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Every tournament my fellow pro’s would tease me that I am not working enough. Using the excuse that because I was a “teaching” pro, I had more time than the others to work on my game. This couldn’t be farther from the truth!

I am a golf professional first, but I am an entrepreneur at heart. This means I am constantly trying to come up with innovative ways to improve our coaching programs at the academy, online, as well as grow our business in all aspects. I teach 15-20 hours per week, but I spend at least 40 hours running a business per week.

My Goal in 2016?

Returning back to the South Texas PGA for the first full season since moving to coach at Ohio State University, I made it my goal to win our section Player of The Year and qualify for the PGA National Championship (for PGA Professionals).

The Player of the Year receives an exemption into the PGA Tour Shell Houston Open. Owning a golf academy and coaching in Houston this would be a huge benefit in addition to accomplishing my life long dream of playing in a PGA Tour sanctioned event.

My 2016 Practice Plan

Like I said, players often joked that I wasn’t working enough, I practiced more than they did and that’s why I would finish better than them in tournament events. Farthest thing from the truth. Sure I played a couple holes during playing lessons, a few casual scrambles and maybe 9 holes here or there with some friends. But not a true round of golf that the avid golfer does weekly or monthly.

What I DID NOT do

• Bang balls on the driving range – never hit one full bucket in a day
• Practice at the short game area – outside of a skills competition
• Practice my putting for hours on end
• Never spent more than 20 min practicing at one time

What I DID do

• Assessed my game, technique, tendencies
• Educated myself on cause and effect so I could make adjustments
• Practiced my swing technique indoors to build proper muscle memory
• All practice was in a skills test or competition
• Visualization, relaxation techniques – mental game exercises
• Aware and deliberate about executing an efficient pre shot routine
• Specific workouts that included exercises for balance, flexibility and speed

THE RESULT I didn’t achieve my ultimate goal to play in the Shell Houston Open, but I did manage to qualify for the PGA National Championship in June of 2017, which will be aired on the golf channel.

The total season includes 5 “majors”, those are the five tournaments that are awarded points. Through the first three events I was number 1 on the Player of The Year points list, in great position to achieve my ultimate goal .

After the third event I made a STUPID mistake in my plan.  Ball striking as always been a natural strength of mine, if I made more putts – who knows, maybe I would be playing for a living! One day at the academy I decided to refresh myself on Aimpoint for green reading. Sounds harmless, but it was the most STUPID thing I did all year and ultimately cost me a chance for player of the year. I think Aimpoint is a great tool to have, but I will explain a little later how you need to be careful if implementing it into your game (especially if you don’t have time to practice)

The 4th event at Oak Hill Country Club in San Antonio I averaged 36 putts per round, shooting 76-76  finishing way down the leaderboard. It was a good learning experience, but I fell to 3rd on the points list after the event.

For the 5th and final event of the year I didn’t have a chance to practice much, only played a 3 hole practice round due to weather but in those 3 holes I made three putts outside of 10 feet. What did I change from the previous event? Committed to going back to my natural putting routine that is focused on feel and visualization!

Unfortunately I got off to a rough start starting the first round, due to poor tee shots that put me in bad spots, but I battled to shoot +1, 73 – putting me in 21st place after round 1. After the round I hit a few tee shots on the range to work on my tempo, and went home to relax since my body is not use to playing 18 holes! The next 2 rounds I hit it better and shot -2 (70), and -3(69) to capture the last spot!

I finished the tournament -3 the last 4 holes to qualify for the national championship and finish top 5 on the points list for the year. The most interesting part is what saved me, my putting! I averaged 30 putts per round for the tournament, and on the last 4 holes I made 4 crucial pressure packed putts.

15th hole, 10 footer for birdie √16th hole, 12 footer for birdie √ 17th hole, 5 footer for par √

18th hole, 5 footer for birdie (downhill that broke 8 inches) √

Why Aimpoint Was Bad For Me

Aimpoint is focused on angles, and I am a FEEL player. Although it gave me some good lines, it took me out of my routine that is based on feel and seeing the arc of the putt. If I had more time to work on it, it may be great for me – but I didn’t have the time. Getting back to my natural routine created more comfort, leading to confidence and ultimately making more putts.

I know all golfers have the time to work on their game as much as I do. They just need a specific plan in place to work on it when they have free time. Golfers need a clear plan, apply time management skills, access to education and drills and anyone can become a good golfer!

NO EXCUSES, Get a strategic plan and spend 10 minutes per day doing something! I have put my drills, practice programs with video demonstration and education into an online training program. You can get it now for $! 

GOLF PERFORMANCE LAB

During my life pursuit to become a world class player and coach, I was blessed to play and coach alongside the best minds in golf. PGA Tour winners, major champions, NCAA Championship players and coaches. While coaching with current Oklahoma State Coach Donnie Darr, I learned the importance of “owning your game”.  Anyone can achieve this when given accurate information fo what actually matters and consistent execution to the process.

I will give you the PROCESS, through practical practice plans, drills and exercises. With proper guidance and tools used by PGA Tour professionals, you will know exactly what to work on and when to do it. If a “washed up” teaching professional like myself qualified and competed on the biggest stage of golf, playing less than one round of golf per week, imagine what you could accomplish in your game! Try it for $1 Today

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Think about it, how hard is it to make a 6 inch swing and hit it 4 feet to your target? Shouldn’t be very hard! When I was 10 years old, people would talk about about how I couldn’t miss. Then when I turned 18, everyone talked about, “if that kid could putt, he would be good!” So how did this happen? At 10, no golf experience and no THOUGHTS, I would make everything? Yet, after being ranked top 25 in the national junior golf rankings, I was a bad putter? Here’s why… I was obsessed with getting better, I read everything, watched everything, and picked every good putters brain. Power by knowledge, right? WRONG…. I didn’t know which method to go with, and putting became my weakness… Fast forward to my coaching career… My girlfriend, who has never played a round of golf pulls out the putter wheel training aid… I was proud of myself for being able to finally hit it 10 feet without it tipping over… and she puts it down, hits it and it rolls perfectly! Why is this? Because she is athletic and just reacted like an athlete would. So this is what I did. I went to the green, made my focus only of hitting solid putts… next time I played, I rolled it more true than I ever did before… Here’s a simple putting practice for you.   1. Buy the putter wheel… You can find it here 2. Hit 20 putts to warm up your putting every day 3. Play 9 holes only worrying about your routine   Routine  – Find the line  – Commit to the line  – Focus on hitting a solid putt down that line   If you are someone that thinks too much in putting or don’t trust your stroke…. I recommend copying Aaron Baddelys pre shot routine for putting… He explains it perfectly in this video!

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1. Analysis: The Thinking Phase

The player must gather all the information necessary regarding the shot that is about to be played. Things to consider:

• Lie of the ball
• Slope and grain (putting)
• Wind direction
• Distance to hole
• Green, Yellow, or Red Flag
• Distance to landing spot
• Select appropriate club

Once you have picked out a clear and precise target go into the next phase of the pre-shot routine

2. Visualization

How do you want the shot to look?

Some people may not be able to see the golf shot in their minds eye, but you can verbalize what you are trying to do, and what you want it to look like.

3. Gain Feel

After gaining the visual of the shot you want to hit, it is important to then take practice swings developing the feel for the shot you are about to hit. Make your practice swings useful, DO NOT just use them to get loose!

4. Performance Cue

As you step in to hit the shot, it is important to have a “performance cue” or “swing thought” that will give you the mindset to execute the shot effectively. These performance cues can include:

• Breath
• Straight back take away
• Tempo
• Align properly

5. Trust

This can be the hardest part, in order to increase the chances of your golf shot being great, you need to trust that you have prepared properly. This is the time to let go and focus on your one performance cue.

We will discuss performance cue’s more in your next post. This week I would like you to write down a step-by-step pre shot routine that you think you do. Have a friend hold your pre shot routine check list and see how consistently you go through your routine.

It is important to have a method to your routine. It does not have to be identical every time, but it should incorporate all the steps needed to gain trust in the upcoming shot.

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David told me the importance of time management and by writing down your daily routine/schedule the night before would help you stay consistent with your academy and golf practice. I took his advice and began to write down each hour of my day the night before. ↓

As you can see on the right, I wrote out my entire practice plan for the day. You can expand on that and write out your complete day including your school and work schedule.

I challenge you to write down your practice the night prior. Do this for 7 straight days and be as detailed as possible. I promise you will notice you accomplish a lot more when you have a plan going into practice compared to just showing up with the plan in your “head”.

Checklist each day this week:

Write out practice plan before arriving at the course –

M__ T__ W__ T__ F__ S__ S__

Next: we will address pre and post shot routines.

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Learn the facts about how to improve your golf. Its not the hours you work, its how you work in those hours! 

As a golf coach that has seen success and failures of many players, I am fed up with traditional golf instruction. Fact: IT DOES NOT MAKE YOU BETTER. Sure, you might improve your technique, but its not about a perfect swing, its about lower scores! It is my belief that golfers need structure and be shown how to train properly. The best news is you can do the majority of your training from home or the office!

Our programs require little time, but 100% belief  and consistency in the process. If you have both of those qualities, I promise it is worth your time!

The goal is to change the way golfers think and approach practice. There is a lot of fluff in golf instruction. With technology and business’ such as Golftec, the game has become full of gadgets rather than a proven blueprint of how to improve your game. Through our online training programs, you will learn proven strategies that have developed champions on all levels of golf.

Do you wonder why the USGA handicap has not lowered in the last 30 years with access to modern golf instruction technology? The answer is simple – players of all levels need guidance and structure on how to plan and track their progression when away from the course.

PGA Coach Online is a performance tool that gives access to any golfer, beginner to professional that wants to take their game to the next level. Our online programs are packed with insight, mental game strategies and blueprints on how to achieve peak performance in your golf game! A step-by-step program on how to structure your practices each week.

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