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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 37: 1/16/2025

Really good practice today. Did a bunch of mirror work early in the AM; before anyone else in the house woke up. Basically working on this.

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Later, on lunch, I had time to swing by the range and work on it some more. Basically what I did was drag over one of the mirrors they have at the range; Do between 1 and 4 slow mo practice swings looking at the mirror focusing on improving the above. After the slow-mo swings I'd then hit a shot at regular speed. I rotated between the PW, 8 iron, 6 iron and 5 wood. Hitting one shot with each club, choosing the club at random. 👍😁👍

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 257 (16 Jan 25) - 

Weather eased (temps in the high 40’s) - so it was on for my weekly nine hole round with my good friend Mike.  As we play up a set of tees from what I normally play, I went with the five club setup (7w, 6i, 9i,  54° and P):IMG_8625.thumb.jpeg.7a0b788abc273a1be7a66e85c118beba.jpeg

I did not realize till I started that I was playing five brands (XXIO 7w, Edel SMS 6i, Maltby TS1 9i, INDI 54° wedge and Odyssey AI-One Milled putter) - talk about eclectic.  It was a fun session having to think thru the shots and what distance I needed the next shot to play from.  One of the best days I’ve had with overall ball striking. 

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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 183: did a stack session. 

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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Day 16 - 45 minutes of range work. Diagnosed and worked on some 100 yd and in wedge direction issues; repeated slowly focusing on hands dropping behind me and feeling the release going to the right. Also worked on full swing weight transfer with good results.

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Day 38: 1/17/2025

Got to the range again today. Filmed my first two swings and then tried to work on my priority pieces as best I could between all the interruptions. Everyone seemed to be at the range today and everyone was dang chatty. Got my work in but didn't get a chance to film more swings as I had planned. 

On 1/16/2025 at 7:57 PM, WillieT said:

I did not realize till I started that I was playing five brands (XXIO 7w, Edel SMS 6i, Maltby TS1 9i, INDI 54° wedge and Odyssey AI-One Milled putter) - talk about eclectic. 

What brand is the ball-retriever? 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 258 (17 Jan 25) - it was the Friday men's outing and I was paired with my usual side guy, Tony, plus the greenskeeper and assistante greenskeeper.  It was not a great round - started off with dbl-bogie-dbl - I thought the day would be a day of all 6's.  Overall the dbls eased off as I finished with an 88 (45/43).  Drives were okay, wedge play was off - best part of the day were the approaches. It was a good day, not an outstanding one - had some great recoveries and decent putts. 

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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32 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Day 38: 1/17/2025

Got to the range again today. Filmed my first two swings and then tried to work on my priority pieces as best I could between all the interruptions. Everyone seemed to be at the range today and everyone was dang chatty. Got my work in but didn't get a chance to film more swings as I had planned. 

What brand is the ball-retriever? 

Oh - should've name it - its a "Golden Retriever by Pro Classic".  I don't think this particular version is even made these days.  There is a very similar one on Amazon sold by Mobile Pro Shops....I know way too much info - but it took the count from five to six brands in the bag yesterday....

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 184: went to a simulator. Played Portush and did decent. Then worked on the range for a bit. Contact is a bit toward the heel, but not bad. 

-- Daniel

In my bag: :callaway: Paradym :callaway: Epic Flash 3.5W (16 degrees)

:callaway: Rogue Pro 3-PW :edel: SMS Wedges - V-Grind (48, 54, 58):edel: Putter

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Day 109 - 2025-01-17

Good 45 minute session today. No real pulls. Flipping the club up in front of me is helpful. Primes the system. Similar to what I was doing at Sand Valley, too.

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Day 1: 1/18/25

Practiced prior to round today. Pretty good session. Weight shift practice has me more on my front side and I was hitting my irons about 5 yards longer than normal and it was in the high 40s today.

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Day 259 (18 Jan 25) - light day today (right knee a little tender) - worked on 10-20 yd chips/pitches with the Pw in the back yard - worked on foot position, shortened backswing, maintaining speed (not decelerating) thru contact.  

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 39: 1/18/2025

Today was all about the mirrors. Not much today, but I got at least 5 or 10 minutes in front of the mirror with my 7 iron. And at least 5 or 10 minutes with the putting mirror on my putting mat. 

My bag is an ever-changing combination of clubs. 

A mix I am forever tinkering with. 

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Day 110 - 2025-01-18

Long day. Got to Golf Evolution pretty early and did some work there. Left for home around 6:00.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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