Quick background about a 10ish handicap in a season state - Michigan - weekend warrior full time job but still get my time to practice during the week.

My question is do you change these goals say quarterly or progressively - like it’s 30 degrees and the closest indoor range is 30/35 minutes away. I have a net for the garage but do you feel it’s beneficial to set up say winter goals. Such as 3 days swing training, 300 putts a week, etc. then take those goals into the season. Hardest part for me is trying to regain the lost feeling from the winter and get back to my game as quick as I can and then try and advance on that to improve.

Hello David. I’m also in Michigan. I’m right around the same handicap. What I’ve been doing is some strength training, swinging my orange whip trainer, putt on my perfect practice mat about 50 putts a day. I also try to go to the range or sim once a week.

Winter in Michigan sucks. Try to make the best of it.

Especially with this weather we are going through right now.

I am trying but my motivation level is low right now when we are seeing negative temperatures lol especially after the long work week.

I need to get into my swing speed training and get a new putting green since we moved.

David, as a TPI Certified Professional I would say that you should seek one of us out in your area. Get a screening done to identify the areas of your movement pattern and swing. Use this information to develop a program in the offseason to address any deficiencies in mobility or strength to complement your practice sessions. The Michigan offseason is perfect weather to get better and round out the components of your game you may not have addressed during the warmer months. Good Luck.

Have been working with a TPI Certified Specialist and Doctor of Physical Therapy, during October, November, December and January. He has been working to strengthen my core, balance and tempo. Have seen great progress during the screenings. Am continuing the PT until we get the balance issue figured out.

On a parallel latitude in WI, there isn’t much I can about bunker exercises. On playing, I am aware of my swing faults. Be it a swing or a putt, I can focus on mechanics w/o worrying about the result.
At 73 I have found that a TPI program not only helps my golf game but improves daily activities and minimizes recovery from repetitive actions I should avoid. Like snow shoveling or digging post holes. The TPI exercises require a minimum of equipment and I can get 20-30 minute workouts in my own basement. Working out through the winter helps me avoid injury when the courses reopen.

I am also from Michigan dealing with the winter season. During the offseason I and going to the simulator once a week and work on the mechanics of the swing. Every couple of weeks meet with my local Pro. I have also been going to the local gym and taking some of the golf exercises that I have found to keep up my mobility. As with others in the off-season for the northern area using my putting mat to maintain my putting stroke.

I've got the same weather issues in Iowa. I have a net and mat set up in my garage (it's down temporarily with the subzero and single digit temps - my truck gets to come inside for a little bit!) as well as a putting mat in my basement. I bang out 40 - 50 putts from 3' to 9', and also chip off the carpet onto the mat from random places up to 25'. Any further and I'm scared of missing and what my wife will do to me.

I hit the gym 4-5 times a week year round using a strength training program that incorporates a lot of core and rotational movements. I modified my strength training program last winter with these rotational movements last year and noticed my distance increase around 10-15 yards.

Hip and spine mobility and strength are areas that I am trying to target. I do a lot of squats, deadlifts, ab and back exercises and try to do yoga once or twice a week. Yoga with Adriene or Yoga with Kassandra on YouTube have a bunch of good content and are easy on the eyes.

I've been interested in taking a TPI assessment and following a TPI program in addition to or in lieu of my current program to see what I can be doing better.