[12 piece bucket]

I play between 45 and 63 holes per week (2.5 to 3.5 rounds). I am lucky in that my Fiance plays and we belong to a private club. We will often play at least one weekday late afternoon round which only takes 3 hours for us to walk 18. I will also once a week play 9 holes before going to work. I will tee off at 6:30am and be off the course by 8:00am

As for my practice, I always make time for it during the "warmer" months. Of my ten hours of practice time, 2-3 hours of that time is spent at the crack of dawn on 3 weekday mornings before work.

When I pratice, that is all that I do. My cell phone is off and I rarely kibitz with anyone else. I am very focused and I try not to get off track from my practice routine by shooting the breeze with someone for 10 or 15 minutes.

If I only had 3-5 hours per week, I would do the same drills, I would just do less reps. Less practice time would not change my focus at all. I would still spend 75-80 percent of my time on putting, chipping, pitching, and wedge play.

Short game and wedge work has been so valuable in my improvement process. I love my pitching drill to the cones. Some days I try and fly every shot real high and land it directly on the cone. Some days I fly every shot real low and try and land it 5-10 feet in front of the cone.

I keep a clipboard with me with my pratice log on it. I am always marking down my results and trying as hard as I can to improve on my performances for each drill. That has also made a HUGE difference in my game. I have seen so many guys hit a few really poor shots on the range and then stripe two or three in a row and think they are doing good. I try and be extremely target focused on every shot I hit during practice. I mark and record my progress. When I hit a bad shot - it is recorded as such. Each one. There is NO fooling myself that I am getting better when I am clearly not improving. Logging your practice as much as I do will undoubtedly show you whether or not you are improving. It will also show you what areas you are not improving with.

If someone followed my routine strictly for 3 months they would know exactly where they stood with their game.

If you throw into the mix getting instruction from someone like Lynne, you will be well on your way to low single digit golf.

Stickner . . . You are my golf hero man! Your dedication and discipline are to be admired. There is wanting to do and actually doing. You rock.

I don't have as much time to devote but I plan to follow your path beginning TODAY. I will report my progress.

Does your fiance's mom look any good?