"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[ConorHealy]

Day 1: 2026.01.03

Played 18 at Cape Kidnappers. Getting back into it after a few days off. Mixed results.

[ConorHealy]

Day 2: 2025.01.04

Grip work in front of mirror. Tripod arriving tomorrow so will be able to film to get a better sense of any change.

[Chris Brooks]

Day 15 - 2026-01-04

Still heavy rains here making course or range work a challenge. More net work, feeling better about movement. Lotta shanks though! Still things are improving. Will do some mirror work tonight as well.

[5amZ]

Day 145 1-4

Recorded swings, did several rehearsals and didn't hit very many foam balls. Main focus on club face and reconnecting arm. Going to take some time to get it right. 

[iacas]

Day 461 - 2026-01-04

Some backswing work with the pelvis/knees stuff. Little right shoulder work, too.

[Shindig]

Day 6, 1/4/26. Today almost got away from me;  I had about ten minutes and hit about ten balls in that time (6-iron, off a mat, into a net, real balls).  A few rehearsals, all slow, focusing on limiting the backswing.   I am far more consistently seeing the club back where I expect it to be on rehearsal swings than I was two months ago, which is a good sign.

[DeadMan]

Day 41: did a stack session. 

[ConorHealy]

Day 3: 2025.01.05

Hit some balls at the range focusing on keeping tension in right leg. Feels more compact/stable and much shorter but not really losing any distance.

[Chris Brooks]

Day 16 - 2026-01-05

Had to stay indoors today and focus on mirror work. I still tend to lock my trail knee on initial turn so was worthwhile to notice that and focus on unlearning it.

[iacas]

Day 462 - 2026-01-05

GEARS session at 11 today, so I did some Hybrid swings before-hand. Crazy how much your pelvis can turn when you would swear it's turning like 10°. 😄 

[5amZ]

Day 146 1-5

didn't hit any balls tonight. Worked on reconnecting arm and arching wrist motion. Recorded practice. 

[WillieT]

Day 33 (4 Jan 26) - a little backyard work with 8i, 9i and Pw using Divot Bd, hard foam balls.  Goal - work on setup (a bit of the stack and tilt pre-load on lead foot), consistent ball first contact (divot bd to reflect low point contact) and predictable shot shape.  Setup had the Divot Bd 32yds from 12’ fence gate and I could get up to 64yds before the pompous grass in the yard behind.  The gate served as the “window” for the shot shapes (really was just working on more of a baby draw)…really helps when I have a great target point.  Was a good focused session on making solid swings…

[WillieT]

Day 34 (5 Jan 26) - Brief session on making shortish bump and runs w/8i.  Worked on foot position in stance - open, neutral and closed and observing resulting shot results to target. 

[Shindig]

Day 7, 1/5/26.  As before, I knew I wasn't going to be able to have a long dedicated practice session, but I did step into the golf room for some practice:  10 balls, 6-iron, same focus and plan as the past few days.

(I'll get back to video one of these days, really;  practicing with video in that room is a bit of a pain, but I plan to move things around to allow this in the future)

[Chris Brooks]

Day 17 - 2026-01-06

Mix of mat and net work, same focus on trail side and hands. Mirror work again later in the day.

[WillieT]

Day 35 (6 Jan 26) - Got opportunity to play today, opted to mix it up - pulled Driver, 3w and 4h, keeping 7w, 5-Pw, 50 and 55 wedges and putter.  Played a set of tees up as well - goal: focus on the irons, especially the scoring clubs.  Had one of the sessions in a while (3 over 39 front, 6 over 42 back (a couple late round poor shot choices)).  Had a blast working a 10 club setup…

[ConorHealy]

Day 4: 2026.01.06

Didn't have loads of time so some grip work in the mirror to keep developnig the familiarity.

[iacas]

Day 463 - 2026-01-06

GEARS set up for a pair of lessons today, so I got some swings in.