Pre-Game routine

[Monsta]

What does everyone do leading up to and pre-game? Do we all have a routine? Or just show up and bash???

Here's mine:

Sat morning

Grab golfbag from ute
Charge GPS
Sit in the sun, clean clubs of last games earth moving debris
Check amount of balls, tees etc
Make sandwich (which is usually left on kitchen bench)
Mix 1 litre powerade drink with ice
Iron golf apparel
Change shoelaces to matching shirt colour
Check tee time
Head to club...

[LeftyHoges]

Mines pretty simple...

Get out of bed (usually around 10.30, sometimes later...)
Have shower
Maybe have breakfast if I'm not super late already
Take 30 minutes to decide on and put on outfit
Get to club 8 minutes before tee time
Throw everything together out of the boot at breakneck speed
Run into pro shop, pay and collect card
Walk onto first tee cold, have two or three warm-up swings
AWAY!

EDIT: Sorry missed this bit - Realise half way down the first that GPS has only 1/3rd of battery charge. Swear profusely. Chip second shot out from the trees. Swear profusely again.

(And I wonder why I've drifted out to 4... :roll:)

[PerryGroves]

What does everyone do leading up to and pre-game? Do we all have a routine? Or just show up and bash???

Here's mine:

Sat morning

Grab golfbag from ute
Charge GPS
Sit in the sun, clean clubs of last games earth moving debris
Check amount of balls, tees etc
Make sandwich (which is usually left on kitchen bench)
Mix 1 litre powerade drink with ice
Iron golf apparel
Change shoelaces to matching shirt colour
Check tee time
Head to club...

That sounds Kegan Bradleyesque

[Vice MC]

Out of bed - saturday usually bout 6am
Look through piles of clothes scattered through house, sniff testing for cleanliness...brush dog/cat hair off
Hit "new posts" on ozgolf for any early morning bargains
Have a shower / quick stretch / practice swings in the kitchen
Jump in car stopping at servo for a can of V and withdraw green fee money - sometimes Macca's for a muffin
Usually a quick putt pre round & pre roll couple of smokes
GAME ON!

[hocko]

Get woken up at 0545 by my boys.
Take boys to swimming lessons.
Do a couple of laps myself.
Come home and shower off mixture of chlorine and kiddy urine.
Mow and whipper snip lawn.
Head to golf club 45 mins before tee time.
Open car and work out which irons, driver, putter and wedges to use.
Assemble golf clubs and pay money and collect card.
Practice about 5 putts then sit down in clubhouse until name is called.
Chop it for 18 holes.
Pay money to playing partners.
Sit in clubhouse and drink beer always saying that this is the best part of my game.

[mrbluu]

Depends if it's and early or later game.

Early Game:

Up at about 6-6.30am
Have coffee and maybe some toast.
Iron my clothes
Watch some golf on tv
Chuck the clubs in the car.
6mins drive to the course
Pay fee collect card
Have a couple putts then off to the tee.

Late start: (11ish)
Have coffee and maybe some toast.
Make the daughter some breakfast as well while she watchs kids shows on the laptop
Do laundry
Iron my clothes
Watch some golf on tv
Chuck the clubs in the car.
Take the wife and kid to the farmers market
Get sometime to eat in Cabramatta
Get dropped off at the club at about 10.30am.
Str8 to the bar for some warm up beers
Pay fee collect card
Have more beers
Have a putt
off to the tee with some more beers
have beers at half way
have 2 more beers after the round then call the missus to tell her that I've just finished and I'm having a couple of beers so pick me up in 45mins.

[Monsta]

Str8 to the bar for some warm up beers
Pay fee collect card
Have more beers
Have a putt
off to the tee with some more beers
have beers at half way
have 2 more beers after the round .

That sounds like a routine i could/should look into........

[Yossarian]

I wake up at some point and go play golf.

[Dotty]

Boil kettle, check email accounts for possible work problems and switch mobile to silent.
Make coffee, read Ozgolf and run virus scan on PC.
Load clubs and drive to club.

Pay for round and a bottle of Coke. Look at clubs in pro-shop and turn up nose at the price.
Wallet, keys, coins and phone into golf bag.
2 balls, 4 long tees, 2 broken tees, 3 ball markers and 1 pencil into pockets.
A dozen chips (if time) and a dozen long putts.
Chat with groups milling around the first tee and hit ball down fairway.

[razaar]

Skulk out to the practice fairway at first light and practice for two hours. Breaky time and stock up on the carbs. Spend 90 minutes doing mobility and relaxation exercises and some deep breathing. Make it to the club an hour before hit off and spend time chipping and putting and yakking with the lads.

Nah- just kidding! The last sentence (above) is about it.

[timah!]

Red bull whilst walking to the first tee...

[WBennett]

6am - get woken up by the kids. Set them up in front of the Tv or ipad and go for a 5k run
7am - Woolies for the groceries
8am - make breakfast for the kids. Have brekkie reading the paper or surfing web for half an hour
9am - wife gets out of bed... nagging begins

10:30 - realise I have half an hour to get ready for golf. Get changed, sunscreen, load 4 cans into my insulated bullet holder and walk out the door.
10:33 - arrive at golf club, pay entry fee, walk upstairs to top bar, 2 or 3 quick schooners and place bets for the day.
10:56 - realise I have 4 minutes to tee time. Finish schooner.
10:59 - practise 3 putting
11:00 - golf

14th hole - buy 3 stubbies for last 5 holes.
18th - 2 schooners.
Get home at 5:30 half cut, wife asks how many beers after golf, I answer 2.

[sms316]

Get to bed at 1am after working the night before.
Alarm at 6am.
Take a slash.
Wash hands.
Have a coffee.
Shower (maybe a tug if a serious comp day).
Breakfast (usually 3 boiled eggs with hot chilli sauce).
Rock up at 7:15am.
Pay for comp and get key to cart.
Get a takeaway large black coffee (sip it for the next hour).
Hit half a bucket on the range and try to work out what direction it is going in.
Hit off at 8am.
Optional club throw at 9:30am.
First beer at 10am because liquor licence won't allow them to serve any earlier.

[David Lake]

I read a study awhile back where two golfers teed off on the first hole with no range warm-up. One golfer went directly to the tee with only a few practice swings while the other teed off after spending five minutes balancing/walking on the cement parking dividers in the parking lot. The golfer who did the balancing act played much better than the other golfer although their handicaps were the same. The next day the study was conducted in the same manner but this time the two golfers switched routines. Again, the golfer who performed the balancing act played much better than the one who only took a few practice swings.

The conclusion drawn from the study was that our brains naturally work in an intellectual mode as opposed to a physical one unless a sustained physical activity is being performed. Also, it takes about five minutes of sustained physical activity in order for the brain to make this transition.

I have tried this experiment personally and found it to be true. I always play my best rounds after five minutes of sustained physical activity whether it be on a driving range or simply balancing/walking on the cement dividers in the parking lot.

David Lake, President
1 Iron Golf (http://www.1irongolf.com/)

[IanO]

6:00 - Alarm goes off
6:10 - drag myself to the bathroom, shave, shower, put on golf gear
6:25 - head downstairs, put on coffee maker, load golf clubs into car, head upstairs to study to grab GPS off charger, downstairs make coffee
6:30 - drive to club
6:41 - setup buggy, clubs etc
6:45 - pay for comp and gatorade
6:50 - a couple of practice putts
6:55 - empty pockets, turn phone on silent, put ball maker, plug lifter and tees into pocket whilst walking to tee
7:00 - talk crap until tee time is reached
Tee time - 2 practice swings, slice the ball into the next fairway

[LeftyHoges]

Tee time - 2 practice swings, slice the ball into the next fairway

That certainly happened in our matchplay. I think you hit it out there on purpose for the easy birdie! ;-)

[PeteyD]

That's interesting David. Might get up early and do some laps before driving up to the club tomorrow.

[mrbluu]

Get home at 5:30 half cut, wife asks how many beers after golf, I answer 2.

The answer I always give my misses is 2 beers with the boys in the club house but I also had one at half way.

[LarryLong]

6:00 Snooze Alarm
6:15 Get up. 15 minute shower. I don't know what I do in there, but it takes 15 minutes.
6:30 Throw on clothes, grab any golf stuff I see lying around and stuff it into the bag. Grab a banana or apple on the way out for breakfast.
6:40 Drive to course. Eat and sing.
6:55 Arrive, pay, quickly blade a couple of chips onto the 8th fairway and retrieve balls
7:00 2 quick stretches, hit first drive then make the standard old man "oooh, that hurt" post-first-shot routine.

[davepuppies]

7.30 wake up
7.40 Boil kettle, turn off sprinklers on front and back lawn for a hour
7.45 drink coffee, watch tv, surf oz golf
8.30 have protein shake or breakfast
8,45 shower
9.00 dress
9.15 chase the cats around house one last time, drive to course
9.30 unload, realise electric buggy not working, so ring mrs and ask her to bring clicgear
9.40 pay, get card
9.45 putt for 2 minutes, get bored, then sit down and wait till called
10.00 called to tee, few practice swing, hit it left into trees

[IanO]

6:00 Snooze Alarm
6:15 Get up. 15 minute shower. I don't know what I do in there, but it takes 15 minutes.
6:30 Throw on clothes, grab any golf stuff I see lying around and stuff it into the bag. Grab a banana or apple on the way out for breakfast.
6:40 Drive to course. Eat and sing.
6:55 Arrive, pay, quickly blade a couple of chips onto the 8th fairway and retrieve balls
7:00 2 quick stretches, hit first drive then make the standard old man "oooh, that hurt" post-first-shot routine.

Water waster!!!

[markTHEblake]

8.30 wake up, have breakfast, read news/email/rss/facebook/ozgolf on the phone, take the 3 S's, run around the house nude looking for lucky socks and jocks get dressed, prepare sports drinks, notice got 20 mins spare, so crank up the computer and read news/email/rss/facebook/ozgolf on the PC.
10.30 notice someone is wrong on ozgolf, start typing.
11.00 realise i should have left 30 mins ago.
11.01 a kid demands he has to be taken to footy, work, beach, freind, shops. Argue with missus for 5 mins about parental responsibilities. check ozgolf one last time.
11.30 arrive at golf in good time for 11.57 tee time, have a quick putt and head to the range for a quickie
11.45 pro shop calls us up early, the other three hit off while I run back from the range.

I swear there is no point getting to golf early as they will just call me up earlier

[idgolfguy]

The answer I always give my misses is 2 beers with the boys in the club house but I also had one at half way.
My Mrs reckons golf takes 6.5 hours.

Annoyed when I play round longer than 4hr 15munutes.

[LarryLong]

Water waster!!!

True. My three year old has taken to yelling "Don't be a water waster Daddy!" at me after five minutes. I tell her I'll be out soon. So far, it's working.

I'm just impressed that you attempt to shave before 6:30 on a Saturday. That would be life-threatening for me.

[gcgolf]

roll out of bed...take 2 panadol for hangover...vitamin water/durry...hit.

[Webster]

Couple of pots. Two practice swings. Bit of a stretch. Get on with it.

[Eldrick]

My Mrs reckons golf takes 6.5 hours.

Annoyed when I play round longer than 4hr 15munutes.

same with mine.
i'm not in a hurry to correct her either


my pre game routine is

6:00am hit snooze button
6:07am turn off alarm
07:30am ring boss telling him i wont be in today (in sick sounding voice)
08:30am do school run with sprogs
09:15am arrive home
10:30am ring local courses for tee time
11:00am arrive at course buy coke and sausage roll
tee off

[mike]

Turn up late. Pay comp fees. Buy a water or gatorade. Rush to tee. 2 practice swings. Play.

[Outcast]

Turn up late. Pay comp fees. Buy a water or gatorade. Rush to tee. 2 practice swings. Play badly and get wooped by Courty....

Fixed it for ya...:mrgreen:

[mike]

Wrong.

Every time I play courty I play damn good. He just plays the game of his life whenever it's against me.

[Outcast]

Wrong.

Every time I play courty I play damn good. He just plays the game of his life whenever it's against me.

Fair enough...

Looking forward to the 16th... hopefully we can get a few together & truly get next years matchplay on the road eh..