COMMUNITY

Reminds me of something I heard once:
"A man has no trouble getting up at 4 a.m. to make a 6 a.m. tee time, but can't get up at 10 a.m. to mow the lawn."

Now obviously golf and school are different things entirely, but hear me out. My school's 1st period starts at 7:10, an ungodly time to begin work for a high schooler. Since the start time changed from 8:15 to 7:10 several years ago, my school's academic performance has dropped significantly, although it remains the best high school in the state.

I love to sleep more than a newborn sloth. I can tell you that no matter what it is, I always perform better, and am a harder worker when I have a couple hours more of extra shut eye.

I can SOMETIMES get around okay with no warmup...but not often. Gotta get those muscles moving.

John, I think that giving yourself some time to wake your body up before a round can be better than an extra hour of sleep. Wake up, start the coffeepot...do a few situps/pushups to wake up the muscles...take a shower...eat a good breakfast with some eggs, toast and fruit for energy that will last...THEN go to the course, hit a few balls, and you're going to be all set.

I have to hit a 1/2 basket. Mostly on 50-70 yard shots and then a few full swings, but anything to loosen up the body and get the ticker pumping. I also drink me a 5hour energy shot. It keeps my attention span on the task at hand of hitting that lil white ball. If not I tend to drift off into other thoughts in between waiting for all the other hacks in my group to play their shots.

What douchebag was responsible for that change? And why didn't you ask Ma and Pa Cog to home school you at that point?

Some warm up is good. Split the difference.

Golf now, sleep later.

Seriously, get up early enough to warm up well, but tell yourself you are going to have a nice long nap after the round. Your body will actually listen to you and respond better.

there is no reason not to do both. get off work at 3, in bed by 4, sleep til 9. at the golf course at 9:30 warm up 30 minutes and tee off at ten. thats 5 hours sleep and you say 3am is the latest you get off. if you are off at 1:30, and asleep by 2:30 you should be golden. The key is to be efficient in your warm up and don't just start swinging clubs, you need a physical warm up involving movement of your body for a good 5 minutes first. then start swinging the clubs easy.

I think you need some warm-up time. How much time?? That I think we are not all the same. For me I need about 15 balls and most would be 50. I don't do a lot of putting green if any before a round, most of the time it's not the same speed any way. One guy I play with hits no more then 3 range balls.

Superintendant of the school district changed, and that's what she did to try and raise performance. Hasn't worked to plan so far.

Not to get off topic, but home schooling has never made sense to me just because IMO children need to be in an environment with people their age.

I try to go to the gym between work and sleep.

Sleep walk your way to the course. That way you get warmed up and get the extra sleep. For me it would probably be best to golf half asleep, then I would not think about my swing so much and just play. My best rounds have been while sleeping. :-). Seriously, I agree with half and half. Get up an hour before your round, get some coffee and food in you, go to the course and get warmed up with some stretches first, then short shots to get your focus narrowed and get warmed up then some full swings to get in the groove. Don't just hit balls, hit targets. Then a few putts and your good to go. Only takes about 20 to 30 swings and 5 to 10 putts to get narrowed in and focused on your game and warmed up at the same time. Key is the stretching, get those muscles, tendons and joints stretched out so you don't injure yourself.

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I might be the only one here, but I prefer as much sleep as possible, even at the cost of warm-up time.

Things depend on things. If the course is relatively easy and/or one I'm very comfortable on, then warming up isn't as big a deal. If the course is tough, however, then I might prefer more warm up.

But over the years, I've learned two things contribute heavily to my scores:

1. food
2. sleep

If I haven't eaten (or if I get hungry and don't eat during the round), I play like a dog. And if I'm not rested, I play like a dog.