"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge (May 2015)

[divotless]

Glad to be back. been playing some golf. Good holes and bad holes. Hitting shots around greens is why I am using "divot less". Can get to area around green and then take 3 to 4 shots to get in the hole. Blading or chunking my chip. Anyone have this problem? How did you correct it?

[Lihu]

Spent 5 minutes at the driving range doing slow practice swings before my hitting balls.

[Huddo]

20 minutes on the elusive bowed left wrist! Focused on getting the right wrist into the "waiters" position to flatten my left wrist. The jury is still out on what method will eventually work for me. I know there are players who play well with a cupped left wrist but not an OTT move as well!

[Slowcelica]

Practiced outside with a club, flattening the club head path in the downswing, by doing slow motion shots.

[14ledo81]

5 minutes in the yard today. Working on finding a downswing feel for the right elbow.

[isukgolf]

Used my bungie to stay connected ... practiced slow swings ...

[chris3putt]

30 Mins in the nets again. Driver, 3 wood, hybrid, 6 iron, 9 iron. Hit about 5 balls with each club, working on tempo and Key 1.

[rkim291968]

5 minutes of pitching practice indoors.   Worked well in today's round.

[WUTiger]

Played 18 today. Didn't play very well -- I hit about 6 bunkers, ...

Is there a stat for BIR (bunkers in regulation)?

[Lihu]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shindig

Played 18 today. Didn't play very well -- I hit about 6 bunkers, ...

Is there a stat for BIR (bunkers in regulation)?

Sand save.

[Abu3baid]

Worked for a couple hours on and off on my downswing feel.. Coming straight down with the hands with the weight shift and keeping my shoulders level.. Sounds like a lot, but it is helping shallowing the path and sending it out.. I have one more thought of making the knuckles face the ground, but that's secondary at the moment.

[WUTiger]

May 24 -

Picked up my reshafted wedges last evening, and tried them out today for a half hour today at the practice green and range.

The CG14s had original TRAction (Tour Reflex Action) Wedgeflex shafts, about 125 grams. Replaced the 50º with NS Pro 8950GH (R-flex, 97 gr.), to match my reshafted iron set, and replaced the 54º and 58º shafts with KBS Tour Wedge Chrome (R.flex, 110 gr.)

The 50º felt a lot livelier on full shots, and fits nicely behind my iron set's PW. For the SW and LW, it's easier to feel the head with the lighter shafts.

I then went home and mowed the grass, ahead of a promised three days of rain,  starting this evening.

[Big C]

Played 18 as part of the SoCal TST outing. It was a blast as always. I worked on getting my full hip turn to be second nature on the course. All in all the results were encouraging and my ball striking was quite solid today.

[RFKFREAK]

Do you think bowing the wrist at the top as opposed to bowing during the backswing is beginning to improve your A4 position?  Maybe this is where I'm going wrong?  During my slow backswing drills, I'm attempting to bow the wrist on the way up so that by the time I get to the top, the clubhead is less open.

I never thought of bowing it on the way up. I think checking my positioning would be harder to do if I did it on the way up. Did my five minutes this afternoon working on the same, bowing my wrist and laying down the shaft. Hips forward with the head back and finishing with almost all my weight on my front foot is starting to happen, percentage-wise, more often.

[tnull]

Putting board, 10 minutes.  5 minutes of half swings inside.  5 minutes of 3/4 swings, smooth tempo, keep head from moving down and forward.  5 minutes of full swings, same thing.

[Shindig]

[QUOTE name="Shindig" url="/t/81741/5-minutes-daily-practice-challenge-may-2015/630#post_1145689"] Played 18 today. Didn't play very well -- I hit about 6 bunkers, ... ;-)  [/QUOTE] Is there a stat for BIR (bunkers in regulation)?

Let me tell you, if you hit enough BIR, you will want something that sounds like that. [quote name="Lihu" url="/t/81741/5-minutes-daily-practice-challenge-may-2015/648#post_1145893"][QUOTE name="WUTiger" url="/t/81741/5-minutes-daily-practice-challenge-may-2015/648#post_1145892"]   [QUOTE name="Shindig" url="/t/81741/5-minutes-daily-practice-challenge-may-2015/630#post_1145689"] Played 18 today. Didn't play very well -- I hit about 6 bunkers, ... ;-)  [/QUOTE] Is there a stat for BIR (bunkers in regulation)? [/QUOTE] Sand save. [/quote] Only if you actually make the save. 8 greenside bunkers this weekend, zero saves. [quote name="Big C" url="/t/81741/5-minutes-daily-practice-challenge-may-2015/648#post_1145898"]Played 18 as part of the SoCal TST outing. It was a blast as always. [/quote] Echoing the above. Also played; everyone should join their local TST meetup group. I thought a lot about club selection and driver setup during today's round. Hit a lot of great drives, and also one out of bounds. I think my focus on driver setup played into why I drove it so well -- and I know what I was thinking when I hit my drive O.B., too (I was thinking about how durable the ball I was playing was, and how I should take a picture after this hole because it will have been in play for 27 holes at that point. Sigh). Hit some good irons, too, some of which managed to stay on the green. Hit a number of pitches and chips that did just what I intended to (may not have reacted as I liked after being hit). Hit three great non-driver wood shots during the day too; setup has been my swing thought on everything longer than an iron (and maybe it should be my swing thought with irons too?).

[iacas]

Hit balls on the range before a lesson arrived. Focused on swinging the arms down a bit more so I could actually hit the ground. Imagine that!

[SavvySwede]

Fell off the wagon yesterday. Had pretty much been sleep deprived and worn out all week. Fell asleep on the couch and the day was over. But I practiced again today, same drills I've been working on.