"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 15: 4/3/2023

Spent time today reviewing my 3d GEARS guy, and the captures from my last session with Yoda. Then I spent even more time in front of the mirror with my 7-iron. One of the things I think I need to work on is that my head leaves the circle on my downswing. It tends to slide away from the ball. So in my slow motion swings in front of the mirror I'm working on the direction the center of my pelvis goes as well as trying to keep my head within the circle. ... or sphere, for those of you using GEARS. 

I have a couple other issues, but you know the old saying about eating an elephant. 

[Dwalk2088]

Day 13: can’t really say I did much due to my back. I did putt a bit. I also read some things on shot zones and what not. Hope the back calms down here. 

[iacas]

Day 154, April 3, 2023

Putted in the hotel room after watching the kiddo play golf.

[Bo the Golfer]

Day 9 4/2/23

Missed posting last night but did indoor work on backswing and transition. 

Day 10 4/3/23

Went to the dome and shared a bucket with my wife and daughter. Not much work done and really had issues with an arms only swing creeping back in. Need to slowly do swing rehearsals and get my trail shoulder back and up. 

[Darkfrog]

Day 17:

Did some work on full swing downswing feel, and then pitching/chipping practice. Playing Pasatiempo tomorrow.

[DeadMan]

Day 92: did some putting work. Working a little adjustment on my set up - more on the heels of my feet and weight a little further back. Worked on that while doing a start line drill. Feels a little weird, but that's a good thing.

[MrLeek]

Day 10: 4 Apr

Played 18 holes (first round for 2 month) and went really well (almost a new PB on my home course). Things to work on: be completely 100% sold on the shot I’m going to play before playing it. If in doubt, back off and reassess. Whenever I was unsettled and unsure, I hit a bad shot (I got away with some of them). Also need better touch around the greens, but more playing and short game practice will help.

Also had a lesson later today. Club path consistently neutral (awesome!). The new drill is having a positive impact. Also chatted about mental approach (see above).

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 16: 4/4/2023

Went to the outdoor range today at lunch time. Started out really well working on my priority pieces. Then I worked on wedges. As usual I tried to hit to a number of different targets at a number of different distances. 

At the end I worked my way through the bag and started getting a little sloppy. But over all a descent practice session. 

[Darkfrog]

Day 18:

Played 18 at Pasatiempo, getting a round in just before the renovation starts. Scored 89, but I was pleased with elements of full swing and short game.

Long game: Pretty good today, no penalty strokes and 16 nGIR. Full swing was really feeling "free" and then I had a moment on the 5th (par 3) tee where I couldn't commit to a club choice. I cracked the face of my 7-iron so I was missing the ideal club, so I was deciding between taking something off a 6, or trying to mash an 8. Ended up going with the smooth 6, and I shanked it into a bunker on the previous hole. Lost the "free" feeling after that, but recovered after a few holes.

Short game: Pleased with how I struck the short game shots today. Almost every shot was crisp, center face; no thins or fats. But results were not always good. Didn't judge carry/roll well, or pay enough attention to how some of the more extreme green contours would affect the ball after landing (these aren't things I have to think much about at my public home course). Had a couple aggressive pitches over bunkers not fly far enough and bounce back into the sand. However, I got out of every bunker successfully, and with a makeable putts.

Putting: Bad today, I lost 5+ strokes on the green. Got the speed okay on the majority of putts, except for a few that were completely awful. Overread a lot of simple putts inside 8 feet.

[WillieT]

Day 38 (4 Apr 23) - played the back 9 with a good friend at Minnesott today.  Made it throwback day as I brought out the old woods and blade irons.  These were the first clubs I used when first starting out.  Enjoyed the focus they require to make solid ball strikes.  Still shot way over what I normally play, but it was the challenge that made it enjoyable. 

[iacas]

Day 155, April 4, 2023

Putted in the hotel room.

[boogielicious]

Day 2. Indoor work and Fit for Golf workout.

[Clemsonfan]

Day 12: indoor putting through the smallest putting gate. Distance control on putting mat hitting to different distances three balls at a time.

[Dwalk2088]

Day 14: Still working on the hip movements. I also started working on getting the lead arm off my chest. 

[Bo the Golfer]

Day 11 4/4/23

Indoor work focusing on shoulder/hip turn as well as transition. 

[DrizZzY]

4/4 Fit for Golf workout in the morning, then played a quick 9 holes focusing on my spiderman feel.

[DeadMan]

Day 93: Did mirror work - working on some exaggerating in the downswing. 

[MrLeek]

Day 11: 5 Apr

Played 18 holes at home course. Was a struggle - weather didn’t help, but never really got into a groove. Yet, when I added it up at the end I still played somewhere near handicap, helped by my short game. Trust my golf swing, especially off the tee, and I’ll do ok.

More drills planned for later: keep working the feel post-impact to help fix my early release.