Stack & Tilt: Where To Practice

I may have dreamt this but I dimly remember an interview with Swedish professional golfer Annika Sorenstam where a reported asked her "How could you possibly be the best women's golfer in the world coming from a country with only three months of summer?" Ignoring the fact that the climate in Southern Sweden is quite moderate as a result of the gulf stream, Annika promptly answered "During the winter, we hit into golf nets."

This is great advice and even if you don't live in a Northern climate, you can benefit from practice in a golf net. First, you need a ten to twelve foot unobstructed ceiling in your garage. Then, you need plans for construction of the net which can be found here (48.8 MB). Finally, you need a practice strategy that gives you something to work on (practicing bad habits in the garage can be fatal to your on-course golf game). I'll talk about practice strategy in future posts.