This took me 25+ years in golf to learn; I’ll teach it to you in 5 minutes

🧵 You will never reach your highest level without embracing your driver and irons.

It's just not possible.

Your wedges and putter are there to enhance your scoring.

Your driver and irons define them.

Most golfers think confidence comes from flushing every shot.

“If I could just stripe more drives, I’d finally feel confident.”

Wrong.

The best golfers in the world miss all the time.

Their confidence comes from something else entirely 🧵 Real confidence in golf isn’t built by perfection.

It’s built by knowing you can handle the bad shots.

That’s the paradox:

Confidence = Recovery

Why do you hit it great on the range but fall apart on the course?

It’s not just you - this is one of the most common frustrations in golf.

The problem lies in the ‘Expectation Gap’ between practice and play.

Let’s break it down and fix it. 🧵👇 First, let’s get real:

The range is a completely different environment from the course.

No pressure. No consequences. No uneven lies. No wind. No trees.

It’s a controlled bubble where you can groove your swing without distractions.

And that's the problem sometimes.

Most golfers step onto the tee box with one goal: hit the fairway.

But chasing fairways is a broken strategy.

If you want lower scores, stop obsessing over the short grass

and start learning how to make smarter tee-shot decisions. 🧵 Fairways hit is one of golf’s most misleading stats.

It tells you nothing about distance or whether your next shot is even playable.

Context matters more than generic stats.

We need to optimize for "in play" tee shots that are closer to the hole.

A collection of some of my best golf advice: A 15 hcp can hit a tour-level shot at any moment.

But an average baseball player can't throw a 95 mph heater or hit a 400-foot HR.

I think this is part of why golf drives us insane sometimes. We get glimpses of grandeur.

Golfers complain that they practice and never see results.

That's because they're doing it all wrong!

Here are 7 practice methods that have been instrumental in getting my handicap down to a +2 👇 Successful practice essentially boils down to one thing...

Intent

You can't show up at the range, mindlessly rifle through a bunch of balls, and expect results.

You need a plan.

And you need to be properly engaged.

These methods can help...

I used to be a very unhappy golfer. Stuck in a pattern of feeling like I couldn't reach my potential.

Over the last 10 years, I've figured a few things out. I've reached a plus handicap, won club championships, and a USGA medal.

Here's what I've learned 👇 I say this to anyone who wants to shoot their lowest scores.

Build your game around GIR. Work backward from there.

That means being a skilled iron player, keeping tee shots in play & smart strategy.

Do that & you’ve got a lot of scoring solved. Easier said than done!

Golfers are making the game harder for themselves by playing the wrong clubs.

I've learned a ton about clubfitting and club design over the last 7+ years.

Here is a mega-thread that will make you a smarter consumer and avoid the marketing fluff 👇 The biggest myth is that clubfitting is only for better golfers.

If anything, higher handicaps stand *more* to gain from playing the right clubs.

Skilled players can get away with suboptimal equipment more.

Don’t make golf harder for yourself!

If you are serious about lowering your handicap, you better work on your mental game.

Here are 9 powerful and actionable mental techniques any golfer can use.

* These thoughts got me a job as a PGA Tour coach

🧵 1) A Commitment to Fun

Yes, you heard me correctly.

Too many golfers lose sight of why they are playing in the first place.

You are there to enjoy yourself; embrace it!

This took me 25+ years in golf to learn; I’ll teach it to you in 5 minutes

🧵 You will never reach your highest level without embracing your driver and irons.

It's just not possible.

Your wedges and putter are there to enhance your scoring.

Your driver and irons define them.

There are roughly 65 million golfers in the world.

Less than 1% of them are scratch or better.

People assume they must have magical powers on the golf course.

But here are some stats that should blow your mind and, more importantly, give you perspective: Putting make rate % inside of 10 feet:

5 Feet = 66%
8 Feet = 41%
10 Feet = 33%

That's a lot of missed putts.

When people ask me what it took to become a scratch golfer, my answer is usually the same.

"I learned to control the clubface."

Let me explain why face control is THE skill all golfers need to lower their scores 👇 Here's what you'll learn by reading this:

1. What is face angle
2. How it affects scoring
3. Why it's the "glue" of the swing
4. A solution to the big problem

4 ways to add serious speed to your golf swing

🧵 1) Weight training

Doing three full body strength training sessions a week

For about 30 minutes

While progressive adding weight over time...

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If you are serious about lowering your handicap, you better work on your mental game.

Here are 9 powerful and actionable mental techniques any golfer can use

* These thoughts got me a job as a PGA Tour coach

👇 1) A Commitment to Fun

Yes, you heard me correctly.

Too many golfers lose sight of why they are playing in the first place.

You are there to enjoy yourself; embrace it!

2000 years ago, a Roman emperor figured out the perfect golf mindset.

Here are 7 stoic principles from Marcus Aurelius

That should be the cornerstone of your golf game 👇 1) Control what you can - accept what you cannot

This is the most important principle.

I've been figuring out different ways to say this for the last 10 years!

There are roughly 65 million golfers in the world.

Less than 1% of them are scratch or better.

People assume they must have magical powers on the golf course.

But here are some stats that should blow your mind and, more importantly, give you perspective: Putting make rate % inside of 10 feet:

5 Feet = 66%
8 Feet = 41%
10 Feet = 33%

That's a lot of missed putts.

A collection of some of my best golf advice: A 15 hcp can hit a tour-level shot at any moment.

But an average baseball player can't throw a 95 mph heater or hit a 400-foot HR.

I think this is part of why golf drives us insane sometimes. We get glimpses of grandeur.

This is the mindset I used to win a USGA medal 🥇

Here is how it can help you break through scoring barriers: We naturally think about blowing it when we want something badly and start playing well.

This is normal.

Blowing it is VERY important to get what you want eventually.

You are standing on the tee box and thinking, "I have to hit a fairway here."

So you reach for your 3-wood instead of driver, assuming it will go straighter.

Was that the right decision?

Let's explore and change some minds 👇 Most golfers plan tee shots thinking about hitting the fairway only.

But there is more to consider:

• Distance (proximity on your next shot)
• Where is the big trouble?
• Is the rough that big of a penalty?
• Are shorter clubs straighter?

I used to be a very unhappy golfer. Stuck in a pattern of feeling like I couldn't reach my potential.

Over the last 10 years, I've figured a few things out. I've reached a plus handicap, won club championships, and a USGA medal.

Here's what I've learned 👇 I say this to anyone who wants to shoot their lowest scores.

Build your game around GIR. Work backward from there.

That means being a skilled iron player, keeping tee shots in play & smart strategy.

Do that & you’ve got a lot of scoring solved. Easier said than done!

Golfers tend to introduce more shot types in a quest to get better.

I am obsessed with removing them and making the game as simple as possible.

I believe it’s one of the keys to lower scores.

Here is *exactly* what I mean and why it’s going to make you a better player 👇 The beauty and curse of golf are options.

You can take any situation on the course and choose between a wide selection of shot types.

Draw/Fade/High/Low/Flop/Bump & Run/Punch/Etc