Here are the "ground rules" I've set up for this golf experiment.

1. Unlimited swing practice in the lab, but realistically I expect to spend about 15 minutes a day working on my swing.

2. Half an hour at the driving range once a week. This will be my chance to see if my lab work is bearing fruit.

3. 18 holes of golf every Saturday.

Now as far as my "Lab" goes, I found that if I move all the boxes out of the way in the back of our store there is just enough room to swing a driver. A quarter on the floor is my ersatz golf ball.

I live in Minnesota and it's winter here which means it's going to be a while before I'm able to get in my weekly 18.
This could be a good thing.

I'm hoping to develop a comfortable swing before being discouraged by the flight of the ball. After all, if the swing feels good I'm making progress, right?

Of course the flip side to this is that I'll end up perfecting a push slice swing.

That's where the weekly trip to the driving range comes in - as a real world proving ground for my discoveries in the lab.

Unfortunately, it's an indoor range, only about 50 or 60 yards long. So while it's easy to identify your terrible shots, you have to take what looks like a good shot with a grain of salt.

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