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In your pocket

In Your Pocket: After you've picked up the ball! (Generally after you finish a hole without holing out.)
Insert: Plate in the face of wooden clubs.

Make swings with your left hand in your pocket to ingrain proper feel. Also be aware that sand shots don't need to be perfectly struck—you only have to hit near the ball. For any bunker blast, let the club do the work.

Once you lose your grip, you lose everything, so keep your hands in your pockets except to play. Also, be sure to keep the top of your golf bag covered so that rain doesn't drip down the shafts and get your grips wet.

You should always have a ball mark repair tool handy in your pockets to fix these indentations. Golf courses usually have these tools available for just a few dollars in their pro shop.

For the formats where both the first series and recovery series are all-or-nothing (Tour Pro and Ryder Cup), if you make the required putts in a row for the points, pick up the tee peg and put it in your pocket before moving out to the next station.

There is no reason to stick your hand in your pocket for some change, go ahead and putt it out and you'll probably make more putts. That my friends will make the round go much quicker.

The wedge swing is a little longer, introduces more room for error, ball goes higher and could bounce off line, and you might hit it fat or thin. I recommend you put a couple of extra balls in your pocket, hit your usual club from the fringe, ...