Walked around The Players on Tuesday. One of my favorite tournaments of the year and I always come back with a few thoughts.

Also been testing a new SPEED training aid that I'm really into.

More on that below.

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​Here's what's in this newsletter:

• Notes from The Players practice round (Scottie's putting practice was the most interesting thing I watched)
• A new speed training aid I've been testing.
• Mark Blackburn wedge essentials refresher
• The #1 and #2 players in the world mic'd up together
• Some tees that had everyone talking at the PGA Show

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Notes from The Players practice round:

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How do pro golfers physically do it. It's hard to comprehend.

The practice days drag on forever. Gym work, play golf, grind on the range, grind on the putting green, time in the short game area... All in SUPER hot weather. Blazing sun. And then mentally exhausting rounds of tournament golf 4 days in a row.
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Greens are brownish. They seem firmish. Didn't see any balls dramatically spinning back on 17 like I've seen in years past. Love to see it. ​
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Tee shot obstacles are awesome. I want more holes like 6 on golf courses. I think anytime you can make a pro golfer not hit their stock shot and think creatively it's super interesting.

Scottie had Taylormade rep following him during a practice round carrying drivers. Bouncing between drivers seems like a common occurrence for him.
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​Chipping seems tough. Was interesting to watch guys test out putter, vs bump and run, vs flop with spin.

They're so fricking good with putters out of fringe. Just perfect speed the majority of time. I'd bet even tour pros choose the wedge more often than they should from around the green.
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​Lots of deliberate practice on the putting green. I watched Phil Kenyon take Scottie through a practice that took them all over the green.

Different lengths, slopes, and constantly changing each putt.

This seems to be happening with a few different coaches and players.

They got the block practice work done and then went to dialing in pace and green reading.

​*Ryan Barath shared a video on some of this here. ​
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​ 🙌 Well Played: This Week’s Top Finds: ​ 🛠️ I find myself going back to this video with Mark Blackburn on the essentials of wedges all the time. Maybe you need a refresher as well. ​ 🎥 What world do we live in where we can see the #1 and #2 ranked players in the field play a quick match and chat it up about how they play and gear. Fricking crazy. People are still under utilizing the foam golf ball. ​ ​ ⛳️ I wish my garage looked like this. ➡️ Everyone was super interested about these tees at the PGA Show. They're finally live for purchase! The idea is your actually hitting your normal simulator tee with your driver and affecting strike. This design fixes that.

I've been trying out a new speed training aid - HIITS​

I got to spend some time with Eddie Fernandes at the PGA Show earlier this year. (Full video of our training session is coming in the next month)

But I've been working with his new speed training aid, the HIITS driver, for the last couple weeks.

Here are my initial impressions after a couple of sessions.

​(quick IG vid of my thoughts)​

To date most of the speed training tools up to this point have been a stick you swing through the air and change the weights on.

HIITS is a driver your hitting. It has a smaller head and a thicker face (ball speeds will be lower but will last forever). And it has two weight ports on the bottom.

You go through a routine Eddie laid out... lighter than normal, normal weight, then heavier than normal. Same overspeed/underspeed idea we've seen with other speed training devices but you're hitting shots the whole time.
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​My takeaways:

The smaller head actually made a HUGE difference. When your done with the training and switching to the normal driver it felt incredibly easy.

The lighter setting is my favorite. Helps you move it faster and you can feel it immediately. And you can push yourself to see higher club speeds than you ever have.

I think the heavier has actually helped me the most though. You have to get the sequencing right. You can't just muscle it faster. Your body kind of has to figure out the right order on its own.

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My speed training has revolved around hitting balls the past couple years and I like the structure this adds.

Full video with Eddie coming soon.
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​Link to grab a HIITS driver here.​

Have a great week this week!
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-Cordie

✍️ Written by Cordie Walker​​
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