[mrodock]

I would eliminate the stretching in the morning. The back is most prone to injury right after waking up in the morning due to the increased fluid in the back which dissipates in the first 2 hours after waking. Static stretching can help, but mostly for the hips. The low back, in general needs stability much more than mobility. You want mobility around the lower back: hips and thoracic spine. There is one lower back muscle that I would recommend stretching, the quadratus lumborum. However, I have used a foam roller on the QL and that seems to work better than stretching. I would go to a book store and toward the end of Mark Verstegen's Core Performance Golf book he outlines how to do this. Also I would recommend using the foam roller on the IT band, it is difficult to stretch and responds well to the foam roller:

. As far as thoracic spine mobility is concerned the overhead squats that I mentioned before will help, also using a foam roller will be useful:

. You can use the foam roller on the front of the thighs, inner thighs, hamstrings, butt, etc. If you get bored with this stuff I have more.

I think the single most important exercise for me was the goblet squat, followed by the overhead squat. Everything else you are willing to do is icing on the cake. I would test your core stability and see how far you are from holding the three bridges for 2 minutes.

Matt