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Day 3:  Spent a couple hours at top golf.  The woman’s pw was so short and heavy compared to mine, weird.  

I may not hit the ball far, but at least I find all of the pretty flowers. 


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Day 41 (11 Jun 24) - long day of travel, managed some mirror work in hotel room…

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Odyssey Versa or White Steel #5
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Day 89. Did a Stack Cruiser session after a long break and crushed my previous best. Have been working out with kettlebells recently and that plus the evolvr technique work have really helped I guess. 

Then I did some technique practice. Went back to practicing setup using feels from the 30 day practice plan day 22 videos. Felt so much more comfortable over the ball.

April 2024 hcp: 20.3

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Day 60:

Lesson today, and then spent some time later working on piece from lesson (stop dumping the clubface early). This one feels hard, and is going to force me to also  work harder on grip, which can get real palmy in lead hand. 

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Day 4:  Putting and practice with my irons this morning at home.  

I may not hit the ball far, but at least I find all of the pretty flowers. 


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Day 90. Played 9 before work. Speed did not translate onto the course. Learned a couple things about my direction though and had fun. Hit a couple good shots and a few not so good. Need to learn to save the doubles and triples and turn them into bogeys. 

April 2024 hcp: 20.3

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Day 5. Worked on setup, alignment and backswing at the gym. Left hip still too sore to swing.

Scott

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Day 42 (12 Jun 24) - The resort where we’re staying has a sweet 9 hole putt putt course…what better way than to roll the ball on some decent artificial greens that are not greased lightning but also not humpy lumpy. Able to work on pace and lagging of the ball to the cup with decent success …..and still lost to my grandson by 3 strokes….such is life! 

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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
Srixon Q Star

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Day 172: 6/12/24

Chipping with a variety of clubs trying to simulate Pinehurst. Had a lot of fun.

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Day 61:

Worked on priority piece using 5-iron with half swings, making sure grip was good before each swing. Lots of rehearsals. Initially ball starting right and curving right, so once I’m comfortable with the concept I’ll need to incorporate face/path work to get ball flight on target. 

-Peter

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Day 588, June 13, 2024

Played 18 holes with Sculley. Some really good shots in there. I'm doing the right things, and it's coming together.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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Day 6. Worked more on setup and backswing. Hip feeling better but not quite there.

Scott

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Day 43 (13 Jun 24) - 2nd day at resort, LegoLand Fl, so another day of a using the mini golf course to work on pace and break on the “greens”….

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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Day 173: 6/13/24

Dealing with tennis elbow. Limited to putting through 50 mm gates tonight.

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Day 5:  Practiced with my 7i at home then some putting at the range before playing 9 holes.  I really thought I was going to beat my best score by 2 or 3 strokes but I tied it.  

I may not hit the ball far, but at least I find all of the pretty flowers. 


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    • That was a good watch. When I started working on pelvis in the backswing. I thought, this sounds contradictory to those leg straightening threads on the site. Erik has already done a correction. Then the last lesson we went more down the route of feeling the right knee gains flex. It doesn’t, but the feeling keeps my knee position in a good range. Also, I just realized how much extra work my right hip needed to do to stabilize the body with the proper weight shift. Those glute and hip stabilizers got worked. 🤣 I wish this evolution in the golf instruction happened 20 years ago! 😭
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