"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[ChetlovesMer]

Day 3: 8/23/2023

I played 18 today. I played alone on a course called Snow Hill. Never played there before. Started out like a house on fire. 3 GIR's on the first 3 holes. On hole 3 I three-putted from about 6 feet, which put a damper on things. 

The front 9 was sold, nothing spectacular but made a 42 on a course I've never played before. Made a bogie on 10 and then an 8 on hole 11. Four-putted the GIR I made on hole 12.... then I just couldn't seem to get it back on track. Ended up going 42-51 for a disappointing 93. 

 

 

[klineka]

Day 113 - Few minutes of dry reps in the hotel. 

[WillieT]

Day 63 (23 Aug 23) - LW Wednesday as I took 4 LW’s (Cleveland CBX 60, Ping Eye 2 57.5, TItleist 260-08 and Indi FLX S 58) to loosely compare feel, confidence, distance control. Set up to hit from 20yds and then from 30 (over the tulip tree) to a 10’ dia target. Was not surprised at the difference of each club, especially the sole interaction with the ground. Really amplified the drill @iacas employed during the C-19 Practice plan. 

[DeadMan]

Day 37: lighter day today - just mirror work. Worked on my backswing and getting wrist hinge earlier. Liking the way it looks. 

[MrLeek]

Day 66: Aug 24

Spent an hour or so hitting balls into a net, focusing on clubpath and not over swinging.

[saevel25]

Day 17, August 24th, 2023

Played 9 holes after work. Holy crap that humidity! Had a really bad par 5 on hole #2, but then told myself to start grinding. I went 1 over going in with 1 bogey and 6 pars. Started exaggerating stuff I need to. Really happy with the 9 holes. Especially in this heat, with walking only on the course (no carts allowed) due to the rain we got yesterday. 

[iacas]

Day 297, August 24, 2023

Made some swings downtown trying out a feel that's really closely related to what I've been doing. I like it.

[klineka]

Day 114 - Played Harbour Town. Had a great time.

Had an unusual hook/pull draw in play off the tee but short game and putting helped scrap a respectable round.

When I really focused on the feeling of my priority piece I hit flush irons. Who woulda thought!?

[WillieT]

Day 64 (24 Aug 23) -  Back to full swing drill today with 8i, worked on setup, weight onto lead foot as priority focus points. Hit a few easy hard foam balls to reinforce setup.   

[Darkfrog]

Day 1 or 7, not sure and don’t feel like checking today:

Worked on drop/rotate downswing feel. Really exaggerating drop portion. Seem to hit the ball decently with exaggeration of feel.

[DeadMan]

Day 38: busy day today:

• putted on my mat while on a conference call
• did a stack session
• hit 40 balls at the range, random targets
• putted for a while on the practice green. Worked on short putts, did a stack putting session, and then did the pull back drill. 

[MrLeek]

Day 67: Aug 25

Played 18 holes, coming in -5 nett. Struggled off the tee for a while before settling down. Still not as accurate as I’d like for approach play, but in some ways I’m being overly picky about that - most of my misses were “good” or “safe” misses, leaving me simpler short game shots. By and large short game/ putting was where I’d want it to be. 

[iacas]

Day 298, August 25, 2023

Got to Golf Evolution early and then had a no-show, no-call so I got a decent amount of practice in.

19 hours ago, klineka said:

Who woulda thought!?

Right? 😄

[WillieT]

Day 65 (25 Aug 23) - Low key work this evening as I rolled putts using the gate drill to work on more centered face contact with putter.  

[klineka]

Day 115 - Mirror work in the hotel  focusing on priority piece. Ready to get home and get back to the regular range practice sessions.

[DeadMan]

Day 39: just some slow rehearsal swings while watching my kids ride their bikes. 

[Darkfrog]

Day 8?

Worked on drop/rotate downswing feel more today and really focused on the turn part. Did a lot of rehearsing, not too many balls. 

[MrLeek]

Day 68: Aug 26

Golf lesson followed by range time. I still have to concentrate a little on maintaining a good club path, but it’s becoming more natural. But I want to tighten it up a little more, especially as adding additional club head speed could easily result in poorer technique.
 

Also did a lot of driver practice - I don’t have a consistent miss, but then it’s a new thing for me to handle. So that will come with time & practice. Plus most of the shots are fairway finders; steady backswing to set correctly at the top, then fully commit to the shot. Swing thought is just “square the clubface”. Wasn’t that long ago that my standard driver shot was a weak slice…

Edited August 26, 2023 by MrLeek