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Golf Scrimmages: Realistic Practice Games Under Pressure
In order for you to successfully take your game to the course, you must bring the elements found on the course to your practices and that is exactly what this book (and this interactive website) does. With its 230 pages and nearly 100 competitive practice games (all with color photos), items like score, a consequence, different lies, distractions, pressure and more are brought to the forefront so that you can practice in a manner that TRANSFERS to the course.
If you’re like most golfers you get lured into “hitting balls” or “rolling putts” without any purpose or structure and without the knowledge of how to practice in order for you to successfully take your game to the course. Even if you’re hitting the ball well in practice, experts show that your practice sessions have no relevance to playing the game which leads to an endless nonproductive cycle. What practice turns out to be is unproductive time where you just “see how you’re hitting it.” And whether putting, working on your short game or hitting full swing shots if you hit the ball poorly you end up trying to “figure it out,” most likely trying something new with every swing which ultimately leads right back to where you started when you search for another tip and go “see how you’re hitting it” the next day; now if you’re hitting the ball great on the other hand, it makes you feel good – you think “I’ve got it” but sports psychologists call this False Confidence because the type of practice you’re conducting doesn’t transfer to the course. So you end up stuck in a cycle where you seek out more and more tips.
The missing piece of the puzzle is explained by performance experts and sports psychologists and is called Transfer Practice. Transfer Practice is that vital step to taking your game to the course and where the book Golf Scrimmages comes in. Certainly you can work to improve your control of the golf ball through quality coaching but regardless of whether you’re hitting it perfectly or not, you need to cease practice sessions that are ONLY mechanically based. To play well on the course, you need to incorporate the elements found on the course into a good portion of your practice - you need to make your practice sessions competitive and golf-like.
Golf Scrimmages integrates all of these elements found on the course helping you to score lower and more consistently. It’s time to incorporate this evidenced based practice into your game bringing forth meaningful feelings, mental challenges, emotions and realistic shots into your practice sessions. It’s time to incorporate Golf Scrimmages into your game. It’s the bridge between practice and play.
"Golf is a competition against oneself, the golf course and the conditions presented. The tools, games and drills in Trent's book allow a golfer to mimic that same type of competition." -- Zach Johnson; 2007 Masters Champion
If you’re like most golfers you get lured into “hitting balls” or “rolling putts” without any purpose or structure and without the knowledge of how to practice in order for you to successfully take your game to the course. Even if you’re hitting the ball well in practice, experts show that your practice sessions have no relevance to playing the game which leads to an endless nonproductive cycle. What practice turns out to be is unproductive time where you just “see how you’re hitting it.” And whether putting, working on your short game or hitting full swing shots if you hit the ball poorly you end up trying to “figure it out,” most likely trying something new with every swing which ultimately leads right back to where you started when you search for another tip and go “see how you’re hitting it” the next day; now if you’re hitting the ball great on the other hand, it makes you feel good – you think “I’ve got it” but sports psychologists call this False Confidence because the type of practice you’re conducting doesn’t transfer to the course. So you end up stuck in a cycle where you seek out more and more tips.
The missing piece of the puzzle is explained by performance experts and sports psychologists and is called Transfer Practice. Transfer Practice is that vital step to taking your game to the course and where the book Golf Scrimmages comes in. Certainly you can work to improve your control of the golf ball through quality coaching but regardless of whether you’re hitting it perfectly or not, you need to cease practice sessions that are ONLY mechanically based. To play well on the course, you need to incorporate the elements found on the course into a good portion of your practice - you need to make your practice sessions competitive and golf-like.
Golf Scrimmages integrates all of these elements found on the course helping you to score lower and more consistently. It’s time to incorporate this evidenced based practice into your game bringing forth meaningful feelings, mental challenges, emotions and realistic shots into your practice sessions. It’s time to incorporate Golf Scrimmages into your game. It’s the bridge between practice and play.
"Golf is a competition against oneself, the golf course and the conditions presented. The tools, games and drills in Trent's book allow a golfer to mimic that same type of competition." -- Zach Johnson; 2007 Masters Champion
231 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 30, 2006
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March 31, 2025
the wild amazone
A Must Read
Great book. It has changed the way I approach the way I practice now. I don't spend hours just pounding balls at the range going in circle trying to figure out what I am doing wrong. I leave my practice session now feeling I accomplished something and my game has improved.
Norberto Rosado
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Effective practice, better scores
If you're serious about reducing your handicap you have to use your practice time effectively, beating ball after ball with driver or seven iron at the range will only bring limited success. I've learnt that practice that replicates playing golf (or practice which is harder than actually playing golf) is the best kind of practice yet, surprisingly, very few golf coaching books deal with this and offer advice and drills you can follow.
This book is one of only a few that I've found that are the exception and is, therefore, well worth reading and using to help formulate your own practice routines.
Mr Wearner does labour his point somewhat during the early chapters but the drills and practice games are excellent and make the book excellent value for money.
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Great selection of games for homing skills, some well known and established games, some new to me. Great resource instead of memory, and easily accessed for variations on rules and set ups. Fantastic book for anyone looking to practice, but doesn't know how to do so effectively.
Dennis O'Connor
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This book is easy to read and understand. It doesn't give swing tips etc but rather how to fine tune the golf game. Lots of good pressure drills to use. I've already put some of them to work with my team.
Skip Gooch
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Practice became monotonous. This book gave me suggestions to change, and what eventually became routine, turned into a great variety of fun ways to practice.
Gary Rogers
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November 26, 2017
I enjoyed this book, but I made the mistake of buying the Kindle edition. Don't buy the Kindle edition. It's not formatted right, so it doesn't work well. Just get the real book.
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