1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butch podcast. I'm your host, 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: Claude Harmon on the road this week in Mexico City. 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: But I wanted to do a podcast about kind of 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: the last two weeks for me. So was that the 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: Masters had Dustin Johnson and Noah Kent, the amateur the 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: book played at Augusta, so it was there for the 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: entire week, and you know, tournament weeks, tour weeks, what 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: we're doing with players, yeah, I mean, it's individual, it's 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: specific to what the player's doing. So it was at 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: a major all week, and then following the week, came 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: home and had, you know, a week's worth of lessons 12 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: at home with just average, everyday regular golfers, and I 13 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: just kind of wanted to talk about my experience in 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 1: the difference between those two weeks, because listen, it's golf, right, 15 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: We're working with players, we're trying to help players play 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: the game of golf. But it's very different at the 17 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: elite tour level, specifically the week of a major. The 18 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: things that you're working on with a player when you're 19 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: working with them is very different than what you're working 20 00:00:59,080 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: on at. 21 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,959 Speaker 2: Home with just regular golfers. 22 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: So you know, the Masters, DJ one in twenty twenty, 23 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: so he's got good history there. He's finished second there. 24 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: He loves the golf course, seventy four to seventy three. 25 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean I had an unfortunate finish on Friday, 26 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: Bogie seventeen, Doull bug at eighteen. But actually, you know, 27 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: the first round eighty six percent of the fairways, seventy 28 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: percent of the greens, didn't really putt great. It's tough 29 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: to putt great around that place. Thirty three putts second day, 30 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: didn't hit as many fairways, didn't hit him any greens 31 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: seventy one percent of the fairways, sixty one percent of 32 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,839 Speaker 1: the greens, but twenty nine putts. So played a little better, 33 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: easily could have made the cut. But listen, it's a 34 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: hard golf course and you're going into that week. I 35 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: think DJ was coming in with some good confidence. He'd 36 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: played well in Singapore, played decent in Miami at Durraw, 37 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: which is again a really really hard golf course. But 38 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: for DJ major weeks, we're always trying to think in 39 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: terms of okay, let's work on the putting, work on 40 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: the short game, ball striking. For DJ, I mean, he's 41 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: been driving the golf really really well. So when you're 42 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: working with a player at a tournament, you tend to 43 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: not practice their strengths. Right, We're not going to stand 44 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 1: there and hit if someone's driving it really good or 45 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: someone's iron plays really good, We're not going to stand 46 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: there and hit a ton of those. We're going to 47 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: work on the stuff that, you know, the golf course 48 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: kind of demands and what. 49 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 2: The weaknesses are. 50 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: And I think for right now, you know, certainly DJ's 51 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: weapons still even at this stage of his career, is 52 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: the driver. I mean, he drove the golf ball as 53 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: far as anybody at Augusta, so the distance is still there. 54 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: He's been driving it really really well. The iron game 55 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: has been pretty solid. I think the big thing for 56 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: DJ is just putting. And so the week of a major, 57 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: you're trying to figure out, Okay, they're going to be 58 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: playing a lot of practice rounds, right, And a lot 59 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: of the practice rounds at Augusta are very They're kind 60 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: of specific practice rounds in that you kind of know 61 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: where the flags are. 62 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 2: Going to be. 63 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: It's a very unique golf course in that it's the 64 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: same golf course, right, So when you're trying to prepare 65 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: for a major, but specifically if you're trying and when 66 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: you're trying to prepare for a GUS to National, you 67 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: kind of know what. 68 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 2: To prepare for. The test is the test, right. 69 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: The golf course is the golf course. So we're not 70 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: spending a ton of time kind of technique wise, unless 71 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: we absolutely positively need to. A lot of it is 72 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: just strategy. The range at Augusta, the tournament range that 73 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: they really only use for maybe three four times a year. 74 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: I think it's one of the best ranges, if not 75 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: the best range in professional golf from an aesthetic standpoint, 76 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: from a look standpoint, and it's got great target greens 77 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: and then it's got two very defined, specific fairways. A 78 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: lot of driving ranges don't have anything on the driving 79 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: range other than just flags, but at Augusta National they 80 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: have trees, and so when we're hitting drivers, it's a 81 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: great driving range to do that, right, because it gives 82 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: you really really defined visuals. It also gives you really 83 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: really defined visuals that look very similar to what the 84 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: golf course is going to look like. So you know, 85 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: from a st how a g standpoint, A lot of 86 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: what you're talking about at Augusta is what are you 87 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: going to hit off the tees where you're hitting drivers, 88 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: where you're hitting three woods, what's the layup going to be? 89 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: And the driving range there gives us a really good 90 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: opportunity to kind of simulate what we're doing. So we 91 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time with DJ trying to shape holes. 92 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: The tenth hole at Augusta National, for those of you 93 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: that have been there, severely downhill, tremendous amount of downhill slope, 94 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: but you need to basically almost hit a hook from 95 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: where the tea box is. You almost want to have 96 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: the feeling that you're trying to overdraw the golf ball. 97 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: So for DJ, that's not his go to shape. He 98 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: fades the golf ball, but there's no benefit and you 99 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: just can't fade it on that hole. So spend a 100 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: lot of time trying to draw the golf ball. What 101 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: clubs we were going to hit off there? Was it 102 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: going to be a three wood, he carries a seven wood, 103 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: he carries a nine wood, or trying to look at 104 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: what the weather is going to be like Thursday and Friday, 105 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: where the wind is going to be, and how the 106 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: golf course is going to play relative to the wind direction, 107 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: So a lot of what we're doing before the tournament 108 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 1: starts is basically I'd say more so than any other course, 109 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: maybe maybe the Open Championship because of the weather and 110 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: the kind of shots that you're going to have to hit. 111 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: But I do think that from a prep standpoint, more 112 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: goes into the prep at Augusta at the Masters than 113 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: probably any tournament. I definitely think you can overprepare. I 114 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: definitely think that it's a golf course that makes you 115 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: think right. It makes you think on basically every shot, 116 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: so you can't turn your brain off, you can't turn 117 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: your focus off. So you know, certainly a lot of 118 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: work in just trying to talk about the strategy. Spend 119 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: a lot of time in the short game area. 120 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 2: I think at. 121 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 1: Augusta they have one of the best, if not the 122 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 1: best short game. 123 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 2: Area in the world. 124 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: They've had two really big greens, tons of undulation, lots 125 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: of bunkers, and it simulates a lot of what you're 126 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: going to see on the golf course. So spend a 127 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: lot of time over there in short game and short 128 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: game is pretty good, and spend a lot of time 129 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: putting wise. 130 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 2: I mean, it's a tough. 131 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: Golf course to put wise, because the greens are incredibly fast, 132 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: they have a tremendous amount of undulation, they have a 133 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: tremendous amount of slope, and its toured. 134 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: You have to work a lot. 135 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: On defensive putting. But if you get too defensive, then 136 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: you're never really giving yourself chances. So the day that 137 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: DJ had thirty three putts, birdie conversion rate out of 138 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: all the birdie chances he has was fifteen percent. The 139 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: following day, twenty nine putts, the birdie conversion rate was 140 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: thirty six. So I do think that there are a 141 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: lot of mind games that the golf course plays with you. 142 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: So in the prep work that we were doing, it 143 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: was more golf course and strategy related with DJ than 144 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: it was necessarily swing related. And then I worked with 145 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: Noah Kn't. Noah got to the finals of the USAM, 146 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: lost on the thirty six holes of the USAM last 147 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: summer at Hazeltine, and as a result of that, the 148 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: Masters and the USGA gave the two finalists at the 149 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: USAM they give them invites into the Masters. So for Noah, 150 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: as a twenty year old sophomore at the University of Florida, 151 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: he played in the Masters, and he was standing on 152 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: the sixth hole, the par three in the first round 153 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: two under, and he was leading the Masters. So regardless 154 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: of what happened the rest. 155 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 2: Of the week he didn't make the cut, he. 156 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: Got to play with Bernhard Longer in his final major. 157 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: Bernhard Longer on Thursday at Augusta hit hybrid into nine 158 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: of the par fours, the nine of the ten par 159 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: fours in a major at Augusta National, Bernhard Langer hit 160 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: hybrids into nine of the ten. Noah kent on the 161 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: first hole, had seventy four yards to the front, and 162 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: I think he was under one hundred to the flag. 163 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: I've never seen anyone hit a drive where Noah hit 164 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: it on the first hole. Bernhard Langer beat him on 165 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: the first day by five six. I mean, Noah's out 166 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: driving him by fifty to seventy yards on every hole, 167 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: and Bernhard Langer had a pot on the last hole 168 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: to make the cut in his last major. So I 169 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: think for Noah it was a massive, massive learning curve, 170 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: the prep work that we were doing. From Noah's standpoint, 171 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: he played the Terra Cotta Amateur the week before the 172 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: week before that, he had played in the Houston Open 173 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: on the PGA Tour event and missed the cut by 174 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: a couple there, so that was a good opportunity to 175 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: kind of see where his game stacked up. He was 176 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: going to take that following week off and just kind 177 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: of go up to Augusta do some practice round work 178 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: early in the week, but I thought it would be 179 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: a good idea in talking to his coaches at Florida, 180 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: J C. Deacon and Dudley Hart, I thought he needed 181 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: some reps. So he entered the Terra Cotta Amateur the 182 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: week before Augusta and finished fourth, So I thought that 183 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 1: was good. 184 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 2: I thought that was really really good. 185 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: And then we had to get him a caddy for Augusta, 186 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: and you know that was a process as well. We 187 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: thought about taking a local caddy. Obviously one of the 188 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: local Augusta caddies definitely knows the golf course well, knows 189 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: the greens well, but given the distances that Noah hits it. 190 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: He played a practice round with Rory McRoy on Tuesday. 191 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: They played the back nine. Harry Diamond said he was 192 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 1: really really impressed. I think no outdrove Rory on every hole. 193 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: So he has tremendous distance. He has tremendous power, and 194 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: the task and the goal as a twenty year old 195 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: now is just to try and get Noah to learn 196 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: how to use that power, use his skills, use the 197 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: tools that he has in his toolbox. So hit a 198 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: new caddy that week, Jonathan Smart Smarty, who caddies for 199 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: Cameron Stringgalion Live. But Smarty's been a good caddy for 200 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 1: a very very long time and was on the bag 201 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: for Danny Willett when he won the Master. So I 202 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: thought that that would be a good fit to have 203 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: somebody that had won around augusta national before that was 204 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: still in the modern game, that wasn't you know, out 205 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: of caddying and had caddied before. So that was a 206 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: trying to get those two acclimated. It was really the 207 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,959 Speaker 1: first time on the Monday that they'd even seen each 208 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: other and met. We had a bunch of zoom calls. 209 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: They'd conversed and talked, but as a caddy, until you 210 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: see a player up close. I mean I had talked 211 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: to Smarty and send them videos and sent them videos 212 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: from Houston and talked to him about what I saw 213 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: and things like that, and I thought that first meeting 214 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: was going to be really, really interesting, and I thought 215 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: it was a good fit. I think Smarty was really 216 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: really impressed with Noah's game and practice rounds. Tuesday he 217 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: played with He and DJ played against Phil Mickelson and 218 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: Michael Kim. They played the front nine. I thought that 219 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: was really huge for Noah to be able to get 220 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: out with someone like DJ, who obviously former world number one, 221 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: has won US Open, but it's won the Masters, and 222 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: they have a similar type game, and they have a 223 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: similar type skill set from a distance in power standpoint, 224 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: So I thought that was going to be invaluable for him. 225 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: And then I can't think of anybody other than maybe 226 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: Tiger Woods, that you would want to play a practice 227 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: around with during tournament week than Phil Micholson. The knowledge, 228 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: the skill set, the way he thinks about playing that 229 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: golf course, the way he thinks about playing that tournament, 230 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: and there's a reason why he has multiple green jackets, 231 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: there's a reason why he's a multiple major champion. And 232 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: then a player like Michael Kim, who obviously is having 233 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: a really really good year, got into that top fifty category. 234 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: If you follow him on social he's got a lot 235 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: of really good things to say. Works with Sean Foley. 236 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: I think they've done a great job on his golf swing. 237 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: He's become really really consistent. And so they played a 238 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: match and I think zul square going to the last 239 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: hole DJ and Noah against Phil and Michael Kim. I 240 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: think from the ninth fairway, Phil lipped it out, hit 241 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: it to like two feet and said to Noah, well, 242 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: you guys lose, and Noah hit it I think to 243 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: fifteen twenty feet and then Noah buried it out him, 244 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 1: you know, and walked it into little fistpon, which Phil 245 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: was not happy about. So I thought that was really 246 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: really cool to watch. Kind of the practice round set up. 247 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: He took a friend that had caddy for him in 248 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: the summer in the USM and the Porter Cup took 249 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: him to the par three, which again really cool experience 250 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: for him. But from Noah's standpoint, I mean, he is 251 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: very very raw, and that's what everybody said about him 252 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: that played with him. Listen, tons of speed, tons of distance, 253 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: tons of power, but he has a very raw talent. 254 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 1: Every swing is an opportunity to take control and King 255 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: Cobra Wedges give you the tools and tech to put 256 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: the course at your command with MIM eighty six to 257 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:42,239 Speaker 1: twenty construction, a redesigned Cobra speed notch, flight window technology, 258 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 1: and grinds tailored for every condition. 259 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 2: These wedges adapt to. 260 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: Your game and elevate your confidence. So a lot of it, 261 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: again similar to what we were doing with DJ, did 262 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: a little bit of technical work on his golf swing. 263 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: Noah likes to fade the golf ball, so we did 264 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: a lot of work the week at the of just saying, listen, 265 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: let's make sure we get really really specific in our 266 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: start lines where we want the ball to start, and 267 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: then let's just try and get the golf ball specifically 268 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: going one direction. So trying to get the golf ball. 269 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: If there was going to be a miss, the miss 270 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: was going to be to the right and not to 271 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,959 Speaker 1: the left, because it's impossible to play any tournament, let 272 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: alone a major, let alone Augusta with a two way miss. 273 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: So did a lot of work with him, just trying 274 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: to feel like he wasn't really using his hands a lot. 275 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: I think the other thing that Noah, because he has 276 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: a lot of speed, but he has a very short backswing. 277 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: He's six foot five, so he has a tremendous amount 278 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: of speed and power. He's blessed with great genetics, long arms, 279 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: long legs, so. 280 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 2: He can move it. 281 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: But I think at times his backswing gets a little 282 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: bit short. So a lot of work in the practice 283 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: rounds and a lot of work on the range and 284 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: just saying, listen, let's make sure that you finish your 285 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: back swing. So I was having him take a setup 286 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: and standing and then just having him make a shoulder turn, 287 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: and then I was putting my hand kind of in 288 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: the middle of his back where kind of the low 289 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,439 Speaker 1: go on the shirt would be on the middle of 290 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: a tour player's back, and I was like, listen, okay, 291 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 1: you've got to get to hear every single time. And 292 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: one of the things that I wanted him to do 293 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: in his practice swings, both on the range and on 294 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: the golf course, was to make a practice swing where 295 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: he went to the top of his backswing and he stopped, 296 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: then he started down, so he got that feeling of okay, 297 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: where do we want the body to be at the top, 298 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: And then did some just kind of basic impact drills, 299 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: had him hit some kind of three quarter shots to 300 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: where he felt like he wasn't really using his hands, 301 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: really felt like the club face was coming into impact 302 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: in a really really square position, and trying to feel 303 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: like he was keeping his body moving his hips, his chest, 304 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: his big muscles, because when Noah gets in trouble, he 305 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: gets a little bit short at the top and then 306 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: kind of gets way out in front of it early 307 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: and then kind of has to back out of it 308 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: and his body kind of can stall out and stop 309 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: and the hands get active and that's where we can 310 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: get that two way miss. 311 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 2: So really wanted him. 312 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: To try and feel like, you know, he was continuing 313 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: to finish the turn. A phrase that my grandfather used 314 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: to use, and I said this to Noah. My grandfather 315 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: used to say, give yourself time to make a good backswing. 316 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: And you know, that's something that I think a lot 317 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: of golfers struggle with. Is in an effort to try 318 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: and get more distance, in an effort to try and 319 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: get more power, they're trying to hit the golf ball 320 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: kind of with their backswing. And if you think about 321 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: the backswing, and what I said to Noah is, listen, 322 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: the backswing is the creation phase. 323 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 2: Right. 324 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: You're trying to create power, You're trying to create movement. 325 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: On the backswing. The downswing is where we're going to 326 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: be storing that power, and then the follow through is 327 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: where we're going to be unloading that power. And I 328 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: think a lot of golfers that kind of creation phase 329 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: gets kind of lost. They don't really make a turn, 330 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: they don't really wind anything up, and then they struggle 331 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: with the unwine. They struggle with getting through the golf ball. 332 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: So Noah just making sure that on the golf swing, 333 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: the golf swing didn't get too quick, the golf swing 334 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: didn't get too fast, and trying to get him to 335 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: feel like with the longer stuff, he was making as 336 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: big a turn as possible, but feeling like he wasn't 337 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: going at it at full speed because obviously the speed 338 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: is going to change when he gets to the golf course. Adrenaline, focus, 339 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: you know, pressure, all of those things, so the golf 340 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: swing is going to get faster on the golf course. 341 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: So I thought, you know, I thought our practice rounds 342 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: were really good. 343 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 2: He wasn't. 344 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: He likes to fade the golf ball. He can draw 345 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: the golf ball, but the tenth hole, he made some 346 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: big numbers there. The tenth hole was the struggle for him. 347 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: So we were trying in the practice rounds to figure out, Okay, 348 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: what do we do. Do we smash just smash driver, 349 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: because that's the club he has the most confidence in. 350 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: Do we hit three wood? He carries a seven wood, 351 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: which he can carry well over two fifty three wood 352 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: he can carry, you know, close to three hundred. But 353 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: I thought ten was going to be a difficulty shot 354 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: because it doesn't suit his eye. It's a nervous one, 355 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: and it's one where there really isn't another option other 356 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: than to stand up and hit a draw if you 357 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: want to take advantage of the slope. 358 00:16:58,360 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 2: It is a brutal shot. 359 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: If you hang one out kind of to the right 360 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 1: and it doesn't catch the slope and it doesn't go 361 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: down the hill, then you're on a down slope ball 362 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: can kind of either be a blow or above your 363 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: feet and you're going in over two hundred yards to 364 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: a green that is incredibly difficult to hit under normal circumstance. 365 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: You missed the green to the left, you're you're pretty 366 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: much making bogie your double. You miss the green to 367 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: the right and one of the bunkers to the right, 368 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: depending on where the pin is, and you're in the 369 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: bunker on the right, the green slopes dramatically away. It's 370 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: a very hard bunker shot. If you hit it there, 371 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: you're probably gonna make bogie it best. 372 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 2: And he didn't execute. 373 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: On the golf course in the tournament the shot that 374 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: we had practiced. He was able to do it in practice, 375 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: and you know, trying to get him, Okay, listen, you're 376 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: gonna try and hit a little bit of a draw 377 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: with either probably your three wood, go at it a 378 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 1: little bit easier, because the harder you go at it, 379 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: that's when you tend to not finish that backswing, and 380 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: then you can get way out in front of it 381 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: early and then you can bring in the big right 382 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: man where you can bring in the quick left miss. 383 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 1: He brought in the quick left miss. He missed it 384 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: left and gonna make bogear double if you do that. 385 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: But really really proud of him. On Friday, which was 386 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: his final round, he didn't make the cut. He had 387 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: that kind of same shot that Roy McElroy had up 388 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: on the pine straw on thirteen. Everybody saw Rory hit 389 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: it to you know, probably six seven feet and make 390 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: the putt for eagle. Noah had pretty much the same 391 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: shot pretty much the same club. I think he hit 392 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,479 Speaker 1: a chip four iron kind of like Rory did. Hit 393 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: it to a foot eagle, got some crystal. If you 394 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: make an eagle out Augusta, you get some crystal. And 395 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: I think that was really one of the highlights. He 396 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: said afterwards that he tried to enjoy it a little 397 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: bit more. On Friday's practice round, he also said, and 398 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: I think this was something that was important that we 399 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: saw on Thursday. He and his caddy Smarty, they were 400 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: in between clubs. He chose a shot that I don't 401 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: think he was one hundred percent committed to and ended 402 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: up not making a birdie on a par five that 403 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: he can easily easily reach. And he said he didn't 404 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: let go of it right. He said, he just kept 405 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: thinking about it, was pissed off about it, let it 406 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: really really affect him, and he went on a really 407 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: bad stretch nine, ten, and eleven, the double bogie on ten. 408 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: One think he was still thinking about the fact that 409 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: he didn't make birdie on eight, didn't take advantage of 410 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: the par five, and so I think that was a 411 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: big learning curve for him to kind of learn about, 412 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: you know, what it takes to play tournament golf at 413 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: the highest level what it takes to play in a 414 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 1: major championship. But you get to play with will Zlaturus, 415 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: one of the best young players in the game, and 416 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: got to play with Bernhard Longer and his final masters, 417 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: and Bernhard smoked him and doesn't have any of the 418 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: tools that Noah has. But the tools that Bernhard has 419 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: are the tools that help you win majors and help 420 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: you win golf tournaments over a forty year career. And 421 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: I thought that given the type of player, and given 422 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: the modern type of player that Noah is six', five you, 423 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: know can get one ninety five ball. Speed the task 424 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 1: is going to be to get him to learn how 425 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: to just use all that power and use all that 426 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: speed in a usable. Way it doesn't do you any 427 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 1: good to be able to hit the golf ball the 428 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: distance that some of these young players can hit. It 429 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: if you can't hit your wedges the numbers that you 430 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: need to hit, them if you can't control the, spin 431 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 1: if you can't control the. Trajectory so, yeah everybody that 432 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: plays With noah can't marvels at the, speed the, distance the, 433 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: potential the bright. Future but now he's got to go 434 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: back To florida and now he's got to get his 435 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: ass back to work and he's got to take what 436 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: he's learned from playing in A Pga tour event In 437 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: houston and playing in a, major playing in The, masters 438 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: AND i was proud of. Him he doesn't know what 439 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: he doesn't, know big learning curve for. HIM i think 440 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: he just got an invite into The Byron nelson on 441 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: THE Pga, tour so that'll be the SECOND pga tournament 442 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: he's played in a. Month so he's on a good 443 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: run of getting his game tested against the best. 444 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 2: Players in the. World so really really cool to see. 445 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 1: That it's always shitty going Home friday Night saturday morning 446 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: from a, major specifically From, augusta so had to do, 447 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: that went back Watched rory. WIN i mean it was 448 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: only a matter of, time, RIGHT i, mean the guy. 449 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: Here isn't a golf course on the Planet earth that 450 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: has been designed more for one player's game than the 451 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: skill set That rory McElroy. Has sunday nervy, start WHICH 452 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: i thought was to be, expected but got it. Done 453 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: it wasn't, pretty but he gets his fifth, major he 454 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: gets The Grand, slam and exactly what a player of 455 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 1: his caliber. Deserves he's been one of the, best if 456 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: not the best player in the game for a number of. 457 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: Years fun to, watch exciting to. Watch The, masters always 458 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: a great. Tournament so last WEEK i was home and 459 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 1: again coming off a, major coming off working with some 460 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: of the best players in the, WORLD i go home 461 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: AND i give golf lessons to, normal regular people trying to. 462 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: Improve so one of the gore some things with two 463 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: or two junior girls actually probably you, know in that 464 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: kind of twelve to fifteen, range you, know just starting 465 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: to play tournament. Golf so in a lot of, ways 466 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: very much still kind of beginning. Golfers and obviously that's 467 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: incredibly different than working With Dustin johnson at The, masters 468 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: who's a two time major, champion former world number, one 469 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: and has got a green. Jacket, Right so when we're 470 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: looking at the difference between tour players and regular, GOLFERS i, 471 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: mean to, me And i've talked a lot about this 472 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: on the, podcast WHEN i go home from working on 473 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: tour and go back to teaching normal, golfers just, everyday 474 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: regular non tournament, GOLFERS i Think i'm always focused coming 475 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: back from those tournament weeks on contact on the quality of, 476 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: strike because you stand on a range at The, masters 477 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: nobody's shanking, it nobody's topping, it nobody's hitting it. Fat 478 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: they all hit it, really really. Solid the sound of 479 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: a tournament major driving range is very different than the 480 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: sound of our driving ranges at. 481 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 2: Home so worked with the. 482 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: Girls she's probably thirteen, fourteen and she just needed impact. 483 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: Right the impact wasn't, Solid AND i think in a 484 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 1: lot of, WAYS i see a lot of young juniors like. 485 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: This she's made that jump FROM Us kids. 486 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 2: Clubs to regular. 487 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: CLUBS i think she's right on the borderline of that in, that, 488 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: yes she's almost two young FOR Us kids, clubs but 489 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: she's almost not big enough for the regular set that she's. 490 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: Playing SO i think a lot of her, issues like 491 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: a lot of junior, golfers, specifically in my, experience a 492 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: lot of junior girls is moving the golf club takes 493 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: coordination and strength and, speed and so this, girl she 494 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: was really struggling like a lot of. Players you, know 495 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: four or five good, ones two or three bad, ones 496 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,959 Speaker 1: three more good, ones ten bad, ones eight good, ones 497 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: two or three bad, ones and the bad shots almost 498 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: exclusively are Not, yes they're directional, misses but they're directional 499 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,959 Speaker 1: misses caused by poor. Contact and so in an effort 500 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: to try and make that jump FROM us kids clubs 501 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: to real golf clubs to getting maybe starting to play more, 502 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: tournaments to, me she's just overswinging the golf club and 503 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: she couldn't really control what was happening at the bottom 504 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: at the moment of contact where she's striking the golf. 505 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: Ball so a lot of impact drills got her own 506 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: swing catalyst and was able to kind of show her 507 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,879 Speaker 1: where her weight was, transferring how her weight was. Transferring 508 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: like a lot of, girls in effort to try and 509 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: get that golf ball in the, air she had more 510 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: weight on her back. Foot she's a right handed, golfer 511 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: so her trail, foot which is her right, foot had 512 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: more weight on her right, leg her right side and 513 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: impact so did a lot of waist high back waist 514 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: high through swings just to get her kind of this 515 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: concept of where her body needed to be at contact 516 00:24:58,119 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: at the moment of. 517 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 2: Impact AND I i think. 518 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: That's a really important thing if you're struggling with, contact 519 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: make the movement patterns. SMALLER i always try and make 520 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: analogies When i'm giving golf, lessons and so to, me 521 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,719 Speaker 1: contact is just learning how to control the. Car when 522 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: you're learning how to, drive, right we're not giving you 523 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: A ferrari and telling you to get From, Jupiter florida 524 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: To West Palm, beach which is about an hour and 525 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 1: a half. 526 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 2: Tour we're not. 527 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: Giving you a car when you're just learning how to 528 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,199 Speaker 1: drive A ferrari and, saying all, right drive and get 529 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,439 Speaker 1: there as fast as you possibly, can because what's going to. 530 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: Happen you're going to crash the. Car so a lot 531 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: of WHAT i like to, do especially with, juniors is 532 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: get impact, first BECAUSE i think a lot of people 533 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: listening to the podcast still on a regular, basis struggle with. 534 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: Impact they struggle with quality of, strike AND i think 535 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: that's something that a lot of golfers don't learn long, 536 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: enough early. 537 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 2: Enough so WHAT i mean by that is they. 538 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: Don't stay in contact. Enough they want to start working 539 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: on their backswing, plane the position at the top of 540 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: the back. Swinging they're trying to hit the golf ball, 541 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: further all of which is vitally, important, Right that's what 542 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: the best players we don't have to work. On So 543 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: i'm at a major WITH no AND. Dj we're not 544 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 1: working on, contact, Right we're not working on making sure 545 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: they hit the golf ball. Solid they do, that that's 546 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: why they're. There SO i think most golfers just never 547 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 1: stay in contact drills long enough and don't revisit them 548 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: on a regular, Basis and so what they think is 549 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: the issue is directional. Misses how where the ball is, 550 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: curving slices and. Fades but if you hit the golf 551 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 1: ball more, solid you're going to catch it more in 552 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: the center of the. Face the ball speed's going to. 553 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: Jump and however you're curving the golf, ball you're going 554 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 1: to curve it less because you're hitting it more in 555 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: the center of the. Face so with this young, junior 556 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: just a lot of impact drills and getting her to 557 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: see where her body is at. Impacts so a lot 558 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: of video, work, right videoing the first couple of golf 559 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: swings that comes in, with and then showing her kind 560 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: of the difference between where her body is and where 561 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: the club is and where the quality of strike is through. 562 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 1: VIDEO i like to do. THAT i like to use 563 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: launch monitor. TECHNOLOGY i like to use swing, catalysts. 564 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 2: Force plate stuff like. That BUT i like to marry 565 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: that with. 566 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: Visuals, okay so look at where your body is in 567 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: your full swing weight a lot on the right. Leg 568 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,360 Speaker 1: you kind of get scoopy with that left. Wrist so 569 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: we did a little kind of nine to three impact 570 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: drill to where you're taking the golf club back kind 571 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: of standing within the dial of a, clock kind of 572 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: at that waist high nine o'clock on the backswing if 573 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: you're right, handed and then following through to that waist 574 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 1: high on the funnel, through which is kind of if 575 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: you're standing in a clock kind of at that three, 576 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 1: o'clock so that nine to, three and then using the 577 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 1: video to, say, okay your weight's. Different we can get 578 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: swing catalysts to show you. That but now all of 579 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,199 Speaker 1: a sudden you've got a little bit of forward chafflein that. 580 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: Impact the quality of the strike is more, consistent and 581 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: you are controlling the golf club better as opposed to 582 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 1: the golf club controlling. You when you look at your 583 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: golf clubs and you look at a bag of golf 584 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: clubs that you, Have so when you go to the driving, 585 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: range and you take your bag to the driving range 586 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: and you pour all the golf balls out and you're 587 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 1: going to start hitting golf. Balls always remember. This your 588 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: golf clubs do not have a mind of their. Own 589 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: they cannot move. Themselves so your golf clubs are a 590 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: little bit like your. Car, right your car will sit 591 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: in the, driveway will sit in a parking lot until 592 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: you get in the, car turn on the engine and 593 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: drive the. Car and very much like driving a, car 594 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: if you think about the speed at which you're trying 595 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: to drive a, car you can drive a car too 596 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: fast and lose. Control you can swing the golf club 597 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: too fast and lose. Control and then the steering wheel 598 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: the car is going to go in the direction you 599 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: point the steering. Wheel so the steering wheel of the 600 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: car is kind of THE i always think of the 601 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: steering wheel of the car kind of like what my 602 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: hands are, doing what the grip is, doing what the 603 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: club face is. Doing so wherever your hands are at 604 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: impact is going to affect where the club face is at, 605 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: impact and where the club faces at impact is going 606 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: to affect where the ball. Is so coming back from 607 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: the tour where everybody hits the golf ball, solid and 608 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 1: then working with a young junior girl that's struggling with 609 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 1: contact spent pretty much out of the hour and a, 610 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: HALF i spent with, her probably almost an hour of 611 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: it just working on impact and contact, drills which is 612 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: going to help her development and going to help her 613 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: hit the golf ball more solid and help her distance, 614 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: wise help her direction, wise and help her contact. Wise 615 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: and then had another junior. Girl it was about probably 616 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: fourteen fifteen range and really interesting backswing move in that 617 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: had a lot of reverse spine at the top of 618 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: the back, swing AND i think at some point she 619 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: was told to not move her, head to have her 620 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: head stay very very still and video to be. Honest 621 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: on the, backswing her head in her nose was actually 622 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: going forward on the back, swing so she was standing 623 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: up out of her posture at the top of her back, 624 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: swing going into that kind of extension to where she's 625 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: bent forward at her dress as she's making her. Backswing 626 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: her backswing gets a little bit too. Long she's trying 627 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: not to move. 628 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 2: Off the golf. 629 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: BALL i don't know, why BUT i hear so many 630 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: more golfers worried about swaying off the golf. Ball they're 631 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: so worried about swaying off the golf ball that they 632 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: basically just don't make any move off the golf. Ball 633 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: their weight goes. Forward and as their weight goes forward 634 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: and they kind of come out of their posture on the, 635 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: backswing then on the downswing they have to get their 636 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: body back in, position their weight has to go back 637 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 1: to the right. Side causes a lot of, problems and 638 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: in this, case that's what this girl was. 639 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 2: Doing so trying to figure. 640 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: Out ways to get her in a better position and 641 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: talk to her a lot About, okay don't be afraid 642 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: to let your head. Move, okay especially on the, Backswing 643 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: so let your head move off the golf ball to the. 644 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: Right don't try and keep your head so. Still go 645 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: ahead and feel like you're kind of getting into your 646 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: right heel on the. Backswing don't be afraid to let 647 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: that right hip get, high that right leg straight and 648 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: so that you've got some. Load and again using swing, 649 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: catalysts we were able to show her the difference in 650 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: kind of where her backswing was the position to where 651 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: she was actually getting some weight into her right, side 652 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: WHICH i talked about this, earlier the creation phase of the. 653 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: Backswing she was able to create a little bit more. 654 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: Power she was able to get her backswing into a 655 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: position to where her downswing was going to be easier 656 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: for her to do, consistently not come. 657 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 2: Over the top of. 658 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: It she comes over the top of it because she 659 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: kind of gets to that top of the backswing position 660 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: where she's leaning, forward she's almost tilting. Forward then when 661 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 1: she goes to shift her body back to the, right 662 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: the arms kind of fire get out to end comes 663 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: over the top and contact, issues quality of strike. Issues 664 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: But i'm also more worried about her getting injured because 665 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: she's kind of hanging on that left. Side she's got 666 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: a lot of curvature at the top of her back 667 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: swing from her hip up to her shoulder on her left, 668 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,719 Speaker 1: side so she's got a lot of force kind of 669 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: going down on her. Spine and so just trying to 670 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: get her in a better back swing position so that 671 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 1: the downswing is easier to. Manage and THEN i had 672 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: a player of you, know probably ten, handicap probably in 673 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: his you, know mid, thirties plays a lot of golf 674 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: from The East, coast came down and, said, listen the 675 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: number one thing THAT i need to improve is my wedge. 676 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: Game AND i, said, okay what's the? Issue and he, said, 677 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: WELL i don't hit it close. Enough but the main 678 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,640 Speaker 1: REASON i don't hit it close enough is because of the. 679 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: Contact the contact is, bad the quality of the strike is. 680 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 1: Bad and SO i when watching this, player you, know 681 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: really from that kind of fifty to one hundred and fifteen, Range, 682 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: yeah a lot of, thin a lot of, heavy and 683 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: he was very much working a lot of practice, swings 684 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: a lot of drill. Swings says he hits a lot 685 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: of golf. Balls he has A TrackMan simulator in his, 686 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 1: basement so hits a lot of balls on a launch. 687 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 2: Monitor inside in a controlled. 688 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: Environment and SO i was trying to think WHAT i 689 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: could do to help this, player and WHAT i didn't 690 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: want to do was throw more technique at him because 691 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: he was kind of in that technique rabbit, hole, right 692 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: tons of practice, swings kind of never really looking at the, 693 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,200 Speaker 1: target kind of obsessed with staring at the golf, ball 694 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: glancing at the. 695 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 2: Target stare at the. 696 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: Ball was taking a lot of time to hit a 697 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: fifty yard web, shot and it wasn't. Solid SO i just, said, 698 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: listen let's get on a launch monitor and let's just 699 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 1: see if you can hit your. Numbers and he, said, 700 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: LISTEN i do this a. Lot i'm really good at 701 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: hitting my. Numbers so we did some fifty yard shots 702 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,480 Speaker 1: and it was just basically a carry, distance and we 703 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 1: did some seventy five yard, shots and then we did 704 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 1: some hundred yard. Shots and SO i said to, him, 705 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: right let's go back to the. Fifty let's take your lob, 706 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: wedge AND i want you to hit five. Balls and 707 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: we hit five, balls and the distances were, varied, right 708 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: some of me hit kind of around that fifty fifty 709 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: one to fifty two, mark but then he had one 710 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,839 Speaker 1: where he hit it like thirty five, yards and then 711 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,839 Speaker 1: he had one where he hit it like sixty five. 712 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: Yards so three decent ones and two bad. Ones and 713 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,760 Speaker 1: so when we looked at, it obviously a, massive massive distance, 714 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,320 Speaker 1: loss you, know almost a thirty yard distance loss on 715 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:28,400 Speaker 1: a shot where he's trying to hit it fifty and 716 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 1: he hits it. Thirty and SO i said to, HIM i, said, 717 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: listen rather than focus on the, distance why don't we 718 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: focus on the clubhead. 719 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 2: Speed and so. 720 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,000 Speaker 1: NOW i want you to have five, balls and you're 721 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: trying to hit your lob wedge five. Balls WHAT i 722 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,040 Speaker 1: want IS i want you to try and swing the 723 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: golf club the same speed for five, balls and so 724 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,919 Speaker 1: we hit five balls and the clubhead speeds were pretty close, 725 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: together so we were looking at kind of a one 726 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: to two mile per hour clubhead, speed different on every. 727 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: Club and so we just spent the next half hour 728 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: not even talking really about the distant city was carrying 729 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: the golf ball from fifty, yards we were doing five ball, 730 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,960 Speaker 1: challenges ten ball challenges from seventy five. Yards we were 731 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,920 Speaker 1: doing five ten ball, challenges and the challenge wasn't how 732 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: far you're carrying the golf. Ball can you have your 733 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: clubhead speed be, similar be the, same be very close. 734 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: Together and as soon as we started doing, that and 735 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: he started thinking about how fast he was swinging the 736 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 1: golf club and trying to swing the golf club the 737 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,799 Speaker 1: same speed for every single, shot what do you think 738 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:34,400 Speaker 1: happened to the? Contact the contact got. Better SO i 739 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: spent an hour and a half with this, guy AND 740 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: i never once talked about, contact quality of strike or. 741 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:44,439 Speaker 1: Technique the only thing we really worked on was kind 742 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 1: of clubhead. Speed and then we went out on a golf, 743 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: course Our schurt game, area which is going to simulate 744 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,920 Speaker 1: what the golf course is, like we had a thirty yard, 745 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 1: shot a fifty five yard, shot and a seventy five yard, 746 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,920 Speaker 1: shot and SO i, said, okay the thirty yard, shot 747 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 1: talk to me what you were going to. Do so 748 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: RATHER i had him talk me through what he was 749 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,960 Speaker 1: going to try and. Do, right what his intent. WAS 750 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 1: i think, Intent i've talked about. IT i think intent 751 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: is really really. Important tell me what you're trying to. 752 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 1: Do explain to me what you're trying to do with the. Shot, 753 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 1: so from a thirty yard, shot he chose the club 754 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: which was his lob. WEDGE i think he had a 755 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: fifty eight degree lob. Wedge he told me the length 756 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:21,839 Speaker 1: of the backswing and the length of the follow through 757 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,600 Speaker 1: that he. Wanted he told me where he wanted the 758 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 1: golf ball to. Land and SO i, said, okay now 759 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 1: make me two practice swings that feel the, same and 760 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: if they don't feel the, same we start over from 761 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: a speed, standpoint from a length of backswing, standpoint from 762 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 1: a length of follow through. Standpoint and it took him 763 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 1: a couple to get used to that. Feeling but once 764 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,759 Speaker 1: he got that concept of what is my? Intention what 765 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: AM i going to try and? Do and THAT'S i 766 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: think very different than talking about your, technique, RIGHT i, 767 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,920 Speaker 1: think what is your intent on this? 768 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 2: Shot, okay, yeah that's. 769 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: Going to involve some. Technique but tell me what you're 770 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: trying to. Do and then, okay now make me too practice, 771 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: swings trying to execute what you told me you were 772 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 1: trying to, do and then hit the golf ball with 773 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,840 Speaker 1: your practice wing and just let the golf ball get 774 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: in the way of your practice. Wing and it really 775 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 1: was interesting how much better this player's wedge game. Got 776 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 1: the contact issue wasn't even an issue, Anymore like we 777 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 1: didn't even have to talk about. It we weren't even 778 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:34,120 Speaker 1: focusing on anything to do with. Contact we were just 779 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 1: working on having the speed of your golf. Swing and, 780 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,279 Speaker 1: listen it's hard to do that when you're ramping up 781 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: and hitting full swings with your, drivers, right but from 782 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 1: fifty yards you know, again it's driving the car a lot. 783 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,800 Speaker 1: Slower it's learning how to control the. Car it's learning 784 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,920 Speaker 1: how to steer the, car it's learning how to accelerate the. 785 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,920 Speaker 1: Car it's learning how to break the. CAR i, mean 786 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 1: if you think about when when we were all learning 787 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,040 Speaker 1: how to, drive the way that you would slam the 788 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,440 Speaker 1: brake on the way that you would slam the accelerator. 789 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:07,719 Speaker 2: On you have to learn. 790 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: That AND i just thought that focusing on more feels 791 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:17,360 Speaker 1: and more kind of swing speed would help this, player 792 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: and it, worked and he was no longer thinking about the. 793 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:25,480 Speaker 1: Contact his confidence went through the, roof which wasn't, surprising 794 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 1: but his confidence went through the roof because it was 795 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: hitting better. Shots SO i live in really two constantly specific, 796 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,919 Speaker 1: worlds And i'm kind of going in and out of 797 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,040 Speaker 1: both of these. Worlds a world Where i'm working and 798 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 1: lucky enough to work and be around the best players 799 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:48,239 Speaker 1: in the. World so the nuances and what we're trying 800 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 1: to work on and the changes that we're trying to 801 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 1: make and how we deal with those changes are incredibly 802 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:58,440 Speaker 1: different than having a hour golf lesson with a twenty 803 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:02,840 Speaker 1: handicapper on A tuesday, Morning but there are. Similarities AND 804 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: i take a lot of WHAT i see from the 805 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 1: tour and try and apply it in my lessons with 806 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,319 Speaker 1: the average, golfer AND i also take things THAT i 807 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,040 Speaker 1: do in golf lessons with twenty handicappers in the way 808 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: That i'm trying to make the delivery and the concepts 809 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:21,279 Speaker 1: and everything kind of simple and not difficult to understand and. 810 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,479 Speaker 2: Repeatable so, YEAH i. 811 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,719 Speaker 1: Was just WHEN i was flying home From, AUGUSTA i was, Thinking, 812 00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: Okay i've just come from, that and Then i've got 813 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,800 Speaker 1: a week ahead of golf, lessons and those two worlds 814 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,320 Speaker 1: are are very, different but at the end of the, 815 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,720 Speaker 1: day they're very much the same because you're just trying 816 00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: to help a player get. Better you're just trying to 817 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: help a player understand his golf, swing his her golf swing. 818 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,640 Speaker 1: Better you're trying to make it as simple as possible 819 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,319 Speaker 1: and really cool. WEEKS i enjoy the weeks That i'm 820 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:54,440 Speaker 1: on the road working with professional, golfers AND i enjoy 821 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: the weeks i'm at home working with the average. GOLFER 822 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,080 Speaker 1: i don't THINK i ever want to get into a 823 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,800 Speaker 1: situation to WHERE i just work with tour, players because 824 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 1: that's not the real. World that's not real. Golf And 825 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,279 Speaker 1: i'm lucky in THAT i get to do. That But 826 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,400 Speaker 1: i'm also incredibly lucky that people come and see me 827 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:15,280 Speaker 1: and allow me and seek me out to help them 828 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,839 Speaker 1: with their. Game to break one, hundred break, ninety break. 829 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 1: EIGHTY i enjoy that as much AS i enjoy the tour. 830 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 1: Stuff so two weeks in the life of a golf, 831 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,359 Speaker 1: instructor one that's on tour and one that's at, home 832 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,239 Speaker 1: but some really good work last. Week i'm on the 833 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,319 Speaker 1: road now for two. Weeks it was home last. Week 834 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,319 Speaker 1: BUT i look back on that week And i'm, Like, 835 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 1: YEAH i did some really good work with some players 836 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,640 Speaker 1: and hopefully can help try and develop, them try and 837 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,759 Speaker 1: develop their, games and ultimately just try and help them 838 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: enjoy their golf, more because that's basically what we're all 839 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: trying to. Do The son of A which podcast comes 840 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 1: to you almost every, Week rate, review subscribe wherever you 841 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 1: get your. Podcast we'll see everybody next. Week