"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[WillieT]

Day 58 (18 Aug 23) - Full swing drill work today (focused on setup, weight onto lead foot, smooth tempo) using driver and 5i w/hard foam balls in the backyard.  

[Darkfrog]

Day 3:

Hit some balls today with 6-iron, and frankly it was awful. I got frustrated and started chasing a groove and lost focus on what I was working on. Stopped for a bit to gather myself, and returned with some 9-3 swings working on priority piece. Went a little better, but not a good session.

[klineka]

Day 110 - Played 18 holes. Was the best my driving and putting have been all year. Short game was pretty solid too.

Hit 13/14 fairways and made a bunch of 6-10 footers. 

[iacas]

Day 291, August 18, 2023

Practiced a little at GE3 before heading over to tryouts. This is what happens when you wake up at 5:30 for some reason.

[BThomas]

I met my son at his range in his city this afternoon.  Started off working with my new driver.  Kept topping it.  Eventually raised the Tee and worked on not rising with my upper body and ended up with about 6 or 7 good hits towards the end.  I became a little flustered when a huge, loud group joined next to us.  Worked hard on cancelling them out and did ok the rest of the time.  

went to their chipping range and did okay with my P and my 52.  Putting was good after that-felt relaxed.  Spent a little over 2 hours there altogether.

We’re going back to the range tomorrow morning and then playing a small par 3 9 hole course late tomorrow afternoon when my other sons show up.  

[saevel25]

Day 14, August 19th, 2023

Went up to Erie to get some bulk practice in at the new location. More pause (doesn’t really pause) with the turn between backswing and downswing to allow time for hands to get down. Big improvement in contact. The new place looks good. Very nice setup. 😁

[iacas]

Day 292, August 19, 2023

Worked with @saevel25 after some lessons today. Out, up, flat right wrist… throw with some speed. Starting to feel like the old stuff.

[WillieT]

Day 59 (19 Aug 23) - Walked the front nine at Minnesott.  Played with limited bag - 5w, 5&7, 50-54-58 wedges and putter.  Focused on using wedges as much a possible (primarily 125 in).  Teed from the most fwd tees.  A good workout. 

[DeadMan]

Day 33: range session before my championship match tomorrow. Got some good feels ready to go. Then putted for 30 minutes, doing the pullback drill with AimPoint work. 

[Darkfrog]

Day 4:

Did short game drills and putting yardstick drill for about 15 minutes, and then hit some balls with various clubs through the bag.

[MrLeek]

Day 62: Aug 19

Lesson followed by driver fitting. Clubpath is still in a decent place - it reaches a little too much out-to-in with driver, but if (when!!) I learn to control it a little better it’ll become workable. Even then a fair number of driver shots were playable. 
 

It didn’t help that I’d set overly excessive expectations on driver performance, which tarnished things a little. But then I’ve been here before and the hard work plus coaching has seen me right. So trust the process, keep doing the clubpath drills and keep working. Driver will become part of my game! 

[Darkfrog]

Day 4:

Played 18, just awful. Shot 92, which was the absolute best I could have scored. No element of my game was good today.

[MrLeek]

Day 63: Aug 20

Range day, focusing on getting to grips with new driver. Results were positive overall; there’s some overly leaky shots to the right, but there were a fair number of “strong fades” that would have been completely fine on the course. Bring down my clubpath a little more and it’ll improve the shot results.

Also spent time working on short game and finesse wedges. Really good results, good distance control and touch is improving all the time.

[saevel25]

Day 14, August 20th, 2023

Got some short game and putting practice in. I am hitting too many putts on the heel of the putter. Got to figure that out. 

[WillieT]

Day 60 (20 Aug 23) - Easy bump and runs with 8i-9i-PW in the backyard.  As the shots were in the 20yd range, worked in making more of a putter swing keeping wrists quiet-turning thru shoulders.  

[klineka]

Day 111 - Mirror work in the hotel room

[iacas]

Day 293, August 20, 2023

Worked on things between handing out key fobs for four hours to members for the new place. Then spent eight hours cleaning out the garage.

Back tomorrow for some lessons… and then a LOT more garage clean-out.

[DeadMan]

Day 34: Played 18 holes. Won my match 2 up. It was a slog - 20 mph winds starting on hole 6 - but I managed to win enough holes late to pull it out.