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Day 332: worked on my grip while watching pasta boil. Then did some mirror work later at night.

-- 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: Same as yesterday working on my over the top tendency. Also added in some wedge feels. 

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 4 - incredibly slow mirror work. Taking the drill from yesterday "feel like as the club reaches the top the weight of it/momentum of it pointing left initiates my "fall" into the lead side" and just making that fall feel earlier. I'd also say I completely lack a transition in the golf swing. I need to find a fraction of a second near the top to do some important stuff. Little bit of tour pro slow mo iron study and getting used to some features of Kinovea to start getting a bit more analytical.

Back in PA!

Driver: :titleist: TSR3, 3W: :titleist: TSR3, Hybrid: :ping: Anser 20, Irons: Takomo 101T, Wedges: :titleist: Vokey SM5 (52, 56, 60), Putter: TBD

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Day 49 (18 Jun 25) -  Mid week round with my good friends.  It was a so-so round scoring wise as the ball was somewhat errant off the tee.  It did allow for work on course management to make the most of recovery opportunities.  

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 261 - 2025-06-18

Went downtown two hours before lessons and worked for about 90 minutes of it with some supervision. Good session. Pleased with how simple things feel.

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 333: travel day - 1.5 hour drive took 3.5 - but squeezed in some putting bead work with the yardstick drill. 

Edited by DeadMan

-- 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

 :aimpoint:

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Day 5 - extremely long range practice session. Probably one of my best practice sessions ever. Doing things in slow motion is like 5x'ing the effectiveness of the practice. Also, I need these same "falling into lead leg" feels on my wedges. And guess what? Practicing this feel on shorter wedges is ALSO EASIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE. Combining much slower than full speed practice with shorter (50-90 yard) shot practice was really good. Change the picture on these shorter shots first.

Feel like I'm keeping my arms as straight as possible on the backswing while hinging my wrists earlier is an incredible feel. I feel like this is doing stuff to my sequencing somehow? Much less rushed at the top because hinging was done at a reasonable time? One note someone made on my swing thread before I went on a hiatus was regarding this so I played around with it. 

Clubs that don't require as much weight/pressure shift feel fantastic (driver/3-wood/hybrid), but that's almost always been the case.

Edited by Grizvok

Back in PA!

Driver: :titleist: TSR3, 3W: :titleist: TSR3, Hybrid: :ping: Anser 20, Irons: Takomo 101T, Wedges: :titleist: Vokey SM5 (52, 56, 60), Putter: TBD

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Day 50 (19 Jun 25) - Hit a few balls in the backyard this morning using the PW at varied distances. Worked on the pre-shot setup identifying the target start line thru the ball.  

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 334: just had time for some slow swings in the hotel room. Working on the wrist feel. 

-- 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

 :aimpoint:

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Day 262 - 2025-06-19

Worked for two hours downtown after plugging the garage door back in. 🙂 

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 5: Range session with 1/2 to 3/4 swing drills

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 263 - 2025-06-20

Worked on the swing before my 9:00 from Buffalo showed up today.

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 6 - mirror swings while falling into lead leg feels. Some newer drills and exercises to help lower/upper body disassociation. I kind of want to build a super simple training aid I saw on Athletic Motion Golf which was basically a balance board (but very subtle drops on either side) to drive this home. *Click* the board backward around P2 and then *click* the board forward near (but before) P4.

Edited by Grizvok

Back in PA!

Driver: :titleist: TSR3, 3W: :titleist: TSR3, Hybrid: :ping: Anser 20, Irons: Takomo 101T, Wedges: :titleist: Vokey SM5 (52, 56, 60), Putter: TBD

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Day 6: Played 18. 80 with a couple 3 putts. Missed way too many greens. 

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 51 (20 Jun 25) - Friday men’s group shootout….the old adage of “those who live by the sword, will die by the same” was lived out today as a variant  “those who scramble for par will die by the same scrambling”.  Struggled with the green side game today - up and downs were hard to come by despite the course playing well.  Will be focused on this area in coming drill sessions.  

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 335: range session before a round of golf tomorrow. Seeing where the ball is going. Hitting it solid, and hitting a pull draw. I can play it, but also found a decent feel to lessen it. We’ll see what happens tomorrow. 

-- 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

 :aimpoint:

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Day 52 (21 Jun 25) - Worked with 7i today - hitting into the net focused on more consistent ball contact - getting the swing arc low point after the ball.  Wrapped up with a few pitches with PW and GW. 

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 336: played 18. Nice little +4 75, but left a few out there. 

-- 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

 :aimpoint:

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