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I think this is the first video I’ve ever filmed where I couldn’t come close to playing how I wanted.
I just played terribly.
Luckily I was with the right coach for it! Will Robins walked me through a front nine where nothing went right... and some of his insights were pure gold.
Next week, on the back nine, Will took full control. I didn’t pick a club, a shot shape or read a putt. Subscribe on YouTube so you don’t miss how that went. 😊
In this issue:
10 ways to stop making doubles and triples (learned the hard way)
A 1 handicap with a chicken wing. Should he fix it?
The test that puts a number on “I’m just not consistent”
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I was hitting it great on the range.
Then I got on the course and my swing felt out of control and I had no idea where the ball was going.
Here are the 10 lessons he gave me during those 9 holes to help eliminate the blow up holes (and ultimately rounds):
1 - Split every hole into two games. Game 1: get inside 100 yards. You get 1 shot on a par 3, 2 on a par 4, 3 on a par 5. Game 2: get down in 3 from there. Win both and the worst you’ll make is a bogey.
When you get tight 2 - The more tension you’re under, the more you need to focus on the target. 3 - Own impact. If you’re going to focus on anything in your swing, focus on the foot before the ball and the foot after it. 4 - When you’re nervous, hit it lower. High shots under pressure get away from you (this was specific for me but maybe you relate).
Off the tee 5 - Keep the ball in play at all costs. BUT, safe doesn’t always mean smart (we found that out on the first tee box). 6 - Use your warm-up to find where today’s misses are going. 7 - Own your miss. Know where the ball is going off the tee, so you can miss it one way at all times.
Every shot 8 - Say the shot before you hit it: shape, start line, finish line.
9 - Treat every shot like a test. Commit to the number, see what happens, learn from it.
10 - Stop waiting for the round to settle down before you play your game.
One that is going to stick with me for a long time is Number 3. Just made the world of difference for me.
Justin showed up in a very questionable hat this episode. Then we looked at a swing from Carlos, a podcast listener. He’s a 1 handicap and swings driver 118 to 122, and he’s spent years trying to fix his chicken wing.
The question we tried to answer is... should he fix it or not
And then we'd gone into all the details of why or why not.
My favorite little nugget from this conversation was about trying to be more consistent and talking about this concept of quantifying how consistent you are and putting some kind of metric around it.
Super intrigued by creating some kind of test or way to identify consistency
📊 Lou Stagner did an interesting test he posted on his Instagram. He had 171 golfers, from plus handicaps to 20 indexes, hit 30 draws and 30 fades with driver to see if your stock shape is really your best shape.
It mostly was, but 38% actually gained more strokes with their other shape, and 52% had more big misses with their stock shape. Makes me want to go test my fade... 🤔
➡️ Once we start combining launch monitor data and 3D data together, I think interesting things are going to start happening, and this is one of the first applications of that I've seen, NeoPace G10 Pro. Here's a video to check it out I saw.
🛠️ Cool article on the unique fitting and club-building aspects for new PGA Tour member Tommy Morrison. He's 6'9" tall, so he has a unique setup because of that.
Excited to finally be getting our next content series with Will Robins launched.
Feels like we're off and running with it! Hope you enjoy. It was a ton of fun to film and put together
Play well, Cordie
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