WEBVTT - Tendencies

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<v Speaker 1>It's the son of a which podcast. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Claude Harmon. Just back from three weeks in Asia. Was

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<v Speaker 1>out at my academy in Bangkok. Really excited about that project.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a really cool spot. And then Hong Kong and

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<v Speaker 1>Singapore with Live Dustin Johnson. Did you have a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to win Singapore last group on Sunday? So that was

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<v Speaker 1>really really encouraging. But what I want to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>is some of the stuff that we did in Singapore

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<v Speaker 1>with DJ that I think is applicable for your game.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm always trying to figure out how i can use

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<v Speaker 1>the information that I'm lucky enough to see and hear

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<v Speaker 1>about and work on tour with, because I do think

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<v Speaker 1>you can learn some things from what the best players

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<v Speaker 1>in the world are doing. I did a content shoot

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<v Speaker 1>and put out some content for Rafsoto, a launch monitor

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<v Speaker 1>that I think is one of the best on the market,

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<v Speaker 1>mainly because it's affordable. It's under one thousand dollars. It's

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<v Speaker 1>something that you can use. But one of the persons

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<v Speaker 1>in the comment said, hey, I'm not a tour pro,

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<v Speaker 1>so none of the stuff you're talking about is applicable.

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<v Speaker 1>And yardages and stuff like that, but I do think

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<v Speaker 1>that understanding how far you hit the golf ball and

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<v Speaker 1>understanding what you do on the golf course is massively important.

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<v Speaker 1>So just to give you a little insight, So obviously

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<v Speaker 1>on the PGA Tour, they're shot linked data, right, they

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<v Speaker 1>have some of the best data on the planet, and

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<v Speaker 1>as a player, as a coach, you can go in

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<v Speaker 1>and look at the data. You can look at what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing, how you're performing, what clubs you're using, things

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<v Speaker 1>like that, And I think most professional golfers now at

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<v Speaker 1>the elite level have some sort of stats program that

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<v Speaker 1>they're either keeping themselves or they have companies using. We

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<v Speaker 1>do that as well, so we kind of get reports

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<v Speaker 1>every week on what the golf course strategy should be

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<v Speaker 1>based off of historical data, based off of what players

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<v Speaker 1>have done there before. So last week we're in Singapore

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<v Speaker 1>and at all the data and from a strategy standpoint,

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing that we noticed is due to the

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<v Speaker 1>length of the golf course and due to DJ's length,

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<v Speaker 1>he was only going to really hit five drivers or

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<v Speaker 1>needed to hit five drivers all week. Yes, he can

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<v Speaker 1>hit driver on a lot of holes, but the risk

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<v Speaker 1>versus the reward where the carries are where the troubles are,

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<v Speaker 1>So we pretty much identified that he was only going

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<v Speaker 1>to hit five drivers, going to hit drivers on the

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<v Speaker 1>two par fives, and then there were a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>other holes that he hit drivers the year before, so

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<v Speaker 1>we kind of knew he was going to hit five drivers.

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<v Speaker 1>So that means a lot of three woods off the tees.

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<v Speaker 1>He carries a nine wood and a seven wood, so

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of those clubs off of the tees. But really,

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<v Speaker 1>in looking at all of the data, the majority of

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<v Speaker 1>the clubs the yardage is that he was going to have,

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to be from one to twenty five to

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<v Speaker 1>two twenty five, So for DJ that's right around a

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<v Speaker 1>pitching wedge, kind of a gap wedge, and up to

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<v Speaker 1>a five iron. So the majority of the shots he

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<v Speaker 1>was going to hit, we knew the clubs that he

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<v Speaker 1>was going to be using pretty much the majority of

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<v Speaker 1>the round. So what we did was in our practice

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<v Speaker 1>session we kind of came up with a test. That's

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<v Speaker 1>Richard Bland, who is just playing some of the best

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<v Speaker 1>golf of his career in his early fifties. One two

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<v Speaker 1>majors on the Champs Tour last year, plays on live

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<v Speaker 1>but Richard's been coming over before some of the tournaments

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<v Speaker 1>into doing some warm weather training at my place in

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<v Speaker 1>Florida at the Floridian. His coach Tim Barter comes over

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes as well. But this year Blandy was over and

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<v Speaker 1>every week I see him on Live. I see him

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<v Speaker 1>with a launch monitor, and he's always got a little

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<v Speaker 1>book out and he's always writing things in a book

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<v Speaker 1>and stuff. And so he was doing that at my

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<v Speaker 1>place in the off season, and I went out and

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<v Speaker 1>I asked him what he was doing. He said, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>what I've come up with is a wedged test. And

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<v Speaker 1>what I do is I take twenty balls and I

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<v Speaker 1>randomize the numbers between eighty and one hundred and thirty yards. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>you can go on Google type in random number generator.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll come up and you can put in whatever number

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<v Speaker 1>you want. Right, you put in fifty to one hundred,

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<v Speaker 1>you could put twenty five to seventy, whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 1>So he puts in eighty to one thirty and then

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<v Speaker 1>hits a number and it spits out a random number.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the goal of the test, if you think

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<v Speaker 1>about it, So he's got twenty balls, he's randomizing every

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<v Speaker 1>single ball. So he doesn't know what the distance is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be. He can use any club in his bag,

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<v Speaker 1>and the goal is to have a total score for

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty balls of forty right. And the idea behind

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<v Speaker 1>that is two yards either short or long out. So

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<v Speaker 1>the way you take the test is you randomize the number,

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<v Speaker 1>and let's say the number is one forty four. You

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<v Speaker 1>take the club that you think you're going to hit

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<v Speaker 1>the golf ball one hundred and forty four yards, and

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<v Speaker 1>whatever the difference is, you write that number down. So,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, if it's one forty four and you carry

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<v Speaker 1>it one fifty for that you're write down five and

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<v Speaker 1>you go through that, and then at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the test you add up all of the numbers that

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<v Speaker 1>you were short or long out, and the goal would

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<v Speaker 1>be forty right, So two yards out with every single ball.

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<v Speaker 1>And he says over the last two three years he's

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<v Speaker 1>been doing this religiously in every practice session he has, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's no surprise that for someone like Richard Bland,

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<v Speaker 1>who's in his fifties not nearly as long as some

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<v Speaker 1>of the players, he's going to play against the lowest

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<v Speaker 1>hanging fruit. And the way that he can really, really

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<v Speaker 1>score and the way that he can really separate himself

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<v Speaker 1>from the rest of the field used to be really

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<v Speaker 1>really good with eighty two, one hundred and thirty. The

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<v Speaker 1>scoring clubs right your wedges and stuff like that. And

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<v Speaker 1>he does this test on a regular basis religiously. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think we are in Adelaide and he told me, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I just got twenty nine, and if you hit the number.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's say the number is one fifteen and you

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<v Speaker 1>carry the golf ball one fifteen, that's zero, right, So

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nine is an unbelievable score. And in Hong Kong

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<v Speaker 1>we did that a couple of times with DJ. DJ

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<v Speaker 1>got thirty eight. One of the times was doing that

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<v Speaker 1>with another of the players. I teach Noah Kent, who

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<v Speaker 1>we're trying. He's going to play in the Masters this year.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll play in the US Open by finishing second in

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<v Speaker 1>the Usam. So if you get to the finals of

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<v Speaker 1>the Usam, you get into the Masters. In the US Open,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been having Noah do this religiously, trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>that score down. So last week we basically did the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing with DJ. We did one twenty five to

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<v Speaker 1>two twenty five, and we just randomized the numbers and

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<v Speaker 1>got him to just again get out of technique right.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't him thinking about his golf swing. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think last week in Singapore, out of all of the

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<v Speaker 1>years that I've worked with DJs to working with DJ

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twelve, I think last week was as little

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<v Speaker 1>technique work golf swing work that we've ever done. We

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<v Speaker 1>didn't really talk a lot about his golf swings. Golf

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<v Speaker 1>swing is in a pretty good place Hong Kong. He

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<v Speaker 1>finished dead last. A lot of people jumped on the

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<v Speaker 1>bandwagon on that doesn't care all that bullshit. That's fine,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to do that, go for it. Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>night in Hong Kong, DJ kind of slept wrong and

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<v Speaker 1>had a rib out and his physio doctor, matt Ort,

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<v Speaker 1>tried to work on it. Warm up wasn't great. It

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<v Speaker 1>was on Friday in Hong Kong. It was fifty degrees

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<v Speaker 1>in raining all day, so Spotty never really loosened up.

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<v Speaker 1>He got better every day. Bogie the last hole on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday could have shot seven under. I think he shot

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<v Speaker 1>you know, six under, so really good score. So by

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<v Speaker 1>the time we got to Singapore, I was like listen

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<v Speaker 1>and by the way for the first two days of

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<v Speaker 1>that tournament and for the majority of the third round

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<v Speaker 1>in Hong Kong. For the last ten years, DJ's stock

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<v Speaker 1>shot has been a fade Thursday and Friday because he

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't get through the golf ball. When he did try

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<v Speaker 1>and get through it and try and hit down on

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<v Speaker 1>it and trying to get that path left, he was

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<v Speaker 1>unable to do it, so he had to switch to

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<v Speaker 1>hitting a draw. So he hit a draw for almost

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<v Speaker 1>two and a half rounds, which isn't his normal shape

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<v Speaker 1>at all. But we got to Singapore and every single

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<v Speaker 1>day after the practice rounds Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, we

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<v Speaker 1>did this test one twenty five to two twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>and he was choosing the club and we were looking

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<v Speaker 1>at the difference between what it was, and we were

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<v Speaker 1>also having him pick out specific targets, right, not just

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<v Speaker 1>aiming at the middle of the fairway or not just

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<v Speaker 1>aiming at one target, So not only randomizing the number,

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<v Speaker 1>but also trying to randomize his aim and having him

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<v Speaker 1>go through his pre shot routine on every shot, so

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get him in a game type situation. I've

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<v Speaker 1>talked about this on the pod before. One of the

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<v Speaker 1>things that we're always trying to do is instructors. As

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<v Speaker 1>a coach, what I'm always trying to do is how

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<v Speaker 1>can I simulate what is going to happen on the

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<v Speaker 1>golf course for a player on the driving range. So

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<v Speaker 1>it was something that we did for four days and

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<v Speaker 1>I think it really helped him. I think it really

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<v Speaker 1>helped him kind of get into play mode. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it really kind of got him not thinking so much

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<v Speaker 1>about his golf swing, so much about his technique, and

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<v Speaker 1>he had a chance to win shut eight under the

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<v Speaker 1>first day, was in the last group with wach o'neman

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday. Didn't get it done, but a tremendous amount

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<v Speaker 1>of positive So I think a lot of people say

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<v Speaker 1>to me, listen, I don't have a launch monitor, so

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<v Speaker 1>I can't work on my distances. Right, I'm not a

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<v Speaker 1>tour player, so I can't work on my distances. So

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<v Speaker 1>maybe try this. Go to the driving range, and every

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<v Speaker 1>driving range you're going to go to, he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>have some flags, right, They're going to have target flags,

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<v Speaker 1>target greens. And if it doesn't have target flags and

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<v Speaker 1>target greens, it's going to have numbers, right, big scoreboard

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<v Speaker 1>type numbers, one hundred yards, one hundred and fifty yards whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>those yards are, right, But most are going to have

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of green complex and flags on the green.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think most golfers now have a launch monitor.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't have a launch monitor, I mean have

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<v Speaker 1>a rangefinder. Launch monitors expensive, right, some of the ones

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<v Speaker 1>the players on the PGA Tour use thirty thousand dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen thousand dollars, ten thousand, whatever the numbers. I think

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<v Speaker 1>launch monitor technology is going down, and I think launch

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<v Speaker 1>monitors are getting better across the board. That's why I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a huge fan of rap Sodo. They've got two launch

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<v Speaker 1>monitors that are I think affordable. If golf is an

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<v Speaker 1>important part of your life and if you are really

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<v Speaker 1>really focused and trying to lower your handicap and get better.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you don't have a launch monitor, if you've

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<v Speaker 1>got a rangefinder, pick out a bunch of different targets, right,

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<v Speaker 1>pick out the different yardages and randomize these yardages. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Pick out the fifty yard flag and get a number

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<v Speaker 1>on what that is, and then a seventy five yard

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<v Speaker 1>flag and one hundred yard flag, one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred whatever, you've got on the golf course. And

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<v Speaker 1>then if you don't have a launch monitor and you

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<v Speaker 1>can't tell exactly how far the ball is going, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>adjust this test and give yourself twenty balls and say, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to try and aim at this specific target,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm going to try. If I don't have a

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<v Speaker 1>launch monitor, I'm going to see if I'm long or

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<v Speaker 1>short of it and write that down, right, and you

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<v Speaker 1>choose the club right, So write down the club that

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to use, the yardage that you're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>hit it. So let's say you're trying to hit it

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred yards. You choose the club, write that club

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<v Speaker 1>that you're going to use down, and then if you're

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<v Speaker 1>short or long, right, short or long, do that for

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<v Speaker 1>twenty balls and try to your best ability to randomize

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<v Speaker 1>all of the numbers, or just pick out one hundred yards,

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<v Speaker 1>pick out you know, baseline numbers. Pick out a flag

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<v Speaker 1>that's one hundred yards, pick out a flag that's one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty five yards. I think good random numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifty seventy five, one hundred, one hundred and twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and fifty right, I think those are good

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<v Speaker 1>numbers to start with. And again, if you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>a launch monitor and you can't tell exactly how far

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<v Speaker 1>it's going, but you have a rangefinder and you say, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that target is seventy five yards, you could just do

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<v Speaker 1>twenty balls and pick out the club that you would

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<v Speaker 1>use for that distance and then do the test of

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<v Speaker 1>being either writing down if you're short or long, and

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<v Speaker 1>then go back in and look at what are the tendencies.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you've got your sand wedge, if you've got

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<v Speaker 1>your pitching wedge, if you've got your nine or whatever

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<v Speaker 1>the club is, figure out if the tendency is to

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<v Speaker 1>come up long or the tendency is to come up short, right.

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<v Speaker 1>And some of this you will probably if you're in

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<v Speaker 1>that mid handicap range, some of it will be contact issues. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, when my contact is bad, I come up

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<v Speaker 1>way short of the number, right, way short of the

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<v Speaker 1>flag that I'm trying to hit. In an ideal world,

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<v Speaker 1>you would want the miss. I think it would be

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<v Speaker 1>better for the miss to be long then it would

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<v Speaker 1>be short, because if the miss is long, that's probably

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<v Speaker 1>going to show you that the contact is pretty good. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>If the miss is massively short, that's probably going to

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<v Speaker 1>show you that the contact miss is poor. Then you

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<v Speaker 1>kind of know what to do off of that. You

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<v Speaker 1>know two things. You know, if the tendency is from

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<v Speaker 1>whatever the distance is, if you're short or long, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you know that if you're consistently short and you're

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<v Speaker 1>hitting it fat or you're hitting it thin stuff, then

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<v Speaker 1>you know that's a contact issue. Then you can go

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<v Speaker 1>and say, okay, let me go work on my technique

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<v Speaker 1>to improve my contact, the quality of the strike. You

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<v Speaker 1>know where my weight is, am I taking a divots?

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<v Speaker 1>There's a million different drills you can do to try

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<v Speaker 1>and improve contact, But I just think that knowing with

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<v Speaker 1>the yardages that you've got with sand wedge, pitching wedge,

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<v Speaker 1>nine iron, eight iron, seven iron, I would work with

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<v Speaker 1>those clubs and then say, okay, am I short? Do

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<v Speaker 1>I tend to be short? Do I tend to be long?

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<v Speaker 1>And then next time you go play golf, write down

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<v Speaker 1>all the irons that you hit right on every hole.

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<v Speaker 1>So on the first hole, if you hit the fairway

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<v Speaker 1>right down the club that you're going to use right,

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<v Speaker 1>write it down. And then the next hole, obviously, if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't hit the fairway, you're chipping out right, but

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<v Speaker 1>then write down the yardage that the range finder tells

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<v Speaker 1>you it is and the club that you're using, and

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<v Speaker 1>then figure out if you're short or long, Because then

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<v Speaker 1>I think what you can do is similar to what

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<v Speaker 1>we're able to do on the tour level, is we

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<v Speaker 1>know the data from shot link, from launch monitors, from

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<v Speaker 1>the companies that we use for strategy. For data, you

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<v Speaker 1>can then kind of get an idea of Okay, at

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<v Speaker 1>my home course, I am going to have a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of these clubs that I'm going to have to hit.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to have to hit a lot of seven irons,

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<v Speaker 1>eight irons, six irons, five irons, hybrids, whatever the club is.

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<v Speaker 1>Because then I think it can really help you streamline

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<v Speaker 1>your practice, and your practice can actually be for something

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<v Speaker 1>specific that will help you on the golf course as

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<v Speaker 1>opposed to just what you're trying to do on the

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<v Speaker 1>range by just getting exercise. Try to then go, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let me gamify the way that I practice, Let me

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<v Speaker 1>randomize my targets, let me randomize my numbers so that

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<v Speaker 1>I can then figure out what's happening on the golf course.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think you'll get a good idea of some

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<v Speaker 1>trends of what's happening. Most of us play our home

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<v Speaker 1>course on a regular basis, so you want to know

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<v Speaker 1>the clubs that you're going to be using the most

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<v Speaker 1>on your home course, right, And it's simple. Not everybody

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<v Speaker 1>has a launch monitor, right, Not everybody has access to

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<v Speaker 1>the data that we've got. But I think most driving

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<v Speaker 1>ranges can give you a lot that you can use

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<v Speaker 1>to help your game. Invest in a rangefinder and then

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<v Speaker 1>go out and say, okay, let me pick a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of random targets, are random yardages and go from there.

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<v Speaker 1>And then one of the things that you can do

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<v Speaker 1>is gamify the driving range, right, and say, okay, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to try and pretend I'm playing on the golf course.

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<v Speaker 1>So pick a driver, take your driver out, use some

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<v Speaker 1>targets on the driving range, use kind of design a

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<v Speaker 1>fairway for yourself. Use poles, you can use trees, you

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<v Speaker 1>can use flags, and say, okay, I'm gonna choose a

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<v Speaker 1>flag or a tree or a pole on the left,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I'm gonna choose a flag or a pole

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<v Speaker 1>or a tree on the right hand side. That's my fairway.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I've got to do is I've got to

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<v Speaker 1>get the golf ball into the fairway and then randomize,

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<v Speaker 1>use that random number generator you can get on Google

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<v Speaker 1>and say, okay, now I've got to hit a club.

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<v Speaker 1>The number says one sixty five. Okay, what is my

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<v Speaker 1>one sixty five club? And then see if you can

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<v Speaker 1>find a target that is somewhere around that distance and

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<v Speaker 1>then hit an iron shot. You choose the club and

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<v Speaker 1>figure out if you're short or long, and then do

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<v Speaker 1>that a bunch of different times. Pick out a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of different fairways, create your own fairways, pick out a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of numbers that you know that you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>on the golf course, that you know that you need

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<v Speaker 1>to hit, and just see if you're able to have

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<v Speaker 1>good distance control. I don't think it takes a tremendous

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<v Speaker 1>amount of money. I don't think it takes a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the stuff that we use on tour. Think of

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<v Speaker 1>the driving range as a playground, right as a massive playground,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're just going to try and use your driving

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<v Speaker 1>range your home course to try and help you on

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<v Speaker 1>the golf course. But I think if you can start

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<v Speaker 1>writing down the irons that you're using, whatever you're using,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you're using a lot of hybrids on the golf course.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you're using a lot of long irons on the

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<v Speaker 1>golf course. But I think if you can start to

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<v Speaker 1>see the trends of the clubs that you're using, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it can be hugely beneficial for you to then

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<v Speaker 1>know what to practice as opposed to just going to

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<v Speaker 1>the driving range and just basically working on your golf swing.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I keep talking about this, there's two rooms that

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<v Speaker 1>you should be living in on the driving range. A

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<v Speaker 1>room that is technique and then another room that you

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<v Speaker 1>need to go into that is execution. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>last week the work that Austin Johnson, DJ's County and

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<v Speaker 1>I we just said, listen, we're going to try and

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<v Speaker 1>gamify as much of the practice as we can. For DJ.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to try and get him not thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>his golf swing, not thinking about his technique, think about

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<v Speaker 1>what he's going to be doing on the golf course.

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<v Speaker 1>And he had a chance to win and finish top ten.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot to build on from last week for DJ.

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<v Speaker 1>But I do think if you could practice like this

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<v Speaker 1>and start to use your driving range like a big

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<v Speaker 1>giant playground, use the targets on the driving range, not

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<v Speaker 1>just for the shape and where it's going, think about

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<v Speaker 1>are you short or long of it? Are you missing

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<v Speaker 1>it left or right of it? And then I think

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<v Speaker 1>that'll help you kind of form a plan when you

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<v Speaker 1>go to the golf course and say, Okay, I know

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<v Speaker 1>on the golf course today, I'm going to have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of distances I play my game, I'm gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of distances between this number and this number

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<v Speaker 1>for my second shots. I've been practicing these on the

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<v Speaker 1>golf on the driving range, and I think it will

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<v Speaker 1>help you lower your handicap, and I think it will

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<v Speaker 1>help you enjoy your golf better. And I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>something that you can use and take from the PGA Tour,

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<v Speaker 1>from DP World, from the Champs, from Live from the LPGA,

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<v Speaker 1>all the tours around the world. Right, it's very hard

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<v Speaker 1>for you to swing like the best players in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>like our heroes. We all struggle with that, right, We'd

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<v Speaker 1>all love to do that. We'd all love the swing

0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:40.800
<v Speaker 1>the golf club like Rory McElroy and Scotti Scheffler. We'd

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<v Speaker 1>all love to swing the golf club like Nellie Corda

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<v Speaker 1>or Adam Scott. All these beautiful golf swings, but that's

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<v Speaker 1>not the reality. But what we can do is really

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<v Speaker 1>have a good understanding as to how far you hit

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<v Speaker 1>your clubs, and really have a good understanding as to

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<v Speaker 1>what is your tendency. You tend to be short or

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<v Speaker 1>do you tend to be long. Is it a contact strike,

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<v Speaker 1>is it a directional miss, whatever that is, then you

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<v Speaker 1>can form a plan when you go to the driving range,

0:21:11.160 --> 0:21:15.560
<v Speaker 1>and you can really make your practice effective, and you

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<v Speaker 1>can make your practice help affect what's going on on

0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:23.880
<v Speaker 1>the golf course. So that's just a little insight of

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<v Speaker 1>what you know I was doing last week with DJ.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he can help you and give it a try,

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<v Speaker 1>and I definitely think it'll help. Son of a Butch

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