"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge September 2016

[woodzie264]

On September 22, 2016 at 4:57 AM, woodzie264 said:

9/22 - kettle bell ex's for weight shift. 10 mins on grip, stance, head position, low point control

9/23 - diddo

[Brian W]

9/23 - played Missouri Bluffs this morning.  Shot 41/42-83.  Drove the ball okay but irons and wedges did me right.  Struggled on the green.  Thinking about picking up some sort of putting mat for the basement

[woodzie264]

9/23 - chipped, putted x 30 mins

[CarlSpackler]

The yard people didn't show up, so I took the heads off some taller blades of grass. 

[roamin]

10 minutes of slo-mo swings, normal focus (steady head, good turn/pivot) and checking for a flat wrist at the top. Then 20 or so shots using a half-backswing.

[iacas]

2016-09-23

Played about ten holes of golf today with @NatalieB here in New Jersey.

Shot 38.

http://www.gamegolf.com/player/iacas/round/1188654

[Brian W]

9/24 - after yesterdays round of poor putting (even though I only had one 3 putt on a huge sloped par 3), I realized I am leaving the most strokes out there on the green, not around or approaching the green.  I spent a lot of time this morning researching correct "tips" on putting.  I am going to spend some major time improving my putting stroke and working on its consistency.  All that said, I did putting drills in my basement for about 20 minutes 

[woodzie264]

9/24 - grip x 5 mins

[CarlSpackler]

Played a round with @David in FL today. Played horribly other that holes 4-9, but certainly enjoyed it. I even hit a ball out of the water for the first time ever. 

[roamin]

Played 18 today. Shot 91 (45/46). Normal "steady head" and "no sway" thoughts, but tried to stay simple and mainly focus on a shorter backswing (3/4 or so -- I'm sure I was still over-swinging though ). Much better results with the driver, irons went well also. Played smart and only hit my 3-wood twice, when I had nice, flat lies and plenty of room to miss...both shots were very nice and resulted in par/bogey on two tough holes (#1/#7). Also played a bit more aggressively (and took more time) with my chips and finally put a few within easy one-putt distance. Putting still needs a lot of work, though.

Edited September 25, 2016 by roamin

[boogielicious]

9/24 - Cleaned out a friend's Aunt's house. While tossing each of the 60 or so bags of trash on to a pile in the garage, I focused on a centered hip turn and getting weight forward before release.

[Brian W]

9/25 - more putting drills.  Did some research and watched some putting instructional videos and changed my grip.  Seems like it is going to help but I still need to pick up a putting mat.  I think the practice on the carpet can help with my stroke but not as much as with something a little closer to actual greens.  Our carpet is very long

[woodzie264]

9/25 - grip, stance, low point control, weight shift 

[CarlSpackler]

Went to the range and hit some balls. I took some video to see if there has been progress. Unfortunately not. Changes are not hanging around when there is a ball in front of me. 

[woodzie264]

9/26 - kettle bell & cable column work for core strength and weight shift work. Slow swings with 8i. Hope to play 9 holes this morning, time permitting.

[woodzie264]

7 hours ago, woodzie264 said:

9/26 - kettle bell & cable column work for core strength and weight shift work. Slow swings with 8i. Hope to play 9 holes this morning, time permitting.

Part II - played 9 holes to a 4.3 differential (40). 7/7 fairways, missed 2 GIR's, but they were nGIR's. overall good day for me.

[boogielicious]

9/26 - 15 minutes mirror work at the gym. Focused on centered turn and then the torso starting the downswing again.

[Brian W]

9/26 - some putting in basement, stretches working on torso and mirror work for spine tilt