What/How Did You Practice Today?

[Erin B]

1 hour ago, William P said:

Great round @Erin B! Do us all a favor and keep that wind up there in your hip pocket... 

you know what they say, Utah blows and Nebraska sucks, Wyoming is stuck in the middle.

[Rob Person]

24 minutes ago, Erin B said:

you know what they say, Utah blows and Nebraska sucks, Wyoming is stuck in the middle.

They said the same thing about Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia  too!   

[Bang60]

My practice recently is strength training and swinging my hybrid trying to facilitate a LATE release, listening to the Wishon utube videos and others that will help with more distance as I've always been a early release guy plus today I cut a baker's dozen branches and cut them to 2 feet lengths.... Lunch with a mate tomorrow 

[THE GOLF GUY]

8 hours ago, Rob Person said:

They said the same thing about Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia  too!   

[BigPee]

This seems to be an old topic, but, here are a couple of things I am practicing for the new season.

1. The "keep the head down thing" - it's really the shoulders right? Anyway, I have a mantra for this which is "keep your head behind the ball, and see the club head strike the ball"

2, My second major thing this year is to prevent coming over the top. What is working for me is something I saw on the web and is all about letting the hands fall at the start of the backswing as if you are trying to put them in your right hand side trouser pocket - if you are a righty obviously. 

Keep up the practice!

[Rob Person]

28 minutes ago, BigPee said:

This seems to be an old topic, but, here are a couple of things I am practicing for the new season.

1. The "keep the head down thing" - it's really the shoulders right? Anyway, I have a mantra for this which is "keep your head behind the ball, and see the club head strike the ball"

2, My second major thing this year is to prevent coming over the top. What is working for me is something I saw on the web and is all about letting the hands fall at the start of the backswing as if you are trying to put them in your right hand side trouser pocket - if you are a righty obviously. 

Keep up the practice!

Welcome to the site !! 

[Cwharris]

Range, chipping, and putting routine. About three times a week after dropping the kiddos off at school, I get in around 1-1:15hr before work. Yes, owning your own business has perks...9:30 start time. Start with the Range session, which is mainly wedges and then work my way up to driver. Finally play three to four "holes" and then head to the chipping green. For chipping, I hit 10 shots with 4-5 different clubs to try and make sure I'm working on different types of chips. Then I head over to the putting green to do around 9-18 "holes with each one being a par 2. Goal is not to three putt. Also helps to live where there are 4 different courses within a 3mile radius of us. 

*This routine has helped me a TON in the past few weeks on the course. Pars and birdies seem much more attainable when I have confidence in all parts of my game. 

[BLD7]

Ladder drill putting practice for me. Hoping to out to the course this week! 

[bens197]

Took my daughter to the range today for some work on the ping s159 test. Here’s my two favorite photos from today. I’ll let you guys guess which is my favorite

 

[cksurfdude]

On 4/3/2024 at 9:15 PM, Erin B said:

Learned that in the face of wind, get it in play.

There's an old saying .. "swing easy when it's breezy" 

14 minutes ago, bens197 said:

I’ll let you guys guess which is my favorite

That is fantastic daddy-daughter time there!!!

...

OK so did actually get some range time today (chilly, breezy and wasn't feeling 100% but hey a golf dude's gotta do what a golf dude's gotta do ) .. focusing on irons - which have not been good so far this season, and wedges - which are pretty good on the range and then pretty lousy out on the course...

Irons focus was trying to release my hands/wrists more fully into/through impact. I've been a "hitter" of the ball with the irons and trying to migrate that to more of a real swing movement through the ball. Still all over the place...

Wedges focus PW, 54 and 60 .. was all on trajectory and distance control. Saw some good stuff here.

And a short putting session working mostly on lags / distance control.

But .. as always .. total work in progress!!

[THE GOLF GUY]

29 minutes ago, bens197 said:

Took my daughter to the range today for some work on the ping s159 test. Here’s my two favorite photos from today. I’ll let you guys guess which is my favorite

 

Yeah I have two daughters 36 & 28 and I remember those days well . Cherish them my friend because you will turn around one day and she ll be coming down the aisle

Edited April 6 by THE GOLF GUY

[Willie T]

Day 84 (06 Apr 24) - day full of other stuff (band rehearsal this morning, a couple of quick chores at church, furniture shopping with the missus)….managed to get in some Divot Board work with 7i, hard foam balls.  Really like the visual the DB gives and correlating resulting ball flight. A good late afternoon half hour session.  

[bens197]

17 minutes ago, THE GOLF GUY said:

Yeah I have two daughters 36 & 28 and I remember those days well . Cherish them my friend because you will turn around one day and she ll be coming down the aisle

Truer words never spoken. These days are magic and she has no idea that I’m having more fun watching than she is making good swings. 

[Dweed]

Nothing fancy. Just hitting balls into the net in the barn to keep loose. Was going to play Monday but figured it would be too dark during my normal playing times. I'll sneak out to the range instead.

[GolfSpy MPR]

After an uncharacteristic patch of warm weather up here, winter came back from the last few weeks. So today, with the temperature up near 50°, I took the opportunity to get into the garage to get in a bunch of practice.

I started like I normally do: setting up SkyTrak+ with random yardages, 25-100 yards. It's my favorite warmup, and keeps my wedge game as the best part of my game. Eventually, my 6-year old daughter joined me, and she's really developing a nice swing:

After she got in some swings, Kirke joined me for nine holes of a pitch and putt course. I finished the back nine (after he went to play basketball) on a tear, shooting nine under for nine holes (auto-putting, which obviously makes a huge difference).

I then did my Stack session for the day, which ended up being pretty meh. Just wasn't feeling it; dropped from a Stack speed of 110 and 108 in the past two sessions to 103. Probably should have called it at that point, but decided to try some driver (no ball) swings to see if I could find some speed. I did: this is Mevo+ recording my fastest ever swing with a driver:

The key feel I ended up finding: getting my hands much, much higher in the backswing.

Wrapped up my practice hitting some balls on the Mevo+, wanting to see if that backswing would translate to a normal golf swing. Took a few attempts to get everything together, but then hit one of the sweetest SW shots I've ever hit:

The forecast around here is looking promising: highs around 50° for the foreseeable future. Really looking forward to getting in a bunch of practice the next few weeks before opening day up here.

[Rob Person]

45 minutes ago, Willie T said:

Day 84 (06 Apr 24) - day full of other stuff (band rehearsal this morning, a couple of quick chores at church, furniture shopping with the missus)….managed to get in some Divot Board work with 7i, hard foam balls.  Really like the visual the DB gives and correlating resulting ball flight. A good late afternoon half hour session.  

I've always been curious about that.  Does Not being able to sweep under the ball cause you to clean pick more on the course? 

[Willie T]

28 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

I've always been curious about that.  Does Not being able to sweep under the ball cause you to clean pick more on the course? 

I find that it promotes ball first focus - just like the video…the way the “fish scales” work, is they go to the white side (replicating the divot pattern) where the club makes contact.  Here’s a quick YouTube video that demos how it works…

 

 

 

[sirchunksalot]

47 minutes ago, GolfSpy MPR said:

After an uncharacteristic patch of warm weather up here, winter came back from the last few weeks. So today, with the temperature up near 50°, I took the opportunity to get into the garage to get in a bunch of practice.

I started like I normally do: setting up SkyTrak+ with random yardages, 25-100 yards. It's my favorite warmup, and keeps my wedge game as the best part of my game. Eventually, my 6-year old daughter joined me, and she's really developing a nice swing:

After she got in some swings, Kirke joined me for nine holes of a pitch and putt course. I finished the back nine (after he went to play basketball) on a tear, shooting nine under for nine holes (auto-putting, which obviously makes a huge difference).

I then did my Stack session for the day, which ended up being pretty meh. Just wasn't feeling it; dropped from a Stack speed of 110 and 108 in the past two sessions to 103. Probably should have called it at that point, but decided to try some driver (no ball) swings to see if I could find some speed. I did: this is Mevo+ recording my fastest ever swing with a driver:

The key feel I ended up finding: getting my hands much, much higher in the backswing.

Wrapped up my practice hitting some balls on the Mevo+, wanting to see if that backswing would translate to a normal golf swing. Took a few attempts to get everything together, but then hit one of the sweetest SW shots I've ever hit:

The forecast around here is looking promising: highs around 50° for the foreseeable future. Really looking forward to getting in a bunch of practice the next few weeks before opening day up here.

I'm glad to see she's taking up the game, Michael! Her swing is looking good. 

[kcmarkham816]

Planning on hitting some wedges this evening in the garage, depending how I feel I may play 9 or 18 to get in some full club swing repetition!!!

[rkj427]

Sunny and mid 50's so about 4:00PM i took SWMBO to a range not too far from the house for a day outing.

She decided to take a PW and 7 iron from her set, as she hasn't played but once in the last 10 years but thought she may try again as we should be having more time to do whatever we want to do shortly.

She did OK, like any new or beginner should expect, and was able to hit balls about the distance to be expected for her age and current abilities.

I started hitting PW at half speed, slow tempo to work on proper weight shift and get in some 1/2 shot practice.

Worked on slow tempo and only hit my 7 iron and ended up hitting my 4 iron off the grass before moving to the area for longer clubs. Hit most iron shots quite well, so not a lost cause.

There I practiced with the hybrids I am trying to fit into the bag, and it seems like a 21-degree hybrid will fill a gap much better than the 18-degree hybrid.

Hit (2) drives, both center of the face, but also a little high on the face due to the rubber tee height, but straight as an arrow and more than adequate distance.

Took my black MGS Katana Ghost Bag, and although I had more than (14) clubs in it, no issues. Will use this bag specifically for range sessions, uncertain if I would want to try and rearrange the clubs for a cart? 

Afternoon tee time tomorrow and hoping to play with at least (1) of the group that usually played together the last few years.

Course at this time has online only reservations, and payment, and I spoke to the others about this, and they were going to take the wait and see attitude if they could just go and pay to play.

 

 

[TJ Hall]

3 hours ago, bens197 said:

Took my daughter to the range today for some work on the ping s159 test. Here’s my two favorite photos from today. I’ll let you guys guess which is my favorite

 

Awesome, love the photo!

[gavinski91]

Had a really good range session this afternoon working on mid and long irons. Focus was on feeling shallowing out the club in transition, and really happy with the results. Was seeing 185 carry numbers consistently with the 6 iron, 205 with the 4 iron, and 220 with the 3 iron. 

P1 - happy with what I’m seeing here, just need to be aware that I struggle with consistently standing the correct distance from the ball on the course. 

P2 - good takeaway, I don’t usually have issues being inside here. 

P3 - looking and feeling pretty planted. 

P4 - happy to see that I’m pretty close to being right on the line. 

P5 - this is my favorite shot of them all. My biggest swing flaw when my game is off is coming way over the top, so for me this is a pretty much perfect P5. 

P6 - can tell that I’m coming out-to-in, but I’m ok with that as I like playing a fade. 

P7 - could maybe get a bit more hip turn here, but overall ok. 

P8 - happy with the forearm roll here. 

P9 - a little bit of a chicken wing here, something to work on next time. 

P10 - arguably the most important of all (at least if you want to look good!)

[stcymbol]

Finally getting the 30-60 yard pitch shot down after a few lessons from my winter neighbor in Florida, Ed Wolfarth. I found in my first 10 rounds this year, it was costing me 5-6  strokes per round not having that shot to rely on. After the lessons and some practice time on very tight grass, I’m starting to get a better feel for a proper pitch. My 5 rounds since have been better, but it’s still a work very much in progress. Hopefully by late spring up north I’ll really see results since the lies are not nearly as tight. 

[Rob Person]

1 hour ago, gavinski91 said:

Had a really good range session this afternoon working on mid and long irons. Focus was on feeling shallowing out the club in transition, and really happy with the results. Was seeing 185 carry numbers consistently with the 6 iron, 205 with the 4 iron, and 220 with the 3 iron. 

P1 - happy with what I’m seeing here, just need to be aware that I struggle with consistently standing the correct distance from the ball on the course. 

P2 - good takeaway, I don’t usually have issues being inside here. 

P3 - looking and feeling pretty planted. 

P4 - happy to see that I’m pretty close to being right on the line. 

P5 - this is my favorite shot of them all. My biggest swing flaw when my game is off is coming way over the top, so for me this is a pretty much perfect P5. 

P6 - can tell that I’m coming out-to-in, but I’m ok with that as I like playing a fade. 

P7 - could maybe get a bit more hip turn here, but overall ok. 

P8 - happy with the forearm roll here. 

P9 - a little bit of a chicken wing here, something to work on next time. 

P10 - arguably the most important of all (at least if you want to look good!)

Great swing visualization.  Any tips to getting to the p3 and p4 position you posted? 

[gavinski91]

38 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

Great swing visualization.  Any tips to getting to the p3 and p4 position you posted? 

I’ll often force myself into that P3 position and hold it as part of my warmup with a wedge. Focus on getting width in my takeaway (putting a ball behind your clubhead and pushing it straight back is a good drill for that) and then pause for a second or more at that position (sometimes even look back at the club to double check) and then swing straight down, really focusing on making sure I’m shallowing the club head and getting a full hip turn.
Once I’ve done that a couple of times I’ll then go back to that position, but then keep my hips there and turn my shoulders further to feel the muscle tension in my back. I’ll bounce back and forth between those two positions as a dynamic stretch and after three or four bounces then pull into a slightly harder partial swing than what I did before, and repeat that process a few times as well. 
That basically rebuilds the muscle memory for me so I can extend it to a full swing. 
 

[RickyBobby_PR]

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P2 - good takeaway, I don’t usually have issues being inside here. 

Arms are disconnected from the swing and no wrist set. Club should be inline with your feet. You straightened your right leg and are now going to restrict hip turn 

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P3 - looking and feeling pretty planted. 

 

Draw a line from The butt if you club on the same plane as you club. It should be pointed at the ball or not more than 6” inside it. Your appears to be outside the ball

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P4 - happy to see that I’m pretty close to being right on the line. 

Your lack of wrist set at p2 has you late setting an getting the club too long. It’s hidden behind you arms. It should be between 10 and parallel to the ground

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P5 - this is my favorite shot of them all. My biggest swing flaw when my game is off is coming way over the top, so for me this is a pretty much perfect P5. 

You are layed off here and as you see in the next shot your shaft gets steep. These are results of your incorrect wrist movements.

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P6 - can tell that I’m coming out-to-in, but I’m ok with that as I like playing a fade.

This isn’t p6. P6 is shaft parallel to the ground just before impact.

you are very steep here. A fade can be played with an in to out path. 
 

we also see your right leg moving toward the target, heel coming up and getting you stuck. 
 

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P7 - could maybe get a bit more hip turn here, but overall ok. 

You cat rotate the hips or get open because your arms and hands are late and have to catch up, so you have to stall and manipulate the club with throwing the hands at the ball. If you actually got open you would hit the ball worse.

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P8 - happy with the forearm roll here. 

At this point you should be arms in front and extended almost like a y. This roll is to help square the face because of what you did in the rest of the swing 

look at the protocols and see what a finish should look like.

the arm structure one shows it the first time Martin hits a ball.

even without the planemate of you just followed the protocols you would clean up a lot in your swing.

 

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P9 - a little bit of a chicken wing here, something to work on next time.

No choice but for this to happen because of the previous issues and because of your rolling the arms 

9 hours ago, gavinski91 said:

P10 - arguably the most important of all (at least if you want to look good!)

It’s a false finish.

 

[BallsLeon]

Back to the sim last night. Warmed up with 60° again moving chips to pitches, and finally full shots on course practice. Feel like I have lots of options available to me depending on lie/distance, but need more reps on turf.

Hit some driver, which is going pretty well for me and becoming less of a liability.
Then putted for about an hour. New personal best on the ascending speed drill with 16 putts across the green. Wasn’t sinking putts as much as I’d like, but was burning edges of the cup for short comebacks. Will have to ease off the gas next time.

[Norm49]

Unfortunately the wind was unbearable yesterday so I couldn't go to the range.  However,  I used the perfect practice putting mat at hone.  Today is a travel day for me so I might be able to putt when I get home tonight.  Here's to hoping. 

[BobBC78]

Practiced hitting short chip and pitch shots with my 50* wedge to different targets in the yard. I'm hoping to play on Tuesday!

[Prodigal Duffer]

Yesterday, I played nine holes. Took three penalty strokes, carded a 45. Given how crappy I’ve hit my irons over the last few months, the major positive is that I generally hit the ball a lot better. One of my penalty strokes, I hit the ball a little low on the grooves, but the line was good. Flew the green, ended up in the water. Other two were just flat out bonehead swings.

Coach assigned me work on the takeaway and to feel like I’m swinging right. I have been doing that. Today, I focused on feeling like my left shoulder is pointing down at the ball and that it is “stationary” as I swing right. Or, as normal people might call it, maintaining spine angle. Saw a massive improvement in ball strike quality and, generally, direction. I did pull a few to the left; think on those I started my transition a hair early.

Also, for the Forum Test of the Edel Array putter, I’ve been doing accuracy tests on my Birdie Ball indoor green. I hit ten putts at gates that are 3, 5, and 9 feet away with my gamer and the Array. Today, I put up my best numbers with both. Putting stroke is feeling a lot better.