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Mondays Off: “Are PGA Tour swing coaches overrated?”

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Club pro Steve Westphal and Editor Andrew Tursky discuss whether PGA Tour swing coaches are underrated or overrated. Also, they discuss Koepka vs. DJ, Tiger’s best swing ever, and Westphal explains why coaching high-handicaps is more difficult than coaching good players.

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  1. matt

    Oct 12, 2018 at 5:26 pm

    Can you guys please get the audio sorted out? Andrew is way louder than Steve. When I’m listening in the car Steve is almost impossible to hear.

  2. Brad

    Oct 11, 2018 at 1:31 am

    PGA Tour coaches are mostly overrated while PGA Tour caddies are mostly underrated.

  3. Don

    Oct 10, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    On instruction in general, something needs to change. Despite the millions invested annually in lessons and golf schools, the only folks who are meaningfully getting better are those in golf programs (HS & College teams, and academy kids (Leadbetter, CMac, etc)). Individual lessons don’t stick, even when they’re taken in a string. Too much time between them for bad habits and new faults to appear and get ingrained.

    Not pointing fingers (plenty of issues on both teacher and student sides), but the average index hasn’t materially changed in 25 years despite huge advances in equipment, fitting, and access to technology (Game Golf, GPS, Laser Rangefinders, etc). This article tries to put lipstick on the handicap pig. https://www.golfdigest.com/story/a-closer-look-at-handicap-data-shows-just-how-much-golfers-have-improved-in-recent-years It compares 1991 to 2016, and shows a 1.9 stroke reduction. Over 25 years. Without continuous engagement that is more than 45 mins at a time, at a reasonable cost structure, handicaps likely won’t get much better over the next qtr century.

    This game is damn hard (yet still damn fun – go figure), and we need some revolutionary thinking around how to make the masses better at playing it. Wish I was smart enough to be that person, but I’m not. Whoever does will make a fortune’s fortune.

  4. Steve Wozeniak

    Oct 10, 2018 at 12:43 pm

    Just ask Tiger if his last two “coaches” are overrated!!!!!

  5. Choocher

    Oct 10, 2018 at 10:58 am

    Is it possible to get a transcript of the audio for those who can’t listen but would like to read?

    • Don

      Oct 10, 2018 at 12:10 pm

      +1. I never listen to any podcasts. No time. Can read much more quickly than listening.

  6. aaron

    Oct 9, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMfwir41N_4

    dustin knew how to hit a cut before ! enjoy this nugget. When hitting a cut make sure you just cut it”

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