Driving Range

Most of my golfing time are spent practising on the driving range. 4 times a week whacking 600 balls. And it's about 4 hours depending on which range i go.

Since i'm a student of UKM , most of my time(when i'm studying) are spent on UKM driving range. The condition of this driving range is totally out. 7/10 of the mattress are worn out and the worst is the range ball. It's totally out. Imagine no matter how hard you hit your ball will never pass the 200M distance pole. And your ball may fly high and it also drop very fast. I mean , extremely fast. It's like up , up , up , up , DOWN !! A local University with funds from goverment , i hope they will upgrade their range. The good thing is , i only pay RM4 for 100 balls. Student price. Normal price would be RM8.

IOI Palm Garden range is my favourite. Their mattress and balls are all in good condition. And it has a short game facilities behind it , a small cafeteria for you to rest and chit chat and you can actually hit your ball on the grass at the left side of the range. Grass are not that good but at least there is some nice bermuda on it. Price for 100balls are RM10 and with coupon of RM100 you can get 1200 balls.

Cheras Driving Range which is located in Taman Cuepacs (at the left side of Batu 9 RM1 toll) is another of my training ground. 100 balls before 4pm would cost you only RM6 and it will go to RM10 after 4pm. Mattress are in good condition but no as good as IOI. It's a uphill driving range so your ball wont go that far. Anyway , it's a nice place to practice. With a pro shop and a cafeteria in it , you can spend hours in it if you have a friend with.

IOI Palm Garden would be the best place to train , for me. It's near to my home and with great practicing facilities. I mean the place where you can practice your short game. It's well maintain and the green is fast. You can even get a small chance to see your ball spinning around it.

Golfers like me are born in the driving range. Not in golf course. I'll make sure i go to range first before i start a game.