"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[iacas]

Day 452 - April 30, 2019 - Good backswing, move, pump, and downswing day. Lot of good work done in a few minutes. Lower body wasn't doing much at first, but got it going.

[DrMJG]

Day 293

An hour at a local course's practice green, mainly to read the green.  This green has a lot of undulation.  Interesting that the actual greens on the course have far less.

Within 6' I did quite well, most dropped and those that did not were simple tap ins.

Beyond 10', the success rate for drops dropped significantly, primarily from misreading the green.  

I do not practice this nearly enough, so more planned for tomorrow.

[DeadMan]

Day 12: Full swing mirror work again. Working on my set up and ensuring the club doesn't get too far inside my heads at A1.

[onthehunt526]

4/30/19 

Day Seven:

I played 18 holes today. I'm pretty sure my index will go down tomorrow. With the 38 and 34 combined from last week, and the 71 I shot today (with a bogey at 18). I'm pretty sure it will. 

5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4  35  4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 36 71

4 birdies, 3 bogeys -1 71

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[Patch]

Day 483

Worked on uneven lies this morning. Up/down hill lies. Side hill lies with ball above, and below my feet.

The usual focuses. Posture to match the slope as needed. Ball postlition forward or back as needed. Clubing up, or down as needed. Weight distribution on feet as needed. Aiming club face left or right, open/closed of target as needed. Then, just putting a good swing on the ball. Sounds like a lot, but as much as I practice these shots, they are preety much automatic for me.

The goal, like the rest of my specific practices, is to not be surprised when on the course, playing for a score. That, and more shots I have in my bag, the better my scoring. 

[JuanTheGolfer]

DAY 528   VERY windy, so my driver fitting was cancelled!!   So I spent a little more than 2 hours on the range working to rotate around my spine rather than sway!!   Many this is taking forever to get right.  I am hitting shots a lot better than 6 months ago, just need to continue to focus on this.  Whenever I get frustrated/depressed.. I remember an article I read about PGA Tour player Tom Pernice, Jr, saying it took him 18 months to make a change in his backswing that he could totally trust.  

[onthehunt526]

5/1/19:

Day Eight:

Index down to 5.9 after revision. I can't possibly keep up this. So today was a take it easy day. Just focusing on that weight shift with arm swings in the mirror. Weight shift is good, no step-through.

[boogielicious]

DY 205, May 1

Range work focusing on pre-shot routine and set up. Followed with short game work on pitches and chips. 

[iacas]

Day 453 - May 1, 2019 - Played five holes. Shot 20. 🙂 Misses are balls that over-draw, which is kinda cool…

[DeadMan]

Day 13: Still doing full swing mirror work. Working on keeping my head back in transition still.

[DrMJG]

Day 294:

Twice around the practice green today, things were a bit better from 10' with a few more dropping, moved the last round back to 12'+ and was about 20%t in on first poke.  So over two days felt good about either sinking them first putt or at least getting them close to tap in range.

[Patch]

Day 484

Open range practice today for me. Pretty sure this is the way most folks use driving ranges. 

I set up in the middle of the stations, and hit balls using various clubs, to the various flags, located at various yardages. Maybe call it target practice

This gives me the opportunity to use all of the clubs in my bag, with various length back swings.

No real focusing on my part, other than set up, and club face aim. 

I did have a goal, which was land balls near the flags I targeted.  

i also hit a variety of shots. Punches, lobs, full swings, etc.

Just an easy morning practice, prior to round of golf later on today. 

[onthehunt526]

5/2/19:

Day Nine:

Chipping, pitching, bunker shots, putting for about 15 or 20 minutes. Then hit full shots with a gap wedge, 8i, 5i, and 5w focusing on my weight shift. Did that for right around 40 minutes. (10 minutes per Club)

[boogielicious]

Day 206, May 2

Mirror work at the gym focusing on lower hands at A6. Emphasis on right elbow position. Did some slower swing hitting foam balls with a 6 iron and driver. Hope to get our league 9 in latter, but the weather doesn't look promising.

[JuanTheGolfer]

DAY 529    Only had the chance to spend 90 minutes on the range before the showers!!!  Am feeling better and better about my ball striking.  I am doing a better job rotating my thoraic spine rather than swaying off the ball and swaying forward past the ball on the downswing.  Only a million more reps to go     Used the step through drill quite a lot today to help me get my weight to the front/left side, and it also really requires me to stay in posture (rotate versus sway) to hit solid shots.

[iacas]

Day 454 - May 2, 2019 -

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View this round on GAME GOLF

Played 9 holes. Balls just plugged everywhere.

[Shindig]

Day 1.  Okay, let's do this again.  I've actually been back for a few days, but I didn't record them here (and those are the rules, no complaints on my part since it's my fault).  

Anyway, today I spent 20 minutes chipping (real grass, real balls, but the green hadn't really been mown or rolled or whatever makes it green-like in a while) and another 20 minutes putting.  If it seems like I'm cramming for a test, I am:  fourball match coming up on Saturday!

[DeadMan]

Day 14: Went to the range for about an hour. Spent 30 minutes hitting balls, getting video, and working on translating that feel of my head staying back into live swings. Video looks good on that aspect. Then went and practiced short game for the other half hour. Working on pitching and chipping. Mostly just getting reps to get my feel for speed back to where it should be. I liked what I was doing overall. Need to be a little cleaner when lining up to make sure I'm aiming where I want to.