Pro explains how curious range-ball arrangement helps him prepare

With five-ball pyramids stacked in neat rows subsequent to his hitting station, it seems to be as if Horschel has somewhat little bit of obsessive compulsion. Nevertheless, these range-ball pyramids are usually not only for seems to be — additionally they assist Horschel create consistency in his warm-up routine.

“Scottie Vail, he was caddying for me, he caddies for Keegan Bradley now. He mentioned, ‘What if we begin having a certain quantity of golf balls we hit each time?’” Horschel says. “There’s 44 balls down right here, he throws me about 5 or 6 drivers, so I’m hitting about 50 balls.”

With a constant variety of balls positioned down, Horschel will all the time have the identical precise warm-up routine. There’s no guesswork concerned.

“I do know with this setup, it’s going to take me about 25 to half-hour to hit my balls,” Horschel says. “So I’m all the time on observe with my time. I’m not getting misplaced in time.”

For every stack of 5 balls, Horschel makes use of a unique membership. 5 balls with a lob wedge, sand wedge, hole wedge, 9-iron, 6-iron and 3-iron, after which he hits three balls with a 5-wood and 3-wood. He finishes the routine by hitting 5 or 6 drivers after which two 7-irons and two pitching wedges.

“Identical manner each time,” he says.

Consistency is king in golf — and that even applies to the way you heat up.

Zephyr Melton

Golf.com Editor

Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for GOLF.com the place he spends his days running a blog, producing and enhancing. Previous to becoming a member of the workforce at GOLF, he attended the College of Texas adopted by stops with the Texas Golf Affiliation, Crew USA, the Inexperienced Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists on all issues instruction and covers newbie and girls’s golf. He might be reached at zephyr_melton@golf.com.