How do pga tour players practice

John Wagner is a certified golf instructor and professional golfer with more than 10 years of experience. By John Wagner. Professional golfers hone their swings during practice. References Golfweek. Most Popular. A Career as a Golf Professional. Become a Professional Golf Caddy. Get Your Kids Interested in Golf. Start a Professional Golf Career. The Life of a Pro Golfer. Our bodies are always compensating for sore or tight muscles, often causing the pain to be experienced away from the source.

Surprise, surprise… the answer varies here again. Not all pro golfers play every day of the year. Some tour pros put the clubs away for a number of weeks and focus on spending time with their families. And finally, many pro golfers continue to practice by spending their time on the range and putting green throughout the entire offseason.

Best selling author Malcolm Gladwell is famous for his book, Outliers , where he explains something called the 10,hour rule. Basically, this rule challenges the idea that leaders in their respective fields including golf have some sort of innate talent that propels them above the average person.

Instead, he explains that to achieve a certain level of mastery, one needs to reach a certain threshold of practice — 10, hours. But does this hold true for golf? Will 10, hours of practice be enough to make you a professional? Dan McLaughlin was a photographer from Georgia. His plan which he dubbed The Dan Plan was to put in 10, hours of practice with an end goal of becoming one of the top players on the PGA Tour. His relentless efforts allowed him to cut his handicap down to a 2.

According to the USGA , this is a feat accomplished by just 1. However, unfortunately, his practice was cut short at a total of just over 6, hours due to back problems. If he was able to shave his handicap down to a 2. Those with greater natural talent may need to practice less than that, and those with less aptitude for the game might need to practice more. Wherever we go, the first thing I always do is some speed drills on the green. I try to play at least nine holes during every practice day, and then the rest of my time is spent fine-tuning things.

Often, I'll work on my distance control on the range and my coach will call out different numbers. I will then try to see how close I can get using TrackMan. Are you a technical golfer or a feel golfer? I'm not very technical, but I always have different feels which I am trying to work through. Sometimes things which work well one week won't necessarily work tomorrow. What I've really tried to do is limit the amount of swing thoughts I have. I try to keep things very simple.

How do you structure your warm-up before a round? If I've got an 8am tee time for example, I will be on the putting green at 7am. I will do my string drill to start, and then take two balls and work on my speed and read. That takes about 15 minutes, and then I'll head to the range and hit about 40 balls for the next 20 to 25 minutes.

Usually, I'll start with a few wedges and then go into the nine o'clock to three o'clock drill to promote that feeling of swinging short and wide. From there, I'll work my way up to the driver, hit a few chips and then head back to the putting green and run process putts.

How do you stay fuelled and hydrated during a round? When I get on the first tee, I normally grab an Amino Vital sports drink, which is an amino acid complex and gives me a boost before my round. When I reach the turn, I have a whey protein shake, but I tend to eat something every three or four holes. Normally I stock my bag with beef jerky, nuts and a few energy bars. What advice would you give to an amateur looking to improve their game?