"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[WillieT]

18 hours ago, iacas said:

Day 192, May 11, 2023

Got my practice in today watching everyone take five putts on the sixth hole at NCAA Nationals. Yow!

 

 

Wow - that hole was a real bear - Natalie’s video made Golf Digest’s online post…

NCAA wipes out third-round scores of D3 Women's Golf Championship due to 'unplayable' pin position | Golf News and Tour Information | GolfDigest.com

 

[Bob M]

Day 4 - Friday night 9-hole league this evening on the back 9 at North Kingstown. Got my first birdie of the year on 17!

[Clemsonfan]

Day 50: 5/12/23

Chipping, and putting practice on a 4’ ruler.

[iacas]

Day 193, May 12, 2023

Worked on putting vicariously. 😛 

[Darkfrog]

Day 4:

Lesson today.

• Setup: Feet were way too narrow, like short game shot narrow, maybe 8" between my feet. No idea how I got there. If I was more diligent about filming practice I probably could have avoided that (💡). My backswing "stuck" feeling was more a symptom of not having a stable/athletic base to make a turn. Easy fix, but feels weird. After lesson I hit a bunch of 6-iron just adjusting to the change. 🤦‍♂️
• Backswing: A touch inside, but only intermittently, not every swing, maybe 1 of 5. A slight feel of forward wrist hinge at start of backswing takes care of it.
• Downswing: Need to drop arms/hands first before turning. I was moving shoulders and arms/hands at the same time, causing some steepness Feel of dropping hands to start transition is something I have worked on before, so this is something I have worked on previously. It helps when I feel a tiny pause between end of backswing and start of downswing.
• Downswing 2: Secondary, after the first part is engrained, is a feel of hands low and a flat shaft through impact. This changed strikes from 1-2deg toe down to neutral at impact. But I need to get comfortable with the hands dropping element first.

[MrLeek]

Day 47: May 12

Continued with transition drills, trying to get a better sense of sequencing. Rotate hips, my hands fall naturally “behind me”, then rotate my shoulders through impact. I just need to be mindful of not introducing any steepening of the club shaft.

[boogielicious]

Day 7. Worked on pitching from different lies in the backyard.

[WillieT]

Day 77 (13 May 23) - Worked start line for putting today.  Put a small piece of blue painter’s tape (about 1” square) on the carpet about a foot out.  Worked on aligning the putt to where I had to roll the putt across the tape and to the target point about 6’ out and having it finish no more than 18” past.  Had a good relaxed session working on this piece.  

[Clemsonfan]

Day 51: 5/13/23

Slow motion takeaway into full swing. Finished the night with putting and chipping practice.

[iacas]

Day 194, May 13, 2023

Practiced wrist conditions in the car while driving about 12 hours. Stopped at two Buc-ee's, though, as well.

[DeadMan]

Day 26: mirror work today. Working on cleaning up a few things from yesterday - steeper back swing and then rerouting the club more outside in transition. 

[MrLeek]

Day 48: May 13

Essentially a repeat of yesterday: transition drills, trying to get a better sense of sequencing. 

[Clemsonfan]

Day 52:5/14/23

Stack Neural training early this morning prior to church and Mother’s Day activities.  Stuck at 104 MPH, which is what I was able to hit prior to starting. I have been longer on the course with woods and hybrids.

[MrLeek]

Day 49: May 14

Net session, originally trying to continue with a better sequence of hips. Then recorded a couple of swings and spotted that I’m overswinging. So focused on that instead; previously I’ve overswung by adding a wrist flex that’s opening the face. I’m not doing that now - the “overswing” is due to higher hands. Plus there’s no early release happening (good!). Something to chat about with coach to make sure I’m on the right track.

Also spent time working on short game (10-20 yd touch shots). There’s inconsistencies, but also evidence of improved touch and feel.

[boogielicious]

Day 8. Mothers Day, so I only got in a few minutes work indoors on my backswing.

[Darkfrog]

Day 5:

Forgot to post yesterday, but did some full swing practice working on stuff from lesson, and some short game drills. Played 18 today, very early morning pre-mother's day activity round. Round was okay, poor approach play, and didn't putt great.

[klineka]

Day 20 - Forgot to post yesterday but I chipped, putted, and worked on driver swing some. Quality of strike dramatically increased when I teed it up like half an inch higher.

Today I did more of the same, chipped, putted, hit a few balls. Iron strike is very solid and priority piece is starting to feel more normal. Spending a lot of time on short game and putting this past week in preparation for a member guest tournament on Wednesday.

[WillieT]

Day 78 (14 May 23) - Cross armed rotation work - worked on weight shift, getting weight forward at the top of the backswing and pushing up w/lead foot on downswing.  The latter is something I have slowly worked up to over the past couple of years.  The skin on that foot still doesn’t like that kind of pressure.