"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[Patch]

Day 474

Practiced my pitch/lob shots this morning. I used various clubs for both. Didn't pay much attention to yardages, since I was using range balls. I did have a target though. 

My goal wasI was for balls to land on, or near the ball line to that target. 

Main focuses were set up, stance, club face aim, and ball first contact, then turf. 

Hit about 60 balls. I culled about 20 worn out looking balls, and used them for warm up swings. The newer, better looking balls, I used for practice. 

[boogielicious]

Day 196, April 22

Mirror work today at the gym. Focused on the same feels with a little more flattening from A4-5.

[JuanTheGolfer]

DAY 519   Spent about three hours practicing at Legacy Golf Club... evenly divided between working on my full swing, and chipping/pitching.  As it relates to chipping I continued to do left hand only, right  hand only and then both hands on the club practice swings and chip shots.  What I can say, is I am a LOT better at left hand only chip shots than I was a week ago or so... wish I was making the same level of progress with both hands on the club.  And at this point, I would chip with my right hand only on the club ANYTIME!!  The old saying is "Rome was not built in a day!"  BUT maybe my chipping technique, quality of contact, etc could be built in a month???

[iacas]

Day 443 - April 22, 2019 - Ten minutes working on the full swing before a lesson arrived today.

[DrMJG]

Day 285

Just putt-ered around the house for 30 minutes or so.  As today ended up with a few appointments for late mornin through early evening, I putted a bit int the carpets and putting green. I was able to putt with good consistency and most of my attempts between 2' and 6' were one-putts super shots.   Beyond 10' I dropped to about 75% but left myself with simple second shots.  All in all ok with the results.

[DeadMan]

Day 4: Mirror work today. Working on making sure my head stays back in the downswing. Looking really good.

[Patch]

Day 475

Full swing, driving range, fairway work this morning. This is where I use fencing, and fairway flags for a make shift fairway. Maybe (+/-) 40 yards wide. I don't use the whole range.

I then go through my bag, one club, one swing at a time, alternating between longer/shorter clubs. I usually go through my bag three, or four times. 

Target is the 250 yard flag that is in the center (close) of my make shift fairway. 

I use an abbreviated pre-shot routine between swings. No "raking" of balls.

The goal is to keep all balls in, or near the fairway. I was successful for the most part. 

 

[boogielicious]

Day 197, April 23

Played 18 alone today in a light drizzle. Saw some improvement in a few areas, but still need to keep plugging away.

[JuanTheGolfer]

DAY 520   Again I spent 3 plus hours at Legacy Golf Club.  First working on my full swing on the range .. focused on improving my turn on my backswing (pivot) and staying in posture on my throughswing.   Felt like I am making progress!!  Then over to the chipping area... where I hit chips with left hand only, right hand only and then both hands on the club.   Focusing on tempo, and technique.  Again felt like I am making progress.

Then came home and scheduled two tee times... one at Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Club in western New York State, AND Tatanka Golf Club in Niobara, NE.  Both are on the list of GolfWeek Magazine's Top Courses You Can Play.   Getting close to setting up tee times at three other courses in New York that are also on the list!!

[DeadMan]

Day 5: Mirror work again today. Working on my set up and making sure my shoulders are closed at address. Also making sure my club doesn't get inside my hands from A1 to A2. Looking good.

[iacas]

Day 444 - April 23, 2019 - Practiced some chipping and pitching from some VERY tight lies to clean up a little poor contact I've had lately. Keys were to pivot on the backswing, and let the wrists do a bit less, and then pivot more while being very lazy with the hands/wrists on the downswing.

[DrMJG]

Day 286:

Worked for 1/2 hour with my 50º and 9i on a variety of shots with the two clubs.  I use the 9i as part of my wedge line of thought.

I was getting a nice 10 yard gap when I executed full swings.  What I was hoping for.  I even got good spin off of the 9i to minimize roll after higher lofts.

It was fun imagining different scenarios fr each club; I executed many of them.

Still need to work for a better line with the 50º as some of the half swing shots were off by a bit to the right.

 

 

 

 

[Patch]

Day 476

Forced carry practice this morning. As always, the carry part is 15' foot wide bunker, which includes 4'-5' foot grassy hill next to it. About 10'-15' past the grassy hill is a practice pin. 

The goal is to carry the two obstacles and land the ball near the the practice pin. I can either lob the ball to the pin, or hit a pitch, or longer shot to the far side of the grassy hill, and have the ball bounce/roll off the far slope to the pin.

Any ball that I fail to clear the bunker/hill with, become bunker practice balls to that same pin.  There is usually a few of those during my warm up time.

For warm ups, I start close to the bunker, then gradually move back, up to 40-50 yards. 

Focuses are club selection based on the lie, and distance needed. Ball position, stance set up, and club face aim.

Today was fairway lies due to a recent mowing of the practice area.

I use anywhere from a 1/2 to 3/4 swing, while letting the various lofted clubs do most of the carry work. 

Pretty sure I will be playing 18 holes a little later today. 

[iacas]

Day 445 - April 24, 2019 - Full swing work after a lesson today. Really having good success swinging to the top, exaggerating the move, and swinging down/through/forward with the pivot.

[onthehunt526]

24 April 2019

Day One:

Did some work gathering distances for all 11 of my full swing clubs, basically took distances by hitting 20 shots with each club, took out the worst 2 and best 2, and averaged from there. I felt I needed to do this mainly because I went from blades to SGI irons this year.

[JuanTheGolfer]

DAY 521   Spent a couple of hours on the range today, working through several drills given to me by my coach, to help with rotating on my backswing versus swaying, and improving my kinematic sequence on the downswing.    Felt is was an excellent session.  Tomorrow's lesson with my coach will tell me more

Officially met a man today at the range that he and I had said hello several times.  He is 85 years old, and from the UK.  He told me a story about the time his father met and spoke at length with Harry Vardon...about what it takes to play really great golf.   It is all about it!!   

[boogielicious]

Day 198, April 24

Worked on a low hands feel at A6 today hitting in to my net. I started with mapping feels and hit partials. Then I worked on a fluid feel with my rehearsal swings prior to hitting. Film looked pretty good.  My PP is to get lower hands at A6 so I come into impact steeper and move my low point forward. My instructor also wants me more active prior to the takeaway.

[DrMJG]

Day 287:

Traveling to give a talk for the American Association of Suicidology in Denver.  #aas2019. Got to hotel early in afternoon. Great full length mirror.  Did 25 minutes exercises and mirror work.  Probably the same tomorrow and Friday.