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  1. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 3 (4/30/21): Same as yesterday, too windy outside. Worked on Day 6 of the COVID drills - Basic Chipping.
  2. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 2 (4/29/21): Worked on Day 6 of the COVID drills - Basic Chipping.
  3. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 1 (4/28/21): Reset, went away for a few days and wasn't able to practice. Worked on posture, using the post on "Good Golf Posture" by mvmac as a reference.
  4. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 7 (4/21/21): Grip and posture. A6 position mirror work.
  5. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Notes: 9 holes 4/20/21 Driver: No driver today. Driving iron was my go to club off the tee, short course and tight fairways. Contact was solid, accuracy was good. I need work on picking better starting lines. This club produces a consistent draw. All my missed fairways were a few feet to the left in the rough, I would've hit those fairways I started the ball more to the right. Pick better start lines. Irons: Ball striking was good, solid contact and no chunks. One pull on a short par 3 and no chunks (success!). Really need to work on distance control, lots of missed birdie and par opportunities that resulted in double bogeys. Learn distances and control. Pitching/Chipping: Solid contact and no chunks. Lots of missed par and bogey saves due to no distance control. I had a lot of bad lies this round, whether it be in footprint shelfs in sand traps or weird divot like trenches in the rough. Not sure how to work on this other than not hitting it in those spots. I think this will correct itself once I dial in my iron distances. Focus on hitting targets (accuracy and distance control) Putting: Decent speed control and accuracy, but not consistent. Again, limit 3 putts and getting close to the hole. Focus on aim and speed control. Decent round off the tee, but really got myself into trouble by making bad decisions. Looking back, I could have saved a few strokes that were a direct result of a poor decision. Also, need to pick better lines off the tee and work on distance control. Short game is another area that needs a lot of work, along with the driver. Those two areas seem to be the cause of my high scores. Goal for this week is to develop a short game practice plan.
  6. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 6 (4/20/21): Worked on driver setup and takeaways. Tuesday night league 9 hole round.
  7. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Goals 2021: Stop getting into trouble off the tee, establish confidence in my driver - two way miss Improve long & short iron striking, consistency Improve short game - pitching & chipping (getting closer to the hole, leaving myself to far away on those shots) Know the distance of my clubs Break 90 consistently
  8. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Notes: 9 holes 4/19/21 Driver: Everything felt uncomfortable. One good drive on the day, everything else was a Push-Fade. Needs a lot of work. Need to get a video. Irons: Ball striking was good, had solid contact and a limited amount of chunks with no pulls. Need to learn my distances. Pitching/Chipping: Mostly solid contact, but not getting the ball close to the hole. Never gave myself a chance for a 1 putt. Need to focus on contact and distance control Putting: Good speed control, but missing my lines. Need to limit 3 putts and get the ball closer to the hole on the first putt. Need to focus of aim and lag putting. There was a lot to take away from this round. A few positives, but I have a lot to work on, especially my driver.
  9. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Thanks everyone!
  10. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Now I know what you mean by "whoosh". I used your approach above this evening and had very good results. I had a few chunks, but didn't have one the rest of the round after using your approach.
  11. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 5 (4/19/21): Did some mirror work this morning. Focused on take away and position at A6. Also, played 9 holes in the evening.
  12. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Thanks for the feedback! What do you mean by a "whoosh"? I try to hit the ball first, but some shots I end up hitting behind the ball. I can almost feel it before it happens. It's either from bending too much at the knees on my backswing or not rotating with my hips during my backswing. But I don't if that's what's causing it. I'm somewhat familiar with the ball flight laws, but I need to review them. I think that'll be a great place to start. I like the idea of using an alignment stick in the ground to sort out my path. I've been anti range tools for forever and I'm realizing that is a very stupid take, especially if I want to get better.
  13. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 4 (4/18/21): Worked on Day 5 of the COVID-19 practice plan.
  14. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Thanks! It's the only way I know how to explain it. I never really know what's gonna happen.
  15. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 3 (4/17/21): Range work for 150 yards and in, picked some targets and see how close I could get.
  16. PhiladelphiaCollins
    I've been Playing Golf for: 10 years My current handicap index or average score is: 90s My typical ball flight is: Volatile. Irons - Typically straight with a slight draw, sometimes with a slight fade. Never really know which way it's gonna go. Driver - Mostly a fade, when I hit a good one. Really inconsistent and never know where it's gonna go. The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Chunks and pulls I've got a case of the chunks and I don't know how to cure it. I would say I chunk +/- 6 shots a round and have about 5 or so pulls. The pulls mainly happen whenever I tee the ball up on par 3s or short par 4s, with the occasional pull happening during an approach. I was finally able to get out to the range today and get some swings with a 7 iron on video to start a swing thread. The FO video below is me hitting a chunk pull, unfortunately I didn't get a DTL video of that. My goal is to use this thread as a swing diary to track my progress, while also gaining insight and feedback on things I need to work on from the members of TST. Thanks in advance! Videos:
  17. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 2 (4/16/21): Was hoping to get to the range today, but that didn't work. Did some mirror work focusing on grip and setup. Then worked on Day 4 and 5 of the COVID-19 practice plan.
  18. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Day 1 (4/15/21): Realized I've been ignoring my grip and setup lately. I reviewed Mvmac's video on grip and worked on getting used to that feeling of the club in my fingers. I also spent about 5 minutes this morning working on my setup when addressing the ball and mixing in some Day 1 COVID-19 practice drills.
  19. PhiladelphiaCollins
    Hey All, New member from Southeastern PA. I've visited The Sand Trap a few times while searching for some quick fixes for my very broken golf game. Well instead of trying to find those quick fixes, I'm going to make a real effort in improving my game this year. What better way to do that than joining The Sand Trap. (Actually, lessons is probably the correct answer.) So last year was the best year of golf I've had since I started playing. I broke 90 twice and that's it, very exciting year. I did use last year though as a guide to identify the areas that I need to improve upon this year. I also identified some goals for this year that fall inline with those areas of improvement. Goals 2020: Stop getting into trouble off the tee, establish confidence in my driver - two way miss Improve long & short iron striking, consistency Improve short game - pitching & chipping (getting closer to the hole, leaving myself to far away on those shots) Know the distance of my clubs Break 90 consistently Have a handicap between 15-10 (probably impossible) I hope to use this forum as an accountability tool and also become an active member in this community. TST has a lot to offer and I would love to be apart of it!
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