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Day 36 (8 Oct 25) - weekly nine hole round with my friends.  Played decent - still adjusting to the difference in distance with the reworked irons.  Had a few out of position moments where instead of the hero shot, made the smart play to get back in play (I’m getting there on course management) Overall it was a par/bogie day. Bogie won - 5 to 4.  

 

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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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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 38: played 18 at Erin Hills. Decent 81 that should have been better. Pretty pleased still though. 

-- 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 55 10-8

Same thing today. Letting chest feel like its turning hips in backswing and arms are not over-running turn. Added in some flow drill to start trying to tie it all together. 


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Day 373 - 2025-10-08

Played 18 holes at Erin Hills, then 13 on the 12-hole putting course. Handicapped @cipher and @GolfLug before @DeadMan and I pulled out the W. 🙂 Also Dan and I won the caddie bets handily.

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Day 12: Worked on setup getting 1) more onto the balls of my feet, 2) more level shoulders, and 3) head positioning more neutral.

Logan 

Driver: Titleist TSi3 3W: TaylorMade M6 5W: Cobra DarkSpeed Irons: Takomo 101T Wedges: TBD Putter: Edel EAS 1.0        Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X


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Day 35 (October 9).  I had ten minutes this morning before work;  started with an 8-iron and moved up to a 6-iron.  

-- 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 56 10-9

Backswing work today. Really focused on upper body turning hips. Recorded dtl, it's getting better, still work to do. 


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Day 39: played 18 again. Was average - mostly fine with 3 bad holes. 80 again. 

-- 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 374 - 2025-10-09

Played 18, and then nine more. No putting contest today. 🙂 

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest Score Wins
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Day 37 (9 Oct 25) Long day of yard maintenance….did get in some easy swings with the 54° in the backyard hitting from varied distances staying fully in my pre-shot process…- 

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 1: Starting the streak again. Putted with the metronome mixing it up between short, medium, and long putts. 

Logan 

Driver: Titleist TSi3 3W: TaylorMade M6 5W: Cobra DarkSpeed Irons: Takomo 101T Wedges: TBD Putter: Edel EAS 1.0        Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X


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Day 36 (October 10).  I was able to spend half an hour at my lunch break hitting balls (rehearsals, mirrors, checking -- not just hitting balls).  During a later in the afternoon break, I got some video too, which I sent in to Skillest. 

-- 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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5amZ Established Member

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Day 57 10-10

More upper body turning lower body. Focused on setup. Backswing length with less over run is starting to feel more natural. 

 


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Day 38 (10 Oct 25) - Missed out on the Friday shootout l, did get in a midday solo round.  Did the White-Gold-Red rotation of tee boxes (overall yardage equates roughly to playing just the golds) - makes for different thoughts off the tee as well as changes is approach distances.  With the winds today - made for working thru club choices in regards to help/hurt winds.  

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 375 - 2025-10-10

Played Brown Deer Park with @cipher. Really enjoyable round despite the weather. It's a solid course that would be pretty fun to play pretty often.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest 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 40: did a stack session. 

-- 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 37 (October 11).  I had a terrible practice session this morning putting, despite not doing anything over 4'.  But I did practice.

I'm about to head out for the day, I will have thoughts to post (not in this thread) later today or tomorrow. 

-- 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 58 10-11

Backswing length and hip turn work. Need to focus some more time on better hip turn. 


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    • WillieT
      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

      By WillieT · Posted

      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

      By iacas · Posted

      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

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      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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