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Day 542, April 26, 2024

A lesson no-show, no-called (he had the wrong time even though the last text was confirming the time… 😛), so I used 45 minutes or so of that time to get some good work in.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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Welcome to the "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge for 2018! Please read as the rules have changed! Yes, for all of 2018! I'm changing it up. Rather than do this monthly, we're going to hav

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3/31/18: Day 365: The post you've all been waiting for.  I did some more work with my A4 to A5 drills. I know it seems like it's monotonous and stupid... But yesterday after I posted I

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Well I'm at 276 consecutive days. 1/1/18: I did my path drill indoors today. For those of you who don't know what this is, it involves 2 to 4 water or soda bottles a club and a foam ball. I

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Day 134 (26 Apr 24) - played Minnesott today, worked with the mid-irons and approaches (especially the 7i).  Scoring was a little higher, but I was focused on making the needed adjustments to the swing to achieve desired distances.  

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Day 6- Practiced putting for 15 minutes. 

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Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6


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Day 15:

Full swing work with a 6-iron. The recentering / transition feel is working well. Ball starting is a slight push and bleeding a bit right, but very playable (at least based on what I am seeing on Mevo+).

-Peter

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day 44 - slow deliberate swings into the net with a focus on weight shift and hand path. I might sneak out to the garage a few times through the day working on this but my hands are steering to blister lol

April 2024 hcp: 20.3

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Day 543, April 27, 2024

Practiced for about an hour today. Almost all slow, with plenty of rehearsals.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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Day 7- Went to the range and hit a bucket. Also did some chipping and putting. 

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In my Top Flite stand bag:

Driver-Ping G400+ 10.5 degrees regular flex Hybrids-Ping I25 17 & 20 degrees stiff flex Irons-Ping I3 O-size 4 through lob wedge regular flex Putter-Nike Oz 6


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Day 122: 4/27/24

Supposed to be a Stack training day but I was beat after yard work today. Practiced chipping and putting at The Creek. The practice green is pretty slow but the session went well. 

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Day 135 (27 Apr 24) - played Bradford Creek today while waiting for the missus fly in from her extended visit with the grands.  Good day to stay focused as it was a hurry up (groups pressing from behind) and wait (groups taking their time ahead)…a good day to stay mentally in the game - play the shot and not get frustrated in the waiting…

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Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
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Day 292: light day today. Mirror work, working on getting my hips more open in the downswing.

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Day 114 - Pretty busy day, but managed to squeeze in some mirror work. Focused on softer knees throughout the swing, with high hands in the backswing. 

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Day 16:

Same thing as yesterday but did it with driver and Almost Golf balls and no launch monitor info. Contact center-ish, a bit high on face and toward toe, I’d like start line to be less right. 

-Peter

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Day 123: 4/28/24

Stack Full Speed spectrum training session 4/24. 2mph slower than high swing speed in session 2. Dealing with a tight neck which restricted speed today. Hope to get in 9 holes this evening.

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Day 17:

Played 18. Had a hard time getting into an athletic mindset over the ball, and made a lot of uncommitted swings. 

-Peter

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  • :pxg: GEN4 0317X, Hybrid
  • :srixon: ZX 3-iron, ZX5 4-AW
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Day 45. Played 9 at my new club from the front tees. Driving needs to improve but I did get a birdie and score 45, which for me is great. 

April 2024 hcp: 20.3

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Day 136 (28 Apr 24) - Easy day - short low running pitches in the backyard with the 9i. Kept the distances to 20 yds or less.  Worked on getting the ball to finish at or just near target point.  

Ping G400 SFT 10deg  R flex
Ping G410 3w R flex
Ping G400 3h and 4h R flex
Taylormade SLDR 5i thru PW graphite shaft R flex
Cleveland CBX wedges - 50, 54, 58 or 52, 58 (depending on my mood)
Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
Srixon Q Star

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