Amateurs Practice Too Much. They Play Too Little. - Nate Gahman

Amateurs Practice Too Much. They Play Too Little. - Nate Gahman

The App (use code PRGPOD): https://onelink.to/93ggkv [https://onelink.to/93ggkv] Nate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate_gahman/ [https://www.instagram.com/nate_gahman/] Identify over outcome: https://www.id-outcome.com/ [https://www.id-outcome.com/] Last year an insurance agent with 2 kids walked into the Georgia Open and beat a field of professionals by 2 shots. He barely practices, and when he does, he never grinds for more than an hour. In this episode Nate breaks down how he competes at the top of the amateur game on almost no practice time. Play more than you practice. One good 4 iron and the work is done. 90 percent of his putting is 4 and 5 footers. And he decides how he is going to react before he ever hits the putt. If this makes you rethink how you spend your range time, that is exactly what the Play Ready Golf app is built for. It takes the time you actually have, the facilities you can get to, and your skill level, then builds a practice plan that gets harder as you get better. Use code PRGPOD on the link below for a free 7 day trial and 20 dollars off your annual plan for life. The App: https://onelink.to/93ggkv [https://onelink.to/93ggkv] Chapters 0:00 Beating the pros with a full time job 1:11 Play more than you practice 2:56 The $0 pro career that made him quit 6:34 How his wife pulled him back in 8:13 Decide how you will react before you putt 9:37 What 90 minutes of practice looks like 11:01 Why one good 4 iron is enough 12:49 Winning the Georgia Open in the rain 15:40 Play your game, not the optimal one 16:23 Stop copying YouTube golf 17:22 The 50 footer at the Palmetto Amateur 19:12 An insurance agent against the world's best 22:42 His wife on the bag 23:43 Removing joy from your results 26:40 Why treating practice like a job burns you out 27:46 What he hopes his kids learn from golf

You Are Almost As Straight As Scheffler

Use code PRGPOD for $20 off your first year. Link below for a free 7-day trial. https://onelink.to/93ggkv [https://onelink.to/93ggkv] Your driver pattern is almost the same width as Scottie Scheffler's. About 5 yards apart. You don't have a swing problem. You have an aim problem. In this episode we break down the four things amateurs do off the tee that quietly cost them 4 to 7 strokes a round. None of them are about your swing. All of them are about how you're aiming a shotgun like it's a rifle. We cover: What a tour pro's actual driver dispersion looks like, and why yours might be closer than you think The 4 wrong moves: aiming at the middle, pulling 3-wood for safety, standing on the wrong side of the tee box, and trying to work it both ways The Scott Fawcett rule for when to hit driver, and when not to Why penalty strokes, not crooked drives, are what's actually blowing up your scorecard Hayden's 7-over-par confession from one hole at a tournament last year The four things you should do on your next round Sources cited in this episode: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (PGA Tour data from top 40 pros, 2004 to 2012) Lou Stagner / Arccos (1B+ shots tracked, dispersion data and penalty stroke research) Scott Fawcett, DECADE system (course management principles and the 70-yard rule) PGA Tour stats (Scheffler's 2025 strokes gained off the tee, right rough tendency, driving distance) Want to actually see your own dispersion broken down? Stop guessing what your shot pattern looks like and start measuring it. Play Ready Golf builds a custom practice plan based on where you're actually losing strokes. 0:00 You're Not A Bad Driver. You're A Bad Aimer. 0:50 The Stat That Reframes Everything About Scheffler 3:00 How Wide Is Your Driver Pattern, Really? 8:48 You Are 5 Yards From The Best Player On Earth 11:13 Wrong Move 1: Aiming At The Middle Of The Fairway 13:00 Wrong Move 2: Pulling 3-Wood For Safety 16:55 Wrong Move 3: The Wrong Side Of The Tee Box 22:00 Wrong Move 4: Trying To Work It Both Ways 30:55 The Fawcett Rule: Hit Driver Almost Every Time 35:30 The Hole Hayden Was 7-Over On 39:25 Four Things For Your Next Round 42:00 What To Watch Next

More Practice Won't Lower Your Scores. Less Will. - Jon Weiss Jr.

House of Hope of The Pee Dee: https://hofh.org/ [https://hofh.org/] Play Ready Golf 7-Day Trial (use code "PRGPOD): ⁠https://onelink.to/93ggkv⁠ [https://onelink.to/93ggkv⁠] Most golfers grind for hours and never drop a shot. Jon Weiss does the opposite. He runs a 50-employee ministry, he is married with a full calendar, and he rarely practices more than an hour. Then he goes and wins one of the toughest mid-am events of the year in 35 mph wind. In this episode Jon breaks down how he competes at a high level on almost no practice. Low expectations. Drive it in play. Putt it well. Zero double bogeys over his last six competitive rounds. A good attitude before he ever reaches the first tee. Chapters 00:00 The lowest expectations in golf 01:43 The last time he practiced over an hour 03:50 What he works on, and what he ignores 05:33 Why mid-am golf runs on supportive wives 08:08 The switch that erased his double bogeys 10:30 Winning Jupiter in brutal wind 12:15 Coaching a JV team to 40 fewer shots 15:28 The coaches who built his short game 17:55 Make 3 footers before you chase 20 footers 20:44 The dumbest thing range golfers do 21:47 Get more from 34 balls than a full bucket 24:38 Inside House of Hope of the Pee Dee 30:13 Why he really plays golf now 32:41 Rock bottom to surrender 38:08 The national stage, Erin Hills and Philly Cricket 43:51 The qualifying mindset most golfers get wrong 45:33 How attitude beats most of the field 48:22 Course rankings and a 340 yard hole he hits 7 iron on 50:44 What is next, and slowing down

Amateurs Aren't Bad Putters. They're Bad From 150.

Try the Play Ready Golf app free for 7 days. Use code PRGPOD at checkout for $20 off your annual plan for life: https://onelink.to/93ggkv [https://onelink.to/93ggkv] Grab the free stat tracker and proximity benchmarks PDF mentioned in the episode: https://onelink.to/stats [https://onelink.to/stats] Most amateurs spend 30 minutes on the practice green before every round. They hit 5 greens out of 18 and lose 40 yards of proximity from 150. You're not a bad putter. You're bad from 150. Mark Broadie analyzed the top 40 PGA Tour pros from 2004 to 2012 and found putting is 15% of the gap between elite and average pros. Approach play is 40%. A scratch golfer beats a Tour pro on the greens in more than 30% of rounds. The data has been public for 12 years. In this episode Isaak and Hayden break down where your strokes actually leak, why Bobby Locke, Harvey Penick, and Dave Pelz built the putting myth, and what to practice instead. 📊 Data sources cited in this episode: Mark Broadie, Every Shot Counts (Columbia University, top 40 PGA Tour pros 2004-2012) Shot Scope (350M+ shots) Arccos via Lou Stagner (1B+ shots) Dave Pelz, Short Game Bible (2000) Harvey Penick, Little Red Book (1992) Chapters: 00:00 Why you're not actually a bad putter 00:53 The Broadie data nobody talks about 02:20 The Play Ready Golf app 02:42 Putts per round vs greens hit 04:57 The 150 yard truth (54 feet vs 122 feet) 09:00 How to practice when nothing feels like progress 15:00 The myth: Bobby Locke and "drive for show putt for dough" 20:56 The myth: Harvey Penick's Little Red Book 27:57 The myth: Dave Pelz and the 80% lie 29:26 Where putting actually matters (the steel-man) 32:33 How to raise your floor with approach play 40:00 Random practice and why blocked practice fails 44:42 "But I 3 putt all the time" (the data on lag putts) 48:19 What to take from this conversation

He Just Made a PGA Tour Cut. ft. Connor Doyal

Connor Doyal is a 26 year old caddy at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island. He almost never goes to the range. 3 weeks ago he won the Terra Cotta Invitational against a stacked junior field. Last week he Monday qualified into the PGA Tour's Myrtle Beach Classic and made the cut on the number after hitting his approach into 18 from 137 yards in a divot. This week he's at Desert Mountain playing the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. In this one we get into the 14 for 12 playoff that put him in the U.S. Mid-Amateur at Kinloch, the quarterfinal against Evan Beck that gave him the confidence to compete with the best mid-amateurs in the country, the mental reframe that made the PGA Tour feel less nervy than an amateur event, why he never practices on the range, and the 30 minute practice protocol he'd give an average golfer. Follow Connor: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connordoyal/ [https://www.instagram.com/connordoyal/] Try Play Ready Golf (Use code PRG POD): https://onelink.to/93ggkv [https://onelink.to/93ggkv] Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 Quitting Consulting in Atlanta 02:26 Why He Didn't Play College Golf 04:19 An Albatross on His First Day Caddying 06:12 The Practice He Actually Does 10:16 The Biggest Mistake Amateurs Make 12:08 The 14-for-12 Playoff at Kinloch 13:50 First USGA Match. Down Three Early. 17:25 Quarterfinal vs Evan Beck 19:58 Monday Qualifying for the PGA Tour 21:21 Making the Cut From a Divot 22:49 "I'm Just on Vacation." 25:56 Winning the Terra Cotta 30:46 He Never Goes to the Range 32:21 The 30 Minute Practice Protocol 34:11 Prepping for the Four-Ball