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Day 240 - August 24, 2020

Worked on some chipping motion stuff while literally waiting for paint to dry.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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Day 22: Indoor chipping. Also full swings into a net. Focus on stance and posture with only swing thought being to keep my head still.

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Day 67.  I found my practice room twice today, 5 minutes each;  the wall drill and the same swings off the mat I've been doing. 

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Day 16

Same focus and practice but I also worked in the day 12 covid trail arm club toss. I think this is one I will do for a few days. I really like the feel and think this complements my work of trying to stay on plane in the downswing. 

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Day 177 - I’ve been forgetting to post. Practiced into my net today focusing on focusing. I picked a spot on the ball and focused on that through impact. Did this with 6 iron and driver for about 30 minutes. I’ve been having trouble with that lately.

Scott

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Day 1 - I played golf all weekend but didn't get my posts in, so I've easily missed 2+ in the last 28 days. Back to square 1 😞

Today I worked on my hip turn in the backswing, starting with mirror work and then hitting some balls. I have a tendency to sway a bit towards the target when trying to rotate my hips, so I'm trying to get that sorted out.

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Day 23:  Indoor putting drills.  Outdoor hitting into a net.  Continue to focus on stance and posture with only swing thought being to keep a steady head.  Full swings with mostly driver, but also 3 wood and 3 hybrid off the tee as well as "rescue" type swings with 3 hybrid and 7 iron.  Stance, posture, and steady head only swing thought on all swings.

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Day 241 - August 25, 2020

18 holes at Venango Valley. Score to be posted in the GAME GOLF topic, I think.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • AuthorLowest Score Wins
Golf Digest "Best Young Teachers in America" 2016-17 & "Best in State" 2017-20 • WNY Section PGA Teacher of the Year 2019 :edel: :true_linkswear:

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Day 33

Played 18 today. Hitting the ball better and better.  My wife commented that this was the straightest my Drives have been all year.  I crushed a couple Drives.

Worked on using and trusting my sandwedge from 90 yards in. Significant improvement in wedge play.

- Dean

Driver: PXG GEN3 Proto X Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange
Fairway wood: 5 Wood PXG 0341 GEN2 hzrdus smoke yellow

2 Iron PXG XP Evenflow Blue

3 Utility Iron Srixon 3 20*
Irons:  5 thru PW PXG GEN3 XP Steelfiber 95 -  Wedges: Mizuno T7 48, 52, 56 and 60 Recoil 110 shafts 6
Putter: In search of the Holy Grail Ball: Snell MTBx

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Day 33

Played 18 today. Hitting the ball better and better.  My wife commented that this was the straightest my Drives have been all year.  I crushed a couple Drives.

Worked on using and trusting my sandwedge from 90 yards in. Significant improvement in wedge play.

Day 35

Played 18 today. Some high moments, some low moments. 

- Dean

Driver: PXG GEN3 Proto X Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange
Fairway wood: 5 Wood PXG 0341 GEN2 hzrdus smoke yellow

2 Iron PXG XP Evenflow Blue

3 Utility Iron Srixon 3 20*
Irons:  5 thru PW PXG GEN3 XP Steelfiber 95 -  Wedges: Mizuno T7 48, 52, 56 and 60 Recoil 110 shafts 6
Putter: In search of the Holy Grail Ball: Snell MTBx

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Day 68.  Speed Sticks, protocol one.  Did fine.  I'm not really gaining, but I'm not really losing ground either. 

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-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Day 258

Post didn’t go through yesterday.

Yesterday - Superspeed workout, then a bunch of slow swings working on priority piece.

Today - more work on priority piece with half swings. Just being a good stupid monkey. 

-Peter

  • :titleist: TSR2
  • :callaway: Paradym, 4W
  • :pxg: GEN4 0317X, Hybrid
  • :srixon: ZX 3-iron, ZX5 4-AW
  • :cleveland:  RTX Zipcore 54 & 58
  • L.A.B. Golf Directed Force 2.1
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Day 17

Did 5 minutes filming FV of my practice. Same focus as prior days but I wanted to see how steady my head was as well as whether I was getting proper rotation, hands at impact etc. 

Did 3 or 4 slow takeaways and return to shaft parallel and then proceeded to do a full swing. I have a slight head movement away from target but it seems not to be excessive. Everything else looked fairly clean to my untrained eye. Biggest issue is still a slight increase in shoulder tilt (more visible from DTL) at the start of the downswing. It's not there on my slow swings but always returns when I take a full swing. 

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Day 242 - August 26, 2020

Played a few holes with a playing lesson. Chipped in on one, which I haven't done much lately.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • AuthorLowest Score Wins
Golf Digest "Best Young Teachers in America" 2016-17 & "Best in State" 2017-20 • WNY Section PGA Teacher of the Year 2019 :edel: :true_linkswear:

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Day 24: Outdoor swings into a net.  Continue to focus on stance, posture, and steady head.  Today I did full and partial swings with my wedges as well as full swings with 3 wood and 3 hybrid off the deck.  Also, indoor chipping practice.

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Day 33

Played 18 today. Hitting the ball better and better.  My wife commented that this was the straightest my Drives have been all year.  I crushed a couple Drives.

Worked on using and trusting my sandwedge from 90 yards in. Significant improvement in wedge play.

- Dean

Driver: PXG GEN3 Proto X Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange
Fairway wood: 5 Wood PXG 0341 GEN2 hzrdus smoke yellow

2 Iron PXG XP Evenflow Blue

3 Utility Iron Srixon 3 20*
Irons:  5 thru PW PXG GEN3 XP Steelfiber 95 -  Wedges: Mizuno T7 48, 52, 56 and 60 Recoil 110 shafts 6
Putter: In search of the Holy Grail Ball: Snell MTBx

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Day 69.  In between grading and hockey, I found time to do the wall drill and hit about three balls.  There was a five minute consecutive session in there (it's the one that included actually hitting a few balls), plus a few more times that were mostly the wall.  If I had known I was up against such a milestone, I might have scheduled a better practice for today. 

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Day 259

Superspeed workout and more 7-iron swings working on priority piece. 

-Peter

  • :titleist: TSR2
  • :callaway: Paradym, 4W
  • :pxg: GEN4 0317X, Hybrid
  • :srixon: ZX 3-iron, ZX5 4-AW
  • :cleveland:  RTX Zipcore 54 & 58
  • L.A.B. Golf Directed Force 2.1
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