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Day 185: did mirror work for a bit. Working on the backswing priority stuff still. Looking pretty solid. 

-- 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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Welcome to the "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge for 2018! Please read as the rules have changed! Yes, for all of 2018! I'm changing it up. Rather than do this monthly, we're going to hav

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3/31/18: Day 365: The post you've all been waiting for.  I did some more work with my A4 to A5 drills. I know it seems like it's monotonous and stupid... But yesterday after I posted I

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Well I'm at 276 consecutive days. 1/1/18: I did my path drill indoors today. For those of you who don't know what this is, it involves 2 to 4 water or soda bottles a club and a foam ball. I

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Day 260 (19 Jan 25) - Woke to misty rain and was thinking that I would be limited to inside work today.  Late afternoon break in the weather (mild temps and a few rays of sunshine) led to a 15 mins or so of hitting the 58deg wedge around the backyard at 10-20yds.  Simple drill goal - "don't get flippy" but rather rotate smoothly through.  This was key as I tend to want to help higher lofted wedges 58/60 - today was solidly on the smoother side of execution.  

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
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Day 111 - 2025-01-19

Got to GE particularly early today, before Junior Elite, and hit some balls before that. My left thumb was sore like it was about a month ago, which was odd. It feels better now as I type this up nearly 12 hours later, but it was sore last night and still this morning.

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Day 2:1/19/25

Right elbow ached after playing yesterday so I practiced putting through 50 mm gates from 11”.

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Day 186: did the ruler stick putting drill for a while. 

-- 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 40: 1/20/2025

I forgot to post yesterday. Today I got some work in on lunch. Basically I turned the garage heater on and worked on some stuff Yoda sent me, while I hit balls into the net. Occasionally I went back in front of the mirror, just to kind of check what it all looked like.

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 19 - 30 minutes of range work. 20 on weight transfer, 10 on 50-100 yard wedge work with a focus on start ball path.  20 minutes of bump-and-run work by green with 7-, 9- and hybrid.

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I've blogged about my wanderings since 2003. I love roaming throughout the USA looking for remote public golf courses to play.

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Day 3: 1/20/25

Putting through 50 mm gates, and weight shift drills with slow motion backswings. 

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Day 112 - 2025-01-20

Had two guys in for GEARS lessons today, so I got there early and practiced for 30 minutes before they arrived.

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Day 187: freezing cold and a tad unmotivated, but got in some mirror work. Working on backswing stuff. Tried out a few new things that I think might improve my mirror work.

-- 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 41, 1/21/2025

It was very cold today... Go figure. So no range time for me. 
I'm sure I got at least 10 minutes in though as I had the 7 iron and the mirror right outside my office. So every time I walked in or out of my office I got some slow motion swings done in front of a mirror. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 20 - 40 minutes of short game work. 20 minutes putting: distance control ladder drill, 10' putting game. More bump and run work with 7 iron, some challenging lie chipping with 58 deg.

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I've blogged about my wanderings since 2003. I love roaming throughout the USA looking for remote public golf courses to play.

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Day 188: did a stack session. Worked on backswing stuff during rest breaks.

-- 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 113 - 2025-01-21

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15 likes, 0 comments - iacas on January 21, 2025: "I don't get on my own @gears.sports as often as I should! Had a good time today confirming that the work I'd been putting in on my backswing thing was good, and I...

Got on GEARS myself today to check the backswing stuff. I saw a few little things I can look at (less turn, a bit less sway, a bit shorter overall), but I was pleased with the wrist stuff.

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Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest Score Wins
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      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

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      Day 65 (6 Nov 25) - weekly nine hole session with my friends playing up a set of tees.  As always a casual session, got in some great course management work as I was dealing with some straight pulls off the tee, so recovery shots were the drills of the day.  
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      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

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      Day 402 - 2025-11-06 Practiced for only about 15 minutes today. Used the mirror and foam balls. Backswing almost entirely. Helped @DrizZzY for some of the time after and before, too.
    • Ty_Webb
      Differential vs Course Handicap

      By Ty_Webb · Posted

      I agree. One of the main problems with the old UK system was how slow it was to catch up to changes in ability. The WHS reacts far more quickly in both directions too (maybe different at 20+ handicap, but below 5 it for sure does). 
    • iacas
      Differential vs Course Handicap

      By iacas · Posted

      I know, and so he's got to consider that if his handicap went up FOUR strokes, it was through play likely quite a bit worse than even that, because that's into the soft cap, and so… keeping his handicap down at only 1 or 1.5 higher would not represent how he had been playing over 15+ rounds. Again, it's still fifteen rounds. And some really bad scoring for 15 rounds. He has an "outdated" definition of "quick." It is the way it is because of reasons, and my suggestion is that he consider them. Not just react with "this isn't like how it used to be…".
    • Ty_Webb
      Differential vs Course Handicap

      By Ty_Webb · Posted

      He's from the UK. Under the old UK system, a handicap going up 4 whole strokes would take a long time. Only changes in competition rounds, of which you might have 12-15 per year. Then from 18 to 22 you'd have to shoot more than 4 shots worse than your handicap (up to 20) and 5 shots worse (above 20 to 22). Any single round that's better than your handicap brings you down by 0.3 (under 20) or 0.4 (20 or above) per shot better than your handicap. Even if you played absolute rubbish every time you go out, it would take you upwards of 2 years to go up by 4 strokes. On that basis, 5 weeks is extremely quick.
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