"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[iacas]

Day 567 - 2026-04-21

Had a break between a GEARS lesson and a high school girl, so… moved the mirror over and made some swings. Also got some distance wedge work in and some chipping work in.

[Shindig]

Day 14, April 22.  This morning, before going to work, I took the time to hit two dozen balls (indoors, off the mat, into the net), all with a 6-iron.  As before, this was focused on the pelvis separation and the length of the backswing -- yesterday's video view was encouraging that I'm making progress.  

[5amZ]

Day 244 4-22

Still working on wrist arch and more separation between hips and chest in backswing. Started adding more speed tonight. 

[iacas]

Day 568 - 2026-04-22

Created a 33-minute playlist and paused it while I stopped. I mostly did some backswing and a little downswing work with the mirror. This got me most of the way through the playlist, so then I chopped for a good 15 or 20 minutes.

[WillieT]

Day 45 (22 Apr 26) - good friend wanted to play the Weds shootout. Glad we did as I had the most consistent round in a while - 38/41 for a 79 (first sub 80 in months): 27 putts, 9 pars (7 were up and down 1 putts), 8 bogies, 1 birdie and 0 dbls or worse!  This is the 1st full round where I’ve not had at least one dbl (or worse) and 0 penalties.  I also came 1 hole from having “no sixes” (bogied the par five 16th).  All the drills came together today for a solid round.  

Edited Thursday at 01:58 AM by WillieT

[DeadMan]

Day 25: range and putting session. Worked about an hour at the range. Filmed a bit - think some progress but need more. Then went and worked on putts within 10 feet for about 20 minutes.

[Shindig]

Day 15, April 23.  I have spent over an hour hitting balls today in my practice area;  primarily 6-iron, the usual drill.  I have noticed that when I take a backswing and check the mirror, I've stopped well short of parallel, but when I record it, I'm getting to parallel.  Maybe something quantum is going on? 

[5amZ]

Day 245 4-23

worked on slight cup in backswing and arching in downswing. Having a slight cup in my backswing makes a big difference for me right now. Hit foam balls, recorded swings. 

[iacas]

Day 569 - 2026-04-23

Played ten holes. Hit about three good shots, but only one with the old left wrist stuff. The rest were just peelers to the right because the face was open. So, progress.

[DeadMan]

Day 26: first night range session of the year! Worked with slow swings on the twist and roll. A lot of rehearsals, too. Very productive, and much happier than yesterday. 

[WillieT]

Day 46 (24 Apr 26) - skipped yesterday’s post (though I did work the irons and setup a bit) - today played the Friday shootout with the men’s grp.  Came away with some takeaways I want to work on during the next few days. 

[DeadMan]

Day 27: played the 9 hole par 3 with the kids. Didn't score great, but struck the ball well, so that's a positive. Need to work on finesse short game shots.

[Shindig]

Day 16, April 24.  Lunch break, went to putt, 4' and 6' drills.  4' drill, it took me 40 putts to sink all 24;  not great but it's not terrible either.  I'd like to be able to consistently do that drill in under 36 putts (and then I'll aim to do so under 30).  For 6', it took me 56 total putts, and the 4:00 one was the last two to fall, having missed it every go-around until the last two.   So at least I finished the drill, unlike a few days ago!

[5amZ]

Day 246 4-24

Working on a slight cup in the backswing. Recorded and hit foam balls. 

[iacas]

Day 570 - 2026-04-24

Put the playlist on and did the 33 minutes of full swing work. Then put on a different playlist (it's many hours long) and hit chips and pitches for awhile.