Better Golf Academy: Strategy to Awesome Golf

Better Golf Daily: Scared Money Series - The Smoke Detector

Scott Hoch stood over a two-foot putt to win the Masters, and missed. I found a psychiatrist's idea that explains exactly why a putt that short can feel that terrifying,

Better Golf Daily: Winter Game Series - Show Up Ready

About seventy percent of amateur golfers barely warm up, and one study showed exactly what that's costing them. The number surprised me, and I've been playing this game a

Better Golf Daily: The Winter Game Series - Living Room Short Game

Seve Ballesteros wasn't allowed to play the course as a kid, so he taught himself on the beach with one beat-up 3-iron. That story turns out to be the perfect example of

Better Golf Daily: The Winter Game Series - Practice Without a Club

Harvard researchers had beginners practice piano without ever pressing a key, and their brains still changed. When I read what happened next, I immediately thought about

Better Golf Daily: The Winter Game Series - Best 15 Minutes

teve Stricker went from one of the best players in the world to Q-school, then rebuilt his game hitting balls out of a heated trailer into the snow. What happened next is

Better Golf Daily: The Winter Game Series - You're Not Losing It

Annika Sörenstam walked away from championship golf for thirteen years, then came back at fifty and won by eight. I dug into the research on why that's even possible, and

Better Golf Daily: Sim School Series - Trust Your Clubs

A study once found golfers made more putts just because they were told their ball was lucky. The magic didn't fully hold up, but what it says about trusting your clubs ab

Better Golf Daily: Sim School Series - How Club Fitters Really Test

We've all hit that one perfect shot on a simulator and wanted to buy the club on the spot. It's one of the most expensive feelings in golf. In this episode I walk you t

Better Golf Daily: Sim School Series - What Your Shaft is Really Doing

I always assumed a lighter shaft meant more speed, and then I found a test where most golfers hit it faster with the heaviest one. That surprised me, and it might change

Better Golf Daily: Sim School Series - Your Driver's Launch, Spin, and Angle Window

I dug into the Trackman tour data and found that the women on the LPGA Tour get more out of their swing speed than the men on the PGA Tour. The reason why could be worth

Better Golf Daily: Sim School Series - The Only Numbers You Need

I found out the radar on your favorite golf simulator was built by an engineer who used to track missiles, and what it proved flipped decades of golf lessons upside down.

Better Golf Daily: Every Shot Must Have a Purpose Series - You Don't Need a New Swing

Some of the greatest players who ever lived had swings a teacher would've "fixed" in five minutes. So why are the rest of us chasing a new swing tip every single week?

Better Golf Daily: Every Shot Must Have a Purpose Series - The Memory Box

You can probably describe your worst three-putt from last weekend in perfect detail, but can you name one great drive? There's a reason for that, and a famous psychology

Better Golf Daily: Every Shot Must Have a Purpose Series - The Other Scorecard

Annika Sörenstam's coach used to ask her one question after rounds, and it had nothing to do with her score. When I heard it, I realized I'd never once tracked it in my w

Better Golf Daily: Every Shot Must Have a Purpose Series - The Decision Line

Bill Murray went on Joe Rogan's podcast and, of all things, gave credit to two golf coaches and a book for his handicap heading down. What he said about it is not what yo

Better Golf Daily: Every Shot Must Have a Purpose - The Question That Built Annika

What's the lowest score you actually believe you could shoot? In this episode I tell you about a coach in Sweden who asked her team one strange question in 1991, and the

Better Golf Daily: Tiger's Playbook Series - The Dial

Some days I play badly because I'm too wound up, and some days because I'm too relaxed, and for years I couldn't figure out which one was the real problem. Turns out Tige

Better Golf Daily: Tiger's Playbook Series - Ten Steps

Tiger Woods got just as mad at bad shots as the rest of us, but he had a rule that gave his anger an expiration date about ten steps long. I break down where that rule ca

Better Golf Daily: Tiger's Playbook Series - Zero Bunkers

In the summer of 2000, Tiger Woods played four rounds on a course with over a hundred bunkers and never stepped in a single one. The way he pulled it off is so simple it'

Better Golf Daily: Tiger's Playbook Series - The Coin Jingler

Tiger Woods' dad used to drop golf bags, jingle coins, and rip open Velcro right in the middle of his son's backswing. It sounds a little crazy until you find out what sc