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Day 56: May 22

Back to the range. Generally consistent with fairway wood: I wanted to have a session of improving what’s “normal” for me…and the results were rather good. Lost my way a little bit in the middle of the session (note to self: you’ve never cracked this silly game, so never think that you have), but knuckled down and rectified things somewhat. Hybrid performance was completely fine; I’ve got a dumb mental block about using a hybrid during a round, but I’ll sort it eventually.

Future me needs to organise a trackman session to collate data on my fairway wood performance: a neutral grip; a slightly stronger grip; having the “feel” of the club coming from the inside (I thought I was doing this today, but I don’t know if that’s a sign of my golfing maturity or just wishful thinking). TLDR: Really understand what’s happening during that part of my game.

Footnote: I’m slowly introducing my driver into these practices….and it’s almost good enough for me to start trusting it. Encouraging signs!

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Day 1: May 22nd. 

Going to see if I can get to 30 days in a row. 

Went to the range, had a terrible range session. My headspace just degraded way to fast. Maybe it was because of Sunday, but I was getting flustered way too fast. On the drive back home, I decided to do 10 sets of 10 reps each (so, 100 total) of backswings working on keeping things short. I needed to do something that I could complete and feel positive about it. So I just took hitting that stupid little ball out of the equation. 

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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What's in My Bag
Driver; :pxg: 0311 Gen 5,  3-Wood: 
:titleist: 917h3 ,  Hybrid:  :titleist: 915 2-Hybrid,  Irons: Sub 70 TAIII Fordged
Wedges: :edel: (52, 56, 60),  Putter: :edel:,  Ball: :snell: MTB,  Shoe: :true_linkswear:,  Rangfinder: :leupold:
Bag: :ping:

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Day 28 - The Stack swings and some dry reps afterwards working on my priority piece.

Driver: :callaway: Rogue Max ST LS
Woods:  :ping: G425 3Wood:ping: G410 3 Hybrid
Irons: :tmade: P770 (4-PW)
Wedges: :callaway: MD3 50   MD5 54 58 degree  
Putter: :scotty_cameron:  2018 Select Fastback
Ball: :tmade: TP5x

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Day 2: dry swings due to being at work. Keeping the lead arm a bit straighter with earlier wrist hinge. Then make sure my trail hip goes back and around a bit. 

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Day 86 (22 May 23) - Stayed with the swing tempo drill, focusing on getting weight shift onto the lead foot.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 60: 5/22/23

Wright balance exercises followed by chipping and putting practice. Finished the session with slow motion swings.

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Day 203, May 22, 2023

Spent some time today doing the stuff I've been doing. Slower. Faster at the end just to see.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instructor Development, 5 Simple Keys®/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 • Penn-State Behrend Head Coach • • • • • • • • • • :aimpoint: :edel: :true_linkswear:

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Day 3:

Indoor putting.

-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 2

Did hip turn and weight shift practice without a club.

Put right foot against a wall. Shifted right and turned without touching the wall. Kept hit turn compact. Kept shoulder turn compact to where my eyes did not get shifted off a point on the ground.

Did reps of backswing turn. Add reps of weight shift left, loading lead leg. Add reps of unloading left leg. Add reps blending all together. 

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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What's in My Bag
Driver; :pxg: 0311 Gen 5,  3-Wood: 
:titleist: 917h3 ,  Hybrid:  :titleist: 915 2-Hybrid,  Irons: Sub 70 TAIII Fordged
Wedges: :edel: (52, 56, 60),  Putter: :edel:,  Ball: :snell: MTB,  Shoe: :true_linkswear:,  Rangfinder: :leupold:
Bag: :ping:

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Day 16. Practiced on and off for about 8 hours today with Erik and Bill doing a GEARS session at Golf Evolution, then a followup practice for the priority pieces from that session in the morning. Then went to Whispering Woods in the afternoon and worked for about 2 hours on pitching methods from various lies and sand shots. Finished at the range and worked for about an hour on the full swing pieces. 

Had pierogis for dinner. 😀 
 

 

Scott

Titleist, Edel, Scotty Cameron Putter, Snell - AimPoint - Evolvr - MirrorVision

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Day 204, May 23, 2023

Good day at the course today. Helped some guys with the short game (so, got to hit a few shots myself), then hit probably 50 to 60 balls with 7I, 9I, hybrid… and a few with a 3I… most of them slow, working on my stuff.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instructor Development, 5 Simple Keys®/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 • Penn-State Behrend Head Coach • • • • • • • • • • :aimpoint: :edel: :true_linkswear:

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Day 29 - A couple dry swings focusing on priority piece and then some indoor putting. Short putts feel much better when I have the feeling of bringing the club inside on the way back.

Driver: :callaway: Rogue Max ST LS
Woods:  :ping: G425 3Wood:ping: G410 3 Hybrid
Irons: :tmade: P770 (4-PW)
Wedges: :callaway: MD3 50   MD5 54 58 degree  
Putter: :scotty_cameron:  2018 Select Fastback
Ball: :tmade: TP5x

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Day 87 (23 May23) - Played in the church men’s group 9-hole scramble .  Drives and approaches were much better - tentative on the greens (they were rolling fast) - overall, seeing better distances on the drives and approach shots…daily drill on setup, tempo, etc paying…

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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Day 34: Mirror work today. Worked on a feel for getting my collarbone to go down in the downswing. I think I may have landed on something - feeling like my lead elbow stays super straight. 

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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Day 4:

Worked on main priority piece, which is getting arm and torso motion on downswing in better sync. My shoulders tend to start rotating before hands drop so working with a feel of hands moving down first and then turn. Lots of rehearsals between swings. Only hit 10 balls. 

-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 57: May 23

Played 18 holes. After plenty of range practice with good results from fairway woods, I went into that round full of confidence. But after the first couple of holes (which had terrific tee shots), I got stuck in a rut of topped tee shot -> tee ball higher -> topped tee shot….which got very frustrating very quickly. 
Part fixed the problem by teeing the ball up lower/correctly, but it was still in my head. Ended up using my driver to finish the round after encouragement from my playing partners…and proceeded to hit four great drives.

Lessons learnt:  trust what I’m doing and don’t lose heart. If I’ve been scoring well (and I had been in that round), use that to regain confidence. If I haven’t, then I’ve used up my bad shots and I’m about to hit a hot streak, so play with confidence.

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Day 205, May 24, 2023

Played 18 holes at Lake View CC. Hit a few good ones. Hit some that serve as a kick in the pants. 😉

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instructor Development, 5 Simple Keys®/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 • Penn-State Behrend Head Coach • • • • • • • • • • :aimpoint: :edel: :true_linkswear:

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