"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[DeadMan]

Day 34: Did the yardstick putting drill for a bit. Was hoping to do a bit more, but the day was busier than I anticipated. 

[Shindig]

Day 31 (October 5).  Went to a putting green this morning after yesterday's success;  was not as successful, but did the 4' drill at two separate holes (36 strokes each time -- basically, the bogey golfer baseline).  I have come to realize the key to scoring well on this drill is to get a large number of stations to drop on each of the first two go-arounds (sudden flash of the obvious:  my putting statistics improve when I make more putts).  

I got home and spent 30 minutes (so, a little more than a dozen balls) in my golf practice room, same priority piece as before.    I'll continue this as a bit as I complete to-do items at home before going to play later today.

[Clemsonfan]

10/5/25 day 1

Chipping practice with the strike wedge at 2”. Not too good, but made the last one to end on a positive note.

[WillieT]

Day 33 (5 Oct 25) - worked on setup and overall alignment in the backyard.  Hit a few hard foam balls as part of the drill. 

[5amZ]

Day 52 10-5

Making sure arms dont over-run turn in backswing. Also worked on hips and chest rotating correctly. Hit balls into net

[DeadMan]

Day 35: played 18. Solid +2. Won the pairs match play with that round. 

[iacas]

Day 370 - 2025-10-05

Worked on things before lessons and after doing some Skillest lessons. Only 12 balls. But productive.

[Shindig]

Day 32 (October 6).  I had time for ten balls in my practice room;  yesterday was a good ball striking round, and I want to keep that going.  

[iacas]

Day 371 - 2025-10-06

Played 15 holes (skipped 9 to pass a group, skipped 16 and 17 to do the same).

The four holes I need birdies, I hit it to about 20 feet. I feel I would have made one or two of them, but… punched greens. Hit the ball decent.

[WillieT]

Day 34 (6 Oct 25) - Dink and roll Monday with the 5-7 irons in the backyard.  This drill really focuses on a compact backswing and not decelerating.  Finished up the day with flighted 58° wedge shots.  

[5amZ]

Day 53 10-6

Worked on "syncing" hips with chest turn in backswing. Some focus on arms were not overrunning turn. Feels very different which is always cool (change). 

[wetzel1592]

Day 10: Hit putts with the metronome. 

[DeadMan]

Day 36: did a stack session. Worked on backswing and grip in rest breaks. 

[5amZ]

Day 54 10-7

Finally feel like I'm grasping the backswing better. Drilled letting upper body take lower body back, also worked on setup and backswing length. Did not hit any balls but did record dtl. 

[WillieT]

Day 35 (7 Oct 25) - Walked nine holes today - used only the irons and wedges, played a set of tees back as well.  Forced the use of the longer irons and also looking at each hole’s goal as being bogie or better mentality.  Great day of staying in focus and making most of course management. 

[wetzel1592]

Day 11: More putting tempo work.

[Shindig]

The nice thing about the five minutes daily challenge is... it still works, even if you don't take much more than five minutes.  Today was a long day at work, but I still was able to get some meaningful practice in.  Now I think of all the times I didn't.  Anyway.

Day 33 (October 7) -- took the time for five good practice balls after a long day of work.  Setup, rehearsal, check positions, check again, bring the ball in, set up, hit it, repeat.  

[Shindig]

If you have only ten minutes to practice, make them ten good minutes.

Day 34 (October 8).  After work and before evening plans, I had ten minutes in my golf room.  I hit 8 balls, which means I was probably going faster than I should have, but I really did rehearse and focus on the feel I was looking for.