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I had the recent honour of attending a clinic with Michael Bannon (McIlroy's Coach). When asked about the chipping drills he uses, he said he will throw three balls to a location around the green and will get Rory to chip them. When he has done those three, he will throw another three to a different location and get him to chip those.
The catch - he needs to hole 10 of them before they finish. This gives a huge range of different shots and lies from all around the green, with a massive focus on holing out in order to avoid being there too long.
Anyone care to try this one and tell us how long it takes you
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I had the recent honour of attending a clinic with Michael Bannon (McIlroy's Coach). When asked about the chipping drills he uses, he said he will throw three balls to a location around the green and will get Rory to chip them. When he has done those three, he will throw another three to a different location and get him to chip those.
The catch - he needs to hole 10 of them before they finish. This gives a huge range of different shots and lies from all around the green, with a massive focus on holing out in order to avoid being there too long.
Anyone care to try this one and tell us how long it takes you
I usually practice chipping, bunkers and pitching until I hole 1 ball!
Sometimes it can be a loooong night...
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Ilik Urgee wrote: »Tried that par 27 there today,could only manage a measly 30...
Great tip and will be using it again.
Its tough enough when you get down to actually do it, you always seem to make a balls of a 3 footer out of nowhere and then the 35 footers can really be 3 putt territory.
I did it the other night and also had a 30...popular score
In other news I've played a few rounds now where I try to get up and down from a bunker on each hole...its amazing how much better you get at bunkers when you are in them a lot!0 -
Its tough enough when you get down to actually do it, you always seem to make a balls of a 3 footer out of nowhere and then the 35 footers can really be 3 putt territory.
I did it the other night and also had a 30...popular score
In other news I've played a few rounds now where I try to get up and down from a bunker on each hole...its amazing how much better you get at bunkers when you are in them a lot!
My trouble was holing 3 of the 8 footers. Scoring no 1-putts on the first three I proceeded to try and ram home the last 3 in search of a successful putt only to leave 3 footers from the far side:pac:
Had no bother lagging the 35 footers which I was surprised at, I would've fancied they'd be my poorest putt beforehand.
On the bunkers,definitely pays to test the SW and get to feel the bounce of the club at work.
I spent an hour in a bunker last Tuesday. It eventually came out;)0 -
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Ilik Urgee wrote: »Booo!!!:D
Did it wrong so. That's where the proverbial hits the fan I'd imagine!
Yeah, its a lot more realistic to do it the "proper" way as putting the same distance over the same line more than a couple of times gets "easy".0 -
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ajcurry123 wrote: »I'd say the 35 footer on the 6th hole could be a shorter one than on the 1st...
Tees in the ground before the routine:cool:
One I use if I make the practice green before a round is drop 3 balls in the middle and try get them as near to the fringe as possible. No direction,just speed.0 -
Not really a drill but what I do anywhere I had trouble on the course over the weekend I practice from the spot, it could be chipping or uneven lies mid irons or tricky putts. All part of getting good memories of good shots should you end up in and around the same area again.
Another not really a drill or game but before ever practice round I play 100 chips and 100 putts only takes about 30 mins0 -
Tried a new putting drill last night:
Par 27:
You take a putt from 3 feet, one from 8 feet and then 1 from 35 feet.
And then repeat 6 times, using a different hole/line each time.
Par for the drill is 27 (cool name huh?)
so you are expected to hit all the 3 footers in 1, half the 8 footers in 1 and all the footers in 2.
I had a 29 first time out, so will be interesting to track it over the year.
Great drill, good variety and simulates likely putting conditions on the course while adding an element of pressure. Gave it a go this evening and got a fluky 27 having sunk two of the 35 footers but also 3 putted another. Doesn't take a long as I was expecting so might try and build it into a pre game routine rather than hitting puts all of similar length.levitronix wrote: »Not really a drill but what I do anywhere I had trouble on the course over the weekend I practice from the spot, it could be chipping or uneven lies mid irons or tricky putts. All part of getting good memories of good shots should you end up in and around the same area again.
That reminds me of some interview with Vijay Singh years ago after he knocked himself out of contention duffing a difficult lie into a hazard. When questioned how he felt about the shot days later he responded very positively saying he had since hit something like 100 balls from the same spot so it was no longer playing on his conscience.0 -
Played 6 holes the other evening and playing these two challenges in the round.Played two 6 hole challenges with the Senior Cup team last night and this morning. Both good practice ideas I reckon.
1st is where you try to score points:
2 for a par
3 birdie
4 eagle
-3 double bogey or worse
you also play 1 shot from a greenside bunker and try to get up and down, +2 if you do.
I managed 7 points (including 1 double that was par 4 straight into the wind) so was pretty happy, I also had a birdie which helped
The winner had 16 :eek:
2nd one was where you play 6 holes dropping a ball between 50m and 70m from the pin and keep track of your score, I managed 21 shots, with a poxy 5 because of a 4 putt. It really is amazing the shots we drop from these distances.I read something similar somewhere recently.
Play a hole and drop two balls around PW distance and in.
Par of the hole is 5 so up and down with one and up and two downs (:D) with the other = Par.
Play 18 like this and you are playing all your golf in the scoring zone and see what your score is like to Par by the end.
Useful I reckon when practicing alone as there is no temptation to hit 5 drives off each tee to try and find that perfect swing
For Greebo's Challenge it went really really well, 5 pars out of the 6 holes and an up and down out of the bunker. finished with 12 points. Really makes you think, 'hit it in the middle of the fairway. okay, now try and hit the middle of the green. Get down in 2.' Simples
For AlxMorgan's Challenge, I brought it to about 50-70 yards from the green because thats where I have difficulty getting it in close enough to always make the up and down, as opposed to PW distance where for some reason I do quite well at getting close to where I want to be.
For 6 holes it was par 30 and i finished with a 33. Too many times I'd be getting it onto the green, but I'd be 20-30 feet away and holing the putt just wasn't too much of an option. Only 1 of the holes ( the 2nd ) did i hit both shots into 4 and 6 feet and got both putts. Most of the the time after that, it was on and 2 putts.
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Rickylovesuall wrote: »For Greebo's Challenge it went really really well, 5 pars out of the 6 holes and an up and down out of the bunker. finished with 12 points. Really makes you think, 'hit it in the middle of the fairway. okay, now try and hit the middle of the green. Get down in 2.' Simples
An interesting varient is to play a match using these scoring rules...I've done it a few times and its amazing how quickly it can turn, even over 6/9 holes.
I was 11 points down and got a half on the last the other day...I got a birdie when my partner got a double, huge momentum swing!
The match helps to keep it interesting but the scoring system also allows you to track your singles score over time.0 -
Just spotted this on the dan plan comments to a blog entry:More related to the short game is also playing on the course avoiding on purpose to hit to the greens. Again also a strategic exercise because it forces you to think a lot on the best area to miss the green and how to get the easisest up&down chance.then you can count how many up&down you can make.
Btw it is an excellent way to play conservative and to play a bogey or par round that can end with surprisingly low results because it tends to remove all the high numbers from the scorecard!
Interesting idea. Play to miss greens but miss them in the best place. Really gets you thinking. And I bet a lot of people when they start to think about where best to miss various greens around their own course will be surprised at how it changes their opinion on what shot to hit playing a normal round
To be fair I look like I play this game most of the time if you see my GIR 0 -
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A drill I used last year to change my swing ( and it was dramatic) was taking two of the big driving range rubber tees. Place one behind the ball and one infront. And then move them to promote the swing plane you want to be on.
So I went into the range with a fade, and wanted to change to a draw. I'd set the tees behind and in front of the ball like so
_ BALL *
If that makes sense. So as to promote my clubhead to go from bottom right to top left, and get that feel. I started with two small peg baskets actually, and then got down to the tees making the gaps smaller and smaller. Since last summer I'm hitting a draw on my irons, woods and drivers. My ball striking it much better and I've gotten more distance and more control.
And of course if needs be, I can revert and hit a fade
Another mental drill I have, mentioned by someone here, is to break the round up into 3 hole comps. So after 3 holes I mark a score in my head, and then move on as if its a new comp. Its a weird little mental thing, but it stopped me thinking too far ahead into the round, and worrying about what came before.0 -
Just spotted this on the dan plan comments to a blog entry:
Interesting idea. Play to miss greens but miss them in the best place. Really gets you thinking. And I bet a lot of people when they start to think about where best to miss various greens around their own course will be surprised at how it changes their opinion on what shot to hit playing a normal round
To be fair I look like I play this game most of the time if you see my GIR
Great drill.
(though I reckon id start hitting greens if I was trying to avoid them on purpose!)
A similar one is to look at the best place to be putting from on the green (the low point) and make sure that any miss ends up there.0 -
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Par 18.
Have 9 chips from around a green. 3 easy 3 middling and 3 hard finish out all balls the par is 18 so keep a record and try and improve every time you try it. Good for chipping and putting.
Mike
Just tried this tonight. +2 for 9 holes and the two putts i missed i have no idea how they stayed out
Great practice and even more fun now that my putter is working again 0 -
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