1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,240 Hi. This is Chris Ravi Kamar from Palo Alto, California, and I 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:12,080 played at the Halfland Big Golf Links. This is Golf Smarter number nine five 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,880 six. I played in college at Duke for four years and had a good 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:20,039 career, a couple time All American and when I turned pro, I decided 5 00:00:20,039 --> 00:00:23,280 to start my career in Europe. And I was good friends with Peter yu 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,879 Line at Brooks Kopka, who were a couple years older than me. But 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,559 I kind of saw the trail that they had blazed through Europe and I wanted 8 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,280 to do something similar. So first part of my career I had quite a 9 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,359 bit of success, but I actually won my third event and then eventually worked 10 00:00:37,399 --> 00:00:39,759 my way up to the European Tour, played the European Tour for a little 11 00:00:39,799 --> 00:00:43,280 bit and then Challenge Tour, and really I ended up playing all over the 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,399 world, and then I came back to the States and played for a little 13 00:00:45,439 --> 00:00:49,159 bit. But in total I played over two hundred events and over forty five 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,280 countries on every major world tour and six continents. I mean, I've seen 15 00:00:53,719 --> 00:01:02,359 a lot that the game has to offer at much of different levels. Bad 16 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:07,280 results on the course can also be the result of poor food choices. Featuring 17 00:01:07,359 --> 00:01:12,920 Brinson Paolini. This is Golf Smarter, sharing stories, tips and insights from 18 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,480 great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ. 19 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,840 There's your host, Fred Green. Welcome back to the Golf Smarter podcast. 20 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:26,200 Brinson, Hello, Fred, happy to be here. It's great to have 21 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:32,040 you back on the show because you've been evolving your product line. When we 22 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:38,560 first met you, yep, it was through sharp Focus Nutrition and now you're 23 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,599 sharp Focused Golf. So let's back up for a minute talk about sharp Focus 24 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:47,480 Nutrition, the ideas that you had for that and where it is today, 25 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,920 and then we'll get to sharp focus golf too. For sure, I think 26 00:01:51,079 --> 00:01:53,879 when it starts with sharp Focus Nutrition, it really bore out of my own 27 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,359 experience and my own coaching. I've been doing coaching for over a decade, 28 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:02,480 and it's something guy struggled with personally when I competed in college, when I 29 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:07,400 pleaded professionally on the European Tour and Challenge for many other tours, and something 30 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:12,360 my students struggled with was just proper nutrition on the golf course. And I 31 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,240 went out there to solve that problem. And we feel that we've been able 32 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:21,000 to do that with we call it SFN or Sharp Focus Nutrition our packets, 33 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:28,280 and that's really evolved and we've added additional items and products. We now have 34 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:31,520 an electrolyte supplement, which is really exciting since we last spoke, and so 35 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:36,080 that's evolved. And then you know, Sharp Focused Golf is something that I've 36 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,400 had in the back of my mind for a long time. Just I've had 37 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:44,400 my own website and performance website for a long time and have always wanted to 38 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:51,319 update it with contributors and really covering the whole gamut of golf topics for golfers 39 00:02:51,319 --> 00:02:53,360 of all levels. And that's really what we've worked really hard on over the 40 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:59,360 last eighteen months. And you're excited with the with the end result excellent. 41 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,439 Just for those who've not been introduced to it before, let's recap what the 42 00:03:05,479 --> 00:03:10,439 product line, product lines that you have for Sharp Focused Nutrition, what they 43 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:15,120 were, what they are, and what they do and why. Yeah. 44 00:03:15,199 --> 00:03:20,840 So the idea of Sharp Focus Antutrition is it's an encourse eating supplement. It's 45 00:03:20,879 --> 00:03:25,520 a program to eat food throughout the round to keep your energy levels and keep 46 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,879 avoiding spikes and crashes. In your blood sugar. And we put this packet 47 00:03:30,879 --> 00:03:34,520 together and it's actually on a little carabiner clip and you could clip it on 48 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,599 your bag and you eat small amounts of food throughout the round and it tells 49 00:03:38,599 --> 00:03:40,439 you which holes to eat it on. But the idea is that you're eating 50 00:03:40,639 --> 00:03:44,840 a little bit pre round and then every three holes throughout the round from there, 51 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:49,199 and it's backed by science, back to our research on what to eat 52 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:52,960 and when to eat it, and so it's all in one in neat little 53 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,199 packet and then from there we've evolved and since we last spoke, we now 54 00:03:55,240 --> 00:04:01,080 have an electrolyte supplement and we partnered with Tracemens on that and they're really the 55 00:04:01,159 --> 00:04:08,439 leader when it comes to liquid electrolyte supplements and we've partnered with them to develop 56 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:11,719 one tailored for golfers. And so it's gonna be different than some of the 57 00:04:11,759 --> 00:04:15,400 other stuff out in the market where the more tablet based. Ours is liquid 58 00:04:15,479 --> 00:04:17,680 based and which has a lot of benefits. It's you keep it in your 59 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,600 bag, it has you know, through your shelf life, and it sometimes 60 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:26,959 in extreme heat, those tablets can get to where you can't use them anymore, 61 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,319 and the liquid that isn't the case, and so all it takes is 62 00:04:30,319 --> 00:04:33,879 it's pure electrolytes, no additives, no sugar. It's actually got no taste. 63 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:38,879 So you just put five drops in your glass of water and you have 64 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:44,079 the proper electrolytes for golfers, and you know, we're really excited and it's 65 00:04:44,079 --> 00:04:47,360 been been a cool thing to add for folks out there trying to play their 66 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:54,160 best. Yeah. So I for years, I've found that if I eat 67 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:58,759 a lot before or during around, it doesn't work for me. I have 68 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,480 a big crash. Yeah, And so I've always been a big fan of 69 00:05:01,519 --> 00:05:05,800 the idea of just grazing through the round with whatever it is, like I 70 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:11,319 personally like like peanut butter pretzels. Yeah, I remember you saying that a 71 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:17,000 cliff bar some you know, maybe dried mango, dried fruit, but not 72 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,920 eating a lot. Just keep it going wheels, never fall off. What 73 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:29,120 was the need that you discovered that made you feel like you needed to develop 74 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,480 this product line. It was something that I just saw players losing energy and 75 00:05:33,519 --> 00:05:36,519 struggling toward the end of the round, and I experienced it myself. I 76 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:42,519 think it's easy if you're on the last night on Sunday and in contention either 77 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,639 to make the cut or in contention to win, and you start making bad 78 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:48,600 decisions, to start blaming your technique or blaming your coaches or whatever it might 79 00:05:48,639 --> 00:05:53,199 be. And I would just look at other folks and from outside looking in, 80 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,959 it's really simple. It's like you just got tired, you didn't have 81 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,680 the right fuel, and it's easy to forget to eat. I always sounds 82 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,160 like you had a good reminder, but for me, I would forget. 83 00:06:02,199 --> 00:06:04,839 I'd always have food in the golf bag, but I would forget to eat 84 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:09,680 it. And there was great research and there is great research out there on 85 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,720 what to eat, when to eat it, and we just put it in 86 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,480 a simple package. And then the carabiner clip was kind of inventive to put 87 00:06:15,519 --> 00:06:18,839 it on the outside of your bag so it's always visible. So you love 88 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:23,160 that so you don't forget to eat when you're coming down the stretch. And 89 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,240 I think that's the idea because the second you know, I know you've heard 90 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,759 this and we all have. But the second you're hungry, you're thirsty, 91 00:06:29,079 --> 00:06:31,319 it's too late, and the first thing that goes is your decision making, 92 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:34,879 and you're not gonna be able to give yourself the opportunity to make good decisions 93 00:06:34,879 --> 00:06:40,240 at the most important time in the round unless you're doing all the things right 94 00:06:40,319 --> 00:06:44,040 leading up to that moment. And that was kind of the need that we 95 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,040 had wanted. And then hydration is a big part of it too, and 96 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:51,279 we struggled a little bit with hydration and how to solve that. But you 97 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,720 know, through some work with trade minerals, we feel we come up with 98 00:06:54,759 --> 00:07:00,439 a really good product for golfers as well. That's awesome. Personally, I 99 00:07:00,519 --> 00:07:03,920 walk the course when I play, but I have a push cart. Yeah, 100 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:09,720 so so my my food, you know, the things that I bring 101 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,920 with me that I'm grazing on is always kind of right in front of me 102 00:07:12,959 --> 00:07:15,000 because it's right there on the on the pushcart. You got it on the 103 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,759 push cart, right, so for somebody who's carrying a bag, you may 104 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,959 not see it. So I thought the carabiner was such a great idea because 105 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,240 it's gonna remind you, for sure, it's gonna remind you. That's great 106 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,639 that you have that system. And it's funny, you know, Fred, 107 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,439 you encouraged us when I was on here last time to have an alternative because 108 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,360 we have beef Jerkey's the first thing in Mark sharp focus antutrition to you encouraged 109 00:07:35,399 --> 00:07:39,199 us to get a plant based option, which we've been able to do and 110 00:07:39,319 --> 00:07:42,920 it tastes really good as well. But we appreciate that. I appreciate that 111 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:46,079 feedback and we've been able to incorporate that in there as well. So what 112 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,240 did you do, because I remember you sent me at one point you sent 113 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:53,879 me some salmon based jerkey. Yes, so no, we did. We 114 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,079 ended up going plant based. We did go plant based. We did go 115 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,600 plant based as the option that we have for folks. Okay, and what 116 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,480 is what is the product and what is that it's gonna be. Yeah, 117 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:09,720 it's gonna be based on one, you know, plants one hundred percent being 118 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:15,040 in you know, specifically, not exactly sure. It isn't the most popular. 119 00:08:15,079 --> 00:08:16,000 I mean, most people like the beef turkey. I mean, beef 120 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,439 turkey is the number one selling snack in America. I mean, I don't 121 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,639 think people understand that people love their beef turkey. So that's kind of the 122 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:26,839 main one from that same point. But we god that we're able to help 123 00:08:26,879 --> 00:08:30,639 folks that that do want to do that, like yourself. Yeah, well, 124 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:35,320 thank you. I appreciate that. So now you've got that going. 125 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,840 It's been going for a couple of years now, yeah, coming up on 126 00:08:37,879 --> 00:08:43,279 two years. Yep. Great, and it's still at sharp Focus Nutrition dot 127 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,279 Com. Correct, Yes, we've separated. It's still sharp Focus Nutrition dot 128 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,639 Com is where all those products will be sold. Okay, so please go 129 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:56,120 check those out. Appreciate it. But now you're moving on to expand your 130 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:01,000 your viability, not not just with the product line, but with your golf 131 00:09:01,039 --> 00:09:05,480 instruction. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Like I mentioned, this is kind 132 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,000 of born out of my own experience and coaching, and you know, I've 133 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,320 been fortunate in my life to have been exposed to a lot of great instructors, 134 00:09:13,399 --> 00:09:16,399 you know, folks from sports psychology to fitness to swing instruction, and 135 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,080 I wanted to be able to bring that to folks in a low cost, 136 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,480 systematic way, and that's what we've been able to do. So we've got 137 00:09:24,519 --> 00:09:30,159 some great contributors on there, really folks that are leaders in their respective fields, 138 00:09:30,519 --> 00:09:37,159 and we've covered every topic for every range of player on our website. 139 00:09:37,279 --> 00:09:41,039 And you know, we're going to continue to expand and have more videos from 140 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:46,440 contributors that we have now and then we're going to continue to add more contributors. 141 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:50,799 Is as you know, it's golf is so important about hearing it a 142 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,519 different way, right, I mean sometimes you could be hearing the same thing 143 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,960 from a different person and just a slightly different way that resonates a little bit 144 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,960 more for you. And you know, that's what we're working to to help 145 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,000 folks with as they try to push their game to be the best that they 146 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:09,080 can be. Yeah, and you just never know what's going to connect with 147 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:13,200 you at what time. Because I had an email from the listener. I 148 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:18,279 talked about this before, but he said that he got one tip from one 149 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:22,720 of our episodes that allowed him to not only shoot the best round of his 150 00:10:22,759 --> 00:10:26,559 life, but he shot below his age. He was seventy and he shot 151 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:31,039 a sixty nine. And I'm like, what's the tip? Yeah, yeah, 152 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,120 He's like, it was a Tony Mansoni tip and he said that if 153 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:39,679 you cannot hold your finished position until the ball hits the ground, then you're 154 00:10:39,759 --> 00:10:46,879 swinging too hard. Love that That's really good, isn't it. It's so 155 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:48,200 good. It's so simple. I mean, the best thing I know. 156 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,440 I'm wait a minute, I've never heard that on the show. When did 157 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:54,480 you hear that? Like, I don't remember ever hearing it, which was 158 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:58,120 hilarious for me, but yeah, he says it worked. That's so great. 159 00:10:58,159 --> 00:11:01,039 I mean, that's almost like something I feel like one of my first 160 00:11:01,039 --> 00:11:03,120 instructors told me that when I was six years old, is hey, hold 161 00:11:03,159 --> 00:11:07,120 your finished all the ball lands, you know, and it's like a lot 162 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,679 of times it comes back to something that simple. So that's that's so neat 163 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,600 and it just clicks right and all of a sudden, you know, whatever 164 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,320 it did in his golf swing to swing within himself or stay and balance, 165 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,279 more solid contact, whatever it might be. But that's really cool. And 166 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:31,320 when that light bulb goes off in a golfers it's really fun. You kind 167 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,120 of alluded to it a second ago. But one of the things you talk 168 00:11:33,159 --> 00:11:37,440 about on your website, which I thought was a great way to do it, 169 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:43,559 is just by saying no two golfers are alike. They are everybody's got 170 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,159 their own unique path. And I think where a lot of people struggle. 171 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,360 I think all of us that love the game have gotten lost online on YouTube 172 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,440 trying to find swing fixes for whatever it might be, whatever video it might 173 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,440 be. And I think the struggle there is to your point, we're all 174 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:03,879 at a different port point and our journey in golf exactly just because somebody is 175 00:12:03,919 --> 00:12:05,879 saying, hey, this is the feel that you need to be having. 176 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,480 It's so dependent upon one year level of golf and where you're coming from, 177 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:13,600 what your tendencies are, what your body allows you to do. And I 178 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:20,080 think it's important to have a tailored approach and not a cookie cutter approach. 179 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,200 And I think that it's super important to have swing instructors, and we really 180 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:28,519 highly encourage folks to have a swing instructor, but I would steer them away 181 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:31,679 from someone that's teaching them one method. You know, I struggle with with 182 00:12:31,799 --> 00:12:37,360 method instructors because we are all so different. And literally there's a golf swing 183 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,360 on like there's golfers on tour during everything. I mean, you got cup 184 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:46,080 risks and bowed risks and shallow and steep and rotary and verter. I mean, 185 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:48,360 people are doing everything, and it's just a matter of finding what works 186 00:12:48,399 --> 00:12:54,200 for you. And in my experience as an athletic person, you should when 187 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,240 somebody encourage you to try something, it should work relatively quickly, Like sometimes 188 00:12:58,279 --> 00:13:01,080 you have to take a step to take a leap forward, but you should 189 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,440 be able to see pretty immediate at least in a couple of shots, Like, 190 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,360 hey, like that feels right, Like, okay, that's different. 191 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:11,159 If you're not able to do it, you're pretty quickly on the range or 192 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,320 nine holes in the golf course, Like you need to move on and try 193 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,759 something different. And like, we really encourage folks to be in charge of 194 00:13:16,799 --> 00:13:20,840 your swing coach too and say, look like that, I understand that feel, 195 00:13:20,879 --> 00:13:22,440 but it doesn't work for me. I've tried it in the past. 196 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,919 We got to do something differently and own that relationship and understand, Okay, 197 00:13:26,919 --> 00:13:30,840 this is what I need to do to get better because you're in control when 198 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,559 you're in those lessons. Yeah, exactly. But when you're in your lessons, 199 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,799 it's when you try something different, you feel like something's not working for 200 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:46,679 you. Don't do it during a round. Yeah, don't beat yourself up 201 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,200 with that and stry and start trying multiple things during your round, because no, 202 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,320 it's only going to get worse and you're gonna get more frustrated. That's 203 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,759 so true. I mean, during the round, you have to whatever that 204 00:13:56,799 --> 00:13:58,720 swing thought or feel is for the day, Like you're committed to that through 205 00:13:58,759 --> 00:14:03,519 the through that round one hundred percent. I mean, I think you you 206 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,679 can't be going out there then you're in that. You know, we've all 207 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:07,840 been there, right, We have a thought, we have a feel, 208 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,639 we're excited about it. We get to number three or four and hit one 209 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:13,480 out of bounds and then we're we're down the rabbit hole of Oh. I 210 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:16,519 remember three months ago, I was trying this, okay, lag feel, 211 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:18,559 I'm gonna do that, and then you know, to your point, then 212 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:24,399 you're in the area downward spiral, a nasty, nasty downward spiral. But 213 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:30,159 I will say that there are periods of time when experimentation is important, and 214 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,360 I think, like in lessons on the driving range, when you're out just 215 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:35,320 playing for fun, not for a score. Like, at those periods of 216 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,919 time, it's okay to experiment and try things out to see what works, 217 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,519 because every now and again you will find a feel that really can change the 218 00:14:43,559 --> 00:14:45,840 game. I mean, I mean, I know, I think back in 219 00:14:45,879 --> 00:14:50,039 my career and there's been probably three swing thoughts that I've had then periods of 220 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,200 time would really change the game for me specifically. And you know, sometimes 221 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,200 it's hard to get back to those fields later on, but it's important to 222 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:03,080 have those. When you have a man, you gotta press it. So 223 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,919 share what are the three what are the three swing thoughts that you had that 224 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:11,639 you held on to. So this is to the point before. This is 225 00:15:11,639 --> 00:15:16,600 where it's so individual because it's all based upon my tendencies and my golf swing. 226 00:15:16,679 --> 00:15:20,320 So my tendencies and my golf swing are to over rotate too quickly with 227 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,360 my body in the backswing, and then my upper body tilts towards the target 228 00:15:22,799 --> 00:15:26,519 instead of my lower body leading. So everything that I did, that's my 229 00:15:26,639 --> 00:15:31,720 overall DNA, my tendency, my mistake. So everything that I did, 230 00:15:31,799 --> 00:15:33,600 my fields were trying to get away from that. But if I share with 231 00:15:33,679 --> 00:15:37,159 what my fields were, most amateurs are going to struggle with the complete opposite. 232 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,000 They don't get a big enough of a turn in the backswing. So 233 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,120 I think that's where it's a little bit more challenging because yes, I could 234 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,840 share those feels, but it might be the worst thing in the world for 235 00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:50,759 one player and the best thing for another player. So I mean, you 236 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,759 have to understand what their golf swing looks like, what their tendencies are, 237 00:15:54,879 --> 00:15:58,039 what their ball flight is how they're struggling and then and then move from there, 238 00:16:00,399 --> 00:16:03,000 and how did you assess that was a problem for you. Did you 239 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:06,840 have a coach who is telling you this or did you figured it out on 240 00:16:06,879 --> 00:16:08,200 your own? I did? Yeah. No, I mean I've had swing 241 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,320 coaches my whole career, my whole life, and you know, it's extremely 242 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,600 important to have those. I mean, I've worked with probably more than I 243 00:16:15,639 --> 00:16:18,200 probably should have in my career. But I think too much in your head 244 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:22,960 at once. Yeah, I think all professional golfers at some point, not 245 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,279 all, but I think you can fight that battle of hey, I'm not 246 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,399 doing well and I'm going to start shopping swing coaches. And I think there's 247 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,559 been There's one coach I had for the majority of my career, a guy 248 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:37,759 named Toddy Anderson, who's an incredible instructor and he was the main person that 249 00:16:37,799 --> 00:16:41,120 I worked with and really taught me the game. And then you start to 250 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,200 struggle, Then you start to go see a bunch of different instructors and trying 251 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,639 different things, and I really don't encourage that. However, through the process, 252 00:16:48,679 --> 00:16:51,440 I learned a lot. I mean, I think in hindsight, it 253 00:16:51,519 --> 00:16:56,440 was really good just for me as a developer as a golfer and a coach 254 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,840 and understanding different swing philosophies and different things that might work for different folks, 255 00:17:00,919 --> 00:17:06,160 but for me as a professional, it was not the best thing in the 256 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:14,599 moment, right right. Tell me about your professional career. I mean you 257 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,680 were you played college golf, you went on to be a professional golfer. 258 00:17:18,039 --> 00:17:23,279 I did playing competitively or professional instructor. So I played professionally. So I 259 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:27,000 played in college at Duke and played there for four years and had a good 260 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,640 career a couple of time all American and had a good career, and then 261 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,920 when I turned pro. This was gosh, over a decade ago now, 262 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:40,559 But I decided to start my career in Europe. And I was good friends 263 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,319 with Peter yu Line at Brooks Koepka, who were a couple years older than 264 00:17:42,319 --> 00:17:47,599 me. But I kind of saw the trail that they had blazed through Europe 265 00:17:48,039 --> 00:17:49,839 and I wanted to do something similar. So that's what I did. So 266 00:17:49,839 --> 00:17:52,680 I played in Europe for first part of my career. I had quite a 267 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:57,200 bit of success, but I actually won my third event professionally it was a 268 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,240 challenge for event in France, and then eventually worked my way up to the 269 00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:03,680 European Tour, played the European Tour for a little bit and then the Challenge 270 00:18:03,759 --> 00:18:07,279 Tour, and really I ended up playing all over the world, and then 271 00:18:07,279 --> 00:18:11,079 I came back to the States and played for a little bit. And but 272 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:15,960 in total, I played over two hundred events and over forty five countries on 273 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:21,200 WOW, one on every major world tour. So yeah, and six continents. 274 00:18:21,279 --> 00:18:23,519 Yeah, I've been very fortunate. I mean, I've seen a lot 275 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:26,799 that the game has to offer, and you know, at a munch of 276 00:18:26,799 --> 00:18:30,680 different levels. So it was it was a great it was a great feat. 277 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:32,559 And you know, a couple of years ago, we're almost three years 278 00:18:32,559 --> 00:18:36,400 ago now, I stepped away from my playing career, but it was you 279 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,319 know, I'm super grateful for the time that I had playing out there and 280 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,920 chasing my dream. So you dropped a big name. I'm going to pursue 281 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,200 this, Okay, said Brooks. You said Brooks. Koepka, yep. 282 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:49,960 Do you ever beat him? Did you ever go head to head with him 283 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:56,440 and beat him? I so Brooks as obviously an incredible player, and yeah 284 00:18:56,519 --> 00:19:00,359 he was. He was at Florida State when I was a duke, and 285 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,680 he won the SEC championship my junior year, which would have been his senior 286 00:19:03,799 --> 00:19:07,400 year. And I'm sure there's some tournament that we played together that I beat 287 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,960 him, for sure. I mean, I think he was a very good 288 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:15,599 player in college. I mean he has progressed into a well, you know, 289 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,799 an unbelievable player, right, A generational type player. I mean, 290 00:19:18,839 --> 00:19:22,599 I wouldn't say he was a generational type player in college. And yeah, 291 00:19:22,599 --> 00:19:26,640 I would love to know what that switch was that he flipped to move forward, 292 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,440 yeah, and what that is. But he is a Yeah, he's 293 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,400 a special talent. He's a special talent for sure. Maybe for my grandkids, 294 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,599 I'll have to go back and look and and find a time that I 295 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:38,759 that I might have been able to beat him. I did. I did, 296 00:19:38,839 --> 00:19:41,960 fortunately beat Jordan Speeth head a head once in junior golf. It was 297 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,400 at an AJJ event, a match play event. He was a joke because 298 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:51,279 I think he was fourteenth at the time, maybe fifteen. But how old 299 00:19:51,319 --> 00:19:52,839 were you? I was a couple of years older, some a couple years 300 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,480 older than Jordan, so you know, when you're that young, two years 301 00:19:56,519 --> 00:20:00,680 can make a big deal. But at least I could tell my grand kids 302 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,160 that well, listen, let me tell you about telling your grandkids stories. 303 00:20:04,839 --> 00:20:08,400 They're not going to fact check you. You can say whatever you want and 304 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,880 they're still going to go Grandpa. I had never heard of Brooks Koepka. 305 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:17,359 What are you talking about? You know, it's it's not going to be 306 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,960 too soon that you're dealing with your grandchildren, just to guess. But do 307 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,119 you have any kids now? Not yet? Hopefully, Well then come on, 308 00:20:25,279 --> 00:20:37,119 man, you'll be able to tell your kids hopefully. I'm really curious 309 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:42,200 about your time at Duke. Did you get recruited? Did you walk? 310 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,799 I mean, because getting onto a college team is always tough for a for 311 00:20:45,839 --> 00:20:51,160 a freshman because they're seniors out there that you've got to compete against already. 312 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:56,440 So what what was it like playing on that level? But getting in getting 313 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,759 in from the first place, for sure, Golf, as really any college 314 00:21:00,799 --> 00:21:03,799 athletic is just such a privilege to be able to play college sports. I 315 00:21:03,799 --> 00:21:07,160 mean, I love my time there, super grateful, and yes I was 316 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,559 recruited. I think I was benefited by my sister, who maybe could touch 317 00:21:11,599 --> 00:21:15,200 on a little bit later, but she played college golf before me at William 318 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,160 and Mary in Virginia. It was a good player, and she had been 319 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,200 through the recruiting process and which term is to play a JG events and those 320 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,319 types of things, and I think by the time I went through it, 321 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,400 we kind of knew what tournaments to play in and the path that it would 322 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,720 take. And you know, I was fortunate to play well and was a 323 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,960 good junior player and highly recruited and was fortunate that, you know, I 324 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,160 had options, and you decided that I thought Duke would be a good fit. 325 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,559 I wanted to go somewhere where I could pursue high level academics while also 326 00:21:44,599 --> 00:21:47,079 pursuing, you know, as high level of golf as we could, and 327 00:21:47,799 --> 00:21:48,640 was able to do that. We had some good teams when we were in 328 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:56,519 college and it was a lot of fun. So the Paolini family growing up, 329 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,839 I mean, you would all golf all the time. How many siblings 330 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,680 do you have? And were you all golfers and all, you know, 331 00:22:03,759 --> 00:22:07,200 striving to be at the highest level of competition. So just me and my 332 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:08,960 sister, But but yes, golf was a huge, huge part of it. 333 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:11,880 She was two years older than me, and you know, we were 334 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,200 traveling around the country playing junior tournaments. My parents were going different places and 335 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,200 then you know, we overlap for two years in college and my parents came 336 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:22,039 to at least one of them came to almost every one of our events. 337 00:22:22,079 --> 00:22:23,720 So it was, uh yeah, it was a it was a lot of 338 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:27,119 golf, for sure. But my sister is she's an incredible person. I 339 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,839 mean, she's extremely accomplished person. You know, she went on to not 340 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,759 pursue golf, but she went into she's actually an MD PhD, so she 341 00:22:34,799 --> 00:22:38,680 has her MD, and she also has her PhD in neuroscience and because in 342 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,400 addition to being a college golfer, so you know, she's had a big 343 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,200 impact on my life and my coaching on you know, these businesses. I 344 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:51,039 mean, she's a really smart, bright mind with great perspective, and you 345 00:22:51,039 --> 00:22:52,240 know, it's been really fun to have her not only as a sister, 346 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:59,079 rich is a mentor in my life and is she she's involved in Sharp Focus 347 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,279 Golf. She is, she is. I mean she's a big, big 348 00:23:02,319 --> 00:23:03,160 part of it. I mean she's a big contributor. If you go to 349 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,720 our go to our website, she's got some great videos on neuroscience. Like 350 00:23:07,759 --> 00:23:11,680 I mentioned, she's a you know, she has her PhD in neuroscience. 351 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,680 And so she understands. She's been in my ear for a year saying aybrids 352 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,359 And there's some cutting edge research coming out around neuroscience and nobody's talking about it. 353 00:23:19,519 --> 00:23:26,039 I mean every single day there's more research coming out around neuroscience that should 354 00:23:26,039 --> 00:23:29,279 be applied to golf, that people in sport and life and just how we 355 00:23:29,319 --> 00:23:32,799 live that people aren't talking about, people aren't applying. And I mean her 356 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:37,000 videos are really powerful and what she's put in and especially with her perspective and 357 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:42,079 understanding of golf and things around that. So yeah, she's she's been she's 358 00:23:42,079 --> 00:23:47,039 been great. So we've really really enjoyed that. Can we get her on 359 00:23:47,079 --> 00:23:52,720 the show? I love talking about it, about how neuroscience impacts golfers, 360 00:23:52,839 --> 00:23:55,720 and you know, the kind of stuff that we don't think about. Even 361 00:23:55,759 --> 00:23:59,440 if you're thinking about the mental game, you're not thinking about neuroscience. It's 362 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:00,680 a more different thing. Yeah, there's a different Yeah, you got your 363 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,160 sports talking to her, you got thank you. You would much enjoy talking 364 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,640 to my sister. She's much better looking and much you know, she's much 365 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,599 easier to talk to than me, So you guys would much enjoy talking to 366 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:15,359 her. But I enjoyed talking to you, and you're a fine looking man, 367 00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:18,480 and I have no interest in how people look. My wife is like, 368 00:24:18,839 --> 00:24:22,000 she said that to me that she goes. Isn't that person cute? 369 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,920 I said, I'm not going to answer that question. I don't. It's 370 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,160 not relevant to me. I've been married forty four years. Why would I 371 00:24:27,759 --> 00:24:32,480 so Anyway, but that's a very sweet compliment. You paid for your sister, 372 00:24:32,519 --> 00:24:36,359 but not going there. Yeah, but it's great. No, that's 373 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,720 understandable. You're a good you're a good man. But to that point though, 374 00:24:38,759 --> 00:24:41,240 I mean, you got your sports psychology, which is kind of the 375 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,279 right kind of what people have talked about for decades, and then your science 376 00:24:45,319 --> 00:24:48,640 is kind of this. It's a different sphere. I mean there's there's similarities, 377 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:55,480 but there's differences. And you know, Eurosciences is important, and I 378 00:24:55,519 --> 00:24:57,799 mean top minds of the golf and really a sport or thinking about it, 379 00:24:57,839 --> 00:25:02,880 and we feel that others should as well. Yeah, we've had neuroscientists on 380 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,839 before talking about this thing. It's great stuff. I've got some amazing insights 381 00:25:07,559 --> 00:25:12,119 on you know, what a problem it is for people to be thinking about 382 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,559 parts of their body while they're taking a golf swing, it doesn't help. 383 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,559 Yeah, And there's even like little I'll call them, you know, techniques 384 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,599 and things that you can do right. I'm I'm very much a doer. 385 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:30,960 I don't like when I hear fluff of things around. Oh, stay in 386 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,920 the presence, stay in the process, and those are great, But what 387 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,960 does that mean right? And like? And how do I do it? 388 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,960 So? I mean, I think our ethos is, you know, simple 389 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,279 effective techniques that you can do in the moment that you are going to make 390 00:25:45,319 --> 00:25:51,240 a difference quickly. Because when we're out there, we're competing and we're whether 391 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:52,640 it's a club, championship, stadium, you know, whatever, it is 392 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,319 us open like we're coaching ourselves. We're all coaching ourselves, whether we want 393 00:25:56,319 --> 00:25:59,759 to admit it or not, Like we have an internal dialogue, we have 394 00:25:59,799 --> 00:26:03,839 some talk. We are all coaching ourselves and we need to be able to 395 00:26:03,839 --> 00:26:07,880 give ourselves the tools that are effective when we're in those moments. And neuroscience 396 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:12,559 is a big, big part of that for sure, Absolutely fascinating. Yes, 397 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:17,359 I'm gonna I'm gonna bug you to see if we can get her on 398 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,519 the show. That'd be great. I appreciate it. She's a she's a 399 00:26:18,519 --> 00:26:21,920 busy, busy woman, but we'd love to have her on man, she's 400 00:26:22,519 --> 00:26:26,640 she would be your listeners would really value listening at her for sure. Yeah. 401 00:26:26,759 --> 00:26:30,680 I cannot wait to talk to her. I think it would be really 402 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:37,279 fascinating. That's great. H Yeah. So now that you're you're now focusing 403 00:26:37,319 --> 00:26:42,480 more on instructional and and doing this business, do you get to do both? 404 00:26:42,759 --> 00:26:47,640 I mean, because they both demand a lot of attention and time. 405 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:52,799 They do, So what where is your focus? Are you working one on 406 00:26:52,799 --> 00:26:56,519 one with students these days? I do? I do coaching. I do 407 00:26:56,559 --> 00:27:00,519 one on one coaching for sure, But I am too point. I am 408 00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:03,519 focused on shar Focus anutrition and we're committed to continue to grow that business and 409 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,480 it has over the last couple of years. And you know, we're also 410 00:27:07,519 --> 00:27:10,759 committed to growing Star Focused Golf. And like I said, we're proud of 411 00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:15,000 the website we put together. We feel we've got great contributors covering great topics, 412 00:27:15,599 --> 00:27:18,720 but we want to continue to grow that in the future. And you 413 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:23,039 know, we're excited about more videos from current contributors and some other really exciting 414 00:27:23,079 --> 00:27:26,720 contributors that we'll have in the in the near future. Well, that's what 415 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:33,400 I would like to spend our time that we have together here now is talking 416 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:38,920 about the contributors that you have and what they are contributing to the sharpfocusgolf dot 417 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:45,279 com website, because you've got some really interesting topics and a variety of topics, 418 00:27:45,319 --> 00:27:52,200 which obviously I appreciate because my stuff is all over the map, right. 419 00:27:52,759 --> 00:27:56,279 I looked at the titles recently and went, wow, I guess I 420 00:27:56,359 --> 00:28:00,839 talk about a lot of different things. Let's call that a if you want, 421 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,000 but it's all things golf, except maybe talking about players on the tour, 422 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,599 so when we're name dropping like before. But so I was watching some 423 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,880 of your videos today and I'd love to pick your brain on some of them 424 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:17,759 and hear about them like you had a mental coach on there, yep, 425 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:22,680 to talk about what his contribution was and what we'll take our takeaways from that. 426 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:29,480 So Chris Dorris mental toughness. He has been my coach for well over 427 00:28:29,519 --> 00:28:33,000 two decades since I was a kid and my sisters and a lot of other 428 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:37,759 top performers and golfers, and his videos are profound. I mean, there's 429 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:41,000 no other word to describe them. I think he has evolved and still works 430 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,160 with some athletes, but I mean he's working with Fortune one hundred companies training 431 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,160 sales teams. I mean him to hire Christoris to come speak to your sales 432 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:55,519 team would be a very large check. And you know the videos that he 433 00:28:55,599 --> 00:28:59,559 has put together for Sharp Focus Cover, you know a lot of the stuff 434 00:28:59,599 --> 00:29:03,119 that he covered in those, in those talks and in those trainings, I 435 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,400 mean really really powerful stuff. A move's had people say that they watched them 436 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:11,000 almost weekly because they're just a reminder and he really talks about how we can 437 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,920 train our minds to really control our emotions and understand how we can control our 438 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,839 emotions, which is an extremely important topic when it comes to not only performing 439 00:29:19,839 --> 00:29:25,279 on our best but just living a happy lifestyle. And you know, he's 440 00:29:25,359 --> 00:29:27,960 been a big, big influence in my life. But his h his videos 441 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,720 are great, you know, to highly encourage folks to check them out. 442 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,000 And then there was another one Positive Mental Life. Yeah. Different different coach, 443 00:29:37,079 --> 00:29:40,440 right, different coach. I mean I think that comes back to you 444 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,000 know, different voices, right. I think you know we Chris dorris So 445 00:29:44,079 --> 00:29:47,599 I mentioned earlier, it's kind of more of a mental toughness type that's what 446 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:51,039 he calls himself the mental coach. And you know, doctor Richard Goldberg, 447 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:55,079 who you're referencing there, is a forty five year psychiatrist and he's been a 448 00:29:55,079 --> 00:29:59,440 Brown University and he's taken a lot of what he's worked with real life folks 449 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,400 and dealing with, you know, some difficult situations in their life. And 450 00:30:03,799 --> 00:30:08,079 now he's evolved and his working with golfers and wanting to help golfers apply that 451 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:15,480 same those same techniques to helping control how they think and really reaching their potential 452 00:30:15,839 --> 00:30:21,400 on the golf course. But you have videos that just start at the very 453 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,440 basics. We do, Yeah, we do. So all my videos on 454 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:29,000 the website are free and as of now, I mean that's the idea to 455 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:32,559 go to my website, and you know, I cover a ton of topics 456 00:30:32,559 --> 00:30:33,839 and we got a really cool one on etiquette that was a lot of fun 457 00:30:33,839 --> 00:30:37,200 to put together. Tell me about that one. I haven't seen that I'd 458 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,559 love. Yeah, so it's ten minutes, and you know, to your 459 00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:41,559 point, it's for folks. You know, we want people to come to 460 00:30:41,599 --> 00:30:45,680 the website regardless of their level of golf, and you know, we ask 461 00:30:45,799 --> 00:30:49,599 them to fill out our player profile and it will kind of it will build 462 00:30:49,599 --> 00:30:53,240 a systematic way for them to continue to get better. But there's folks come 463 00:30:53,279 --> 00:30:56,279 there, they've never played the game before, and as you know, if 464 00:30:56,279 --> 00:31:00,000 you get invited to play nice club with your boss for the first time, 465 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,599 it can be intimidating and there's no real place to go to get everything that 466 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,440 goes into technique or sorry, etiquette excuse me. And that was our goal, 467 00:31:07,519 --> 00:31:10,880 was like, hey, let's make a video to help those folks to 468 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,720 really feel comfortable when they go out on the golf course. And we think 469 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,599 we've done that. It's about a nine little over nine minute video and it's 470 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:22,079 been fun and it was fun filming it, and we've got some some actors. 471 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,920 It's a pretty cool video. I think people will enjoy it. But 472 00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:29,640 that that that yes to your point where we're starting. And then if you've 473 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,359 ever played the golf before, for each development level, I've put kind of 474 00:31:33,359 --> 00:31:37,680 development series of things for you to think about that are important for you to 475 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,160 continue to do better, even if you've never picked up a club before. 476 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:53,079 So what's what's the most abused etiquette you know, rule of etiquette on the 477 00:31:53,079 --> 00:31:57,920 golf course. But I think everyone can pick their own. But what what 478 00:31:59,039 --> 00:32:04,720 is the biggest surprise as far as etiquette that people are like, Oh, 479 00:32:04,839 --> 00:32:07,400 I had no idea. Yeah, I know that that's a good point. 480 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,839 I think it's probably going to be individual to your point. But for me 481 00:32:10,039 --> 00:32:15,240 personally, as I sometimes play with folks i've never played, it's just understanding 482 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,359 where to stand. I think they understand. I think they understand. Okay, 483 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,079 I need to be quiet and not make noise. But you know what 484 00:32:21,119 --> 00:32:22,559 we talk about in the video, You always want to be looking at someone's 485 00:32:23,039 --> 00:32:25,200 front, of their face or their back. You never want to be looking 486 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,160 to the left or right of them. And I think that can surprise some 487 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,400 folks. And I still think people struggle with that on the green, specifically 488 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,920 standing in people's through lines or standing behind someone and that can be at least 489 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,559 for me, that could be kind of jarring when someone's standing behind the hole 490 00:32:39,559 --> 00:32:42,960 and I'm trying to hit a plot. I know that really bothers me. 491 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,839 But I think it's important to understand where to stand when you when you're out 492 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:52,200 there. Fabulous, fabulous one. Now another one I would love to talk 493 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:59,839 and actually let's do this one is talk about the setup just going right at 494 00:32:59,839 --> 00:33:05,200 the very basics, which everyone should really depending on your level of golf, 495 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,799 if you're playing seasonal golf, there's things that you just need to be reminded 496 00:33:08,839 --> 00:33:13,319 of every year. To sure RADI, it's like, oh right, I've 497 00:33:13,319 --> 00:33:15,880 forgotten about that at the end of last season and stuff. Let's talk about 498 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:22,599 this set, the basics setup and the needs that people should be reminding themselves 499 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:28,559 of. They already know, but these basics no super important. I mean, 500 00:33:28,599 --> 00:33:31,440 I think I come back to no player has ever gotten worse by setting 501 00:33:31,519 --> 00:33:36,599 up to the ball better. This setup is so important. And whenever I 502 00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:40,240 work with folks, and you know, on our website, you can send 503 00:33:40,319 --> 00:33:42,880 us a video for free. You know I need to need to be a 504 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:45,640 subscriber. You can send us a video and one of our coaches will go 505 00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:49,559 back with you, and I really with you about ten minutes of coaching, 506 00:33:49,559 --> 00:33:53,559 and we always start there because it's so important to understand, Okay, how 507 00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:58,400 do things evolve from the setup, And most things are going to if you're 508 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,319 a good player, I mean, most things are going to go long in 509 00:34:00,359 --> 00:34:04,559 the setup. And I know Jack Nicholas the beginning of every year to Jack 510 00:34:04,599 --> 00:34:07,440 Growd, his instructor, he would take time off, he would come back 511 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:08,800 and he would say, hey, Jack, like, we're going to start 512 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,280 this over from zero. We're gonna start with the grip. Then we're gonna 513 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,679 start with my feet, and then we're to start with my posture. And 514 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:16,679 we're literally starting over from zero. And that's the best player of all time. 515 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,599 So I think it's important for everyone especially. I mean, now it's 516 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:23,079 kind of middle of the season, but when you're coming out of tough it's 517 00:34:23,119 --> 00:34:25,519 cold, and okay, what do I need to be aware of? And 518 00:34:25,599 --> 00:34:29,360 let's start with the grip, Let's start with posture, Let's start with ball 519 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,559 position. And I mean, you'd be shocked at the problems that people get 520 00:34:32,599 --> 00:34:36,559 in and the rabbit holes they go down when it could just be hey, 521 00:34:36,599 --> 00:34:39,800 your ball position is like a half inch too far forward. It's causing you 522 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,920 to come over the top, catch it too far and you hit in these 523 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,880 mixed slices. Just move the ball back half inch and it could solve everything. 524 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:50,159 Now, sometimes we don't love simplicity and we wanted trying it all these 525 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:54,280 different things, but it is vitally, vitally important from that standpoint, And 526 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,280 I would say, if we think about sequence, it would start with a 527 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,440 grip. I mean, I think, like we talk about on the golf 528 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:06,199 swing during these videos, there's three different types of grips and they all can 529 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,639 work. I think it's just everybody doesn't have to have the perfect neutral grip 530 00:35:09,679 --> 00:35:13,599 like a Tiger Woods had. You can have a strong grip like a Paul 531 00:35:13,679 --> 00:35:15,039 Easier. You can have a weak grip like John Rahm. I mean, 532 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,639 you just have to have things that match up to that setup. And you 533 00:35:19,679 --> 00:35:22,880 have to understand, Okay, I have a weaker grip, what do I 534 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,000 need to be aware of? Well, in my opinion, you need to 535 00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:28,280 make sure your lead risk stays flat, the club stays outside your hands, 536 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,719 right, I mean those are almost non negotiables of all players with a weak 537 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:35,119 grip. So I think that's where, you know, setup can be really 538 00:35:35,119 --> 00:35:39,480 important. Yeah, played with a friend recently who's new to golf, and 539 00:35:39,559 --> 00:35:43,519 so he thinks that I'm like, you know, well, I'm probably the 540 00:35:43,519 --> 00:35:46,719 best player he's ever played with. Not that I'm that good, but I'm 541 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:51,360 not bad. What are you playing with these days? Fred, Well, 542 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,679 I'm ten and a half. Yeah it's very good point. Yeah, it's 543 00:35:53,679 --> 00:35:58,039 a very good play. Yeah. Yeah, So I'm trying to get it 544 00:35:58,199 --> 00:36:00,239 back down, but I'm going I had to take a bunch of time off 545 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:06,440 in the during the winter for some pain and injuries, and now I'm getting 546 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,119 back and I'm playing pain free again. But there's things I'm you know, 547 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,280 fixing and working on. Plus I have a whole new set of irons, 548 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:19,800 so I'm making a lot of changes change to putter, but I'm gonna probably 549 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:25,199 change it again soon. Stay tuned for that one. And but no, 550 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:30,000 I'm I'm pretty pleased with my game. And a friend and someone I was 551 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,800 playing with this weekend, he says, The thing that I just love to 552 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:37,000 watch you do is you really don't have multiple blow up holes in a row. 553 00:36:37,199 --> 00:36:40,719 You just don't lose your stuff. You know, what do you equate 554 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:45,920 that? What do you equate that to your your Over nine hundred and fifty 555 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:53,360 episodes of interviewing golf instructors of realizing that, you know, once the ball 556 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:57,440 leaves the club face, okay, it happens. I mean this, This 557 00:36:57,519 --> 00:37:01,800 guy also just like beats himself. He yells at himself. He's able to 558 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:06,519 get past it, but you know, the ball goes where he doesn't want 559 00:37:06,519 --> 00:37:09,960 it. It's like and it's like, it's his faults. Don't go there, 560 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:14,280 don't it's not worth it. Yeah, to your point, I love 561 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,119 that once the ball's gone, man, it's out of your control. Yeah. 562 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:21,519 Yeah. So but this other friend who thinks I'm such a great golfer, 563 00:37:21,519 --> 00:37:23,559 and he's like, please give me tips, give me insights and advice 564 00:37:23,639 --> 00:37:28,880 anytime you want, no problem. And the last time we played, I 565 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,920 you know, pointed something out in the beginning, and it may have been 566 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:37,119 something as simple as using the line on the ball to line up your putt. 567 00:37:38,039 --> 00:37:45,880 Because he uses he like puts the putter down and stands behind it while 568 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,960 he's holding it, thinking that that's the line, and he doesn't move the 569 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,960 ball at all. And I'm like, you know, you can make this 570 00:37:51,039 --> 00:37:53,880 a lot easier on yourself. Line the ball up with the line that's on 571 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:58,920 the ball. There's a line somewhere you can use to line up where you 572 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,639 want to go, and behind it, look at where you want to And 573 00:38:01,679 --> 00:38:05,159 he was, oh, that's a great tip, thank you, And by 574 00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:08,360 the fourteenth hole or something, he was like, it wasn't in use anymore. 575 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,639 Wow, he didn't do it. And so I'm like, I'm not 576 00:38:10,679 --> 00:38:14,119 going to give you tips anymore. Yeah, I mean, because you're just 577 00:38:14,119 --> 00:38:15,760 going to go back to what you're doing and you're going to struggle and you 578 00:38:16,599 --> 00:38:21,440 and that you're gonna be that's gonna be your game. Okay, let's let's 579 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,679 have fun being hanging out together. Yeah. One of my favorite mantras is 580 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:27,639 the nature of commitment is that it goes away. Right, And so he 581 00:38:27,679 --> 00:38:30,320 committed use Yeah, he did committed using the line until he didn't, right, 582 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,519 and then you got to recommit. You got to recommit. You got 583 00:38:32,599 --> 00:38:37,360 to recommit because you know it's inevitably going to go away and you're gonna get 584 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:42,880 away from what worked. That's powerful. That's really good. Thank you. 585 00:38:43,679 --> 00:38:49,360 Wow, let's see. So are we uh? Are we in good shape 586 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,920 here for the setup? Are we finished? Sure? There's more to remind 587 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,360 ourselves of the setup? Oh? For sure. I think there's a lot 588 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:59,159 of things to be aware of. I mentioned kind of coming back to that 589 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:04,320 grip, understand what works for you and then from there getting into a good 590 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,239 powerful posture. And you know, we've got great videos. I mean, 591 00:39:07,519 --> 00:39:12,320 you know doctor Kevin neil On there, I mean he's an anesthesiologist and pain 592 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,800 doctor, but he really understands physiology and he's got some great videos and understanding 593 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,480 how to get into a good proper posture. And I think like the main 594 00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:23,599 areas that people struggle struggle excuse me, or with the S and C posture 595 00:39:24,159 --> 00:39:29,880 in they're set up from their spine and you kind of understand whether your spine 596 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,400 makes a sea or if it makes an S. I think really the idea 597 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:37,800 there is just making sure that we're not forcing ourselves in any positions, but 598 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:42,039 we want to make sure our abs engage and make sure that our posture is 599 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:43,840 good and strong, cause that way we're going to be able to have a 600 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:45,840 good one. We're going to put ourself in a position and I get injured, 601 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,559 which as we all age, which we all are, we want to 602 00:39:49,559 --> 00:39:54,320 continue to play great golf into great time, so that that's extremely important. 603 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:58,440 But too it's just going to give us give us a good position to where 604 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:02,440 we can grip the ground and understand how we can leverage and use the ground 605 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:07,199 from being in a good posture position with our abs engaged and the proper muscles 606 00:40:07,199 --> 00:40:10,440 engaged. And one of the things that you pointed out in the video that 607 00:40:10,519 --> 00:40:15,519 I thought was like an excellent point is people who stand too far from the 608 00:40:15,559 --> 00:40:20,800 ball. Yeah, I mean there's the old adages. You can't you know, 609 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,159 it's hard to stand too close to the ball, you know. I 610 00:40:23,199 --> 00:40:27,800 think folks can typically benefit by standing a little bit taller, staying a little 611 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,119 bit closer to the ball. Yeah, not universally, but most of the 612 00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:32,920 time you're going to see folks too bent over, more of an s posture 613 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,440 with their hands too low. So most of the time you're going to see 614 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,840 folks benefit. You think Jack Nicholas tiger Wood's will Ludvigobert, I mean his 615 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,079 golf swing. I mean, you don't see those guys super bent over, 616 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,119 and most of those guys are staying a little bit taller, abs engaged, 617 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:52,360 taking that pressure off their little back. Well, folks, you have heard 618 00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:58,880 all of it from Brinson about what's going on at sharp focusgolf dot com, 619 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,440 and I highly urge to go there and check it out for yourself. You'll 620 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:06,920 get a lot of valuable information from a variety of voices, which is really 621 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:12,239 nice. And then also think about your nutrition and hydration. Go to sharp 622 00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:16,159 focus Nutrition dot com as well and think about what you do on the golf 623 00:41:16,199 --> 00:41:22,519 course, whether you're eating sandwiches, or you're drinking beer or drinking coffee. 624 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:27,440 I mean you got to really think about those if you want to improve your 625 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:34,440 golf game, those may be things that don't necessarily help one hundred percent. 626 00:41:34,639 --> 00:41:37,320 Yeah, no doubt. Hopefully, hopefully all those things will help. I 627 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,400 mean, we're here to help and that's what we want to do, and 628 00:41:39,639 --> 00:41:43,679 feel free to reach out on us know how we can help you along in 629 00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:46,599 your golfing journey. Brentson, It's been great to have you back on the 630 00:41:46,639 --> 00:41:51,119 show. Good luck with the websites and your instruction. Thanks, Fred, 631 00:41:51,159 --> 00:41:52,519 appreciate it. I appreciate the partnership and thanks for all you do for the 632 00:41:52,559 --> 00:41:59,440 game. Well, I just returned for my long weekend in Eugene, ore 633 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:05,039 Again. I made short drive south to the city of Creswell to visit Sam 634 00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:13,000 Han at his impressive and growing lab golf Factory situated at the Emerald Valley Golf 635 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,760 Course, which is also the home of the Oregon Ducks golf team. While 636 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:21,840 there, my friend Kevin and I got the full factory tour, played eighteen 637 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:27,559 holes with Sam joining us was the head of their tour relations department, Liam 638 00:42:27,599 --> 00:42:30,639 Bedford, who I will get on the show at some point soon, and 639 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:36,639 a young phenom who was visiting from Florida for some junior events Zevi Perez. 640 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:42,079 Now. Just before our round, Sam provided me with a tutorial on how 641 00:42:42,119 --> 00:42:46,960 to play with my new lab Golf DF three point zero broomstick putter. Thanks 642 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:52,119 go out to their content director Carter Lee. He captured hours of audio and 643 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:57,199 video of the tour and my tutorial, but I didn't have enough time to 644 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,400 review the footage to have it ready for this week's episode. It may be 645 00:43:00,559 --> 00:43:05,320 a couple more weeks before it's ready to share, but when I do, 646 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,880 I'll make sure that both the podcast and the YouTube video will be released at 647 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:13,920 the same time, so please stay tuned for that. But first, let 648 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:17,320 me give you a taste of my tutorial with Sam. In my opinion as 649 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:22,960 kind of seeing the spectrum between what I consider to be the two kind of 650 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,440 opposite ends of it, Bernhard Langer one end, Adam Scott at the other. 651 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:30,000 So these guys are both prolific putters with their broomstick putters. Bernhard is 652 00:43:30,199 --> 00:43:34,880 about five foot eight, uses a forty seven inch putter sometimes forty eight inch 653 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,320 putter, stands virtually straight up. Wow. This arm is pretty close to 654 00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:42,440 his body. The forearm can't touch the ribs right, that's part of the 655 00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,360 anchoring. So he's close, but not that close. And then his whole 656 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,559 stroke is driven just by the right arm. And yeah, his shoulders will 657 00:43:47,559 --> 00:43:51,599 move, but he's not moving them, if that makes sense. They're along 658 00:43:51,639 --> 00:43:53,519 for the ride. On the other side of the spectrum, you've got Adam 659 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:58,039 who's spent over quite a bit, really framed up, elbow out to the 660 00:43:58,039 --> 00:44:00,920 target, and he's using his back and his core to move the putter. 661 00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:04,039 And so, you know, I'm kind of somewhere right in between personally, 662 00:44:04,079 --> 00:44:07,000 and so messing around with both sides of that equation is important. I will 663 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:12,760 tell you that the broomstick is a little heavier than what I've been accustomed to, 664 00:44:13,679 --> 00:44:16,039 but it did not take long to get the feel for it, and 665 00:44:16,159 --> 00:44:21,920 I'm not sure I'll ever go back to a standard length putter again. Kevin 666 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,159 and I played three rounds in Oregon, twice at Emerald Valley and another at 667 00:44:25,159 --> 00:44:31,880 the gorgeous Toka Te Golf Course about an hour east of Eugene. Sam was 668 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:36,559 supposed to join us, but he had too much going on and had to 669 00:44:36,559 --> 00:44:39,800 get prepared because the next night he was leaving for the UK to go to 670 00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:45,840 the Open Championship. But on our final nine holes, things started to click 671 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:50,840 for me and I shot even par, which I've only done a couple times 672 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:57,440 over nine holes, hitting six fairways and seven greens in regulation and only thirty 673 00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:01,159 two putts, including a couple of bombs from over fifteen feet. Wow. 674 00:45:01,599 --> 00:45:06,440 It was really cool and I'm very excited to play more and more with this 675 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:10,840 broomstick now. This week's Golf Smarter Ambassador, Chris Ravi Kumar from Palo Alto, 676 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:15,519 California, plays at the half Moon Bay Golf Links. Of course, 677 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:20,880 I've enjoyed three or four times that I've played there. It's a beautiful property 678 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,000 right on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, and some refer to it as 679 00:45:23,039 --> 00:45:29,519 the poor man's pebble Beach, although I'd probably say it's more like middle class 680 00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:34,960 course because it's not inexpensive to play there, but it is much easier to 681 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:39,000 get to from the Bay area and a beautiful and challenging course when you're visiting 682 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:44,199 from out of town. Kumar recorded his show opening on his phone in order 683 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:47,880 to get a free link to Tony Manzoni's video of the loss fundamental. Our 684 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:52,679 Ambassador program has become very popular, but there's plenty of room for you to 685 00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:58,079 play along too. It's free to join and you get to choose a free 686 00:45:58,119 --> 00:46:00,960 gift. All you need to do to become one of our featured golf Smarter 687 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:07,440 Ambassadors is introduce a future episode. Just write to golf Smarter Podcast at gmail 688 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:10,440 dot com and I'll get back to you with some simple instructions on what to 689 00:46:10,519 --> 00:46:15,039 say and how to do it. If you have any questions, comments, 690 00:46:15,159 --> 00:46:20,760 or suggestions for upcoming episodes, please write to golf Smarter Podcast at gmail dot 691 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:28,480 com or click on the Heyfred button when you visit golfsmarter dot com