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27 minutes ago, freshmanUTA said:

I'd like to try to earn this award next month, so I'm going to try to start posting every day this month.

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2/11: 15 minutes taking DTL video in foyer of slow downswing hitting a squishy golf ball. Checked right elbow, left wrist, steepness at A5, and club position at A6. Some success in changing picture even if lots of shanks. 

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Driver: :ping: G30, Irons: :tmade: Burner 2.0, Putter: :cleveland:, Balls: :snell:

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2/03 - minipitches with wiffle balls in house going from rug to rug. Focus was on technique itself and producing a straight ball flight

roamin
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2/24: My dad's in town for the weekend. Played 18 today and got my butt whooped. Shot 96 (48/48). It was sad, I was a yard off the green in regulation on the first two holes but doubled them both. Put

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2/2 - 15 minutes mirror work. Focused on Key 3 and completing shoulder turn. 2/2 - 15 minutes mirror work. Focused on Key 3 and completing shoulder turn. 2/2 - 15 minutes mirror work. Focuse

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2/11: About 15 minutes with my 56 degree wedge today in the front yard. Spent about two minutes with slow swings, thinking about steady head, good turn, and more up with the arms, just as a warm up. Then I just had fun for 15 minutes or so picking a target and a shot shape and just trying to hit that shot.

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"If you need to carry a water hazard, take one extra club or two extra balls." - Unknown (to me)

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2/11: Alignment checks. I assumed an address position, and with the help of a couple of club shafts, made sure that my feet, legs, hips, chest, and shoders are all aligned with the target. 

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...

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2/11/17 - Today was back to the wall drill to increase flexibility. I may be using that for the next few days while I'm holed up in a hotel.

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- 18 Holes - 72 (+1) - Par 71 - Pine Island Country Club - 6/25/2022
- 9 Holes - 36 (E) - Par 36 - Pine Island Country Club - 6/25/2022

 

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2/12-putting in basement. Followed with some shoulder turn work and some float load feels with partial swings. My basement is not big enough for full swings. 

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So, today I've just been doing some slow mirror work again working on keeping my posture while turning my hips and shoulders for the backswing, and then working on feeling like my hips open after my arms pass my right hip, this is to prevent me getting stuck, with my driver especially. Sometimes my hips turn before my arms swing and theres no chance in hitting it straight because my arms are just too far behind. I also want to feel like when my hips are turning on the downswing, my weight transfers to my left heel, this is mainly for me to get weight forward, but since I started doing it after my lesson it has promoted an inside path. Today I'm also going to the range to work on driver, 3 wood and my 7i-56* wedge, and putting. I'm going to be keeping track of where every miss is and using the tee drill to make sure I swing up with driver as I have a tendency to hit very steep on it. I've actually had drives the have been sub-200 yards because they ride the ground so low. I want to fix this. 

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On 2/11/2017 at 10:53 AM, woodzie264 said:

2/11 - pitch swings of varying lengths. 

Since my first time watching the pitch video, I've grown a lot more comfortable with the motion itself, but learning my distance control is the challenge 

2/12 - ditto; soooooo wanted to play today with the 75* weather, but family activities took priority. Some day soon, some day soon...

31 minutes ago, CarlSpackler said:

"Played" 18 today. I am +24 sitting here on the 18th tee. Thankfully I birdied 17. That might keep me from a 3 digit score. 

At least you're out there....some of us can only dream right now

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

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Chilli Dipper Great Member

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2/11: Had no time to do any practice in daylight, so I spent ten minutes practicing the takeaway of my backswing. It feels like I'm starting the club on an extreme out-to-in path now, but I can tell by having a look at my own reflection that it isn't really the case.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...

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2/12: Played 18 today after the college tournament that's been going on this weekend. I spent a few minutes on the range beginning the work on my shot zones (I got my copy of LSW yesterday!! :ninja::dance:)... I had an awesome plan to work out the zones for full swing and 3/4 shots, but ended up spending most of the time before my round watching the tournament. :-)

So, you know, golf is hard. I shot a 93 (49/44) with 42 putts (25 on the front). :-O:cry:On the other hand, I had 42 putts and still managed a 93. So, weirdly content. :content:

In fact, my approach game was the best it's ever been, hands down. I had 7 GIRs and 5 nGIRs, which is around my upper limits in the past, but...I hit the green or ended up within 10 yards of it on 16 of 18 approach shots outside of 75 yards today. I was definitely hitting my irons better than I have been lately, but there's no doubt that just the idea of thinking thinking of my shot's landing "spot" as a tilted oval is a game changer. Rather than a point/small circle or horizontal line (I've always aimed a little left to account for my miss right but not too far in case I pull it, but that's about it) -- I can pick out my target, aim and setup properly as usual, think about a good swing and the shot that I want, make the best swing that I can... and then pretty much not worry about what happens next.

I have no doubt that today should have been a ~100 day, but it wasn't. Ended up +3 on the last 6 holes with 4 pars (par 3s and par 5s).

By the same token, today could have been an 85 day, but it wasn't. So, shot zones and finally making up my mind on just what the hell kind of shot I want to hit with my driver are definitely on the practice "to-do" list now (and 3 foot putts :8)).

Jake
"If you need to carry a water hazard, take one extra club or two extra balls." - Unknown (to me)

My Swing | Course Vlogs | Favorite Post | Roamin' for life. (MCATDT)

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Love this Roamin

2 hours ago, roamin said:

In fact, my approach game was the best it's ever been, hands down. I had 7 GIRs and 5 nGIRs, which is around my upper limits in the past, but...I hit the green or ended up within 10 yards of it on 16 of 18 approach shots outside of 75 yards today. I was definitely hitting my irons better than I have been lately...

2/13 - ^^^^ditto

Driver: :callaway: Rogue ST  /  Woods: :tmade: Stealth 5W / Hybrid: :tmade: Stealth 25* / Irons: :ping: i500’s /  Wedges: :edel: 54*, 58*; Putter: :scotty_cameron: Futura 5  Ball: image.png Vero X1

 

 -Jonny

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Fairway_CY Great Member

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2/12/2017 - I spent much of the day on an airplane or at an airport.  Because of that, I did a lot of re-reading of LSW.  I got to the hotel and did about 10 minutes worth of the wall drill.  

CY

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- 18 Holes - 72 (+1) - Par 71 - Pine Island Country Club - 6/25/2022
- 9 Holes - 36 (E) - Par 36 - Pine Island Country Club - 6/25/2022

 

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2/13-Putting in the basement and some shoulder turn work. 

Scott

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