"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[Shindig]

Day 9 (September 13) Today was a day like Thursday.  I went to the practice facility in the afternoon;  I did some chipping at distances I was comfortable with, getting more comfortable hitting chip shots with the grip change.  I then went to the range, alternating between a drill from Skillest and hitting 3-4 balls (with all that entails).  This was 6-iron and some wedges;  I hit my wedges surprisingly (to me) solid, something I don't usually do with full swings lately. 

After about two dozen range balls, I stopped and went to putt.  I did an "around the clock" drill from 4', and was optimistic after Thursday's success from 3', but I wasn't quite ready to stay until I made 12 in a row.  Instead, after hitting a few, I set down the 12 coins heads-up and did my usual variant of the drill [1], taking 34 putts to complete, although only four coins were still on the surface after the second go-around (meaning, at eight stations, I made both putts).  Sadly, 1:00 and 2:00 were still heads-up at that time.   Not ideal, but not a poor showing, and a 70% make rate from 4' is marginally better than a bogey golfer.  

Then I went back to the range and hit the remaining dozen balls, same as before, but now it was 6-iron, 3H, a few 4W, and of course some drives. 

All in all, including going to the fountain to refill my water bottle several times, this was about two hours.

Lastly, I ended up at the gym later.  I forget if gym time when golf is a focus is meant as practice for the day, and of course I already did a lot of golf practice today, but I was able to use a medicine ball at the gym today to do a different drill from Skillest.

Okay, that's today's entry!

[1] I putt from each, in order, just like the around the clock drill.  If I make it, and the coin was heads-up, I turn it over.  If it was tails-up, I pick it up.  I continue until I've picked up all 12, thus making 24 putts.   I would like to eventually be able to do a classic around-the-clock from 4' successfully. 

Side note:  yes, I spent more time putting, proportionately, than I should (15% or so), today and lately.  Putting inside 10' is a weakness of mine;  not enough to devote everything to, as I want to improve long-term too and I don't have any really important rounds coming up, but enough that I'd like to put some energy towards fixing it.

[DeadMan]

Day 15: did a stack session.

[iacas]

Day 349 - 2025-09-14

20 minutes prior to a lesson at Golf Evolution after doing some online lessons.

[DeadMan]

Day 16: played 18. +7, 78. A few loose drives cost me low 70s. Iron play was good. 

[wetzel1592]

Day 7: Bunch of one handed putter swings working on getting a pendulum and allowing the putter head to load. 

[5amZ]

Day 31 9-14

Flow drill with 1/2 swings and full swings. Hit real balls.  Still really trying to let momentum do some of the work and not force myself into positions. 

[WillieT]

Day 13 (14 Sept 25) - In MB for a week of golf starting tomorrow.  One of the guys had his putting mat out, so I got roll some putts and work on tempo a bit.  Even putted some lefty as one of the guys plays lefty.  A good challenge to practice from the other side of the ball.  

[Shindig]

Day 10 (September 14).  My semi-around the world at 4', the version I described yesterday.  It took me 31 putts to sink 24 putts;  no station took more than four attempts to sink both (and 6/12 I had picked up the coin before the third go-around).  31 putts is an incredibly good score for this, which reminds me that putting is volatile.

Context:  I didn't have the time nor energy to do a full swing practice today;  I stopped at a course that had a nice practice putting green on my way home from watching today's Cardinals game.

[WillieT]

Day 13 (14 Sep 25) - Day 1 of 7 courses/7 days - Arcadian Shores in MB - gold tees (5,600yds) rode in a cart - 40 front /43 back for an 83 (9 pars, 7 bogies, 2 dbls, 6 GiR, 31 putts) - good start to the week.  

[wetzel1592]

Day 8: More putting between meetings. Worked with a metronome.

[iacas]

Day 350 - 2025-09-15

Played about 14 holes with @DrizZzY. Finished well with the good feels. Early holes weren't great. Have to trust the move. Need to do more so I can trust the move.

[DeadMan]

Day 17: working on putting for about 10 minutes. Focused on putts inside of 10’. Did a 3-2-1 drill from 3, 6 and 9 feet in 8 minutes. Need to think about handle being higher. Other than that, solid. 

[5amZ]

Day 32 9-15

Worked on "flow' drill. Focused on taking club away with chest, and some hip movement( not moving towards the ball in backswing, moving hip better in downswing). Hit a few foam balls. Mostly air swings. 

 

 

[Shindig]

Day 11 (September 15).  For various reasons, I decided to putt again today (although I did still do the medicine ball drill from my recent Skillest lesson).  4', 24 putts around a circle (one circle, twice).  It took me 38 putts, which isn't ideal, but hey, variance.  Also, I had a lot more break than I did yesterday.  In fact, 1:00 (where 12:00 is the "straight downhill" putt) took me 6 tries to even make once, and 9 tries overall.  So if we discount it, I went 22-for-29, which would be really good.   

After the drill, I did some putting from various distances (6', 12', 30') that I wanted to just hit a few for.

[Shindig]

Day 12 (September 16).  This morning, range for two;  did some chipping, my full swing routine (see above) for about a dozen balls at the range, and some 6' putts.  Mostly was focused on helping someone I went with, but I made a point to take some time for me.  

[wetzel1592]

Day 9: Worked on start lines and hitting putts square using gates for the ball and putter head. 

[iacas]

Day 351 - 2025-09-16

Hit balls after lessons and online lessons. Actively using the arms. Can't over-do it, really.

[WillieT]

Day 14 (15 Sep 25) - Day 2 of 7 days /7 courses in MB.  Driver behaved decent, irons were meh and putting was the big actor with 6 three putts.  Good day of mentally staying focused when out of position.