my experience nowadays the rangefinder for beginners helps a lot to newbies. As compared to the previous times now a new player makes their shoot perfect in a short period of time..

[bubbtubbs]

I use the simulator to practice partial wedge shots to dial in distances but I eyeball the distances on course if there's yardage markers.

[GullLakeMi]

For me, that is one of the hardest things to practice anywhere. Couldn't imagine doing it without at least a full projector screen. Otherwise its a mechanical/analytical exercise of learning swing keys to control. That can be a good strategy and I've done that to help my putting distances (read #, execute shot based on stance, backswing, etc. vs. look-feel based).

[JWheazy]

And like Mike said you’ll be the guy with the rangefinder @ 30-40 yards but, you will also be the guy sticking it tight!

I am that guy! it works though. I know what 30,40, 50, 60 yards feel like and which club and swing will get me there.

I think that is the best part about sim golf. You can take 20-30 shots at any given distance and figure out the swing. Dial it in and you don't even need to look at the target.

[Maui Time]

Exactly what I have learned myself on my indoor TM4 simulator setup. I know pretty much exactly where my hands need to be for pitch shots of 30, 40,50 and 60 yards. This is after having hit hundreds of those shots into my screen and then watching the video replay to see where my hands actually were when I hit the shots at the distances I was trying to accomplish. I cannot imagine doing it without the feedback of the TM and the cameras. Even better when the balls roll back to your feet!

[chicub15]

How far is your hitting area from your net? Pace it off and use this as a baseline. Then you can start to figure out how high up the net you need to hit the ball to carry it certain distances on your sim. It really isn't much different from picking a landing spot on a green and deciding if that landing spot is with a low, medium, or high trajectory. Give it some time and your short game will improve both on the sim and out on the course.