What/How Did You Practice Today?

[sirchunksalot]

2 hours ago, Dweed said:

Just noticed when "liking" a post a new icon which is designated as MGS. Help me out please. What is it supposed to signify? I'm a tad bit confused. Thanks.

I always consider it to mean "spy approved". 

[BobBC78]

More rain through the night in NE. Worked on my putting setup indoors using a mirror and gates. Went through my setup procedure then stroked short putts. In order to really ingrain the setup so that I can repeat it every time, I'm going to have to do this a lot this winter, LOL. 

[cnosil]

27 minutes ago, BobBC78 said:

M Worked on my putting setup indoors using a mirror and gates. Went through my setup procedure then stroked short putts. In order to really ingrain the setup so that I can repeat it every time, I'm going to have to do this a lot this winter, LOL. 

You also need to make strokes for long putts.  I know your response is that you don't have that much space.  You only need a couple of feet to ensure your ball is going through gates; put a pillow or something in front to stop the ball. 

[BobBC78]

49 minutes ago, cnosil said:

You also need to make strokes for long putts.  I know your response is that you don't have that much space.  You only need a couple of feet to ensure your ball is going through gates; put a pillow or something in front to stop the ball. 

Yup, thanks for the reminder. I focused on 3-5 foot putts today; next time will do the longer stroke which, as you note, is important for lag putts. 

[jolter1]

Woke up early this morning and it was 55 so wow I thought I might be able to go out when the range opened at 9 to get some swings in. Wrong as daylight broke noticed the trees bending in the wind and spitting rain. Nicer weather can't come soon enough.

[Willie T]

I have to remember to post here as regularly as I do over at the TST page.  Worked on solo trail arm work - focusing on face angle position at P2 and P6, keeping it a slow rehearsed swing through.   

[cksurfdude]

Went to the range yesterday on an almost Spring-like here; hit balls .. mostly wedges, as usual .. for an hour. Been swinging the orange whips in the garage somewhat regularly but last time at the range was about a month ago.

.. Driver - decent; better than last year and looking forward to continuing to improve this year.
.. 7i - this was the most problematic for me...
.. .. Been working on a fuller turn back (drills from Monte) and I felt a little awkward getting back to the ball.
.. .. Tagline = Work In Progress!
.. Wedges - ok and def showing improvement here in contact, flight and distance control.

 

[Kenny B]

1 hour ago, cksurfdude said:

Went to the range yesterday on an almost Spring-like here; hit balls .. mostly wedges, as usual .. for an hour. Been swinging the orange whips in the garage somewhat regularly but last time at the range was about a month ago.

.. Driver - decent; better than last year and looking forward to continuing to improve this year.
.. 7i - this was the most problematic for me...
.. .. Been working on a fuller turn back (drills from Monte) and I felt a little awkward getting back to the ball.
.. .. Tagline = Work In Progress!
.. Wedges - ok and def showing improvement here in contact, flight and distance control.

 

The bigger the turn, the more important it is to feel like you start the downswing with arms instead of body.  The feeling is like trying to keep your back to the target longer.  See Monte's post of Justin Rose drill.

I wish I could swing a club!!  Maybe after my next procedure on Wednesday.  Went out to my hitting bay this morning; no heat on since I'm not out there, and it was 41º.  The garage is colder because it's not insulated above.  Outside it never made it above 10º with wind 10-20mph.  

[Dweed]

Too much snow shoveling to find time. That and I'm just too worn out and sore. The snow covered an inch and a half of slush and ice which the snow blower does not handle. Had to grab a shovel. 

[Dweed]

On 1/12/2024 at 3:55 PM, sirchunksalot said:

I always consider it to mean "spy approved". 

That works for me.

[cksurfdude]

3 hours ago, Kenny B said:

The bigger the turn, the more important it is to feel like you start the downswing with arms instead of body.

Thx - that's definitely a big part of the problem.. and a part that I'm trying to work on..!

When I'm in the garage swinging an orange whip I feel like I'm starting to get the new movement a little .. then get me out on the range and put a ball in front of me, and ... POOF! .. it all magically disappears

Work In Progress!

[Rob Person]

Who let the AI in? Mods?

[GolfSpy_BNG]

Just now, Rob Person said:

Who let the AI in? Mods?

Got ya

[Rob Person]

10 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BNG said:

Got ya

I had to read it twice...lol 

Some members actually do post in a very analytical manner.   

[Michael.Sandoval33]

Going to the range around 10am here in California. While I was in San Diego, I bought a set of Ram 4-PW, GW (very much GI irons) for $50 flat and they were barely touched. There is obviously a sizeable difference between them and my Daiwas blade irons so I am taking them out today just to knock around and compare (bringing the Daiwas too of course). This all to test where my game is now, and what's next.  Excited to see!

Edit: a look at the bag this morning. Let's go!

Edited January 14 by Michael.Sandoval33

[cksurfdude]

2 hours ago, Rob Person said:

I had to read it twice...lol 

Some members actually do post in a very analytical manner.   

Just look for embedded links (within the context and not clearly separated out as links; on a PC give the mouse over the link or on a phone press and hold to see the underlying URL) .. that take you to either a total spam site or are just clickbait to someone trying to generate more views/more ad revenue.

...

Ok.. back to golf practice! Gonna roll a few on the basement putting mat.

Edited January 14 by cksurfdude

[Michael.Sandoval33]

4 hours ago, Michael.Sandoval33 said:

Going to the range around 10am here in California. While I was in San Diego, I bought a set of Ram 4-PW, GW (very much GI irons) for $50 flat and they were barely touched. There is obviously a sizeable difference between them and my Daiwas blade irons so I am taking them out today just to knock around and compare (bringing the Daiwas too of course). This all to test where my game is now, and what's next.  Excited to see!

Edit: a look at the bag this morning. Let's go!

At the range, I am noticing a tremendous difference on my missed shots, which is probably 99% of my shots. The forgiveness is making a huge difference in still carrying my shot equal to the distance of the ones that feel like strikes. Same goes for improvement on hooking/slicing, which I think is consistent with what I am feeling when striking the ball. My main issues immediately come from adjusting to the set. Heavier, wider top line, length is actually my correct length, the issues I expected to have. 

As I mentioned this is a test between the irons and whether I have improved. I am able to strike the Daiwas better than before, but noticably better with the Rams. In that sense, I think my swing is improving some but I am still going to seek help with it. Neither set was able to help me with loft height and that I believe is a user error. I cannot blame the tools for this. Any tips on it would be great.

All in all however, I am having fun, noticing slight improvements, and trying to process all of the information.

Final word: I think blade irons are out of my skill range but not impossible to use one day. For now, I need help with my swing before anything and will continue to use both in the [insert time until I cannot wait anymore].

Thanks if you stuck around!I am going to get another bucket now lol. 

 

[EnderinAZ]

19 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

When I'm in the garage swinging an orange whip I feel like I'm starting to get the new movement a little .. then get me out on the range and put a ball in front of me, and ... POOF! .. it all magically disappears

Get a Lag Shot. Exact same concept as the whip only you get to actually hit golf balls with it! Made a huge difference in my game in just a week or so of hitting balls on the range with it. I am straighter and more consistent with all of my clubs now and I attribute the improvement to swinging the lag shot

[EnderinAZ]

My drives on the par 4s at Coyote normally leave me between 80 and 105 yards from the pin. So today I put out some traffic cones out in the practice area measured at 80 and 90 yards. My goal was to land the ball between the cones from a high draw 3/4 swing pitch with my 58 degree.  I spent an hour working on this and feel tomorrow it will be a shot I can use. 

You can see the Bermuda grass has gone completely dormant 

[cnosil]

Played 9 holes today;  it was bad so I stopped keeping score and just considered it a practice round.    Was snap hooking tee shots and couldn't hit my irons (been a struggle for a few weeks).  Short game and putting wasn't too bad.   I've been working on implementing the short game shots as taught by Dan Grieve.  Doing pretty well with the release 1 shot (bump and run) but hit and miss with release 2.  

 

Could probably only play a couple more times so I am thinking about just shutting it down until I am cleared to swing a club again.  

 

[Big moose]

I can't practice, my clubs are on their way to Arizona. 

[Rob Person]

Driving range today, D, 7i, pw. Put up some consistent distances among them all. Had a few personal bests too. Also spent an hour at the practice green working on some new to me techniques. 

 

 

[Willie T]

I’m on a streak - two days in a row:

Continued sold trail arm work using the 50*.  Again focused on  club face position at P2 and P6.  Wrapped up with easy pitches varied distances from 10 to 40yds. 

[MrBandit]

Went to do a basic Driver fitting over at  my local golf shop DallasGolf.  Just to look at my numbers on both of my shaft that am using with my TM Stealth2 because I felt over the past 2 months I was loosing distance and it felt like I was putting good swings and the ball was going no where..

So, we took base numbers using both my Fujikura Speeder NX Red 60 Stiff and my HDZR Smoke 6.0 Stiff shaft.
Both it appear i was spinning the ball more than I should.
Tried a few other shaft to see if any newer shaft would improve the numbers.

One thing we established was that i was maximizing the Driver head, my smash factor was at a steady 1.50, no matter what shaft.
What we did work on was trying to get the spin rate down since it was between 3100-3300 and improve the launch angle.

The final setting, keeping the Fujikura Speeder NX Red, as i was getting better spin, carry/total distance numbers.
The other shafts had better balls speed, (like 1-2mph difference)

Turn down the loft from 9.0 to 8.5 and this drop the spin rate to 2900-3000.

And here is a comparison before the fitting and after. just after 3 rounds. (shame, won't be able to play until maybe March with this weather, snow everywhere)

[ILMgolfnut]

Got out to the schoolyard this afternoon and hit about 40 balls, all pitching wedges. I also took my two-level mat, one at "fairway" height, and one with one-inch "rough". I hit 20 balls on each level. Distance was pretty similar on the good hits, with the center of my dispersion paced off at ~95 yards. But the shots off the "rough" were more likely to fade to the right and the contact was less consistent. Just a little extra information to consider for shot selection.

[Rob Person]

2 hours ago, MrBandit said:

Went to do a basic Driver fitting over at  my local golf shop DallasGolf.  Just to look at my numbers on both of my shaft that am using with my TM Stealth2 because I felt over the past 2 months I was loosing distance and it felt like I was putting good swings and the ball was going no where..

So, we took base numbers using both my Fujikura Speeder NX Red 60 Stiff and my HDZR Smoke 6.0 Stiff shaft.
Both it appear i was spinning the ball more than I should.
Tried a few other shaft to see if any newer shaft would improve the numbers.

One thing we established was that i was maximizing the Driver head, my smash factor was at a steady 1.50, no matter what shaft.
What we did work on was trying to get the spin rate down since it was between 3100-3300 and improve the launch angle.

The final setting, keeping the Fujikura Speeder NX Red, as i was getting better spin, carry/total distance numbers.
The other shafts had better balls speed, (like 1-2mph difference)

Turn down the loft from 9.0 to 8.5 and this drop the spin rate to 2900-3000.

And here is a comparison before the fitting and after. just after 3 rounds. (shame, won't be able to play until maybe March with this weather, snow everywhere)

That's a pretty good sized gap in distance 

[ParFore74x]

Well, with around 20” of snow and temps around -30°F with the wind, I stuck with indoor putting after work. Ladder drills with my PuttOut to keep the tempo in check. Things are feeling consistent considering that everything is on an indoor mat nowadays. 

[KC Golf]

Got a lesson and tried the Pro Snder hand setting trainer this weekend.  It was fun doing these drills. 

The drill clearly showed that my hand and wrist position at the top of the swing and at impact was not ideal.  

It’s a great way to feel the correct hand position. Will see if these drills will help me on the course this year. 

[Willie T]

Day 3 (15 Jan 24) - Same drills as past few days - solo work with trail arm focused on club face at P2 and P6 using the PW, followed by full swings, today included Birdie Balls at saucer (on swing set).   Grandson (his pic at 4yrs old is my avatar) impressed when he lined up on his own without input from me 3 Birdie Balls in a line about two yards apart and then proceeded to make easy pitches to the saucer.  Watching him think outside the box really did my heart good.  

Edited January 15 by Willie T

[cksurfdude]

2 hours ago, ILMgolfnut said:

But the shots off the "rough" were more likely to fade to the right and the contact was less consistent. Just a little extra information to consider for shot selection.

In my completely unscientific opinion - I'd suggest being careful with that conclusion...

Again in my opinion and what I've observed in my ball striking the opposite occurred - while hitting off fake rough in practice tended to open the face as you saw .. hitting out of real rough tends to grab the hosel and close the face and send shots more left (RHed player).

Could be different for different golfers .. anyone else have anything more definitive..?