"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge June 2016

[boogielicious]

Mirror work yesterday at lunch then played 9 in 20 to 30 mph winds!

Play 18 today.

[Dinoma]

indoor range session working on the faults that haven't been ironed out from yesterday's rounds. Real progress being made, but as always with this bitter mistress, slowly and with the odd regression.

[Lihu]

Mirror work. Backswing and key 1. Tightening the forward hip motion a little.

[saevel25]

Played 9 holes yesterday. Struggling with a leftward tee shot right now. It doesn't feel like the unsteady head drop back flippy hook I struggled with a last year. It just yanking them left, slight pull draws. 

I might need to focus more on starting the ball on the line I want. 

[Rainmaker]

I was supposed to have a lesson today but I had to reschedule it for next week due to sick kiddo and nobody to watch him during my lesson time.  I managed to get out to the range, though, for a medium bucket. 

I warmed up with some stretching (I never used to do this but now I need to, lol) and then some wedges.  I really am keen to increase my driver carry so I alternated 10 drivers with 10 short irons through the bucket.  My consistency is better but my max carry distance is basically the same.  I got one to go to the 215 marker - the rest land right around 200-205.  The way that range is, you're always hitting into the wind - so all those drives were straight into a 5-10mph wind . .but I still think I should be able to carry them farther. 

I'm still confused between arms and core in the downswing so I experimented with that a bit.  More core = more distance but it's easy for me to "lock up" the rest of me at the same time and then I'd get less distance and/or hit it offline.  If it were possible for me to somehow flex my core as much as possible but totally *not* flex anything else . .that would be great. 

 

[onthehunt526]

6/10/16:

Worked on A1-A4 straight back mapping and staying centered.

Played 18 yesterday, shot 87 played ok... Inside 75 still needs work...Unlike @WUTiger I'm not busted because I posted yesterday...

I, however found out I'm absolutely lethal with a PW from 115-125 yards... On 3, had 119 yards to the flag and hit a PW to 10 inches! I had a couple more inside 10 feet.  

[MiddleTees]

Took slow mo backswing drill to range. Also played 9 holes at range and played 9 holes on course. Just about similar results. 

[WUTiger]

6 hours ago, onthehunt526 said:

I, however found out I'm absolutely lethal with a PW from 115-125 yards... On 3, had 119 yards to the flag and hit a PW to 10 inches! I had a couple more inside 10 feet.  

This means that for the Sweet 16 club mix, the PW should always remain in your bag...

[Valleygolfer]

6/10/16

Reading Dave Pelz "Putting Bible" until I fell asleep

[Lihu]

More center pivot with a 9i, back in Jersey for a day.

13 hours ago, WUTiger said:

This means that for the Sweet 16 club mix, the PW should always remain in your bag...

Agreed, don't ever change it and fit all your other clubs based upon that one! Keep it even if it only has half a groove left!

[boogielicious]

Played 18 yesterday. We waited a lot and I stiffened up. Did some of my mapping while waiting.

I've got new stuff to work on via Evolvr. Excited to start working on it. 

[onthehunt526]

6/12/16:

Worked on 3/4 swings and getting that feeling down with all of my irons and wedges. Trying to be just straight up lethal with all of my irons. I feel I stay in better balance, and the ball starts right on line.

[Jeremie Boop]

So, yeah, missed yesterday. Didn't even want to think about golf last night between how poorly I played league on Thursday and the member guest tournament I was in today I just wanted to not thing about golf at all last night. So, I guess I'll try again next month.

[RandallT]

10 minutes slow motion drills. Keeping arms in front/right elbow ahead of shirt seam. Laying club down. Stop at A6. Continue full swing.

[Valleygolfer]

6/11/16

Played a practice 9. Utterly frustrated with the driver. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't stop slicing. Something wrong with my set up... Range time Monday to fix that $41t... Talk about wearing me out...

Edited June 12, 2016 by Valleygolfer

[Lihu]

Well, bye bye NJ. Be back in a few months.

More key 1 drills before dessert.

[WUTiger]

I've already double-busted on posting, so no June "5M" medallion for me. So, I want to be ready for July.

Today I practiced drives. It seems I vary my posture at set-up, and this causes me consistency problems. One drill: put alignment stick in ground at 45* angle upward, about a foot behind the ball. On proper take-away, the clubhead comes inside the ball. (Product of proper shoulder turn)

[Lihu]

Key1 at airport, daughter was embarrassed.