JuanTheGolfer
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About JuanTheGolfer
- Birthday July 21
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I only post scores to GHIN when I am playing with someone else who can verify it. I do play LOTS of practice holes, and when I travel I often end up going out as a single. None of these are in my HCP calculation. Seems to me having a vanity HCP only makes a person feel good, it never helps in competition.
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I did not find it a great read...my mind wandered as he went into great detail about some of his rounds. However, I enjoyed his writing about courses I have played... like Wild Horse (NE), etc.
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I purchased The Stack at the end of September and will be using it starting on October 31... and will report back my progress!! About the middle of September I started using Speed Sticks again. Focused on increasing my swing speed the last quarter of 2021 to see how much I can improve... and then will continue throughout 2022. Apparently you have to use it or lose it!! -
Where Is Your Next Golf Trip Going to Be?
JuanTheGolfer replied to Smidd4's topic in Destinations and Travel
I have two golf trips scheduled. Here is the itinerary for the first one.... Storno Ferry in Charleston, SC with a buddy Then 5 courses in Delaware - Bayside, Bear Trap, Deerfield, White Clay, Baywood, .. Then Pine Needles and Cape Fear National.. and ending at TPC Sawgrass -The Stadium/Players Course. While at Pine Needles I will spend a little more than 1/2 a day with David Orr who is my putting coach. The second trip is in upstate NY, where I will be playing - The top three courses at Turning Stone Resort, and then near Rochester - Livingston CC, and Deerfield GC and Irondequoit CC. -
One of my golf goals for 2021 is to increase my driver swing speed by 10 mph. I used Flightscope as my real baseline when I began the challenge. On January 2nd, my driver swing speed was 83 MPH (while my SSR reading was 88). I was on Flightscope yesterday and my swing speed has improved to 86.4 mph. So a 3.4 mph increase... while I wanted MORE, at least I am trending in the right direction. I really need to work on Strength/Power and Mobility... which I will start in earnest on April 1... so we shall see its impact over the next 90 days. I will definitely take another 3.4 mph!! Then I will only need 3.2 mph in the last six months of the year. At almost 74 years old, I have to get longer to play with the kids!! LOL!!
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Welcome.... great to see others from SWFL join. I live in Sarasota, so if you are in this area, we should chat about getting together. Wishing you success in your journey to a single digit HCP. Maybe you will consider posting in the 5 Minutes A Day Challenge.
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I am thinking I am maxing out my swing speed at my current level of strength/power and mobility. I say this since I have plateaued for several weeks. So I am thinking of working on my strength/power ... by working on the three exercises that TPI uses to measure strength -- they are cable pulls, cable pushes and split lunges.... all three have suggestions for what weights should be your goal... based on 8 reps with that goal. Anyone else working on strength/power and mobility while on this journey to improve swing speed, and if so what seems to be working for you?
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I have been off for three weeks, and when I started again this week, I was concerned that I would have lost some speed. Surprised that my numbers were the same!! I am back on it!!! I have been Chairman of groups of volunteers at 2 tournaments this month. The most recent is the LECOM Suncoast Classic -- a Korn Ferry Tour event. My two teams at the LECOM event comprised almost 20% of the 400 volunteers... so it was at the course at 5:45 a.m. and the final e-mail each day around 8:00 p.m. I did that for 7 straight days.... now trying to catch up on a lot of stuff. While it was unpaid, I was a volunteer also, ... I did get some good gifts!!! Like 8 dozen of the new TaylorMade Response golf balls, a round at TPC Sawgrass - The Players course, ....
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"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
JuanTheGolfer replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
DAY 74 February 15th. For those reading this... it is start of the LECOM Suncoast Golf Classic this week. It is a Korn Ferry tour event. My team is responsible for organizing and distributing the uniforms for the 300 plus volunteers, and feeding all the volunteers and caddies. So 6:15 a.m. at the course... and returning home about 4 p.m. for the next 7 days. Seems like a normal work week before I retired. So now I am just back from 5 minutes in the garage working on more rotation and less sway on the backswing and more rotation and less lunge on the downswing. Using the Bender Wall idea, which I have nicknamed the "Juan Wall" -
"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
JuanTheGolfer replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
DAY 73 February 14th. Well back in the garage this evening. Working on more rotation and less sway on the backswing and more rotation and less lunge on the downswing. Using the Bender Wall idea, which I have nicknamed the "Juan Wall" -
"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
JuanTheGolfer replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
DAY 72 February 13th For today and the next week, my daily five minutes will look almost the same. I am chairing a group of volunteers at this weeks LECOM Suncoast Classic golf tournament -- A Korn Ferry Tour event here in Sarasota, FL. The days will start early and I will be busy. We start tomorrow by organizing all the volunteer clothing, and then open up on Monday morning at 7 a.m. to support a Pro-Am. So today and every day I will be doing the same drills in my garage. Standing with my rear close to the wall, I will be taking backswings so that the club barely touches the wall, and on the downswing my hips stay in contact with the wall. This along with the other drills I have been doing have really helped me improve my ball striking. So I will be doing it for at least 5 minutes a day until I can again get out on the course which will be in 10 days from now on February 24th. -
Sorry to hear you have lost your cousin. It is totally understandable to be more introspective and have a heightened sense of our limited time on this earth. None of us will live forever, so like you wrote... Spend this precious time well. Prayers for you and your family.
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"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
JuanTheGolfer replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
DAY 71 February 12th First I have to admit I messed up... I had two day 69s!!! So yesterday was really day 70, and of course that means today is Day 71. Worked through the Super Speed Level 1 Protocols. Then spent almost 3 hours on the range. The first part was focused on doing drills, and slow swings to help ingrain the Six Positions of the swing taught at the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy. Then focused on drills to help me stay in my posture and eliminate early extension. Then I finished this portion is 5 generic motion drills designed to improve my rotation around my torso, ... Finished the session by hitting a lot of balls to targets that were 50 and 75 yards away. Improving my proximity when hitting wedges is one of my goals as I get ready for a summer of scrambles!! AND lowering my score during regular rounds. -
"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
JuanTheGolfer replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
DAY 69 February 10th. I spent 45 minutes on the range working on improving my rotation back and through the ball, as well as working my lower body properly... to eliminate early extension. Then went out to play a round of golf. Shot 75 without a single birdie...and only got up and down 1 time of the 4 missed greens. Played from the senior tees,... one of my goals for this year is to shoot 3 rounds in a row of par or better from these tees before I move back a set of tees. My last four rounds have been 77, 79, 78 and now 75. Hit the ball really well, made one really bad swing and it cost me. Now back to the range in the morning to keep working on the swing and then to the chipping green... 25% conversion rate sucks.!! AND a SHOUT OUT to the Super Speed Challenge, ... since I am hitting my drives and irons further... thanks -
"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
JuanTheGolfer replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
DAY 69 February 10th The Covid 19 second vaccine shot has kicked my butt!! Real tired today, but still got out for a little over two hours, working my hip rotation and thoracic spine rotation, during the downswing. Making some progress, hit lots of shots that match the swing pattern I am working on. Now time for a nap!!!
