"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge April 2017

[roamin]

4/21: Played first two rounds of the (extended) golf weekend today. Morning was just 'meh', but I played a different course in the afternoon and was on fire at the start of the round. I was 3 over through 8, when disaster struck. Well, really, my ball struck...a tree. The same tree. Twice.  Consecutive shots (from different angles) after a wayward drive on 9. I ended up with a quad. A mediocre back nine with a couple pars to finish with an 89. Regardless, great day playing golf.  Back at it in the morning. 

Edited April 22, 2017 by roamin

[BamaWade]

4/21:  Got to the course, today....
30 min. range session; began with checks on A2; then worked on downward strike into ball & taking divot; 8i, then 6i, then 4H
15 min. putting session; worked on squaring up at setup, then tempo (provoked by 2:1 tempo thread today)
15 min. chipping session; worked on high/pitch-style and running chips
Walked 9; was a little slow out there but no one behind me, so played 2 balls some, and spent a lot of time on and around greens working on short game
Great day to be out!

[b101]

21/4/17 - more putting work on the mat downstairs working on start line and alignment

[onthehunt526]

4/22/17:

Wedges working on feeling as if I'm moving toward the target. I'll take the results, was hitting some nice 54° and 60° about 100 and 80 yards respectively consistently.

[b101]

22/4/17 - more putting with the metronome and slow motion backswing work this evening in front of the TV. Hoping to get to the range tomorrow and have a productive session.

[Mico]

45 min. Range work. Hit PW, 7i, 3hybrid, 3w and driver

ball striking improving with swing practice

[boogielicious]

April 22 - putting in the basement and I worked with the Impact Snap.

[RandallT]

4/22: centered hip turn in mirror from address thru follow-through, focusing on pulling left hip back near impact. 10 mins

[chris3putt]

April 22nd: - 20 mins full swing practice, outdoors, 6 iron. @mvmac gave me a drill a few years ago where you pause at A2, then slowly complete the backswing. It's designed to get the correct sequencing  in that the hips don't move (much) until A2, then everything turns together to the top. This is basically my whole practice for this month.

[BamaWade]

4/22:  10 mins. turn drills (set of 20) and release drills (20 reps each hand);
5 mins. broom drill (focus on sweep through line and pulling through with core/turn)
20 mins. full swing conditioning drills w/OW (5 sets of 20 reps); focus on keeping spine angle through impact (not raising up) and 'whipping' through impact

[roamin]

4/22: Day two, rounds 3 & 4 of 5. Back at home and shot 87 (43/44) in the morning, with 4 doubles and a triple. Kept trying to get in trouble and was in recovery mode a lot but scraped out 5 pars and 2 birdies with several great approach shots and my best round of putting ever (29 putts!). The second birdie was a 30 footer to close out the round. 

As good as that was, the afternoon was even better. My wife brought my son up to the course and they sat with me while I ate a late lunch (and my daughter stole my fries), and then my son and I played a scramble from the front tees (I used my 3-iron for tee shots). We shot a 10 over, 83 (40/43). Five straight pars to start the round, three of which were made by my son (including the first two, which were 6-foot one-putts). As we walked off the second green, I asked him if he was ever going to let me putt.

Great day. 

[b101]

23/4/17 - Range session early this morning. I feel I'm making some progress, but still not particularly close when I try to switch off from the piece I'm working on...

 

[onthehunt526]

4/23/17:

About 10 minutes this morning, figuring out stance, setup and ball position with every club in my arsenal from 60° wedge up to the driver. I noticed I needed to move the ball position slightly forward so I could turn in to my shots. It works well. Most of the adjustments weren't much. An inch or two at most, the width of stance was a big adjustment, wedges and short irons was narrower than it was, mid irons a little narrower, long clubs were about right. My grip I noticed my left hand was a little weak. So I got the feeling, "I was going to throw (overhand) the club with my left hand". (I didn't throw the club I promise). Believe it or not, it's a good "feel" drill, because when you take the club to address from there, your left hand is in the proper position.

[boogielicious]

 April 23 -  spent 45 minutes hitting balls into a net in the backyard. Slow swings working on impact position and body turn from the top. These are the first balls I've hit in a few weeks other than chipping. 

[RandallT]

4/23: 15 minutes on combining centered pivot with getting to proper A4- checking all the things I've been working: hands, wrists, elbows, and club position.

[Mico]

45 min

sklz, 7i and driver swings with Stop at top, pump, step thru and full swings + 3/3 alt 7i and driver.

 had problems completing sets with proper form and generally felt tired

Chipping went 4/11 from start and extra set fig to distractions 

[BamaWade]

Lots of practice time today that I made the most of...
5 mins. work facing mirror, worked on getting back to a good angle (had gotten a little too straight up recently, so was having trouble getting down on ball and taking divot)
60 mins. pitching work, 25-45 yards (90 balls hit, flag target in yard)
5 mins. wall drills w/club
30 mins. full swing work w/foam balls, focus on keeping spine angle and proper bend, slowing things down to concentrate on lagging club head into ball
Walked 9; had course to self (wet, misty day) so threw down 5-6 balls in various approach yardages, focused on same lag/divot from practice work; some extra chipping work around the greens
 

[roamin]

4/23: Welp...Golf Weekend is over. 

Ended up playing two rounds again today, at a course I've only played once. Shot a pair of 91s. The first round was tough, lots of bad tee shots and misses the wrong way. Felt like I was grinding the entire round except for few sputters of decency. I finally started hitting the driver well, and the second 91 was much more enjoyable.

Time to get some rest.