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Show Notes: How golf fitness has evolved over time, what is the current state and how it this going to play out for professionals and amateurs The importance of screening your body before commencing a workout programme How the top trainers focus on injury prevention and what you need to know as a player The role of weight training in golf and what is healthy vs detrimental How to use weight training effectively in order to improve your swing When you're trying to increase speed, flexibility or strength - how do you make sure it doesn't hurt your swing motion How your trainer and swing coach can work together in order to best assist you How Jason plans the year for his PGA Tour players - how to ensure they're peaking at the right time How amateurs can make sure they're peaking for their top tournaments/weeks The importance of a medical team for players on the PGA Tour Understanding your muscles and how you can improve your body through soft tissue work How technology is being used to better understand and improve body science or movement Some of the best exercises for you to use in order to see if you're lacking in mobility or strength How the kettlebell can be a great piece of equipment for all golfers Diving into nutrition - is there 'proper' golf nutrition How insulin can affect your body   Links: Jason Glass Performance LabFollow Jason on TwitterJason's podcasts on NutritionPING GolfKBS Golf Shafts Videos:

Show Notes: The role of weight in your golf clubs How the standard weight specs that clubs come in might not be right for your swing How swing weight and total weight could dramatically affect your swing and consistency How manufacturers have started making different weighted shafts so that you can find the right fit for you Lighter isn’t necessarily better for increasing swing speed The difference between total weight and swing weight for fine tuning your clubs How club weight affects divots, centered hits and consistency in ball striking How different companies manufacture different weighted heads Just how quickly pros can tell the difference in club weights You can add a lot of weight to a golf club before you start affecting the club's centre of gravity How adding or taking weight away can affect shaft flex and how to counter this with good fitting Diving into shafts: Weight, kick points, flex, How understanding the role of the butt, middle and tip section of the shaft is important to finding your perfect shaft How speed comes from loading the shaft correctly, or why pros hit it far by swinging easy Practical things to experiment with before you go see a fitter: Lead tape, face impact stickers etc. How to use a launch monitor to understand your numbers and what the ‘numbers’ are that matter when finding the right clubs Trends in swing weight throughout the set: Tour, mid handicap, higher handicap The trend of lighter driver and iron shafts Links: Club Champion GolfFollow Nick on TwitterClub Champion on FacebookKBS Golf ShaftsTrackman Golf PING GolfYour Best Golf on iTunes - Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!  

Show Notes: How the sweet spot of learning is in the difficult space of failure and social judgement Do talented individuals accidentally discover the sweet spot or do they need to be led there? Myelin, the simple yet critical insulation in your brain that is the real 'muscle memory' Hard practice is both morally and neurally important for improvement Why breastfeeding and essential fatty acids assist myelin Daniel's definition of 'talent' and how prodigies don't make it Assumptions about talent that were destroyed in researching Daniel's book 'The Talent Code' How relationship building coaches tend to be more effective and how to think about changing behavior Why some prodigies make it and others burn out Why I stopped playing golf and some of the demons I chose not to confront What are some of the talent hotbeds around the world and what are the correlations What are the psychological characteristics of the greatest achievers in sport, culture, business etc. What would the ideal practice blueprint look like if Daniel was coaching you Links: Daniel's Blog 'The Talent Code'The Talent Code on AmazonFollow Daniel on TwitterVideo showcasing Odell Beckham Jr using high leverage practice Videos: Funniest Video Seen This Week goes to Daniel's son for his job in editing together his dad's 'progress'.

Show Notes: Why you shouldn't try and perfect your golf swing before going to see a fitter Your swing speed, path, tempo and other aspects of your golf swing don't change as much as you think they do What is your real driver distance? Are we delusional or realistic? The importance of an open mind in the fitting process Common mistakes you'll find in your golf set makeup The dangers of incorrect driver loft The importance of a fitting interview Dangers of big box retail store fitting - how to be prepared Warren's experience with putting experts and fascination with putter fitting Basic things you can do to improve your putting or putter fit; weight, head shape, length etc. Basic pieces of technology fitters use to help players How the use of SAM PuttLab showcases the mistakes even pros make Links: Golf ScienceFollow Warren and Golf Science on FacebookPING Ketsch putter with True-Roll technologyKBS Golf Shafts FittersSAM PuttLabYour Best Golf on iTunes - Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!

Show Notes: How Mark Guadagnoli’s first study on learning landed him on the Old Course at St Andrews and made him fall in love with the game Challenge Point Framework: How the elite performers in the world, whether athletes or surgeons, practice better so that when they’re under pressure in a performance setting they can excel Navigating your own ‘Challenge Point’ so that you have the right level of challenge to optimize learning and improvement Why looking bad during practice could help you in competition How efficient practice will be the next breakthrough for PGA Tour pros and golfers everywhere Understanding the connection between the mind and the body: Why players like Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and you go through slumps What helped Ryan Moore become one of the best amateurs in the world since Bobby Jones, in winning the Us Public Links, US Amateur and NCAA Championship in his senior year. How Mark assesses players when they first meet with him How Mark’s latest research on stress could dramatically change the way you live and work Owning your own swing as you play and improve: The difference between being great and looking good Links: Practice to Learn, Play to Win - Mark's book with contributions by Ryan MooreTriad Consulting - his work with Zappos, Ford, Bose, Surgeons and Elite AthletesMark featured in NY TimesContact Mark for speaking or consulting requests             (Image courtesy of NY Times)

Show Notes: What it takes to build a performance culture and how they brought experts in every fireld to Sea Island Todd's philosophy on player performance PGA Tour, Web.com Tour and Mini Tour players you'll find at Sea Island building their game Understanding the subtleties of Bermuda grass and how to effectively play multiple scenarios How to structure practice into learning and performance modules in order to expedite learning and improvement Short game assessments, drills and specific technique aspects for your short game Why building your bag setup according to your strengths, courses and weaknesses is imperative What has caused Billy Horschell's explosive growth as a world class player The tip Todd gave Billy about his putting grip and how it resulted in a hot streak How to come back from setbacks or slumps in your game Harnessing your mental game and course management Links: Sea Island Golf Performance CenterTodd's WebsiteFollow Todd Anderson on TwitterFollow Billy Horschel on Twitter Videos & Other Notes: Billy Horschel WITB Picture (Courtesy of GolfWRX)

Show Notes: What we don't understand about the brain and body connection How SAM PuttLab was born out of a study on the yips Is there a perfect putting stroke? What is your putting signature? How can we optimize our putting stroke, what are the principles? What do the best players in the world do correctly What's the best way to practice and the best way to learn? Links: Science and Motion SportsMark Guadagnoli BookSAM PuttLab Training Reports and Competence ProfilesScience and Motion on FacebookSAM Certified Instructors around the worldPING Online FittingKBS Golf Shafts Online Fitting Videos: Full Transcript: Welcome to the show listeners. I'm extremely excited and very honored to have Christian Marquardt with us on the line today. If you haven't heard his name before it's probably because he likes to keep a low profile in golf. He is really a scientist at heart, and he is someone who has created some phenomenal products in his immersion into golf and the golf world, which started back in 2000. He is by trade or by expertise a neuroscientist, and obviously as a lot of our listeners know, this is a field that I'm fascinated by, specifically as it relates to the findings in that field and its implications to golf. So I really look forward to this, and thank you very much for joining us Christian. Yeah thanks for those words, I'm also looking forward to this interesting conversation. So Christian, for many of our listeners who don't know, the way you entered the golf world is fairly unique and provided you with something rare, and really what I call an unbiased perspective. And included with that is the fact that you're a scientist, so what were some of the first rules

Show Notes: How training with Olympic sprinters created some of the building blocks for efficient body mechanics in the golf swing The basic principles of physics that most people fight in their golf swing as opposed to using to their advantage The most common mistakes golfers make in their golf swing and how they can be avoided Exercise and movement protocols that will allow you to better utilize your body, the ground and centre of gravity How heavy medicine balls provide the perfect tool for developing a strong, stable and efficient golf swing Research being done via infrared cameras, force plates and body sensors and how you can get involved Links: Kendal's websiteCatalyst KineticsFollow Kendal on TwitterKendal's book 'The Athletics Fundamentals of Golf' on Amazon Videos: Full Transcript: Welcome to the show listeners, I introduced Kendal to you earlier, I’m pretty excited to see what we can discover in this session. Welcome to the show Kendal.  Thanks Christof, good to be here. You bring an in treating skill set to the table, obviously there’s you having played on the Canadian Tour, doing a lot of the sprinting training, being a teaching pro, physical trainer. Tell me something, where did the development of these athletic movement fundamentals come from? The basis was really the sprint training. I trained with Mike Murray and Robert Esmee, Robert was on the 4x100m team that won in Atlanta I just realized that track athletes were really training harder and with more certainty of technique than I was used to as a golf pro. The thing that Mike did that was brilliant was he broke everything down into just physics and movement and how anatomy works, and how physics is applied in the sprinting technique. It was my responsibility to figure out how to do i with golfers. I think sprinting obviously being the extreme version of how do I get the max performance out of your body and there are a lot of principles in yo

Show Notes: Andrew's use of technology and the best ways to incorporate tech into your improvement as a player Extensive research on the wedge game and various issues relating to angle of attack, spin, turf interaction etc. What the best players in the world like Steve Stricker, Zach Johnson and Matt Kuchar do and how to hit mini draw pitch shots The advantages of using premium golf balls Drills and exercises you can use today to ensure you're constantly improving Links: Andrew Rice GolfBerkeley Hall Golf Club Andrew Rice on YoutubeFollow Andrew on TwitterVideo of Matt Kuchar discussing his short game mini draw technique Full Transcript: So Andrew, I know that you're one of the guys who came up under David Leadbetter. Why don't you briefly tell our listeners about your experience in the game of golf, and you know maybe the types of players that you work with. Christof, you know, I got my start with David, it was a fantastic place to get started at the time. David, and I still regard him as the godfather of golf instruction. I think he was the first guy to really make a go of it and show other golf instructors what can be done when you really invest yourself and get passionate about your profession. So it was a fantastic time to work for David. It provided me with a tremendous platform to get started on, you know he was the name in golf instruction and you know thankfully I was noticed by people who were building and designing a fantastic place where I've been for the last fourteen years called Berkeley Hall, and they said Andrew, we'd like you to come up and take a look and see what we've got planned. And one thing lead to another, and six years working for David was great, it was a great introduction to the business to golf instruction, but I really think as a teacher you can do tremendous things going out on your own and just getting creative and taking the bull by the horns and trying to do your own thing, you know? Yeah I agree. I think the great thing that David did was bring a sense of professio

Show Notes: Lynne's experience as a teacher of over 30 years, Pia's as a player on the European and LPGA tours, Solheim Cup player and captain. The difference between technical coaching and holistic improvement The 6 essential elements of the game The 8 essential playing skills Balance and tension in the golf swing Golf apps and technology Hypothetical Ryder Cup Captains Understanding what causes you to play your best golf in terms of behaviors, thoughts, personality Links: Vision54 WebsiteSolheim CupFollow them on TwitterTalking Stick Golf Club Full Transcript: Welcome to the show listeners. I can't explain to you how excited I am for today's interview. We're going to be interviewing two ladies who in my mind are revolutionizing the way that golf is being taught, for the better. They've always looked at the game from multiple aspects as opposed to this range rat mentality. And I think this is really the revolution that needs to take place in the way that people are taught the game. Welcome to the show Pia, welcome to the show Lynn. Thank you Christof. Yeah thank you so much. So, I've shared a little bit about you in the introduction but I don't feel like I even scratched the surface. Why don't you guys briefly tell us a little bit about your background and your history and experience in the game of golf. Yeah, so I'm Pia here, and I'm a Swede, but for many years now I've been Swedish American, and I started as a player, a junior player in Sweden on our national teams, college player at Ursula State, and played professionally on mini tours, and European tour and LPGA, so I totally came from a playing background, and I just happened to be asked back home in Sweden to help out with the younger generation. So I started just bringing into what I felt was missing for me as a golfer, and it was a lot this confusion why I didn't play as well as I sometimes did practicing. And some of the

Show Notes: What Monte discovered about the golf improvement after spending a year on the range making experimenting with bad swings  Why he didn't make it onto the PGA Tour How being a long drive champ, playing on the Web.com tour and trick shot expeditions contributed to his teaching philosophy Where most amateurs break down mentally and how to avoid these mistakes How guys hit it 400 yards and whether it's purely a genetic freak lottery How understanding tilt and setup fundamentals will cause straighter and longer shots How studying the top tour pros built his right arm moving - wedge bounce short game strategy Links: Remax World Long Drive ChampionshipWeb.com TourMonte's WebsiteFollow Monte on TwitterPING G30 Wind Tunnel VideoKBS Shafts Full Transcript: Welcome to the show Monte, it's great to have you on here. Obviously I have a lot of respect for the work that you do, and the way that you do it. Why don't you tell our listeners a little bit about your experience in golf and coaching. Well, you know it was kind of funny. I was one of the typical athletes that hung on a little bit too long. My game had deteriorated to a point, you know, well below professional level, and I didn't want to let go. I said oh you know, if I fix this of I fix that I can still do it. And it got to a point where I don't know what I'm going to do. So I decided that I might enjoy teaching. So I spent an entire year not playing golf, and just studying. And then I spent another year, you know three to four hours on the driving range, not practicing, but experimenting with incorrect swing mechanics and seeing what leads to what and what are cause and effects and trying to get at the root cause of problems and not just say oh the club's not in a good position at impact, just put it here. I was trying to figure out why it got to the

Show Notes: How they discovered the secret ratio all top players share How to find the tempo that suits your swing The difference between full swing and short game tempo Findings of the Yale Study on tempo and rhythm in the golf swing Who are the most consistent players when it comes to tempo Links: Tour Tempo WebsiteYale Study on Tempo in the Golf SwingFollow John on Twitter   Full Transcript: Welcome to the show John, we really look forward to hearing more about you and your dad, and what it is that you guys have developed. Thanks for having me on it's great to be here. So John, why don't you start by giving us a little bit about your experience in golf as well as your dad's experience in golf. Sure, no problem. You know, my dad played college football and got beat up pretty good and when he got out of that he wanted to bring up his children in something that was a lot less violent so to speak, so he got us into golf and that's when he started playing a lot of golf. And I played as a junior, I played in high school, I played in college, I was thinking about turning pro but really wasn't good enough to turn pro, and my dad was a tinkerer as well, and always trying to figure out ways to help coach us and to get us better, and I think that kind of let him down this path of invention and discovery in the game of golf and teaching. So this whole invention and discovery feel is quite interesting because you know I think that there are people in golf who create products based on, you know, general knowledge, based on things that they've seen other instructors do, but one of the things that I really love about what you guys have done is you've sort of created your own mini niche. I don't think anyone really truly understood tempo, and the speed of the swing before you guys really started studying it. So you've built a name for yourself by really studying timing and rhythm in the golf swing. So let's go down that rabbit hole, because you're probably one of the few instructors who've had an independent Yale study done on your program. So tell us a bit about your s

Show Notes: How to define the underlying motivation for your golf game Which areas of your golf game to assess The 5 Principles that dictate proper golf training and playing your best What juniors and PGA or LPGA superstars can learn about effective practice, emotional and course management How to deal with a slump Links: Gary Gilchrist Golf AcademyFollow Gary on TwitterAJGAPING College Golf GuidePING G30 in Wind TunnelKBS Golf Shafts Full Transcript Gary Welcome to the show. Why don't you briefly tell our listeners about your history and experience in the game of golf. Well it all started back in South Africa when I was a young boy. And like any young South African I started with soccer. And then when you hit high school you start playing rugby and cricket. But during that time both my parents played the game. And I first took my mother's clubs and once I grew older I took my father's clubs, and just started by enjoying the game. You know, playing a par 3 golf course and then improving until I could play an 18 hole golf course. And in terms of your teaching and going over to the US, how did that happen? Over the years you know I started playing and improving, and then I moved to Johannesburg, during that time when I was in the air force I started to play really really well and I got chosen to play for South Africa. And then from then I got offered a scholarship to come to America to go to college. And I did that, I then went back home, played on the South African tour for five years, and during that time I decided that I needed to go to America and work on my game. Once I made that decision I flew to Orlando, Florida, where, you know, during this time when I was in college, David Leadbetter started to become a world renowned teacher so I started to see him. When I went back the second time, I didn't want to go back to South Africa, I wanted to stay in the US, and I got offer

Show Notes: How James' experiences as a player around the world caused him to dive into short game technique and application Understanding the Kinetic Sequence of the short game How to pick the correct bounce for you and deliver it effectively How most people pursue style, trying to swing like a PGA Tour pro, instead of achieving the fundamentals with their own style The 5 fundamentals of the short game and how to apply them Who some of his favorite players are on the PGA Tour and why The intricate and sometimes fragile mental side of the short game and how to increase your resillience Why a detailed committed practice plan involving various motor learning aspects is integral to improvement Links: Follow James on TwitterJames' Teaching Academy and WebsiteVideos of James discussing wedge attack angleBen Crane's Website Full Transcript: Welcome to the show listeners. Today I'm really honored to be joined by James Sieckmann. He is one of the top short game coaches in the world. He's worked with various LPGA champions tour and PGA tour players, whether it be Tom Pernice, Ben Crane, IK Kim, he's really a highly regarded man, just because of the methodology and the teaching, and his style. I've heard from various tour players that he's probably one of the nicest instructors on tour. So welcome to the show James. Thanks for having me, I appreciate it. So James, why don't you tell us a bit about your experience in golf and just how you got to be in this position to be so highly regarded by some of the best players in the world. Well, you know, I started off as a player, and it's a hard road as everybody who plays knows. And when I was playing Asia and South America and wherever, and after about five years of it just realized that I didn't have the skill to continue. So I needed a job and the first job I had was working for Dave

Show Notes: How playing speed golf and setting the world record made him realize all of the mental and emotional mistakes we make in normal golf How being reactionary in golf and focusing on targets lowers scores Why practice swings are overrated How to know if something is effective, functional and helping your game How avoiding the paradox of choice on the course can lower your scores Your body processes 10million bits of info visually every second, with another 1million from your other senses, how to use this effectively How to shut out distractions in practice and utilize block practice and dynamic practice How context specificity impacts your practice quality Classic versus differential learning How humans are wired to make mistakes and innovate and how you can use that Links: Train To TrustSpeed Golf InternationalGuinness World RecordBandon DunesChristopher's Book 'I've got 99 swing thoughts...' Welcome to the show, I'm extremely excited to introduce you to Christopher Smith today. He is probably one of the more knowledgeable, well read golf instructors you'll find out there and he's got a very interesting story because he also happens to be the guy who holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest round of golf with the lowest score. We'll get into that, we'll get into speed golf, we'll get into a lot of his study and research on neuroscience, but let me introduce you to Christopher Smith. Welcome to the show. Christof, it's a pleasure to be here, and great to catch up with you, I'm looking forward to the conversation. So Christopher, why don't you tell our listeners a little bit about yourself and give a brief account of your experience in the game. Yeah well I'

Show Notes: Reaching a world ranking in golf, stopping due to stress fractures in his ribs, and becoming a coach for the PGA of Australia Traditional stats aren't very good, look at new ones like Mark Broadie's strokes gained Why various tour pros like Patrick Reed use this system Your understanding of what areas area actually critical for your performance to score better is probably pretty poor There's a shift happening towards better stats The best players make the right decisions at the right time (easier said than done...) For most of us golfers, about 20% of shots hit is a putt within 5 feet How he's using data to show pros which equipment they should use Why Shots To Hole is a great community and database for you to compare yourself He knows that hitting the same shot over and over at the driving range isn't going to help you - the research proves that Track your golf stats - it will help you improve Links: Golf Australia Profile Follow Stuart on TwitterTry Shotstohole.com complimentary podcast listener linkStuart's Teaching Profile & Lessons  Full Transcript Welcome listeners, today we're going to be talking to Stuart Leong. A fascinating guy, he's the golf Australian national coach, the director of technology, and specifically today we're going to be talking a little bit about statistics. And a company that Stuart is a cofounder of called ShotsToHole.com, a fascinating way to keep track of your stats. Obviously we're going to dig into a lot of the numbers in the game and how stats are interpreted these days, both in the professional game, but how you could actually use that as an amateur to play your best golf, which ultimately is the goal for everyone who listens to this show. So welcome to the show Stuart. Hello, thanks for having me. So Stuart why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself, and maybe a little bit about yourself, and maybe your work and your experience in the golf industry. C

Show Notes: His experience teaching amateurs and playing with top pros Why you should think about your next shot before choosing a club off the tee How to play smarter golf Why you should be more like Wayne Gretzky and plan your rounds The importance of dynamic practice and measurement - make each shot an individual task Why he believes 15 minute practice intervals are best Why you should use Trackman and other technology to track your shot data His advice to parents: Put your kids with other peers who are passionate about golf and push each other How you can understand where on a golf course a score is made - hint: it's not about making birdie's Surprising find: you'll never guess who the #1 player in bogey avoidance is Links PGA Tour CanadaBryn Parry Golf AcademyFollow Bryn on TwitterPGA Tour Statistics Trackman Golf PING Full Transcript Welcome to today's show, I'm really pleased to have Bryn Parry with me. He is one of the top teaching pros in North America, he's also one of the top players in the game of golf. He's played on the PGA tour and the Canadian Open numerous times, he's played a few years on the web.com tour. Today we're going to talk to him a little bit about teaching, about what it takes to improve as a player, about some of his thoughts on the way that people prepare for some of the important rounds, and really just pick his brain on that whole concept of enhanced player performance - something that a lot of our listeners are really passionate about. Welcome to the show Bryn. Thank you very much. So why don't you just give us a little bit of background about yourself, and give our listeners a bit of an understanding of what it is that you do and your experience in golf. Okay thank you. Born and raised in Vancouver. I've played at Pitt Meadows, I've played at Marine Drive here locally, and grew up being one of the kids that went to the course in the morning and played 16 rounds in 7 days, and was frustrated that 5 of t

Show Notes How the mind works, how beliefs work and how that affects your mood is consistent across sports at various levels of professionalism In The Zone book is all about what's going on inside the minds of the top performers when they're performing their best Raising Talent is about reversing engineering the growth curve of elite performance Why are golfers so screwed up mentally? How money values and beliefs can affect professional golfers How can we measure and quantify the mental game, create true assessments that aren't based on hunches 16 Core skills elite performers have Understanding the power of meaning as it relates to your mental game How different players exhibit different personality styles and that's ok as long as they have the necessary mental skills Why someone like Ian Poulter always wins at the Ryder Cup Understanding the difference between self esteem and self confidence as it relates to your game Creating distinctions between symptoms and causes in your mental game Much more... Links In The Zone BookRaising Talent BookRaisingtalentthebook.comCoaching UnityFollow Tim on Twitter Full Transcript Welcome to the show, I’m extremely excited to introduce you to Tim Goodenough today, he’s a renowned elite performance coach who works with various sports professional sports franchises, national teams, and companies around the world. He’s helped teams win world cups, he’s helped olympians, he’s also the author of two best selling books on performance psychology and human behaviour, namely In The Zone and Raising Talent. And Tim knows that I’m a guy who’s quite critical and sometimes even a bit skeptical about this whole field of sports or performance psychology, and the book that they wrote In The Zone actually goes into very detailed specifics about how players get to the top of their fi

Show Notes: How the Dan Plan started, and why he chose golf for his experiment What steps he took to learn golf from scratch, and what help he got along the way What he found surprisingly easy, and a lot harder than he expected How he's diligent about measuring his performance, and why you should be too Mental game: Why you should track your emotions on the course Let's put heart rate monitors on professional golfers and track their patterns His advice on what made him improve the most: Play with golfers who are better than you Practice on the course with specific shots in mind will help your game What it was like for him to finally shoot under par for the first time Why it's so important to constantly be writing and reviewing goals for yourself How he's changed his workouts to improve his golf Why you should be doing interweaving practice instead of blocked practice (and what that even means) Links: The Dan Plan BlogFollow Dan on TwitterDan's Facebook Page Full Transcript Welcome to the show. Today I'm really excited about introducing you to a friend of mine. If you haven't heard of him his name is Dan McLaughlin. He is the 10,000 hours guy, or the epitome of this concept of 10,000 hours of concerted practice can turn into something great. He's the guy who in 2010 decided to give up on his life, to give up on his career and focus his time and his effort on golf. And to see whether within 10,000 hours he could get to the PGA tour. So it's going to be a fascinating chat today talking to him about not only his experiences because he's 5,000 hours into this mega goal, but also to hear about what some of his experiences have been along the way. What is some of the positive and negative feedback and how he's really measured his game to get a really good understanding of sort of what's helping him get better, what time has he wasted, and also what the plans are going forward. So welcome to the show, Dan. Hey, thanks for having me on. So Dan why don't you tell us a bit about yourself, and give a brief intro to the idea of behind the Dan Plan. Alright, well I actually had the idea back

Show Notes: He wants to get rid of uninformative stats and replace them with strokes gained stats How Sean Foley used stats to show Justin Rose that he was the best wedge player in the world Why Bubba Watson has a 2.5 strokes gained advantage against the rest of the field How many strokes you have to gain on the field in order to win a tournament The top players win by playing above their average game The flaw of averages in stats The biggest surprise in his findings: The importance of hitting good approach shots What he's measuring next: Pressure Why you should pay more respect to hazards Why five footers are so important to hole Pro golfers are better than you at practicing and strategizing Links: 'Every Shot Counts' BookProf Mark Broadie on TwitterColumbia Business School PagePGA Tour Strokes Gained Metric Full Transcript Welcome to the show everyone. Today we've Mark Broadie, a professor of business at the graduate school of business at Columbia University, he received his B.S. from Cornell, he's a Ph.D. from Stanford. His research focuses on problems on the pricing of derivatives securities, risk management, portfolio optimization, but in addition to his academic career, I would call him probably the godfather of golf stats, you know. While someone like Dave Pelz really started doing a lot of manual data capturing some decades ago, Mark has really brought a new level of rigor and technology and data analysis to the table. He's the brains behind stats like the strokes gained metric on the PGA tour, and he covers this methodology in his new book Every Shot Counts. Hold on to your seats guys, I really think this is going to be probably one of the most valuable information sessions you've ever had about your golf game. Welcome to the show Mark. Christof thanks so much for having me, a pleasure to be on. I was assuming that you were going to do that in a Don Corleone accent but ok we'll go on from there (laughing). So Mark, why don't you take a mom