"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[Shindig]

Day 50 (October 25).  Played 18 at Navy today.  For the first six holes, I really was able to feel that, while I've largely done 5 minutes of practice a day, I have had a lot of "I only did five minutes of practice" in the past week.  So I'm going to aim to have at least 1-2 days a week (preferably more) where I do significantly more than five minutes of practice (although I will admit, the challenge does get me to do some practice on days when I might not otherwise).  Today's score:  46-38=84 (+12), where I was +7 through six holes, despite a "chip-in" (with a putter, but from off the green) par on #4.  

[DeadMan]

Day 57: did my stop drills for a good 15 minutes today. Checked a few things in the mirror, but looked pretty good. 

[Shindig]

I am playing later today, but I did a separate practice too;  I did this after seeing my latest Skillest lesson.

Day 51 (October 26).  I spent 30 minutes in my golf room hitting 7-iron, very slowly, focusing on the length of my backswing and where the club is going at the top of the backswing;  a lot of this was mirror work, but there was some hitting too.  

[iacas]

Day 391 - 2025-10-26

Got some work in quickly before lessons and practice. Just 15 minutes or so.

[5amZ]

Day 73 10-26

Worked on moving hips correctly and flowy swing. 

[WillieT]

Day 54 (26 Oct 25) - quiet hands drill with wedges in the back yard.  Was a good session as I had to focus on staying smooth thru impact.  

[DeadMan]

Day 58: a little over an hour at the range. 30 minutes working on my drills and filming. Then another 30 minutes at the chipping green, working on shoulder UP! Followed it up with about 10 minutes of my downswing drill at home because it did not look good at the range. 

Edited October 27 by DeadMan

[Shindig]

Day 52 (October 27).  Using a 6-iron, indoors, off a mat, I hit many S-L-O-W swings (both rehearsal and then with a ball), focusing on limiting the backswing, perhaps too much in the direction I was going, but given the John Daly looking top of the backswing before, I need to exaggerate in this direction to fix it. 

[WillieT]

Day 55 (27 Oct 25) - dealing with a skin graft tear (stuff is paper thin) on bottom of left foot (front pad area - where the weight bears most) - no full swings for a few days while it heals.  Resolved to roll a few putts tonight to work on tempo…

[iacas]

Day 392 - 2025-10-27

Got some slower motion work done at night after our section (PGA) meeting in Buffalo.

[5amZ]

Day 74 10-27

flow drill and working on getting to lead side. Then worked on feeling where club is during downswing. Not 100% sure what I need to feel, trying to gain more awareness.

[DeadMan]

Day 59: did a stack session. Worked on grip during rest breaks.

[5amZ]

Day 75 10-28

Working on more flow drill, again with an emphasis on the backswing and then getting to the lead side. Feeling more comfortable with how my hips need to move, still not where I want it to be.  Planning a short "skills" based practice this evening. 

[iacas]

Day 393 - 2025-10-28

Got some work in after catching up on Skillest lessons. Slow motion stuff. Almost played, but had to edit some podcasts, then got caught up watching a Roberto Clemente documentary.

https://play.history.com/specials/clemente/full-special

[WillieT]

Day 56 (28 Oct 25) - spent a few minutes in the shop making some trail arm only half swings (steady light rain all day meant no outside stuff).  Focused on grip pressure. 

[DeadMan]

Day 60: light day of mirror work. Checking a few things with my stop swings. 

[Shindig]

Day 53 (October 28).  I hit 15 balls (indoors, off a mat) after work;  focus was the limited backswing and slow, as has been the case for a while.  This was (obviously) a lot more than five minutes, but I'm trying to do a lot more than "just" five minutes a day whenever possible. 

[Shindig]

I didn't like the way I felt while practicing last night, as it was after a long day at work, and today is my other long work day in a week, so I made a point to spend time before going to work this morning on practice.

Day 54 (October 29).  This morning, I spent the time to hit another 15 balls (6-iron, indoors, off a mat), rehearsals and all, slowly, along with mirror work to check backswing length.