1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: It's the son of a Book podcast. We come to 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: you every Wednesday. UM. This week it's the UM I 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: actually played golf episode. I haven't played golf in two 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: years and played Golf of the Weekend in the Floridian 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: Pro Member and UM, yeah, it takes a village to 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: get me to to play golf. UM. There's a lot 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: of moving parts. UM, but I think that's basically what 8 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: everybody that a lot of people that are listening kind 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: of go through the same thing. And you know, as 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: someone that UM works with good players and works with 11 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: people that you watch on TV, UM, golf is never 12 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: easy for me. So UM talked a little bit about that. 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: So we'll get to that in a minute. Before we 14 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: jump into that, I wanted to tell you about the 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: new Golf Lover's gift Box from our friends at for Wellness. 16 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: They put it together for the holidays. UM, if you're 17 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: late to the show in Christmas shopping, like I know 18 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people are, UM, I know I am, well, UM, 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,959 Speaker 1: I think this is really good. 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My entire 39 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,399 Speaker 1: life is golf, and so if I can get any 40 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: chance to get away from playing golf, I try and 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: take it because it can just be kind of all 42 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: consuming and overwhelming at times. And um full disclosure my 43 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: body is not great at back surgery out of micro 44 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: di sect to me in two thousand eleven, UM I 45 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: have almost zero internal hip rotation on both my left 46 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: and my right hip. UM. Dave Phillips, who has been 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: on the podcast before, and Greg Rows, the co founders 48 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: of the Titles Performance Institute, UM I'm I'm on the 49 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: tp I advisory board. But when they started doing their 50 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: t p I seminars, you know, level one and really 51 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: started to introduce back in I guess probably two thousand 52 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: four or two thousand five started to introduce their movement screen. 53 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: UM testing your ability to internally rotate on both hips 54 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: is part of their Big twelve right, the Big twelve 55 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: M things that they test and and clauses main issues. 56 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: So they used to pull me up on stage and 57 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: UM I would get down and they would check my 58 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: internal hip rotation and everybody in the crowd would laugh 59 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 1: because it was basically zero. UM. I have very little 60 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: internal hip rotation. So if you think about what we're 61 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: asking your lower body to do when you're hitting golf balls, 62 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: is if you're a right handed golfer, as you make 63 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: your back swing, as your hips turn, you're going to 64 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: internally rotate into that right hip. You're internally rotating into 65 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: the right hip. You're externally rotating on the left hip. 66 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: Then on the down swing, you're going to internally rotate 67 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: into that left hip and the right hip is going 68 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: to externally rotate. That's very, very difficult for me to 69 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: do physically. So as a result of that, I have 70 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: the classic issue with limited hip rotation, which is early 71 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: extension or what we call thrust. Your lower body is 72 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: getting closer to the golf ball on the backswing and 73 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: probably more so on the down swing. That's my swing issue. So, um, 74 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: I can't get a lot of rotation. I don't have 75 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: a lot of speed. Um, I had a lot of 76 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 1: balls thin. I had a lot of balls fat because 77 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: as I start my downswing, my pelvis gets moving closer 78 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: to the golf ball, then my upper body has to 79 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: back out. You always want to remember that when you're 80 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: hitting golf balls, whichever direction your hips are going, your 81 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: upper body is going to tend to go in the 82 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: opposite direction to keep you balanced. So if you're setting 83 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: up in your golf posture and you move your lower 84 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 1: body closer to the golf ball without stepping closer to golf, 85 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: but just move your lower body closer to the golf ball. 86 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: The upper body has to go back to try and 87 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: keep you some balance. And that's the issue that I 88 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: have in my golf swing. Physically, Um, it's very very 89 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: difficult for me to do a lot of the things 90 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: that I know that I need to do, which is 91 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: keep my hips back on the downswing that kind of 92 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: push back, I get a lot of weight up into 93 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: my toes because as much as I know what I 94 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: need to do, um, physically I just can't do any 95 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: of it. So whenever I'm contemplating hitting golf balls or 96 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: playing golf, UM, I always come at it from, Okay, 97 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: what am I going to do to try and offset 98 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: the issues that I have with my body? Because the 99 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: majority of the bad shots that I hid in my 100 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: golf swing, they're not concept issues, right you know, someone 101 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: that gives you know, thousands upon thousands of golf lessons 102 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: for the last years, I know how to fix my problem, 103 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: but physically it's really really tough for me to do that. 104 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: So it's frustrating because, um, I can't hit a lot 105 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: of golf balls because my back hurts, and I was 106 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: in back pain for so long. Anybody listening that's been 107 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: in back pain, that has had back surgery, you know, um, 108 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: you'll do anything to not have to feel that way again. 109 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: It was debilitating. Um I got to wear in two 110 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: thousand eleven, in the kind of spring summer, I I 111 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: couldn't walk, and so that's what made me, you know, 112 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: go in for surgery so my back doesn't hurt if 113 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: I don't do a lot of rotational stuff. Golf inherently, unfortunately, 114 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: just isn't great for for my body because my lower body. 115 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: Um So, I have to stretch, i have to do 116 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: a lot of body preps. Um, I've got a you know, 117 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: phone role, I've got to um theragon, I've got the 118 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: hyper ice that the heat thing that you put around 119 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: your back. So I've got to do all of that 120 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: before I hit golf balls. Um So, like I said, 121 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: when I play golf, my misses. It's really it's it's 122 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: incredibly frustrating for me because I fundamentally know what my 123 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: problem is, and I fundamentally know how to fix the 124 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: problem technique wise, but physically, my body just doesn't want 125 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: to do that. So when I think about building my 126 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: golf swing and trying to figure out, you know how 127 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: to hit a golf ball. I don't hit a lot 128 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: of golf balls. Um so I went. Um I went 129 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: to one lengths from Cobra about four or five years 130 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: ago when they first came out, UH and a huge 131 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: shout out to Ben Showman. He got me all the 132 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: new UH. He got me new Cobrat one length irons. 133 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: Um we got the l a golf chafts in those 134 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: which I was trying out for the first time in 135 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: the irons and and really really liked the Marina Alex 136 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: who I played with in in the Floridian Pro member 137 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: this weekend this past weekend, she uses that iron shaft. 138 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: Pat Perez, who I work with, uses that iron shaft. 139 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: Um So I'm a one length guy. They built me 140 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: the new ones. I got the new UH Cobra driver, 141 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: which UM, I can't wait for everybody to get an 142 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: opportunity to hit that next year. Um it's really really 143 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: really good it And um so the one length irons 144 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: really really helped me because everything, as if you don't know, 145 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: everything's kind of the length of a seven iron. So 146 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: all the irons not my wedges. Um, I can't. I 147 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: can't go that militant like Bryson does. So my sand wedge, 148 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: my lob wedge, my my gap wedge, those are just 149 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: regular length. But all the rest of my irons are 150 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: the length of a seven iron. So um, again, because 151 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: my body isn't great, because I don't have a lot 152 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: of speed. Um the long the last iron I actually have, 153 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: and my golf bag is a six iron, and then 154 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: I've got a five hybrid, a four hybrid, and then 155 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: a three hybrid. I don't carry a three would because 156 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: I can I can never get three was off the 157 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: ground in the air and um a driver. So but 158 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: one likes really helped me because um, everything is the 159 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: length of a seven iron, so they're a little bit 160 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: easier for me to control. When I in the past, um, 161 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: regular length golf clubs, I start to bend over too much. 162 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: Um it starts to you know, get a little bit 163 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: of of of grief to my lower back. But really, um, 164 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: it's hard for me to take divots with regular length 165 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: golf clubs because I get so much thrust, so much 166 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: early extension. So the one lengths helped me. I feel 167 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: like I can compress it. I feel like I can, 168 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: you know somewhat get down to the golf ball. So 169 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: I thought, Okay, I'm I've got to go play, and 170 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: I've got to figure out a swing that that I 171 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: can repeat and that can I can make somewhat work. 172 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: I would love to be able to draw the golf ball. 173 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: UM It's it's the holy grail for me. But every 174 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: time I try and draw hit draws, I just get 175 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 1: more of the lower body going to the to the 176 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: golf ball. I get a ton of thin shots. I 177 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: get a tremendous amount of hand rotation because my lower 178 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: body is going closer to the ball. It's stalls out, 179 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: my chest stalls out, my feet get moving around. I 180 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: get a lot of weight on my toes. UM. And 181 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: I don't really um, like I said, I don't take 182 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: a lot of divots and UM, I don't compress the 183 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: golf ball a lot specs, especially when I'm trying to 184 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: hit draws. So UM and then the other thing. I 185 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: posted a video on on Instagram, UM of me hitting 186 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:13,959 Speaker 1: a shot on the eighteenth hole at for Ready and 187 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: with the driver. And UM, I play left handed, I 188 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: can play golf both directions. UM, I can play golf 189 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: left handed and right handed. I have two sets of everything. UM, 190 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: I played golf right handed until life is about eighteen. 191 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: And then my grandfather, um I was asking me some 192 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: questions about my golf. And I played hockey, and I 193 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: played hockey as a kid, and I played UM, I 194 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: hit a hockey puck left handed, and I had a 195 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: baseball left handed. So he asked me one day to 196 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: watch me. He said, Hey, let's let's find a left 197 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: handed club and watch you hit someone. I have a 198 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: lot more speed left handed, I have a lot more power, 199 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: and I have a lot more consistency. So UM, for 200 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: demo purposes, if I'm doing um demoing golf lessons or 201 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: doing anything you know, media wise, I'll do it right handed. 202 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: But when I do play golf, I play golf left handed. UM. 203 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: So I thought, all right, let me figure out what 204 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: I can do to first and foremost, just hit the 205 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: golf ball solid um. And I think you've heard me 206 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: on the pod talk about this for a long time. UM, 207 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 1: the average golfer. And I am an average golfer, right, 208 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm just like everybody listening. Um, you know, golf is 209 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: not easy. UM. I hit a lot of bad shots. Um, 210 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: I hit some good shots, but you know, I don't 211 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: even know what my handicap would be because you know, 212 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: I never play golf. Um, if I was to guess, 213 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: I'd probably say I'd probably be somewhere around, you know, 214 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: an eight or ten. Let's take a quick break and 215 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: we are back. So I was thinking, what can I 216 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: do to hit the golf ball? Solid um? So fading 217 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: the golf ball is is is the the shot that 218 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: can hit and the reason why I can hit it is. 219 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: My tendency with my golf swing is my backswing is 220 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: always historically gotten really really on the inside and then 221 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: it gets really really stuck and underneath behind me. On 222 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,719 Speaker 1: the down swing, my lower body gets closer to the 223 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: golf ball, my upper body backs out, get a lot 224 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: of weight up on my toes, my footwork my lead 225 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: foot for me, my right foot, the heels always sliding around, 226 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: and I have a lot of backup. That's where I 227 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: get the thin shots, That's where I get the heavy shots. 228 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: So um, I was thinking, Okay, what can I do? 229 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: I mean, my angle of attack when I get on 230 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: a launch monitor with with a seven iron is what 231 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: most people's are that play the PJ. I mean, I'm 232 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,119 Speaker 1: hitting up on a seven iron, which is just it's horrendous. 233 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: And again I know that I know that I need 234 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: to hit down on the golf ball with my irons. Right. 235 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: I give you know, thousands, thousands of golf lessons telling 236 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,719 Speaker 1: people you've got to hit down on the golf ball, 237 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: you've got to take a divot, you've got to cover. 238 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 1: So I know all of this stuff, right, I know 239 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: how to teach it, I know how to explain it. 240 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: But when I hit golf balls and when I play golf, 241 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: it's just it's it's so frustrating because I just at 242 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: times can't get my body to do what my mind 243 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: is telling it to do. Um. So I thought to myself, 244 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna hit some faith. So gave myself 245 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: about three weeks and what I just started doing every 246 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: single day, sometimes for fifteen minutes, sometimes it was only 247 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: for five minutes. Sometimes it was for half hour, half hours, 248 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: about as much as I could, you know, hit golf 249 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: balls with with my back. Um. I just said to myself, listen, 250 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to try and just hit golf balls every 251 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: day for the next three weeks. Um. I think it 252 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: took a couple of days off on on the weekend. Um. 253 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: But I said, you know, if it's five minutes, if 254 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: it's ten minutes, it's fifteen. Thirty minutes is the cap 255 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: for me. Um, And a lot of this was with 256 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: really really short iron. So UM I went out, having 257 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: not hit a golf ball and really almost two years. 258 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: UM I went out, got my sand wedge and said, Okay, 259 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: I am just gonna try and hit slices with my sandwich. 260 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: So I'm going to feel like I take the golf 261 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: club straight outside, I feel like I come over the 262 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: top of it. Again, I'm right handed, so I'm gonna 263 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: try and feel like I swing down into the right 264 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: as much as I can. And UM I had some 265 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: decent success with that with the sandwich. UM on day one, Um, yeah, 266 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: I mean listen, I hit a couple of shanks, hit 267 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: a couple then uh laid the salt over a couple 268 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: you know, hit behind it. But um hit balls for 269 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: about fifteen minutes and said, okay, I'm just going to 270 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: try and feel like I make a really exaggerated cut move, 271 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: an exaggerated slice move. I was able to get someone video. 272 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: I was able to get some on swing catalyst to 273 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: kind of see you know what it looked like, see 274 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: what my body was doing. Um, like everybody listening, feel 275 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: and real are two completely different things. When I feel 276 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: like I'm taking the golf club straight outside, it's actually 277 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: somewhat neutral. Um. And then what I feel like is 278 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: massively right with a path, feel like I'm coming over it. 279 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: Actually most of the time isn't UM. But I just 280 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: wanted to get that feeling. Um. You know, I kind 281 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: of laid a club down on the ground that was 282 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: on an angle to where I was able to angle 283 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: it to where I felt like I was taking it, 284 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: you know, very much on the outside, and then you know, 285 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: angle it and feel like I'm swinging across my body. Um. 286 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: And then I kind of went to hitting some sand 287 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: wedges and it was a drill um that I kind 288 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: of liked. So I just started doing like exaggerated chip shots, 289 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: big exaggerated cut chip shot swings, and you know, got 290 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: the feeling. And again I picked out a target and 291 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: I just started out and said, Okay, the first thing 292 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: I'm going to work on, same thing I I talked 293 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: about a lot UM. I said to myself, Okay, give 294 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: myself a target. I'm not really worried about how far 295 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: the ball goes, but what I'm going to try and 296 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: do is just consistently start for this this practice session, 297 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: how long, however long it is. If I'm able to 298 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: balls for five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen, I'm just gonna 299 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: try and feel like I start the golf ball right 300 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: and feel like I'm making a big cut swing. And 301 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: if I can get to where I can consistently start 302 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: the golf ball to the right, I think it's it's 303 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: somewhat of a win. Um And I was able to 304 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: do that. I was able to really get the feeling 305 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: of a big slice. Because my body, um doesn't have 306 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: a tremendous amount of rotation. The hard thing for me 307 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: in my golf swing is is to try and minimize 308 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: my hand action. UM. I catch a lot of balls 309 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: in the neck, catch a lot of balls, you know, 310 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: off the toe, and um, I have a lot of 311 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: face rotation. And again this is something that I that 312 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: I try and coach out of players you know, all 313 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: the time. UM, I know all of the things, and 314 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: I'm working through when I'm hitting balls on my own, 315 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: I'm working through some of these theories and some of 316 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: these ideas. But again, just sticking with one specific swing 317 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: thought and the goal was just to you know, keep practicing. UM, 318 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: not these marathon practice sessions, but just you know, ten 319 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes day and UM, I got to where, you know, 320 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: the irons got to be a pretty solid. Um. You 321 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: know I was catching. Yeah, I still catch some bad 322 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: bad ones in the neck, get some off the toe. 323 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: But UM, I really felt like these half three quarter 324 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: like chip shot practice swings really gave me the feeling 325 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: of what I was trying to do with my takeaway 326 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: and really gave me the feeling of what I was 327 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: trying to do with my downswing. And then you know, 328 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: the thought is trying to feel like the heel is 329 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: leading the toe into impact. That isn't what happens in reality. 330 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: I'm able to get on a launch monitor and see that. UM. 331 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,719 Speaker 1: I can see what the path is doing. I can 332 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: see what the face is doing. UM. But for me, 333 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: it's more about trying to match up, um some feelings 334 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: to these swing thoughts that I had. UH. And I 335 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: made a promise to myself, UM, you know in these 336 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 1: three weeks in the run up up to the tournament, 337 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 1: that I was going to stick with one thought, one shape, 338 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: one you know, just try and hit fades with everything. UM. 339 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes they fade a lot. Sometimes they don't fade a lot, 340 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: but UM, just kind of stick to one kind of 341 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: specific idea. UM. And you know I had, you know, 342 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: the swing thought in the back swing was take the 343 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: golf club as outside as you can take it. And 344 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: then the swing thought on the down swing is swing 345 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: as far to the right as you can. UM. The 346 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: other thing that helps me is if I get to 347 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 1: square with my setup. UM. I don't have any rotation 348 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 1: or very little rotation anyway in my golf swing, so 349 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: getting set up square just makes my internal rotation even worse. 350 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: It shuts it off even more so. UM. I have 351 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: to get really kind of open um flare my right 352 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: foot out, which helps me clear a little bit better, 353 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: but kind of a left handed version of the lee 354 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: Trevina set up. UM. More so with the long stop, 355 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: specifically with the driver, UM, I have to feel like 356 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: I'm aiming, you know, way way to the right and 357 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: then feel like I'm cutting it back online. Once the 358 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: tournament started on the first hole, UM, I've never played 359 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: golf before with Marina alex um, even though I coach her. UM, 360 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: I spent all my time watching her hit golf ball. 361 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: So it was fun. We've never played together before, and 362 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: we've never she'd never seen me really play golf or 363 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 1: hit golf ball. So the first hole she was like, man, 364 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: you were aiming in the in the right trees, you're 365 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: aiming in the cart path. But then you were able 366 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: to cut it back in And I said, listen, that's 367 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: what I have to do to UM, you know, hit 368 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: a golf ball to to hit it solid. UM. I 369 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: also have been experimenting and have gone to UM a 370 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: version of these Jumbo Max scripts that Um Bryson uses. 371 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: I don't use the model that he's got, but their 372 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: oversized grip, but there's no taper, so they're the same 373 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: size at the top as they are at the bottom. Again, 374 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: I did that and I messed around with it a 375 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, just hitting wedges with it, because 376 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 1: I do get a lot of hand manipulation and face 377 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,360 Speaker 1: closure and all those things, and my left hand, when 378 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: the grip is the same size at the top as 379 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: it is at the bottom, it gives me a little 380 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: bit more feeling of control UM with my hands. UM. 381 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: When I have a normal grip in my hand, I 382 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: get a lot of a lot of hand action. So 383 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: oversized grips, UM, and then putting arm lock. So what 384 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: I'm basically saying is I'm trying to do everything I 385 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: can possibly do to help myself. Right. UM. You know 386 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: I've got big, oversized, big cavity back irons. UM, I've 387 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: got big grips, I've got a graphite, UM. I've got 388 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: a bag full of hybrids. UM. I've got a ship 389 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: tunnel loft on my driver UM, and all of it 390 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: is just designed to try and make playing golf as 391 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: easy as possible. So let's take a short break and 392 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: we will be back right after this. All right, let's 393 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: get back to the interview. Because I didn't play a 394 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: lot of golf growing up, UM, somewhat when I do 395 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: play golf, UM, I'll be honest, I somewhat have imposter syndrome, 396 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: right because, UM, I'm not good UM, and at times 397 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: I don't. The other reason why I don't like to 398 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: play a lot of golf is sometimes it's it's it's 399 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: pretty embarrassing because I mean, you know, I work with 400 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: some of the best players in the world. I've worked 401 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: with players that have won majors and gotten to number 402 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: one in the world, and then people go out and 403 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: play golf with me, and you know, I hit him, 404 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: I hit I'll hit a shot fat, I'll top one, 405 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: I'll shank one. I wish. I'd love to tell you 406 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: that you know everything's flush city, Um it ain't. And 407 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: so but everything that I'm trying to do, UM is 408 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: to try and make the playing of the game easier. UM. 409 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: So we played in a tournament. It was best ball 410 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: and like I said, my partner was Marine Alex. We 411 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: got paired with one of our members, Bruce Reddit and 412 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: then um Mel Reid UM huge fan of Mels. She's 413 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: been on the pod. She was the first UM episode 414 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: of the pod back and you know when we first started. Uh. 415 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,120 Speaker 1: I love her game, I like her as a person. Um, 416 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: I've done some work in the past, So for me, 417 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: I mean it was a home run. Right. Also, I'm 418 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 1: trying to make playing golf as easy as possible, so 419 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: I'm actually playing with people that I know and people 420 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: that I like. Golf for me has always been about 421 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: people and places. When people ask me what my favorite 422 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: golf courses are, UM, they're not ones that I think 423 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: a lot of people would think, UM, But for me, 424 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: golf is about spending time with people that you really 425 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: really like, UM, and so we had an absolute blast. 426 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: We played eighteen the first day, which was Saturday's eighteen 427 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: on the main course at Floridian, and then nine on 428 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: the Part three and then Sunday we played UM eighteen. 429 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: So UM again trying to make it as fun as possible. Uh. 430 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: You know, we got the music going in the cart. UM. 431 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. There were there was there was 432 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: more than one cocktail on the golf course. UM. And 433 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,919 Speaker 1: again I'm just trying to make things as as fun 434 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: and as easy as possible so that golf doesn't seem 435 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,719 Speaker 1: like a grind, because it can feel like that at 436 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: times for me playing golf. UM. So the first day, 437 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: UM front nine shot thirty eight, didn't lose a ball, 438 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 1: and UM, I was pretty happy with that. UM, I 439 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: actually drove it with Historically, UM, golf for me is 440 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: troublesome because I can't drive the golf ball for ship. 441 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's awful how bad I drive the 442 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: golf ball. UM. And it tends when I do play 443 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: for there to be no in between. I either hit 444 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: a good drive or I don't find the golf course. 445 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: And when I tell you, I can hit the golf 446 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 1: ball a long way offline. I can hit it a 447 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: hundred yards offline because when I do try and put 448 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: any sort of speed into my golf swing, instead of 449 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: my hips rotating, instead of my lower body um staying 450 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: underneath me, instead of my weight getting to my lead foot, UM, 451 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: it does the opposite. So with the driver, I can 452 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: get a lot of early extension, a lot of thrust, 453 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: get that club coming crazy from the inside and just 454 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,719 Speaker 1: hit it snaphook it off the planet or you know, 455 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: push cut, slice it off the planet. But um, I 456 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: said to myself, teeing off, Okay, you've got to play 457 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: twenty seven holes today and you've got to play eighteen tomorrow. 458 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: And I made a promise with myself that I was 459 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: going to stick with hitting one shape, which was the fade. 460 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: Wasn't going to throw it away. I wasn't gonna try 461 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: and hit any draws. I was gonna stick with aim 462 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,400 Speaker 1: and left, and I was just going to stick with 463 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: trying to hit kind of a chippy weak cut. And um, 464 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: I was actually able to do that. UM, And I 465 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: drove it, believe it or not, for me, I actually 466 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: drove it pretty good for the first nine Uh. The 467 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: second nine. Uh, I lost a couple of balls off 468 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: the tea just you know, I got a lot. I 469 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 1: think maybe I got a little bit tired, but also 470 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: a couple of the swings, um, the bad driver swings. 471 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: If I'm honest, I think I just kind of went 472 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: to sleep on because I need to have a really 473 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: really clear picture in my head of what I'm trying 474 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: to do. Because if I don't, and if I don't 475 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: say to myself and in in before I hit the 476 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: golf ball, if my practice swings aren't kind of these 477 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 1: big rehearsals where I feel looks like it feels like 478 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: I'm taking the golf clubs straight outside, trying to hold 479 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: the face open, get the path right, and just make 480 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: a big kind of out too in cut slice practice swing. 481 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 1: I need a couple of those to kind of get 482 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: the feeling. And a couple of the bad drives I 483 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: hit again, I really didn't do my practice routine and 484 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: and and hit them. You know, the majority of them 485 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: were kind of weak off the toe and to the left. Um, 486 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: but I hit some good shots. Um, I hit some 487 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: decent iron shots. The short game was just absolutely horrendous. UM. 488 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: And that's that's on me. That's down to just zero practice, right. 489 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: I mean, if you don't do any short game practice, 490 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: you're not going to hit good shots. The courses in 491 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: great shape at Floridian, Um, it's Bermuda. There's a lot 492 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: of runoff areas closely moan um into the grain. And 493 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 1: you know, I hit a bunch of terrible chips. Actually 494 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: putted pretty good the arm lock. UM. I kind of 495 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: liked the arm lock. I've got the sick um, I've 496 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: got the sick kind of mallet um, I've got the 497 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: l a golf shaft in it, and and I got 498 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: the arm lock on. I got the big flat Brison grip, 499 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 1: and I actually rolled it pretty good. UM. I was 500 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: pretty surprised, seeing as I haven't really putted um and 501 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: not sure as I'll haven't put any practice in with 502 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: the arm lock. UM. But I said to myself, listen, 503 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: stick with it, even through the bad shots. You're gonna 504 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: hit some bad shots today, Probably gonna hit some shots 505 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: that you know you're embarrassed by. UM. And I did UM, 506 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: but I also had I had some good shots. UM. 507 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: We shot so best ball. We shot sixty eight the 508 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: first day and sixty six the second day and on 509 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: the last hole. Um. We finished the Floridians on Sunday. 510 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 1: We played the back nine first, and so that means 511 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 1: we have to finish on the ninth hole at Floridian. 512 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 1: For anyone listen that's played it, and it's easily one 513 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: of the hardest holes on golf course. I had a really, 514 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: really good drive and it was funny, you know, I 515 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 1: rode Marina pretty hard because you know, all the birdies, 516 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: the majority of the birdies were coming from her um 517 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: as as the pro and as the person plays golf 518 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: for a living um and and she was definitely sea 519 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: biscuit because I was riding that because I was the 520 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 1: jockey and she was the horse. But in the last hole, 521 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: I had a really good drive and I said to myself, listen, 522 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: make a good swing and finished strong. I had about 523 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 1: a hundred and seventy yards right in the middle of 524 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 1: the fairway. Pin was on the front and I stood 525 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: up and made probably the best swing. Um of the weekend, 526 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: UH seven iron, hit it to about i'd say about 527 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: eight ten ft and made the put um. And that's golf, right, 528 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's golf for everybody. Um, you hit 529 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 1: a bunch of bad shots, you beat yourself up. You 530 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: hit some good shots, but golf has this way of 531 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: of suckering you in and bringing you back. And I 532 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: birdied the last hole and hit three, hit a great drive, 533 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: hit a great iron shot, and hit a good pot. 534 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: And um, I said to myself afterwards, Yeah, if I 535 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: could do that all the time. And what I mean 536 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: is if I could just control my body. If I 537 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 1: can control my body, I know I can somewhat control 538 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: what the golf club is doing. And um, you know, 539 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: it was a really fun weekend and um yeah it 540 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: kind of made me. I'm not gonna lie. Um I 541 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: think I hit enough good shots for me to say 542 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: to myself, Okay, maybe I just stick with this whole 543 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: practice routine, right, and I just go out and I 544 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: just maybe hit balls five ten minutes a day, um, 545 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: and and just work on the same stuff. And um yeah, 546 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: that's guys, that's hard for me to do, right because 547 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: I have all the knowledge, right I have. I've got 548 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: as much knowledge as anybody on the golf swing, and 549 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: I know how to fix problems. But um, I have 550 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: to really try when I play golf and not bounce 551 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: around and not go through a bunch of different swing thoughts. 552 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: And that's the same thing I'm asking all my students 553 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: to do right. Practice on the driving range, play golf 554 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: on the golf course. And I said to myself, listen, 555 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with two swing thoughts. Take it outside 556 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: on the back swing, get the path right on the 557 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: down swing. And you know, I said, you have to 558 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: stick with those. You have to stick with where you're aiming. 559 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: You have to stick with if all of the things 560 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: that you're doing. And um, yeah, it was a success 561 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: because I had a couple of good shots. Um. I 562 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: had a couple of really good drives. Um that we're 563 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: right out of the center of the face. And you know, 564 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,959 Speaker 1: when I drive it good, um, I can carry it. 565 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: If I really really catch one, I can carry it 566 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: to eighty in the air. But I'm honestly, I'm one 567 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: of these two thirty to eighty guys. If I don't 568 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: hit it solid, it's going to twenty to two thirty. 569 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: Sometimes goes two hundred fifteen yards um. And then if 570 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: I catch one pretty good, I can get it to 571 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: fifty to sixty. And then if I really get one 572 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: going there was theft hole part five here um or 573 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: at Floridian. Um, there's a I mean, there's a lot 574 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: of room. So UM, I stood up and just absolutely 575 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: flushed it. Um. This was uh Saturday. Uh so we're 576 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: finishing on eighteen. So fifteenth hole. UM, you know, stood 577 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: up and got my my open stance, got it open 578 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: and you know, tried to take it outside and hit 579 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: the ball right in the center of the face, got 580 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: the path right enough, and basically just hit a dead 581 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: straight pole right out of the middle of the club. 582 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: Bas best drive I've hit all day, right into the 583 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: middle of the fourteenth fairway. So there's a lake that 584 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: kind of cuts between the fourteenth hole. So if you're 585 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: playing the fourteenth hole at Floridian, there's water all the 586 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: way down the right hand side, and on the other 587 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: side of that lake is the fifteen hole, the fifteenth fairway. 588 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I tell you, I flushed this best drive 589 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: I've hit all day. Hundred yeah, hundred yards offline, but 590 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: I got lucky, got it over the trees, had a 591 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: really good angle, hit a five iron lay up one 592 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: of the hybrid it's back over the water and UM 593 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: had about let's say about seventy about seventy to eighty 594 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: yards and UM took out a sand wedge easy pin 595 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: and pretty much laid the sad over it the sand 596 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: wedge and was trying to hit a little chippy a 597 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: eighty yard one bound spinner and ended up hitting it 598 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: about fifteen yards in front of me, and I'm pretty 599 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: sure the dividt went further in the ball. So um, 600 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: that's golf, right. Uh, But stuck with it, and you know, 601 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: we had a blast. And big shout out to Sea Biscuit, 602 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: my partner, Marine Alex for putting up with that ship. 603 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: And Um, we had great music, we had some cocktails. 604 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 1: The weather was perfect, the golf course was an unbelievable shape, 605 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: and I got to play golf with some people that 606 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: I really really like. And in my world that's a wind. Um. 607 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 1: In my world, that's golf. Um. You know, listening to 608 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: good music, Um, having a couple of Margarita's laughing, joking, um, 609 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: laughing at the good shots, laughing harder at the bad shots. 610 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: And um, it was a fantastic couple of days. Uh. 611 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: My dad was there. He played with Harold Varner, Um, 612 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: Ricky Fowler played with our club president Giles Kimbie. Uh. 613 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: They won the tournament. Um, I got to watch uh 614 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: my dad. Um another special part of the weekend. Uh 615 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: whenever Butche's in town. Um, it's it's always fun. But 616 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: I got to watch him. Uh. I was doing work 617 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 1: with Harold Varner and and Ricky Fowler and Gary Woodland 618 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: every day. And you know, he's seventy nine years old, 619 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: and you know, to watch him do what he does 620 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: is is still UM, it's still special for me. UM. 621 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: I still learn a ship ton when I watch him teach. UM. 622 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,960 Speaker 1: And in watching kind of he and Ricky uh Fowler 623 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: kind of get back together, get that band back together 624 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: and get you know, reunited. UM. I don't think I've 625 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: seen Ricky Fowler right now swing the golf club better 626 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,359 Speaker 1: um in the entire time I've known him. And I'm 627 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: gonna go out on a limb right now, and uh, 628 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I don't know how many tournaments Ricky's gonna play, 629 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: um on the West Coast, but I'm gonna put the 630 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 1: early call now slick. Rick is going to win a 631 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 1: tournament on the West Coast. He's definitely gonna win a 632 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 1: tournament for the Masters. Um. That's how positive I am 633 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: about what he's doing with his golf swing. UM. So 634 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 1: that's my story. Thanks everybody for listening. I'll play golf 635 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: that often, but when I do, I try and make 636 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: it as fun as possible. So that was just, UM, 637 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: a little bit of the process of what it takes 638 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: for me to play golf and listen. I think everybody 639 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: listening has their own process. UM. I think it's important 640 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: to have one. UM. I think it's important to try 641 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 1: and stick with one as well. And uh that's what 642 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: I tried to do. UM. Like I said, hit some 643 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 1: good shots, hit some bad shots, but had a lot 644 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 1: of fun. The podcast is going to take a couple 645 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: of weeks off for the holidays. We will be back 646 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 1: January four with some really really cool guests. We've got 647 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,360 Speaker 1: some good, good podcasts coming right around the first of 648 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,720 Speaker 1: the year, and uh more stuff to help everyone listening 649 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 1: improve their golf. Hope everyone has a happy and safe 650 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: holiday season. Son of a Buch comes to you every Wednesday. 651 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: We will see you all in the new year.