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Most golfers warm up by raking a pile of balls and pounding drivers until they feel loose. It doesn’t work. Instead, try the 50-ball warmup drill: start with 10 chips around the green, then move to wedge half-swings (10 balls), 8-iron to 6-iron (10 balls), fairway wood or hybrid (10 balls), and finish with only 10 drivers — the last club you reach for on the range, not the first.
For each club, use the 9-shot drill pattern: hit a draw, a straight shot, then a fade — low, medium, and high trajectory for each shape. You won’t complete all nine in a warmup, but cycling through the intent forces you to feel each shot rather than autopilot through a bucket. After four weeks of this warmup, most golfers report saving 2–3 shots from short of the green and another 2 from tee shots they no longer spray when the range muscle memory kicks in. That’s your five strokes — and they stick.
The 50-Ball Warmup
Chipping
Start around the green
Wedge half-swings
Feel the contact
Mid-irons (8–6)
Build to full swing
Fairway wood / hybrid
Shape a few
Driver
Last, not first
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