1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butcher podcast, and we are 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: back after a two week hiatus. I was on the 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: road in Korea and Valdorama for Live, so I went 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: around the world. Actually pretty interesting travel schedule, but two 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: really good tournaments, and just kind of wanted to touch base 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: on kind of what I've been doing with the players 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: that have been working with Dustin Johnson and have two 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: new students that I just started working with, Camp Smith 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: and Lorie Canter. So just wanted to kind of talk about, 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: you know, three different players working on three different things 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: and kind of how I go about doing that and 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: what the goal is and what the plan is. But 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: Valdorama last week, I think it's one of the best 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: courses that I've ever been around. It's quirky, it's funky, 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: kind of sits on the side of you know, almost 16 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: a mountain on the side of it. Wind is always 17 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: really really brutal. It's a bowl alley off the tee 18 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: and it really does favor ball striking. So I think 19 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,839 Speaker 1: for the live guys that are playing in the US Open, 20 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: I think it was a really really good test because 21 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: you can't fake it around there. You have to hit 22 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: really really good shots. It's a caddy nightmare, and all 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: the players and the caddies will say they hit good 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: shots and got valderrama because the win comes out of 25 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: nowhere and just knocks it down. But in interesting two weeks, 26 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: two different type of golf courses. But in going into 27 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: the third major of the year, the US Open Shinnacock, 28 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: the rough's going to be brutal. Fairways sound like they're 29 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: a little wider than they were in twenty eighteen, but 30 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: I'm really looking forward. It's kind of one of the 31 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: you know, the marquee US Open venues on the US 32 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: Open schedule for the USGA, tremendous amount of history. I 33 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: was on Brooks Keptcu's team when he won there in 34 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. Ratief Goosen two thousand and four. Will the 35 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: USGA get the golf course? Right? I mean, I think 36 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: that's always an interesting storyline going into Shittacock because for 37 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: the last you know, in eighteen, they had some issues 38 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: with the greens and the weather and balls not being 39 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: able to stay on the green. They definitely had that 40 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: in two thousand and four where they were syringing greens 41 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: in the middle of the tournament, and I think the 42 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: setup and how the USJ sets up the golf courses 43 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: will be fairly interesting. But just want to touch base 44 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: on Dustin Johnson. Two really good tournaments for DJ. Solo 45 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: fourth in Korea and tied for fifth at Aldoramoso. Two 46 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: back to back top five finishes. The driver is really 47 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: really working again for DJ. That was kind of his 48 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: calling card. That was his superpower when he was number 49 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: one in the world and dominating on the PGA Tour. 50 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: And it's been the thing over the last probably three 51 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: years that he struggled with the most. I think a 52 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: lot of it was, you know, trying to find the 53 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: right driver for his entire career. DJ was with Taylor May. 54 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: We found a lot of the tailor made drivers favored 55 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 1: more of kind of guys that draw the golf ball. 56 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: DJ likes to fade the golf ball, so it was 57 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: kind of a struggle into trying to find the right 58 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: driver for him over the last you know, two three years. 59 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: But having switched to the new Titleist driver, and he 60 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: put the new new Titleist driver in right before the Masters, 61 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: I mean, he's been driving it really, really well and 62 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: it's kind of old djuh. He led the field last 63 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: week a Valderrama off the tee, you know, you know, 64 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: three twenty two, and he's using the driver as a 65 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: weapon again. When when DJ plays his best, the driver 66 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: is the domino that starts everything right, so he's able 67 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: to stand up and really feel comfortable with the driver. 68 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: DJ likes to hit a fade the driver that he's 69 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: had in the past three years before moving to the titleist. 70 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: I think he just struggled with it. I think he 71 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: struggled to get the right one. A lot of towball misses, 72 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: a lot of misses to the left, and when DJ 73 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: is playing his best, he doesn't miss the golf ball 74 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: to the left really that much. With the driver, he 75 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: doesn't mind the miss to the right, but if he 76 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: does get that left miss, it kind of puts him 77 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: a little bit on the defensive, puts a little bit 78 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: on the back foot. And I really like the way 79 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: he's driving the golf ball. So first to Korea, solo fourth. 80 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: I mean, had a legit chance to win the golf tournament, 81 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: but started off two rounds of seventy and seventy, and 82 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: he had switched lofts on his irons and made them 83 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: two degrees stronger. He felt like he wasn't hitting it 84 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: far enough and right before the round he comes up. 85 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: He comes out and likes to do his putting first 86 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 1: for his warm up. So on Saturday morning, his brother 87 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: AJ and I AJ Caddy's Forum said, Listen, can we 88 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: go back to the old lofts. So he had Ben, 89 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 1: who I've had on from the Live Tour truck, who 90 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: I've had on the Ben Jetta, I've had him on 91 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 1: the pod before. Really during the putting warm up they said, 92 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: Listen put the loss back to just standard standard loft, 93 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: So from two degrees strong to just standard. Shoot sixty 94 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: four on Saturday's sixty six. On Sunday ten under had 95 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: a legit chance, you know, in the back nine on 96 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: Sunday when drove it really really well. And so going 97 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: into Spain, he was in the last group in Spain 98 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: last year, so you wouldn't think it would be a 99 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: golf course that would set up well for DJ. It's 100 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: really really tight off the tee, so getting the golf 101 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: ball in play is a premium. And he struggled in 102 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: round one seventy six, but said that he didn't feel 103 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: like he hit that many really really bad shots. And 104 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: I think Valderrama is the type of golf course where 105 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,239 Speaker 1: you can feel that way, you can feel like listen, 106 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: I didn't really miss the golf ball by much, but 107 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: it's so penal off the tee and the rough around 108 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: the greens and stuff. So seventy six in the first round, 109 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: second round sixty eight, and then for the third or 110 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: for the second week in a row, shoots sixty four 111 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: on Saturday seven under full in one on the third hole, 112 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: and then seventy one on Sunday minus five. But I 113 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: think a really really solid week. Turl hatton eleven under. 114 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: I mean he played pretty flawless golf. But also in 115 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: Korea all week DJ was really struggling, you know, physically, 116 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: he wasn't feeling well, wasn't sleeping well. I think he 117 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: had a little bit of a bug. So we didn't 118 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: really do once the tournament started. He said he basically 119 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: had no feel right. He said he couldn't feel anything, 120 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: didn't have a really good feel over his body, didn't 121 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: really feel like he had any feels swinging the golf club. 122 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: But on the weekend sixty four to sixty six, and 123 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: basically once the tournament started, we almost did no work 124 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: post round. He didn't have a ton of energy. He 125 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: was trying to conserve energy. So again weren't really able 126 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: to do any real practice. And and this is fourth 127 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: has a legit chance to win, goes to Spain, doesn't 128 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: have a really really good round in the first round. 129 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: You know, five over in the first round, didn't have 130 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: his best stuff and then sixty eight, sixty four, seventy one. 131 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: So he's using the driver as a weapon. I've talked 132 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: about it on the pod before. All players have a superpower, right, 133 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: the superpower for DJ has always been the driver. And 134 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: really over the last three years he struggled golf swing wise. 135 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: We're always doing kind of the same thing, looking at 136 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: his posture, looking at his ball position, looking at his alignment. 137 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: You know, it's funny DJ, when the wind is blowing 138 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: hard off the left, warming up, he kind of struggles. 139 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: He's trying to get as far over to the right 140 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: hand corner as he can so he can hit back 141 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: against the wind. And we were in Korea and the 142 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: wind was pretty hard off the left, and you know 143 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: he likes to hit a fade. The wind off the 144 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: left makes the golf ball curve a lot more to 145 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: the right than normal. And I think the warm up 146 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: one of the days, he was just kind of hanging 147 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: back and trying to not have the golf ball go 148 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: so far to to the right, but he was aiming 149 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 1: at some targets down the middle of the driving range, 150 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: and he said, I'm just gonna go ahead and aim 151 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: way more left and pick some targets way more left 152 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: and then the wind won't affect it as much. And 153 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: then as soon as he did that, he started hitting 154 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: it fine, and he was like, you know, I just 155 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: changed up my aim. But sometimes you know, it's player dependent. Right, 156 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: If you draw the golf ball and the wind's hard 157 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: off the right on the driving range, that can be 158 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: a struggle. If you fade the golf ball and the 159 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: wind's hard off the left, that can be a struggle 160 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: as well. So always look at where that wind position 161 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: is on the driving range when you're warming up, and 162 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: look at the shape that you're trying to hit, and 163 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 1: if you can on the driving range, get in an 164 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: area to where the wind isn't going to affect your 165 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: shape and isn't going to get you to try and 166 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: do something different. Another thing that happens, you know sometimes 167 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: is you have driving ranges where the tee the driving 168 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: range Tea is is way up high, and then the 169 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,839 Speaker 1: range kind of drops down and goes away. The range 170 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: in Singapore is like that, and you will play courses 171 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: where the range is super high up and then the 172 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: driving actual range is kind of way down. And I 173 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: think sometimes I've even noticed with players. I remember a 174 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: couple years ago when Brooks won in Singapore. The range 175 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: in Singapore is very much like that. It's at the 176 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: very top of a long hill down to the bottom 177 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: of the driving range. And in the in the practice round, 178 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: and when we were hitting chops, Brooks was really kind 179 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: of hanging back to try and get the ball flight down, 180 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: and then we finally just said, listen, why don't we 181 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 1: go to the bottom of the range because you're trying 182 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: to keep the ball down because it looks like it's 183 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: going too high. It's not actually going too high, it's 184 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 1: actually just normal, but based off of the topography of 185 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: the golf course, it looks like it's going super high. 186 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: So we practiced and warmed up pretty much at the 187 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: bottom of the driving range, so we didn't have that problem. 188 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: But yeah, I think DJ's going into the US Open, 189 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: where he was in the last group in twenty eighteen 190 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: with Brooks Koepka. It's a golf course city's had success on. 191 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: It's a golf course where he was in the last 192 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: group going into the final round in the US Open. 193 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: He's won a US Open before at Okemont on a 194 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: really hard golf course. So played decent in the first 195 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: two Majors and the Masters and the PGA. So I 196 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: think DJ's going to go into Hitnacock, third major of 197 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: the year, with a lot of confidence and the way 198 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,599 Speaker 1: he's driving the golf ball, if he can drive the 199 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: golf ball in play, take advantage of his lake, I 200 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: think US Open at Chinnacock sets up really well for him. 201 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: I mentioned just started doing some work with Cam Smith, 202 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: so Cam came to me at the live event in 203 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: Mexico and May asked me to watch him hit some 204 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: balls on Friday post round. I think he was just really, 205 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: really struggling, didn't play well at the Masters, hadn't been 206 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 1: playing well in the majors, and listen, he's been working 207 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,719 Speaker 1: with Grant Field since he was about nine years old, 208 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: his long term coach. I know that wasn't an easy 209 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: decision to make changes from Grant, but he was struggling 210 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: and So whenever you get asked to work with a 211 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: player and you know that they have had a very 212 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: very long term coach, you know, as an instructor, it's 213 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: always tough, right you're getting the call to help the player, 214 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: you know that you know the coach before. Grant Field 215 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: had worked with Cam since he was nine years old. 216 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: And listen, Cam won the Open Championship, won the Players Championship, 217 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: and that's down to a tremendous amount of unbelievable foundation 218 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: that Grant you know, put into Cam's game. And yeah, 219 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: it's always hard. You never want to see anyone get 220 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: fired and you know, lose the player. But you know, 221 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: I've had that happen to me more times than not. 222 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: You know, if your player is struggling, and they're struggling 223 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: for a long time, you know ultimately they're going to 224 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 1: make a decision to maybe get a fresh set of 225 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: eyes on it. I worked with Brooks Kopka from twenty 226 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: twelve until twenty twenty. He won four majors, got to 227 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: number one in the world, and he made the decision 228 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: to fire me and let me go. He rehired me 229 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: back in August twenty twenty two and let me go 230 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: at the beginning of twenty twenty five. In that time frame, 231 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: he won a major, finished second at the Masters, and 232 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: won five times and I got let go. So it happens. 233 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: It's always tough, it's never fun. But I think Cam 234 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: Smith wouldn't be the player he is today without the 235 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: work that Grandfield did taught him as a junior, and 236 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: you laid a tremendous amount of foundation. My job when 237 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: a player calls me and they're struggling is to try 238 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: and find the easiest possible way that they can start 239 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 1: hitting the golf ball more solid. I'm always looking looking 240 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: at when I work with a new player, how do 241 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: I subtract swing thoughts as opposed to multiply swing thoughts. 242 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: So in Cam's case, I knew that he has a superpower. 243 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: His superpower is short game and putting, and I knew 244 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: that given his struggles with ball striking, given his struggles 245 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: with the driver, I was pretty confident that if we 246 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: could make some changes and he would buy into the changes, 247 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: that it wouldn't be difficult to get him back on track. 248 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: So he finished. I spent twenty five minutes with him 249 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: on Friday at the live event in Mexico. City, watched 250 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: a little bit of his warm up on Saturday Sunday, 251 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: didn't really do that much work. And then a week 252 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: after he came down and flew down to He lives 253 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: in Jacksonville, so he flew down to my place the 254 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: Floridian and we spent a good day together. And then 255 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: the following week I drove up and spent you know, 256 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: four or five hours with him, and then we went 257 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: to lunch and we were talking about the stuff that 258 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: we were doing, and I said, listen, I think if 259 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: you buy into these changes, and we grind on this 260 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: at the live event in DC and then go to 261 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: the PGA. But if you'll buy into these changes, I 262 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: think you'll be on the leaderboard on Sunday at the 263 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: PGA on the back nine with a chance to win. 264 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: And he had it inside of fifteen feet on thirteen. 265 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: It's tie for the lead. I just know that when 266 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: you put and chip as well as someone like Cam 267 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: Smith does, if the ball striking improves marginally, you're going 268 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: to use your superpower for scoring as opposed your superpower 269 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: for life support. Because I think when his ball striking 270 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: has been poor, that's what Cam has been doing. The 271 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: superpower of putting in short game. He's been using it 272 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: to not choose seventy eight seventy nine when the ball 273 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: striking wasn't there. So I was pretty calm that if 274 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: we could make some changes and keep the changes pretty simple, 275 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: that things would come around. So he finished thirty ninth, 276 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: tied for thirty ninth in Mexico City, and then first 277 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: real week we started working together at the LIVEVN in DC, 278 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: finished tied for twenty six, had a legit chance on 279 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: the back nine. On Sunday at the PGA, finished tied 280 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: seventh Korea legit chance. He was in one of the 281 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: last second to last group, tied for sixteenth, and then 282 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: Valderrama second to last group, tied for fifth. So it's 283 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: been some of the best ball striking he's had. The 284 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: changes have been the backswing. I mean, for Cam, he 285 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: likes to draw the golf ball and the golf club. 286 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: I think had just gotten a little bit inside. HI mean, 287 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: Cam's always been a little bit of, you know, a 288 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: little bit across the line with the irons and then 289 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: gets a lot across the line with the driver. That's 290 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: something he's kind of done his whole career. Thing. He 291 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: knows that he does something that I think he was 292 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: trying to fix. But I think what he was trying 293 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: to do, and maybe what he had tried to do 294 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 1: in the past, is fix the top of the back 295 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: swing position, but I didn't believe that that was the cause. 296 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: To me, that's the result of the backswing. So what 297 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: we've tried to do is keep the golf club a 298 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: lot more in front of him, not let the backswing 299 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: gets so deep. So I've done podcasts on it in 300 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:31,479 Speaker 1: the past, technique transfer and execution in the practice rounds 301 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 1: when I've seen him away from tournaments, when we've been 302 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: doing work before the tournament starts, it's been a ton 303 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: of technique work. I mean, it's been a lot of drills. 304 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: It's been a lot of rehearsal swings, a lot of 305 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: stop start swings, and a lot of technique and then 306 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: using the practice rounds, the pro am rounds to see 307 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 1: what type of execution he can have so we know 308 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: what to pe. But we really did a lot of 309 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: work on the backswing. That's really, to me, been the 310 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: main domino that we've been trying to fix, because I 311 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: knew that if we could not let the golf club 312 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: get so quickly inside that then the backswing position could 313 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: get a little bit better. We could make the backswing 314 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: a little bit shorter and get the club in a 315 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: much better position. And we've seen the last month, we've 316 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: seen Cam's ball striking really really improve. I mean, the 317 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: iron game is there. Let him down a little bit 318 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: on the weekend at Valderrama, but he actually drove it good. 319 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: He was gaining in strokes, gained off the tee. The 320 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: first round of the PGA, he shot one under, hit 321 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: nine fairways, and he came off and said, listen, I 322 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: can't remember the last time I hit nine fairways with 323 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: the driver. Sure as hell can't remember the last time 324 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: hit nine fairways in a major champion. So, Kim Smith's 325 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: thirty two years old, He's already a major champion. He's 326 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: already a players champion. I believe that some of Cam 327 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 1: Smith's best golf is ahead of him. He's at an 328 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: age to where he has a lot of time, and 329 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: I think if the ball striking can continue to do 330 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: what it's done the last month, his confidence is going 331 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: to go through the roof. And talking to his caddie, 332 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: Sam Penfalt, I mean, Sam said, listen, the other thing 333 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: is we're playing golf again. You know, after the first 334 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: round of the PGA, Sam came to the driving range 335 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: and said, we're playing golf again, mate, And I said, 336 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: what do you mean. He said, We're not talking about 337 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 1: his golf swing. We're talking about strategy. We're talking about 338 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 1: where he's going to hit it. And I think when 339 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: you're struggling with your golf swing at the elite tour level, 340 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: you're not thinking strategy. You're not thinking where are you're 341 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: trying to drive it? Where do you want to leave it, 342 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: Which part of the green do you want to put 343 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: the ball relative to where the pin is? And I 344 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: just knew that if his ball striking could improve the 345 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: quality of the strike could improve, specifically with the irons, 346 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 1: that would kind of be the buy in from him 347 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: that he could see, Okay, my iron game is starting 348 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: to respond again. You know, I'm not missing greens. Ryan 349 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: Chrysler did a deep dive into some stats and we 350 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: noticed that from you know, cam works and meters but 351 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: one twenty to one hundred and eighty meters. I Cam 352 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: was saying, listen, I got, I got, I've got to 353 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: hit it closer from those distances. But the data was 354 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: telling us, listen, you're missing greens from one twenty to 355 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: one eighty. That's kind of a wedge to eight iron 356 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: for him. You don't need to hit it closer, need 357 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 1: to hit the target, hit more greens. So it's been 358 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: fun to watch a player that was really really struggling 359 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: respond to the changes that we've been making so quickly. 360 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: And it has been a lot of technique work. It's 361 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: been a lot of training aid work. We've been putting 362 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: shafts in the ground so he doesn't hit the shaft 363 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: in the ground. Going back the name plates on the 364 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: driving range, he's been putting those so he doesn't hit those. 365 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: It's funny. We're in Korea and it was kind of 366 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: a two level driving range where for the tournament we 367 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,719 Speaker 1: were hitting off the mats. But one of the days 368 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: it was raining and so all of the players were 369 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: warming up under the cover on the driving range, hitting 370 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: off of mats, and he was warming up for the 371 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 1: pro am and he said, man, I can't put my 372 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: stick in the ground on the backswing, so I don't 373 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: take it too inside. And there was a blue traffic 374 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 1: cone that they were putting over some electrical outlets, so 375 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: the fans didn't step on him. I went and got 376 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: the traffic cone and put it behind him. So why 377 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: we're warming up off the driving range mat underneath the cover. 378 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: We had balls on it. We used it every day. 379 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: We used it Thursday, we used it, Friday, we use 380 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 1: this Saturday, we used it Sunday, and we went and 381 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: got the cone. And again, it's an external queue for him. 382 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: It's an external it's a barrier so that the golf 383 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: club doesn't get inside and as a result of that, 384 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: the top of the backswing position is getting better a 385 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 1: lot without him having to think about it as much. 386 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: That's what I'm always trying to do when I'm working 387 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: with a new player. What can I do that will 388 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: give them a feeling with the contact, the quality of strike, 389 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 1: with the ball flight, with the shape that they haven't 390 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: been feeling so immediately as the backswing structure and position 391 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: got better, as the club wasn't getting so deep and inside, 392 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: because the longer the golf club, the more the club 393 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: would go inside for Cam, the more across the line 394 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 1: he would get. And so you know, we've been doing 395 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: a lot of drills that I watched my dad do 396 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: two decades ago with Tiger Woods, you know, to get 397 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: the backswing. Tiger was a little bit like that. Tiger 398 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 1: was a little bit in and then he would get 399 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: it across the line. The club face would get shut. 400 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: So there's a YouTube clip and I'm sure everybody may 401 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: have seen from the old Golf channel with Peter Kesler 402 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: or my dad and Tiger on it, and Tiger talked 403 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: about the stop start drill. So my dad wanted Tiger's 404 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: backswing to be a little bit shorter. So he said, listen, 405 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:32,959 Speaker 1: go to the top of your back swing and stop 406 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: and then wait. And then when I say go, start 407 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: your downswing. So Tiger would go to the backswing and 408 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: go to the top. And it's a great drill if 409 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: you're struggling with length of backswing, if you're struggling with 410 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: golf club getting a little bit too far across the line. 411 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: But on the YouTube clip that you can find from, 412 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: you know, I think it was I can't remember the show, 413 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,479 Speaker 1: but this Golf channel with Peter Kessler and my dad 414 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: and Tiger said, you know, he showed to stop start drill. 415 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: He used to hate that drill. I mean he used 416 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: to stand there and I would be the one my 417 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: dad would say, okay, watch him hit golf balls and 418 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: do the stop start drill. He'd take it to the 419 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:12,919 Speaker 1: top and then say go. And Tiger talked about it. 420 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: He hated it, but what it does and did He's 421 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,360 Speaker 1: got his arms in a much better position at the top. 422 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: So I kind of drew on that because I had 423 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: watched that work with the work that Tiger and my 424 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: dad did, and I knew that that drill would help 425 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: Cam a lot. And one of the rounds in Korea, 426 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: after the rounds, I think it was after the second round, 427 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: I said, listen, let's do some stop start drills with 428 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: the irons to where you go to the top of 429 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: the backswing and stop, and then I say go, And 430 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: he was like, wow, I really really liked that. We 431 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: looked at it on video. The golf club was in 432 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 1: a really good position, wasn't even close to being across 433 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: the line. And so I said, I'd like you to 434 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 1: incorporate that stop start drill on the golf course in 435 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: the tournament as part of your preshot. So you make 436 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: a swing to where you go to the top of 437 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: your back swing and stop, pause for one, two, three, 438 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: and then go and then make one normal practice swing 439 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: and he put it in to his kind of pre 440 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: shut routine on Saturday and played really really good, hit 441 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: some really quality iron shots. The iron game getting better 442 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: is taking pressure off the driver, right. If he's driving 443 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: it terrible and the irons are bad, you're struggling. So 444 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see how Cam plays at Shinnecock. 445 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 1: At the US Open Listen Brooks always said the hardest 446 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: major to win is your first one. After that, it 447 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: gets easier because you kind of know what to expect, 448 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: and so I think the fact that Cam Smith has 449 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 1: won a major bin number two in the world, won 450 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: the Players Championship, if he goes into a major championship 451 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: feeling like he's hitting it better. We saw that at 452 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,199 Speaker 1: the PGA, felt the week before the PGA that he 453 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: was hitting it better, and got to a major championship 454 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 1: where accuracy keeping the ball in play, knowing kind of 455 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: how to get it around into major helps and his 456 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: ball striking was really good. I think Shittacock fits Cam 457 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: Smith's game creativity. Short game fairways are going to be 458 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: a little bit wider than they were in two thoy eighteen. 459 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: Now if you miss fairways, you're screwed because the rough 460 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: is five inches off the sides. But I think the 461 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: confidence that he's got with the driver of the facts 462 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: that he can see that he's gaining strokes off the 463 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 1: tee and he's starting to hit the driver, So the 464 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: distance is starting to come back a little bit. He's 465 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: not steering it as much as he's been in the past. 466 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: But you know, a lot of technique work, a lot 467 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: of drill work, a lot of working on his golf swing, 468 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 1: his technique, and then, like I said, trying to transition 469 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: out of that and then saying, okay, let's go to 470 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: the practice rounds and see what we get in the 471 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 1: practice rounds, see what we get in the program round 472 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 1: and then know what we need to work on post 473 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: practice rounds in our practice sessions on the driving rank. 474 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: So a lot of technique, a lot of just really 475 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: trying to change that first move off the golf ball. 476 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: That's the number one thing we're working on. And really 477 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 1: I knew that if that got better, we wouldn't really 478 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: have to talk so much about the downswing because his 479 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: body would start to react to the club being in 480 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: a better position in the same way that his body 481 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: was reacting to the club being in a little bit 482 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 1: of a poor position. But like I said, he's thirty 483 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: two years old, he's a major champion, won the players. 484 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: I think Cam Smith's best golf and some of his 485 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: best golf is ahead of him. Got two majors left, 486 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: He's already an Open champion. So I'm looking for good 487 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: things next week and excited to see if he can 488 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: keep that form trending in the right direction in the 489 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: second to last group. In the last two tournaments he's 490 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: played with a legit chance to win on Sundays is 491 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 1: all you can do. And then Laurie Canter works with 492 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: my fitness guy at my academy and Dubai. Laurie lives 493 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 1: in Dubai Alistair Parlane, and you know, I know Laurie. 494 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 1: He's been around my academy in Dubai a lot. He 495 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: lives out there as well. I got the call. I 496 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: was out in the pro am with Cam on Wednesday 497 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,719 Speaker 1: in Korea and got a message from Laurie and he said, listen, man, 498 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 1: I'm really struggling. Any chance you can come watch me 499 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: hit some golf balls after the pro am, So got 500 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: to the range, you know, late about four or five 501 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: o'clock and you know, asked him what he was trying 502 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,479 Speaker 1: to do and he said. I asked him, first of all, 503 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 1: where the miss was, and the miss was kind of 504 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: left going left or we kai spinney to the right. 505 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: I asked him what kind of shape he was trying 506 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: to hit he was trying to hit, say, he was 507 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: trying to hit a little fade. That's a shot he 508 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: felt like he hits when he plays his best. So 509 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: he's trying to hit a fade. Wants to hit a fade. 510 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,479 Speaker 1: And when we looked at his backswing, I videoed a 511 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: swing he made and then stopped it at waist high 512 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: and I said, if you didn't know that was you. 513 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: And you looked at that backswing, and I asked you 514 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: what shape this player plays? Based off of where the 515 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: backswing is, the position of the golf club, what would 516 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: you say, does a player hit a fade or this 517 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: player hits a draw? He said, Well, the club's inside 518 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: the club heads behind my hands, a little bit behind 519 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: my body with the long stuff. If you showed me that, 520 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: I'd say this person hits a draw. I said, and 521 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: you're trying to hit a fade, so very similar to 522 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: the work that I've been doing with cam Smith, just 523 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,959 Speaker 1: trying to get that backswing in a little bit better position. 524 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: The other thing that I think Laurie was struggling with 525 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: is is that golf club was getting a little bit 526 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: inside and behind his hands. The face was getting a 527 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: a little bit open. So the club's a little bit 528 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: deep and inside on the backswing, the face a little 529 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 1: bit open. Then he wants to fade it. So because 530 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: the backswing's gone deep and inside, he then has to 531 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: really try and shift the path and get the path 532 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: left on the downswing. And one of the ways that 533 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: he was doing that because the backswing was going to inside, 534 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: was he'd get the club. The only way he could 535 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: get the club back out in front of him and 536 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: shift the path left hit the fade would be for 537 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: the weight to kind of go back on his right 538 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: foot his trail leg, and then the face would get 539 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: active through impact, his hands would get active. So I 540 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: just felt if we could get that first move off 541 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: the golf club a little bit stronger, get the club 542 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: face and a little bit more of a square to 543 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: almost him feeling like it was a closed position, that 544 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: could help. But you know, it's always really interesting when 545 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: a player calls you laid on a Wednesday and they're 546 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: tee and off on a Thursday, or you know, how 547 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: much can you really really do? I think the first 548 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: thing that came back, similar to what cam Smith said 549 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: to me, the quality the strike came back, so weren't 550 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: so many mishits, weren't so many misses off the toe, 551 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: got a little bit better command of the shape, got 552 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: a little bit better command of the start line, and 553 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: ended up finishing tied for twelve and really had a 554 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: good ball striking week. So Valderama. Didn't play well the 555 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: first two rounds, but put together two really good ball 556 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: striking rounds on Saturday and Sunday at Valderama and felt 557 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: like he really really hit it solid. One of the 558 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: things that tour players really really struggle with is when 559 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: they don't hit the golf ball solid, because you don't 560 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: get to be a tour player by not hitting it solid. 561 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: I mean not to me. I've talked about it on 562 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: the pod. I don't really care. In the past, I 563 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: don't really care which direction players hit it left, right, 564 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: right to left, couldn't care less. Don't care if players 565 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: hit fades, don't care players hit draws. But if you're 566 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: going to play elite tour level golf, you got to 567 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: hit the golf ball solid, and I think that was 568 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: a thing that Laurie was really really struggling with. So 569 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: once the contact came back, then I was able to say, listen, 570 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: try and just be more aggressive with your body. Try 571 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: and keep your body speed up, because I think what 572 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: he was trying to do was he was missing, missing fairways, 573 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: missing greens, and wasn't really hitting the shape that he 574 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 1: wanted to. The strike wasn't good. You're not going to 575 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: be aggressive. When you do that, You're going to pull 576 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 1: the car out of the fast lane down shift, try 577 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,719 Speaker 1: and slow the car down, and the worst you hit it, 578 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: the kind of slower and more mechanical your golf swing's 579 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: going to be. And again, same thing that I tried 580 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: to do with cam Smith. Subtract subtract the swing thoughts. 581 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: Let's work on one thing. Let's work on one domino 582 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: that we can kind of help fix the quality of strike, 583 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: help get a little bit more command over the start line. 584 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: I just think there's been so much talk over the 585 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: last five years right about shallowing the golf club out, 586 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: shallow it out, shallow it out, shallow it out, you know, 587 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: get the clubhead behind your hands, center a mask, all 588 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 1: that stuff. But at the elite tour level, it's hard 589 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: to fade it from there. Maybe there are guys that 590 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: can do that. I mean, if you're going to fade 591 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: the golf ball from the golf club going back on 592 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: the inside, you have to do what Hail Irwin did, 593 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: one of the best ball strikers. He was closed, took 594 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: an inside, came over it and exclusively just hit a fade. 595 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 1: But as the equipment has gotten better. Lorid Canter's tall 596 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 1: six two sixty three. I've had him on the podcast. 597 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: I had him on the podcast before he made the 598 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: decision to go to Live late last year, So you 599 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: can kind of go back and listen to that one 600 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: if you want to get a little bit better idea 601 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 1: of who he is and a little bit more of 602 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 1: his background. My job was just to kind of get 603 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 1: the strike back, get the quality of the contact back. 604 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: So it's been I mean, how many days, what's uh, 605 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: it's been ten days. I've been working with him for 606 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: ten days and to have his best finish of the year. 607 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: Having watched him hit golf balls for maybe two hours 608 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: max hour and a half on Wednesday afternoon after the 609 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: pro am late. For him to then take that and 610 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: finish the best he's finished all year on LIV that 611 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,160 Speaker 1: was progress. It was hard for him. I think the 612 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: first two rounds at Valderrama. Again, if you've never been there, 613 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,959 Speaker 1: you know they call it the Augusta of Europe because 614 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 1: of the condition. But it is a bowling alley. I 615 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: mean you can I mean there's trees overhanging. Second hole 616 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,800 Speaker 1: you can hit there's a there's a tree right in 617 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: the middle of the fairway, so you'd hit a perfect 618 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: drive and have no shot. It's very fiddly. You've got 619 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: to move the golf ball around. It's very very tight 620 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: off the tee. You missed the golf ball by three 621 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 1: steps off the fairway and have no shot because the 622 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,360 Speaker 1: trees overhang, a lot of cork trees, a lot of hills, 623 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: a lot of undulation. So I was really really impressed 624 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: with the fact that two really solid rounds on the 625 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: weekend where he felt his ball striking was better, made 626 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,280 Speaker 1: a big number, but threw in a lot of birdies, 627 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 1: and you know, I didn't know what I was going 628 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,120 Speaker 1: to get, having just started with him after the rounds 629 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 1: on the Sunday round in Valderama, but he said, listen, 630 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,719 Speaker 1: even though he finished thirty third, he was like, and 631 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: I felt like I hit it really really well on 632 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 1: the weekend, And that to me is what I'm looking 633 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: for as coach, to see if some of the stuff 634 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,919 Speaker 1: that you're doing on the range can translate into really 635 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,839 Speaker 1: solid shots on the golf course. So first two rounds 636 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,880 Speaker 1: weren't great, but we didn't have a chance to be 637 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 1: in the mix. But on a really really hard golf 638 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 1: course under real I mean two of the four rounds 639 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: and it was blown over twenty. It was blown twenty 640 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,960 Speaker 1: to thirty. So for a player to trust what he 641 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,960 Speaker 1: was doing, that's always really important to me and tells 642 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,600 Speaker 1: me we're going in the right direction and moving in 643 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: the right direction. So yeah, you know, so Open next week, 644 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:25,719 Speaker 1: I'll go up on Sunday parse seventy almost seventy five 645 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 1: hundred yards six US Open storylines Scotti Scheffler. He wins 646 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: next week career Grand Slam and Sunday is his thirtieth birthday, 647 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,839 Speaker 1: could have the Career Grand Slam for his thirty so 648 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: it's a great one. It's going to be a hard 649 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: plus one one in twenty eighteen win Brooks one, So 650 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,399 Speaker 1: buckle up some of the best viewing of the year. 651 00:36:55,640 --> 00:37:00,840 Speaker 1: East Coast Golf, Old School, a lot of history Shinnecock, 652 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 1: and I'm looking forward to seeing what the three guys 653 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: that I'm working with, they're all playing next week, DJ 654 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,480 Speaker 1: Cam and Lori Canter. Should be a fun week and 655 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,560 Speaker 1: I am looking forward to it. Going to drop a 656 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 1: little US Open preview next week where Ryan Chrysler and 657 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,400 Speaker 1: I kind of take a deep dive into the golf course, 658 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 1: how the setup's going to affect it, kind of look 659 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: at Brooks Koepka's blueprint from twenty eighteen and talk about 660 00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 1: what you need to do to contend and what that 661 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: means for the contenders. Who's got the game to play 662 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,319 Speaker 1: around the US Open at Shinnecock. So that will be 663 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,840 Speaker 1: dropping next week. It's the Son of a Butch podcast, 664 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,640 Speaker 1: Rate review, subscribe wherever you get your podcast. 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