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Day 224

Back is a little tight today, so just did some partial wedge practice, maybe 25 balls total at most with PW and GW. 

-Peter

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Day 36

Mirror work focusing on the takeaway and backswing to the top.

 

-Craig-

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:callaway: XR-16 Driver 10.5° :callaway: Epic Flash 3W, Big Bertha Steelhead 5W

:callaway: X Hot 3 hybrid :callaway: Steelhead X-14 irons 4i-PW,SW spacer.pngCG14 GW, LW  ping-logo1.png.f020c6ba3751388e4eea3481be9cfca6.pngTyne 4 putter

 

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Day 144 - Range work today For about an hour and a half. Warmed up then worked on driver and 6 iron set up, takeaway and downswing.
 

Started with some mapping drills hitting from A5 to A9. Then a few “Mac” drills stopping at A9 to get warmed up. Then I slowed things way down and worked on set up with more secondary axis tilt. I did slow takeaway, transition to A5 feeling the club head drop behind me. Then slow swings, maybe 50% through impact to A9. I really wanted to dial in the feel of the shaft flattening and swinging around to impact and not down. I eventually speed things up with a few full swings looking at ball flight. For the most part then started right and curved depending on how open the face was.

I repeated this work with a 6 iron using the same process. 6 iron flight was high and drew a little bit.

I finished with wedges and long pitches. Using the pitch swing feel, I can hit a PW about 75 yard comfortably from a hard surface. I may use this more from tight lies. It seems to be more forgiving.

Scott

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Day 14:  Went back to the range to get some video.  Continued to work on stance and posture, still head, and quiet legs.  Had quite a few shanks today, which was unpleasant.  However, I did get some video and will update my swing thread.

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Day 35.

Today's practice has already included the around-the-clock drill from 6' putting (on a real green) - took me 35 putts total, that's just over 1/3.  Not good.  I'd really like to get that down under 30 putts consistently.  Some of my downhill putts not only miss the hole, but go over a foot past -- not good.  

It has also included over a dozen full swing shots, 6-iron 5-iron and 4H, focusing on setup (level pelvis).  I choose these clubs, well, I usually have 6-iron as part of my full swing practice anyway, but these are my 150-175 yard approach clubs, and GG tells me that's the 25 yard range where I'm losing the most on approach, so I figure I should practice these.  This was indoors, off a mat, into a net, mostly real balls (I start with foam)

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Day 206 - July 22, 2020

Took my 7I out when Natalie played nine holes. Parred the ninth from the white tees with just that club. It's 359 uphill. Good drive, rope hooked the next shot, chipped it up from 20 yards short to five feet, made the "putt."

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Day 23:

Did some slow and deliberate takeaway work to A3. My hands haven’t been tracing straight back and have actually been pushing outside a good bit which is pushing the club even further outside than is probably recommended. 

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Day 3

14 minute hotel work out

Did 3 sets of 10 drills

Did 3 sets of 10 driver drills

Did my stretching routine 

- Dean

Driver: PXG GEN3 Proto X Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange
Fairway wood: 5 Wood PXG 0341 GEN2 hzrdus smoke yellow

2 Iron PXG XP Evenflow Blue

3 Utility Iron Srixon 3 20*
Irons:  5 thru PW PXG GEN3 XP Steelfiber 95 -  Wedges: Mizuno T7 48, 52, 56 and 60 Recoil 110 shafts 6
Putter: In search of the Holy Grail Ball: Snell MTBx

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Day 225

Superspeed workout. Did some swing mapping focusing on hip rotation. Hit 30 balls randomly selecting from a subset of clubs (GW, 9i, 7i, 3h) with a pre-shot routine before each swing. 

-Peter

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  • :callaway: Paradym, 4W
  • :pxg: GEN4 0317X, Hybrid
  • :srixon: ZX 3-iron, ZX5 4-AW
  • :cleveland:  RTX Zipcore 54 & 58
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Day 37

Indoor putting from 5'-10' out.

Edited by Craigers

-Craig-

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:callaway: XR-16 Driver 10.5° :callaway: Epic Flash 3W, Big Bertha Steelhead 5W

:callaway: X Hot 3 hybrid :callaway: Steelhead X-14 irons 4i-PW,SW spacer.pngCG14 GW, LW  ping-logo1.png.f020c6ba3751388e4eea3481be9cfca6.pngTyne 4 putter

 

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Day 36.  Today already included the following practice.  I went to a (real) putting green and set up a clock drill from 6'.  I knocked in 5 on the first pass, 4 on the second, and 2 on the third, for a total of 11 out of 22.  I then made six attempts from the sole remaining one (if the coin for straight uphill is at 6:00, this was at 3:00) without sinking it and stopped. :-(  On the bright side, I know I have a really good chance to make the other ones:  50% from 6' is about 1/3 of the way between 90s golfer and scratch (is there a more full chart for one-putt probability?  An initial search only shows the Broadie chart), if it's linear (it isn't), that 50% rate is better than a 15 handicap, which is about where I'd love to be putting wise (in the short term). 

I then did the drill again from 4', making 9 on the first pass and all three remaining on second pass, for an 80% -- the percent Broadie's chart (p.55) says a scratch golfer makes during a real round.  Nice!  

Lastly, I hit three "chip with a putting stroke" with a 7-iron from off the green to estimate the distance -- about 25 yards of travel for what seemed like a stance-length putt.  I'll aim at getting better at these, and with a variety of clubs -- couldn't hurt to know and I'd like to be able to do something reasonable from within 25 yards more often, when I'm just far enough off that pulling my putter doesn't make sense (or I need to practice putting through a few yards of longer grass...).  I may try to measure this with my U-8 later or tomorrow.  I figure I know my partial wedges, I should learn my distances of chipping with a putting stroke, at least for some standard length shot. 

Later today, such as work breaks, will include more priority piece full swing work in the golf practice room at home -- I know the rules say not to pre-state what we're doing, but when I have multiple small practice sessions in a day, I think my practice is going to be reporting the first one for the challenge instead of everything at the end of the day. 

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Day 15:  Did a drill with a driver behind my back across my shoulders.  Worked on my turn while keeping my legs quiet and head still.  Can already tell its going to be quite a challenge to keep those feelings going when i try it with a club in my hands as opposed to across my back.  But i think its helpful.  Also did some PuttOut drills indoors.

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Day 207 - July 23, 2020

Filmed some drills for some students.

4 hours ago, Shindig said:

(is there a more full chart for one-putt probability?  An initial search only shows the Broadie chart)

You can kinda make your own by plugging in a handicap and then a smattering of distances here: 


Use this tool to calculate the strokes gained metric for any round of golf. Track your putting improvement.

For example:

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1 hour ago, iacas said:

 

You can kinda make your own by plugging in a handicap and then a smattering of distances here: 

 

That's fantastic, thanks!

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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Day 145 - More Range work this morning. Started with the same work as yesterday then moved on to Key 5 work. It was interesting. I seem to have better control when I try the feel of holding the face square through to A8 or A9. Basically, don’t let the wrists turn over until after A9. This allowed me to fade it, draw it etc but just adjusting the face angle at address. I look forward to working on this drill again.

Scott

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Day 3

14 minute hotel work out

Did 3 sets of 10 drills

Did 3 sets of 10 driver drills

Did my stretching routine 

Day 4

Back home, yeah.

4 sets of 10 with izzo smooooth swing grip trainer

3 sets of cross arm drill

3 sets.of driver drill really focused on firing the hips and weight transfer from from right to left side

Stretching exercises as well

26 minutes 

- Dean

Driver: PXG GEN3 Proto X Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange
Fairway wood: 5 Wood PXG 0341 GEN2 hzrdus smoke yellow

2 Iron PXG XP Evenflow Blue

3 Utility Iron Srixon 3 20*
Irons:  5 thru PW PXG GEN3 XP Steelfiber 95 -  Wedges: Mizuno T7 48, 52, 56 and 60 Recoil 110 shafts 6
Putter: In search of the Holy Grail Ball: Snell MTBx

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Day 24:

Did some indoor putting work. Also did some split handed takeaways and normal takeaways to A3 with slow motion video to make sure things are lining up correctly.

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