What/How Did You Practice Today?

[GB13]

5 hours ago, Mizuno_fan said:

Reading many of these practice rounds of all of you I can’t help, but notice a lot of people just practice by hitting so many balls with all their clubs. Which if you ask me is a great way to practice feel, distance, and overall outcome.

Does anyone practice while under pressure? I.E. I will take a 5i and have to hit (in order) 3 draws within 10’ of 200 marker followed by 3 fades within 10’ of same marker. If at any point I miss I have to go back to the beginning. Even if I managed to hit all 3 draws and I missed a fade I still have to go back and repeat the draws. With my local ranges it’s easy to split the fairway into 1/2 or 1/4 the size. I must keep all balls inside this line so that only allows for a 3’-5’ draw/fade I have noticed this has greatly improved my accuracy, but it also is a huuuge help during high pressure situations in tournaments or matches.
Putting(my absolute favorite) I used to take x amount of putts from 3’-12’ then I’d call it a day. Now that has changed significantly. Start off by making a line on the ball and making sure I’m rolling that putt end over end so that line doesn’t wiggle. While I’m doing this there is no target no speed just ensuring my stroke is correct. Then I go straight to 4’ and make 12 in a row. If I miss at 11. Starting all over. After I go to 12’ and must make 12 in a row again. And finish with 12 from 7’
Chipping I am a huge fan of the bump and run personally with an 8i so I pick a 1’ circle that I aim to (not as a finish, but as the initial landing zone) I have to hit 12 in a row to hat spot and I do not make much concern for where they finish. That is next. So now that I have my 1’ circle it’s now time for me to hit the hula hoop circle that is by the hole. The trick here is now I have to hit 12 shots in a row that hit the 1’ circle then must come to a stop within the hula hoop.
I also practice wedge shots now this varies from course to course, however I try to do this with tough thin lies or deep rough lies. 12 on a row are played inside the hula hoop.
Hope this helps and sorry there is so much to read here.


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I really like this idea. It does add some pressure situations to your practice as opposed to just aimlessly hitting shots. I'm not quite as good a player as you, so I might have to change this a little, but it is a great start. 

[PING Apologist #9]

Moved my bag from one spot to another in the garage in order to get to other stuff...ahhhhh, winter is Hell...

[revkev]

Hitting chunks - I got worse as the session went on though and didn’t hit a single one towards the end.

I did find this gem in my bucket.



Brought back lots of fond memories.


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[GolfSpy MPR]

On 12/5/2018 at 3:41 PM, PING Apologist #9 said:

Moved my bag from one spot to another in the garage in order to get to other stuff...ahhhhh, winter is Hell...

I hate to be theologically pedantic (ah, who am I kidding? I love being theologically pedantic), but winter and hell are actually quite opposite each other.

[cnosil]

Hitting chunks - I got worse as the session went on though and didn’t hit a single one towards the end.

I did find this gem in my bucket.



Brought back lots of fond memories.

I probably have a few balata balls in a shag bag that I have stashed away. Amazing how different they are than today’s balls....no more on the covers

[PING Apologist #9]

1 hour ago, mpatrickriley said:

I hate to be theologically pedantic (ah, who am I kidding? I love being theologically pedantic), but winter and hell are actually quite opposite each other.

Heh, sorry Reverend... Winter STINKS! (for golf that is...)

[GB13]

5 minutes ago, PING Apologist #9 said:

Heh, sorry Reverend... Winter STINKS! (for golf that is...)

Not to be pedantic, but technically winter doesn't smell much different than summer.

Sorry... I had to. 

[PING Apologist #9]

1 minute ago, GB13 said:

Not to be pedantic, but technically winter doesn't smell much different than summer.

Sorry... I had to. 

Oh bother...you guys are KILLING me..! 

[Wedgie]

Not to be pedantic, but technically winter doesn't smell much different than summer.
Sorry... I had to. 

As a 15 year old using the word “pedantic” you have restored my faith in the American educational system. Now can you tell me what it means?


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[GB13]

27 minutes ago, Wedgie said:

 

As a 15 year old using the word “pedantic” you have restored my faith in the American educational system. Now can you tell me what it means?


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Haha! Just for the record, I'm homeschooled... we'll revoke that faith now...  

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[revkev]

Spectacular day - still fighting a head cold or I would have played but did take it to the range. Hit it beautifully too


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[PMookie]

I FINALLY got a chance to swing a golf club, and I had to come to Houston for work to be able to do it! We have had so much rain that our ranges haven’t been open for almost a month.

I bought a large bucket of about 80-100 balls. I was only allowed to hit off the mats, but the mats were pretty good. I started just hitting my 50* wedge, 1/2-3/4 shots to warm-up and work on getting the knuckles on my left hand to work down toward the mat at impact. I’d swing a bit, then grab my impact snap to solidify the feeling.

It then moved to full swings with the 50*, then the 8 iron, then driver, then 6 iron, and finally the 58*. The whole time I was working on what Mike Bender teaches on his Instagram account. I’ll tell you what... I haven’t flushed this many balls in a LONG time!!! Even the 6 iron! The ones I hit well had “that” sound the i210 makes when dead center is struck. So nice!
I was astonished at my accuracy. Looks like I’ll keep working on the Bender method!!! I’m stoked after leaving the range tonight!!!


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[null]

Been working on takeaway, backswing and downswing in slow motion. Really on working on my wrist angles and engraining some new muscle memory before my winter lesson program kicks off in the new year

[Sluggo42]

For me it’s little things that seen HUGE to me, but my buddies can’t tell.

but, I’ve been trying to keep my face closed on the backswing.  It sure why, but I make great contact with my little baby draw, and good distance. It’s weird right?

[Peaksy68]

Took the new Ping G400 SFT out on course for a quick run at a very poor quality local muni while my daughter was doing some fitness work next door. Only got to hit it on 3 holes as it's not at all a driver friendly course.  

First 2 were misses straight left as I was still allowing for some fade, when I aimed up the middle , that's where they went. 

Worked on better posture throughout the bag, and getting shoulders square to target. It's starting to feel more normal, and ball flight is certainly straighter.

[tony@CIC]

39* and cloudy but not windy - so I got to go to the Range today. After hitting about 100 balls between my 7i, 9i and driver looks like I've got some more work to do to move forward on my 2019 objectives. At least the chipping I'm doing in my back yard is working. 

[revkev]

Chipped and putted for half an hour after church on Sunday. Chipped in two in a row at one point - that doesn’t happen often. :)

I’m playing Friday with Sportsman - it will have been three weeks since my last round. Better bring a fresh dozen for that round at Bayou.


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[revkev]

Hit full shots for the first time in two weeks for about an hour an the range. It went great and was fun. Beautiful afternoon, breezy and 75 degrees.




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[PMookie]

After my 9 holes I did some chipping with my PW, and then did some putting drills. I really need to get these two aspects better as it’s where I lose strokes.


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[pulledabill]

Played 11 holes Christmas day between functions. Great weather and the new divot tool worked flawlessly!

[Headhammer]

It was supposed to be in the 60's here yesterday so I went over to the practice area and chipped and putted. First time I had held a club in about a month. Chipping was surprisingly good. Putting from inside 5' was deadly accurate, I couldn't make a thing from outside that range. It probably was about 50 with wind chill and I was freezing. The older I get the less tolerant of cold I get.  

[revkev]

It was supposed to be in the 60's here yesterday so I went over to the practice area and chipped and putted. First time I had held a club in about a month. Chipping was surprisingly good. Putting from inside 5' was deadly accurate, I couldn't make a thing from outside that range. It probably was about 50 with wind chill and I was freezing. The older I get the less tolerant of cold I get.  

That’s why God gave us places like Florida and Arizona. :)


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[Kenny B]

2 hours ago, revkev said:

That’s why God gave us places like Florida and Arizona.
 

 

So, why was it warmer at home here in the Pacific Northwest than it was when we were in Florida 3 years ago in January?  

Off to AZ in 3 weeks!!!

[revkev]

So, why was it warmer at home here in the Pacific Northwest than it was when we were in Florida 3 years ago in January?  
Off to AZ in 3 weeks!!!

You picked the wrong week - I’ve been in Scottsdale in January when there was freezing rain and sleet - that never happens here - ever - it was in the 50’s when you were here. It was 80 today.

So I could say who would want to ever go to Arizona in the winter but I’ve been there enough times to know that it’s often quite nice. I just had one bad experience


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[Kenny B]

1 hour ago, revkev said:

You picked the wrong week - I’ve been in Scottsdale in January when there was freezing rain and sleet - that never happens here - ever - it was in the 50’s when you were here. It was 80 today.

So I could say who would want to ever go to Arizona in the winter but I’ve been there enough times to know that it’s often quite nice. I just had one bad experience
 

 

 

Yes, it was in the 50's and rained most of the two weeks I was there.  BTW, it was on the 60's here at home that week.

I picked the wrong week twice!  I was also in Orlando in January 2007, and it was cold then too.  Good thing I had warm clothes with me, as I was going to Columbus OH after Orlando, and it was below zero there!!

At least in AZ it's dry... most of the time.

[cksurfdude]

On 11/27/2018 at 6:59 PM, Kenny B said:

I didn't play well on Sunday; poor chipping and putting.  Yesterday I walked with guys at the club and played better; +2 on the front, then quit after #11 when it started raining.  Rained most of the night, but quit about sunup.  The course was wet, so today I decided to spend a couple of hours practicing.

After a short warmup on the range and hitting a few drivers, I went to the pitching area.  That was the worst part of my game this weekend. My tendency is to pull my shots left.  I know they are range balls, but I'm not working on how the ball reacts on the green.  I'm working on how straight to the target I can hit the ball. I hit a bucket of balls from 40 yards; OK but not great, so I picked them up and did it again.  I focused on making more of a turn on my backswing; better... here's the result.  Still have a way to go, but at least they aren't all to the left!!   FYI, I was aiming for the back pin.

Ok not too bad - you can easily 3-putt most of those....

[Kenny B]

2 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Ok not too bad - you can easily 3-putt most of those....

I don't 3-putt.......... much.   

[cksurfdude]

On 12/5/2018 at 4:47 AM, Mizuno_fan said:

When I’m practicing lag putting I like to be inside of 3 feet. I actually take a hula hoop with me and place it over the hole so the cup is centered. Then I take a piece of thread (usually green) around the inside of the hula hoop then remove hula hoop.
While I’m practicing my “lag putts” I cannot see the thread this forces me to still attempt to make these lag putts. A lot of people focus so hard on the lag they quit worrying about trying to make it, but at the end of the day a great lag is still a 2 putt. In order for me to move on to next rarer I need to make 12 in a row inside the thread. It’s nerve racking especially when you get to the 10th putt.
I’ll explain more of this in my actual post here if you’re interested.


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You can put little "legs" on your hula hoop with carriage bolts or something similar - just tall enough for the ball to roll under! - then just place your "circle target" wherever you want it and putt away.

[cnosil]

Should have gone to the course to play today,  but since I played yesterday I decided to hang out at home.   While watching some football I worked on putting.  Goals were: rolling the ball end over end, startline within 1* of error, and not taking my putter outside of the line on the way back for various length strokes.   

Here is my practice station:

 

[dpgolf36]

I received the MaxFli dual practice chipping net for Christmas so I decided to open it up and use it indoors in the hallway to work on my chipping.  This Illinois weather has me blue so I had to get my fix in somehow.  I have a perfect hallway for it so why not.  I was surprised when the boss came home and saw myself and the 3 year old chipping balls in the house nothing was said other than awe are you golfing with daddy......