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How I Get a 1–2 Shot Edge the Night Before Every Round

The edge isn't in your swing. One main mission, two or three mini missions, a packed bag, and honest expectations — five quiet minutes the night before that are worth a shot or two every round.

Aug 17, 2026 · 6 min read
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Golf Scoring Benchmarks: What You Should Actually Be Shooting

Everyone has a range they can shoot. Almost nobody knows theirs as an actual number — and that's exactly where the four or five shots are hiding. The real benchmarks by handicap, and the three things 98% of golfers never do.

Aug 12, 2026 · 11 min read
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What Is a Wedge Score — and Why Yours Is Probably Over 3.0

With a wedge in hand from 20 yards or more, what do you actually make? Three is par. I played D1 golf thinking I was good with my wedges — then I tracked it and found out I wasn't. Here's the stat nobody keeps.

Aug 10, 2026 · 6 min read
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Mindset

What to Do When You Feel Stuck in Golf

The worst feeling in golf isn't a bad score — it's not knowing what to work on. When it goes sideways there are only two things you control: your breath and your attention. Put them on your center and your target, and start again.

Aug 8, 2026 · 6 min read
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The 9 Pillars of Golf: The System I Built Living in a Van

Almost every golfer works on pillar one. Only pillar one. Forever. Here is the whole nine pillar system for the first time, written out eleven years ago with no coach and no money, and what it led to.

Aug 6, 2026 · 9 min read
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How to Break 100 in Golf: The Things Nobody Will Tell You

No swing tip is going to help you here. Double the par 5s, double the par 3s, bogey the par 4s — that's a 98 without a single par. Then do the reps. This one is about grit, not talent.

Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read
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How to Break 80 in Golf: You Already Have Every Shot You Need

Par the par 5s. Never three-putt. Play the par 3s at two over. Take your one double. Then all that's left is one birdie and nine ordinary holes — and you sign for 79.

Jul 31, 2026 · 7 min read
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How to Shoot 69: The Blueprint for Breaking 70 for the First Time

Two under on the par 5s. Even on the par 3s. One under on the par 4s. One wedge hit tight, one putt made from mid-range, one bogey already forgiven — that's four birdies, one dropped shot, and the first 6 you've ever written down.

Jul 29, 2026 · 7 min read
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How to Break 90 in Golf: The Simple Math Nobody Tells You

Bogey the par 5s. Never three-putt. Budget one lost ball. Bogey the par 3s. Do the arithmetic and you'll find out you only need three pars all day to shoot 89.

Jul 27, 2026 · 7 min read
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Mindset

The Best Free Golf Advice Isn't at the Golf Course

A business owner's numbers, a hiking trail, a yoga class, and a teacher who never played the game — the lessons that actually lower scores are free, and none of them live at the range.

Jul 23, 2026 · 6 min read
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There Is No Better Time Than Now

The shot of your life, the friend you haven't met, the course you've never played — they're all waiting on the same answer: now. Especially when it's hard. Step one is deciding what kind of player you want to be.

Jul 19, 2026 · 6 min read
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Imagination in Golf: If You Can't See the Shot, You Can't Hit It

Feel is the part of the game nobody teaches anymore. Why imagination is how you aim, what that feeling of knowing you'll make the putt really is, and how to earn it back on purpose.

Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
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Pressure Is a Gift: How to Play Your Best Golf When It's Building

Golf makes you feel it the moment you step on the first tee. The question was never how to make it stop. It's how to use it. Why pressure is fuel, and how confidence and a clear mission let you handle the next shot.

Jul 12, 2026 · 6 min read
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Stop Overthinking the Game: Why Action Beats Analysis on the Golf Course

Thinking slows you down, and overthinking causes more bad shots than any swing flaw. Decide once, commit, and swing: how a clear mission and a trusted process get your best golf back.

Jul 10, 2026 · 6 min read
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Elite Golf Consulting × Foresome: Golf Was Never Meant to Be Played Alone

Most golfers try to master the game alone. We're betting on the opposite: a partnership with Barrett Edri and Foresome to track the bets, skins, and Stableford points, keep every handicap honest, and never argue the math again.

Jul 7, 2026 · 6 min read
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Stuck at the Same Score? How Clear Intentions Break a Golf Plateau

A plateau is rarely a talent problem. It's an intention problem. Reconnect your big goals, your small goals, and your mission on the course, and the lazy shots disappear.

Jul 6, 2026 · 6 min read
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Shooting 75 or Over? Spend Only 10% of Your Range Time on Your Mid-Irons

Your 4–8 irons aren't the leak. The 90/10 range rule, plus the three clubs that actually decide your rounds: driver, wedges, putter.

Jul 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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The Putting Practice That Actually Ends Three-Putts

Three-putts are the cheapest strokes in golf to give away, and the easiest to eliminate. Why they're a speed problem, and the drills that end them.

Jul 2, 2026 · 5 min read
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Shooting Over 85? Hit More Drivers, the Right Way

Grind the driver, but grind it for control, not distance. Keep it in play, build a one-way miss, and strike the center of the face.

Jul 2, 2026 · 5 min read
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The 5 Golf Stats That Actually Lower Your Handicap (and 3 That Fool You)

Most golfers track one number (their score), and it hides everything that's costing them strokes. Here's what to measure instead.

Jul 2, 2026 · 6 min read