What/How Did You Practice Today?

[BobBC78]

Putting - Did another PuttOUT "gauntlet" today, this time with my Seemore m5 HT. The results were pretty similar to yesterday with the Seemore FGP: 21 total putts (missed one left from 5') for a "make" rate of 95%.  The bottom line for me is that given what I'm working on in the full swing and chipping, it doesn't make sense to put the time in on armlock putting to hone my speed control. For 2024, I'll go with a conventional putter, probably one of my Seemores.

Full swing - worked on short swings through the impact area focusing on initiating the downswing with my hips and legs and keeping the clubface square through the impact area.

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[chisag]

... Pretty good round yesterday with 4 birdies but 3 bogies to shoot -1. The Arizona Golf Association Tournament is at my home course the next 4 days and I was joined by a 30yr old young man from Bullhead playing a practice round. 7100 for him and 6400 for me and he was usually outdriving me by 20-40 yards. While I wouldn't call it effortless, it was a pretty smooth swing with surprising power. I saw him have 2 bogies but guessing he had 5 or 6 birdies, and he was playing the course for the first time. It was a Wayne and Garth I'm Not Worthy round. 

... Looked him up to see how he was doing and after a 7:10am start, 51* and cloudy with sprinkles he is tied for the lead at -6. Turns out he is a +4.7 

[NubianRugby]

Hit 60 balls at lunch today. I've been working on a swing/setup change that's been helping with ball contact but I've been inconsistent with my distances; sometimes blasting a 7 iron 175 yards, other times only hitting it 145. If it's always going to be 145 that's fine, but I find myself occasionally airmailing a green by 30 yards so I have to figure this out. I've been pushing my hands forward to de-loft my clubs slightly and making sure that I'm taking the club back inside. That combined with lining up a little closer to the hosel at address has me striking the ball better and more consistently this season.

What I figured out today is that when I slow down my takeaway I cock my hands back a little more at the top of my backswing and that's when the magic happens; not coming outside in so much, pure strikes, and increased distance. It took 45 balls to put it all together, but man did it feel good those last 15 swings. I was hitting my 58 well, 60 yards dead straight; but hitting off grass and hitting off a mat are two very different things, so I need to get out on the course ASAP.

[Willie T]

Day 54 (7 Mar 24) - Worked with 7i and setup today (yard was still super soggy), got in a few swings hitting short punches thru full swings (using hard foam balls of course) 

[jbern]

On 3/5/2024 at 11:32 PM, TSauer said:

Right on! At $15-$16 a pop, they're definitely a commitment. So, I'm looking forward to hearing some thoughts on them.

I was able to put one of the JumboMax STR8 Ultralite grips on the LTDx driver with air because I might shorten the driver. I set my air compressor to 60psi and the grip went on nicely! From the few swings I took in my family room it feels awesome. I’m excited to get it to a sim or out on the course! 

[TSauer]

21 minutes ago, jbern said:

I was able to put one of the JumboMax STR8 Ultralite grips on the LTDx driver with air because I might shorten the driver. I set my air compressor to 60psi and the grip went on nicely! From the few swings I took in my family room it feels awesome. I’m excited to get it to a sim or out on the course! 

You talked me into trying out the STR8 Ultralite so I just ordered a medium to test on my driver. Can't wait to give it a shot!

[ZackS]

1 hour ago, jbern said:

I was able to put one of the JumboMax STR8 Ultralite grips on the LTDx driver with air because I might shorten the driver. I set my air compressor to 60psi and the grip went on nicely! From the few swings I took in my family room it feels awesome. I’m excited to get it to a sim or out on the course! 

When I tested the tour blow on the grip with a few wraps of tape and it stayed fine. But I just got the Zen light grips in and the foam on the inside doesn’t has enough friction with masking tape it seems. I was able to twist it pretty easily with holding the head. Right now I am trying to decide if I am going to try and put a layer of cloth tape that will have better friction with the foam material or just break down and do a traditional install. 

[jbern]

1 hour ago, TSauer said:

You talked me into trying out the STR8 Ultralite so I just ordered a medium to test on my driver. Can't wait to give it a shot!

GR8 news!

Maybe I’ll start a jumbomax user group thread!

32 minutes ago, ZackS said:

When I tested the tour blow on the grip with a few wraps of tape and it stayed fine. But I just got the Zen light grips in and the foam on the inside doesn’t has enough friction with masking tape it seems. I was able to twist it pretty easily with holding the head. Right now I am trying to decide if I am going to try and put a layer of cloth tape that will have better friction with the foam material or just break down and do a traditional install. 

I didn’t have any issues with mine. I just went and tried to twist it as hard as I could and it didn’t move. 
I did read or watch a video where they recommended using a small amount of hairspray on the masking tape to get a better hold. Maybe give that a shot?

[jbern]

11 hours ago, BobBC78 said:

Putting - Did another PuttOUT "gauntlet" today, this time with my Seemore m5 HT. The results were pretty similar to yesterday with the Seemore FGP: 21 total putts (missed one left from 5') for a "make" rate of 95%.  The bottom line for me is that given what I'm working on in the full swing and chipping, it doesn't make sense to putt the time in on armlock putting to hone my speed control. For 2024, I'll go with a conventional putter, probably one of my Seemores.

I’ve been struggling with speed control outside of 20’ with my armlock. Inside 20’ it seems pretty good. Glad that your Seemore putters seem to be running nicely for you

[berkeleybob]

3 hours ago, jbern said:

GR8 news!

Maybe I’ll start a jumbomax user group thread!

If you do, I’d follow it. I’m curious about what your numbers (and @TSauer and others) are before/after switching. I’ve been experimenting between medium and standard grips at the top of my bag. And I’m not sure what to make of it.

[cnosil]

Practiced putting yesterday; did an old drill where I rolled balls into an empty ball sleeve.  
 

hit about a dozen  release 1 (Dan grieve terminology) chips today and it want pretty well; but I was a bit sore afterwards.  Hoping it is that I am still recovering and not that the surgery didn’t fix the problem.   My guess is that I am at about 70% in my recovery journey.  

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[BallsLeon]

@cnosil how far away are you rolling balls into a sleeve, that's impressive!

[BobBC78]

9 hours ago, jbern said:

Maybe I’ll start a jumbomax user group thread!

 

Sounds like a great idea!

[BobBC78]

8 hours ago, jbern said:

I’ve been struggling with speed control outside of 20’ with my armlock. Inside 20’ it seems pretty good. Glad that your Seemore putters seem to be running nicely for you

Unfortunately, I am struggling with speed control on all distances. In the "gauntlet" the number of putts it takes to get a "perfect" putt does not so much reflect accuracy as it does speed control. In the "gauntlet" I did using my AL putter, of the 63 total putts I took, 53 were in the 4' to 6' range, meaning that my speed control is poor outside of 4'....not a good prescription for putting success. As another datapoint, last week I tried the AL on our practice green at NKGC repeatedly coming up greater than 4' long or short on putts from 15' to 30'. 

I am moving to a single plane swing this season (doing Kirk Junge's Setup4Impact online) which is showing real promise for improving my long game (and short game for that matter), which means I don't have the time to put into armlock putting at this point. The accuracy is great, but not significantly better than my putting with a conventional putter using a left-hand low grip. 

[cnosil]

1 hour ago, BallsLeon said:

@cnosil how far away are you rolling balls into a sleeve, that's impressive!

It was about 6 feet.  Basically old school puttout trainer with a little more forgiveness than he perfect putt .    Helps you focus on hitting the ball where you aim since you use the same putt over and over.  

[Rob Person]

1 hour ago, cnosil said:

It was about 6 feet.  Basically old school puttout trainer with a little more forgiveness than he perfect putt .    Helps you focus on hitting the ball where you aim since you use the same putt over and over.  

We did this at work a few times with the LTs favorite coffee cup... until.... 

[jbern]

2 hours ago, BobBC78 said:

Sounds like a great idea!

 

9 hours ago, berkeleybob said:

If you do, I’d follow it. I’m curious about what your numbers (and @TSauer and others) are before/after switching. I’ve been experimenting between medium and standard grips at the top of my bag. And I’m not sure what to make of it.

@TSauer & @ZackS - I created the JumboMax Grips Users Group thread at the link below. I don't have actual data yet, but feel free to add your data, thoughts and opinions to the thread! 

 

[jbern]

1 hour ago, BobBC78 said:

Unfortunately, I am struggling with speed control on all distances. In the "gauntlet" the number of putts it takes to get a "perfect" putt does not so much reflect accuracy as it does speed control. In the "gauntlet" I did using my AL putter, of the 63 total putts I took, 53 were in the 4' to 6' range, meaning that my speed control is poor outside of 4'....not a good prescription for putting success. As another datapoint, last week I tried the AL on our practice green at NKGC repeatedly coming up greater than 4' long or short on putts from 15' to 30'. 

I am moving to a single plane swing this season (doing Kirk Junge's Setup4Impact online) which is showing real promise for improving my long game (and short game for that matter), which means I don't have the time to put into armlock putting at this point. The accuracy is great, but not significantly better than my putting with a conventional putter using a left-hand low grip. 

There is definitely a learning curve when it comes to the armlock putting method. Thankfully, it was pretty natural for me to switch over, with the exception of longer putts. That being said, I was never great at lag putting with a traditional putter either so it's something that I've been working on. I wish I had an area where I could hit 30-50' putts around the house, but I don't have a lag putting room in my house yet !

[stephenmatt]

Staying pretty consistent with my backswing work and working in some slight downswing work. My swing is in a really good spot so everything I am working on improving is really pretty minor.

[Willie T]

Day 55 (08 Mar 24) - Played a solo round today, course wasn’t too busy, so it was a good time to just play.  With all the rain we’ve had this week, the fairways were soft (1/3 of the holes were cart path only) and the greens super receptive and slower.  Stage set, so how did it go - bogie on one and I’m okay with that…then I hit a string of pars holes 2 thru 6 (3 GIR/2 putts, 3 up&down/1putt), then disaster on 7 - tee shot lost in trees/pond, 3rd off the tee, scramble 4 to 30yds out, heavy 54 wedge and a second 54 to about 20’ out and a two putt for the “snowman”.  From +1 to +5 in one hole.  Bogied 8 and parred 9.  Back nine was more typical with a series of pars and bogies to finish plus 4 on the back. Finished with a 82 - happy.  Now for the shameless plugs for the gear:  INDI wedges were 99% on - receptive greens, decent lies had a number of up and down wedges to less than 3’ from the hole - talk about instilling confidence; Edel SMS 7i - solid iron play, just a point and aim day; Millie, the Odyssey AI-One Milled putter - no 3 putts all day, long lags to no worse than 4’, total of 30 putts rolled…..it was a good day, that was close to cracking the 80 barrier.  

[BallsLeon]

Have had a week off practice, so spent time at the sim last night hitting with my alignment sticks. Giving myself a consistent setup, and focusing on a pre shot routine. Only hit the 52°, didn't hit a ton of balls just tried to give each shot the same attention.

Spent the rest of the time putting. Similar to my full swings, I’m working on a pre-putt routine and limiting my time over the ball before a putt. Feeling pretty confident on the PuttView green, and I need to bring that confidence to my rounds.

[RichL85]

Working on the driver right now. I've been struggling with the driver recently, mostly either pushing it to the right or big hooks. Found out my club path is around 8-10 degrees in to out with driver, which would explain a lot of that. Shorter clubs I'm somewhere between 1 degree in to out to maybe 0.5 degree out to in depending on the club and shot. So that is going to be my big thing to work on for awhile. 

[BobBC78]

Short game - Practiced chips and short pitches with my 52* gap wedge today. mostly worked on form and direction. 

[cksurfdude]

Had a bit of a disappointing (..I hate to admit...) practice yesterday. Just couldn't seem to get comfortable over the ball, and couldn't make decent contact .. with any club, at any speed... Hmmm.

Recognized, though, that I should also be practicing *positive* mental game techniques with every shot, and not beating myself up nor feeling stoopit about what happens with a shot - we're there to work on our technique!

..and, as always...

Work. In. Progress.

 

 

[Willie T]

Day 56 (09 Mar 24) - Another soggy, rainy day - did some mirror work, focused on setup and weight shift….

[Rob Person]

Today was supposed to be a demo day by Taylormade,  free 30 minutes, 2 club fitting event,  but due to the threat of severe thunderstorms they canceled last night and set off to their next destination. Rain and storms were from 1am but had stopped by 6 am. Bummer for me. But I showed up anyway to see if they might of changed their minds.  So I broke out the wedges and putter and practiced chips, bumps, and lofted shots from 30 yards and in for 30 minutes. Used the 8i and 60⁰. Then broke out the DB for 30' putts working on speed control and lagging. about 100 balls total there. Found that on downhill putts it's not essential for me to try to control distance, but to control speed to the drop down. Downhill were 3-6⁰ with r to l breaks. 

[BallsLeon]

Went to the sim to practice before playing today. Today’s practice consisted of wearing no gloves, and playing against past-ghost rounds of myself on a par 3 (twice) and a 9 hole: Loss - 1 stroke, Win - 5 strokes, and Win - 1 stroke. Did something things better than my past self today, but was mystified by some of my <30yd chips I was making a couple months ago. Definitely need to grind on short game practice. And regards to the no gloves… it stems from my belief that gloves are annoying, and less grip seems to help me slow down my hands (instead of racing across to hook the ball). Channeling my inner-Fred Couples .

Spent the rest of the time rolling random distance putts between 4-6ft, and it built a ton of confidence. Working on my mental game to commit to my current putt, instead of worrying about the miss and my next putt. Nothing feels better than dunking a putt with authority.

Edited March 10 by BallsLeon

[azstu324]

You'll never believe what I found today!!! Something that many have looked for but very few have actually witnessed. More elusive than the Sasquatch, unicorns, and leprechauns combined! I was even fortunate enough to have gotten a photo of this majestic creature...

 

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[GolfSpy_APH]

11 minutes ago, azstu324 said:

You'll never believe what I found today!!! Something that many have looked for but very few have actually witnessed. More elusive than the Sasquatch, unicorns, and leprechauns combined! I was even fortunate enough to have gotten a photo of this majestic creature...

 

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First comment I have read this morning and was the perfect way to start the day!

[ronnieg]

Practiced with the striker ball on the range to stay more connected before my round.  Also working on a deeper hip turn on the back swing. Issue with early extension/hump with my driver so main swing thought is turning through impact. Had a great day driving minus one really bad one.