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"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (May 2015)


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Hit 12 five-foot putts in a row just before morning shower.  After breakfast hit 20 pitch shots into net, followed by 20 full swing 4-irons, followed by 10 swings with a driver.  This challenge is helping with discipline, for sure.

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Spent 10 - 15 minutes doing mirror swings with a 6 iron then 3W.

Scott

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I feel like a broken record, but I took about 100 swings hitting practice balls focusing on getting my weight on my front foot. I seem to have devoloped a shot that goes to the right now, where my most frequent miss before was pulling the ball. I'm a bit frustrated but I'm committed to practicing until I get this down. Then I can work on the next thing.

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Played 18 today ... much better than yesterday ... worked on turning hips ... I am still struggling with a 1 in aim point its just hard for me to feel ...

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Played in a local amateur golf series at Sunset Hills CC in Edwardsville. An interesting, hilly course that I had played once four years ago. I warmed up for about 20 minutes and then played 18.

Did not have the good round of Saturday. Today, I didn't even break 100. In middle of round, was pulling all the long clubs badly. Had five balls OB - by far worst since last year. Had 4 one putts cancelled by 4 three-putts. (Rolling greens were very fast... lesson learned: Hit putts crisply, or they will die left or right as they near cup.)

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Worked on my mapping again today for about 5-10 mins.  After that I recorded some new swing for evolvr.  Im having trouble controlling my low point on my irons.  Im going to hit some putts while I watch TV as well tonight.

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A little pitch and chip practice in the backyard while keeping all the balls inside the fences and out of the neighbor's yards (aka: no fliers and no bladed balls). Gets a bit difficult though with a Springer Spaniel thinking it is play time and going after every ball and trying to get his face right in the swingpath to ensure the ball doesn't get away. Result; no fliers, no bladed balls, and never whacked the dog with the club.

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Worked on my backswing piece with the mirror. Worked on my putting stroke. Hitting to many putts on the heel of the putter.

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This might be borderline cheating.. I spent about 5 minutes chipping on my family room carpet with focus on keeping left wrist firm through the ball, just so I can post, otherwise I had no intention of touching a club today. Well, at least I am honest about it. Wait, is there such a thing as an 'honest cheat'?? :hmm:

Vishal S.

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This might be borderline cheating.. I spent about 5 minutes chipping on my family room carpet with focus on keeping left wrist firm through the ball, just so I can post, otherwise I had no intention of touching a club today. Well, at least I am honest about it. Wait, is there such a thing as an 'honest cheat'??

Well, if this thread got you to do some golf practice where otherwise you wouldn't have, then I think that's a good thing.

Christian

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35 minutes into the net. Focus on shorter backswing, no bending the left elbow.  Left shoulder over right instep.

Good turn and soft arms, full release.  Basically seeing where I am after all of the indoor practice.  Made good contact, full turn.  7i, 4hybrid, Driver, PW.  All felt good, happy with progress so far.

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Well, if this thread got you to do some golf practice where otherwise you wouldn't have, then I think that's a good thing.


Thank you! I will sleep with a clearer conscience tonight.. :-D

Vishal S.

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May 4, (4 in a row)

5 minutes, probably more like 15:

swing and stop - backswing to top, no ball....

some full swings as well - worked on not sliding back as I start my swing.

JP

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5/4/15 Played 27 holes... Not hitting it very well at all... Scored decent all three nines were around the same score... Think I shot like 18 over for the 27 holes but I didn't really play in any traditional kind of order... (I jumped around a lot, I work at the course so if I get behind a slower group, I'll go back and find an open hole or two, where I can play 3 or 4 holes uninterrupted)... It was kind of a day to see where I was, and what needed work... Driving: D-, longest drive was like 240 on the first hole and slightly left Approach Shots: D-, I hit 2 GIR in 27 holes, a lot of near greens though... Short Game (20-60 yards) C, not as good as I want it to be but its getting a little better, a little chunky with my pitches at times, need some honest practice on that for sure... But it's getting there... Short Game (1-20 yards), B+, if you would have asked me how this was last August I would have said probably D or D- at best, this part of my game is coming around nicely, If my full swing motion shots would come around, and at least be in the B- range I'd be shooting in the 70s right now... Putting: A-, really improved the most... Lag putting is even better... I've only had 1 3-putt in basically 54 holes this year, I'm down to something stupid like 28 putts per round. The only reason I give myself an A- as opposed to an A or an A+ is because I sometimes have been hitting good putts from 10-15 feet and make misreading them 5-10 percent of the time... My miss all day was a block to the right... I did some alignment drills today, might be time for a lesson, might need to do railroad drills, something to that effect... I don't know if you can call what I did today, ”Practice", but Erik if you want to qualify or disqualify today, I'll understand either way

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Hit 15 balls slowly after finishing up my first lesson at CHQ. Meh.

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