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Here are 5 tips to take your practice session to the next level

Many who go to the driving range don’t have a proper practice routine and aren’t making the most out of their time.

One of the great things about golf is that every player is striving to get better. Improvement is measurable and the opportunity to hit the best shot of your life is always lurking around the next fairway.

Many players are quick to spend time on the course, but fail to put in time at the driving range or at short game facilities. Those who go to the driving range may not have a proper practice routine and are not making the most of their time. This has many guessing why they are not shooting the scores they think they are capable of.

The answer is simple: you are not practicing intentionally and with a purpose.

Here are five tips to optimize your time when you are practicing at the range:

Golf instruction with Steve Scott: Use a Perfect Practice ‘Rain Drop’ to make more putts

Steve Scott, Golfweek’s Director of Instruction, shows you how to use the ‘Rain Drop’ from Perfect Practice.

It’s tough to find training aids that truly make a difference in your game. Well, we’ve found one that will have you looking like Cameron Smith on the greens.

Steve Scott, Golfweek‘s Director of Instruction, demonstrates how to use the ‘Rain Drop’ from Perfect Practice and explains how it can better your putting stroke.

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Golf instruction with Steve Scott: Get your eyes in the right spot to make more putts

Your eyes are the key to making more putts.

Most amateur players don’t think about their eyes when putting, but it’s critical for them to be in the right spot while on the greens.

Steve Scott, Golfweek‘s Director of Instruction, takes you through the process of getting your eyes in the correct spot over the ball because everyone wants to drain more putts.

Click here to watch previous episodes of “Golf Instruction with Steve Scott” including Gator-clamp putting, iron play, and flop shots.

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Golf instruction with Steve Scott: Learn to center pivot and produce great divots

For this drill, all you need is an alignment stick.

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Swaying off the golf ball during your swing can cause several problems throughout your move. Especially hitting the dreaded chunk shot.

Steve Scott, Golfweek‘s Director of Instruction, is back this week alongside our fitness guru, Averee Dovsek, with a great drill to keep you centered over the golf ball, and all you need is an alignment stick.

Click here to watch previous episodes of “Golf Instruction with Steve Scott” including Gator-clamp putting, iron play, and flop shots.

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Golf instruction with Steve Scott: Keep your hips and hands together

Activate the lower body first to find more fairways.

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Steve Scott, Golfweek’s director of instruction, is back once again at Sleepy Hollow Country Club just north of New York City, this week with a tip to hit more fairways.

Most amateur golfers, in an effort to add more distance off the tee, swing primarily with the upper body. Now, what does this cause in the golf swing? Most of the time, this move will result in an over-the-top action, producing huge pulls or a ball flight that closely resembles that delicious yellow fruit.

How do you fix it? Scott explains his “hips and hands together” swing thought, and how the feeling of your hips firing, then your hands, can get your swing back on plane.

“We always want this lower body to turn out of the way first,” said Scott, “and that allows the upper body to follow suit.”

Watch the full video above.