For finishing 31st in the FedEx cup, here are 31 quick tips on improving your game. 🧵
Mental 1-5
Off the tee 6-10
Swing 11-15
Short game 16-20
Putting 21-25
Misc 26-31
Mental 1. Learn to play in chaos as opposed to trying to find peace when it isn’t available 2. Find ways to stay in the present (breathing, actively listening etc) 3. Visualization isn’t nearly as important as many make it out to be 4. Any type of confidence or feeling you try to conjure up is not sustainable 5. There’s no guarantee in golf. Having high acceptance will make it easier to move on to the next shot
Off the tee 6. Get fit. Preferably a @Titleist driver. Their GT drivers are legit haha 😉 7. Do some speed training. Stack system or just hit 20 balls in the range all out with a cheap monitor 3x a week 8. 90% of the time, hit ur favorite shot 9. Don’t always think swinging smooth equals straighter shots 10. Don’t hit 3wd trying to hit it straighter. Numbers play is almost always driver unless a blatant trouble in front.
Swing 11. Most ams lift not turn. 12. Practice working it both ways. If you struggle with one, ur swing is on that side too much 13. Start lines can be adjusted with ball position easily 14. Higher handicaps slice it. Get path way inside and release the club way earlier 15. Early extension is NOT a big deal. It’s a symptom not the root cause of ur bad shots. Trying to fix it will only make ur swing worse 95% of the time
Short game 16. Get steep on ur bump and runs. You can search on my timeline for bump and run 17. Lower the loft, the easier the contact 18. Putt whenever you can 19. You have to open up the clubface when hitting a bunker shot. 20. Set up is the most important for short game. Hitting it low, stand close, hitting it high, a little further away. Feet close together for most shots
Putting 21. Learn to hit putts on line. Ams always push or pull putts 22. Most under read break 23. Learn aimpoint to get an idea of how much putts break. Don’t have to always use it 24. Set up as square as possible and hands and grip being neutral not twisted in any way 25. Keep ur body very still, only upper body moves
Misc. 26. “Golf” specific workouts are mostly pointless. 27. A nice eye mask when trying to sleep on a plane is priceless 28. Make practice interesting and tough 29. People don’t care about what you shoot but how quickly you play. 30. Aggressive off the tee but aim for middle of the green on approach shots 31. Follow me for more interesting content.
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Not everyone does it like I do obv but I assume it’s pretty similar other than that I play a big schedule.
Hopefully I did it correctly this time… 😂
Can’t miss tournaments
-There are the obvious can’t miss tournaments like the majors and signature events but the Farmers is also a can’t miss tournament for me.
Everything is built around those events.
I’m a player that likes to play into big events so I won’t be taking weeks off before big events if possible.
Yellow-signature
Blue -majors
Past success
-Next are the events that I’ve had past success on or ones I feel good about the course.
John Deere (W in 18)
WM Phoenix (2nd in 25)
Colonial (good finishes overall)
Cognizant I had success there last yr but that would make it 7 in a row ending at players and the travel from LA to FL is tough so unfortunately I’ll skip this one.
My guide to hitting the most important chip in golf:
Bump and Run w/ 60
(I know I said I’d make a short video but I didn’t like any of my short videos so I just made it into a thread)
Set up
It’s a short motion so 80% of the work is the set up.
Keys:
Ball back, hands slightly ahead, head/spine tilted forward, weight about 60% forward, feet close together, feet close to the ball (2.5 club heads away from the ball) clubface slightly open but can vary.
Swing:
I have the stick to show the general path. I want the clubhead to be above that line if anything. Def not inside.
There shouldn’t be much movement. I almost feel zero turn and it’s just my right elbow bend slightly and un-bend. My upper body in the end turns a little bit. I almost have to consciously keep my lower body from turning because I’m so used to turning my hips in my other swings.
Keep the head ahead or get taller if anything. Never go down or back if you can in these shots.
No wrist hinge! Any hinge I create, I must undo and not necessary at all for this shot.
(I travel about 35-38 weeks a year. 30 tournaments and 5-8 weeks for other vacations or outings)
Yes, I have a lot of CC points
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Flights:
Mostly I just look it up on Google flights haha. My manager used to send me options whenever I needed but it was more efficient for both of us when I’d just send a screenshot to her exactly what flight I want.
Pgatour has travel agents to call that can make the booking at most times. We don’t get any discounts or anything on flights, but we do get status on United. But I live in Dallas which means mostly American Airlines for me.
I generally fly Monday morning first flight to my destination and book the latest flight Sunday night to wherever I’m flying next.
Hotels or Airbnb:
Each tournament has rooms blocked off at a slightly discounted rate at multiple hotels. On our pgatour player app, we can find the options for each tournament. It’s mostly the same hotels each year so I know where I’m staying most times before I look at the list. Some prefer hotels that are closest to the course, some prefer hotels near places to eat. I’m more of the latter.
In general, I’ve stayed at Marriott or Hyatt hotels
Families or if certain players stay together, rent homes as well. Tournament also has a list of homes we can rent for the week that are nicer than the typical Airbnb. I used to rent Airbnb here and there but after some so so experiences, I mostly stick to hotels now. There are tournaments like RBC heritage where most players rent homes because it’s much more convenient and not many hotels around.
How do corporate sponsorship deals work for pgatour players?
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Before all that, thank you to my amazing sponsors!
@Binary_Defense , @Titleist , @AvidXchange , Sequoia Applied Tech, @AppliedUW @Veritiv, @DunningGolf.
I’m truly truly thankful and proud they’ve picked me to be their partner.
Back to regular scheduled programming haha
Companies want to sponsor players for a variety of reasons.
Most common is the marketing to get the logos on TV so that their logos are shown on prime time TV.
Other times, companies want players to come to their big event at an outing. That could be a big company wide event or just round of golf with their most important clients. Each deal has specific days, hours and social media posts that are negotiated for the logo.
For guys on lesser tours, it’s usually a local businessman trying to help out a player make it to the pgatour and a promise for a small percentage of their future earnings.
It’s the beginning of the year and you’ll see some players with new club deals.
Here’s how club deals work
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@Titleist absolutely has the best stuff.
Thank for coming to my sponsored Ted Talk 😂
But seriously, their new GT drivers are really really good. Def worth a try.
The basics are: a set requirement of clubs. Usually at least 10-13 with the driver as a requirement. Some have other requirements like putters or wedges as well.
Players can fill in the rest however they like.
Back in the day, there used to be a bit more piece by piece deals. Meaning woods with one company, but irons with another. Those deals are basically all gone. Companies across the board have all gone to a full line as they call it. Drivers are almost always a must as it is usually their most marketed product.
It’s the offseason for pgatour players. What do we do during the offseason? It’s different for every player but here’s the gist
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(If there’s any questions or comments, let me know)
How long do I not touch a club?
Some are different than others but I generally take about two weeks off and not touch my clubs. This yr was a little different from years past because I was really happy with the way I was swinging it so I hit balls about once a week for the first three weeks of the offseason, just so I didn’t lose all feel. Our wrists, spine, and shoulders take a beating throughout the year so I think it’s important to give them a bit of a break when we can.
What do we work on swing wise?
This has varied each yr depending on how the previous season went. The last few years since working with Sean, has been a lot of the same stuff with a couple things to try here and there to see if we can improve. Sean has a clear idea on what my swing should look like but it’s never a clear path on how to get there. Body and brain work in weird ways and there’s always a learning process for him and I. It’s a winding path to get to that end point. It’s way less winding now that we’ve spent 3 yrs together and both have a better understanding on what I need to do to get a certain result. It’s one of Sean’s greatest strengths as a coach. He knows when his advice isn’t the correct direction and he’ll scrap that idea. (He jokes it was a dictatorship in the beginning but it’s a bit more of a democracy now.)
Soo many coaches don’t do that and the player and coach will bang their head against the wall to try and fit a square peg into a round hole. It’s not as easy as it sounds because it takes a lot of knowledge, experience, and humbleness on both sides to work through this. With ams, it’s much easier cuz they have much bigger problems.
I could do a whole ted talk around this haha.
There have been years when I felt like I needed to completely retool and that’s never a good place to be in.