My Who, Why, How, Where and What

Who? Anyone who wants to play better golf can sign up. What I offer is what is often not offered on the lesson tee. You can remain with your professional and even loop me into that relationship. The goal is to take what you’ve learned and take it to the course in competition. If you feel like you aren’t getting the most from your practice time, your skills and your desire, there’s probably a reason. How do you practice? How do you compete? Can you focus? Can you play with freedom? Can you manage your game on both good and bad ball striking days? Can you take your game from the range to the course? Let’s work together to accomplish these important steps to becoming a great player.

My goal or why is to help others find their path, set their goals and reach those goals. I’m a big believer that great players possess a wide array of skills and the ability to access them when it’s most important. So my job as a coach is to teach those skills and to help players play with freedom.

My how. I believe that the shot you want to hit creates the swing you make. Great players see what they want and make it happen. There needs to be a transition from the mechanics of block practice to the athleticism required on the golf course. That’s my role in your development. You need great mechanics and an understanding of your shot patterns as your foundation. Then you need to be able to play the game with the idea that you can deliver what’s required in the moment. All of your preparation is important, but if you can’t deliver the shot required or roll a putt at the right speed, it means very little.

Where? We can work on the phone, through texts, through emails, through facetime or in person. The where isn’t as important as the what.

The What: You will have practice plans that support your goals and move you toward them through skill building, game-like scenarios, pressure drills and fun competitions. These plans, as well as strategy for competition will be based on your statistics, your feedback to me and your reflection through journaling. The what isn’t limited and will be unique to you. Every player will get the focus that he/she needs as a player and no two players will need the exact same thing for success.

Finally, I think that complete engagement at practice and on the course is joyous and not a grind. The idea that you have to grind out a score means you’re probably playing with a focus on what isn’t happening instead of what you can do. Your engagement is reliant upon your presence in the moment, your resilience, your curiosity and openness to what your challenge is that day and your athleticism. Let’s have some fun out there!