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Have you ever been to The Masters? I'm going for the first time to Monday this year. Bringing my dad. Dream come true. 🤔 QUESTION: if there's ONE thing you would absolutely make sure to do, what would it be? Can be logistics, something to bring, something to see, anything.

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It's US Mid-Am qualifying season In 2017, it was my second time trying to qualify I got out on my first attempt in 2016, but when I got to the US Mid-Am at Stonewall I felt completely out of my league With a whole year of intense quality practice, this time I was ready But

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Gold nugget buried in The Big Miss by @HankHaney Tiger would practice for a little bit, and then take some time to process what he was learning. I'm not sure whether Tiger knew the science or not, but he was following a neurological protocol of having a "deliberately idle"

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I'm having Masters withdrawals. 🤔 What's the nicest condition course you've ever played? Got a photo of it? Here's mine. Elk River Club in Banner Elk, NC Played it three times in 2010, 2011, and 2012 (hence the pretty bad photos). But the course condition was completely

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New hybrid just came in! 🤤 Wife is super impressed by her really cool golfer husband 😎

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Seeing lots of hoodies out there. What do you think about hoodies on the PGA Tour? I love it.

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@joshlukenichols

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Generally speaking, this is what my range sessions look like A practice swing or two, line up the shot, hit the shot, feel what I did, another practice swing feeling what I'm trying to do, another shot, and so on Boring Slow Repetitive Lots of thinking Not: Rake and hit Fast

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@joshlukenichols

1 year

The first video is my exaggerated "opposite-oriented" practice move. I would do this for 3 balls. Then hit a full speed one. I did this for hours every day, 6 days a week, for a year. This was back in July 2017 a couple months before I finished runner up in the US Mid-Am.

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I built my entire pretty halfway decent amateur career on exaggerated "opposite-oriented" practice swings You may feel awkward, but you've got to move a ton to make just a tiny change The best type of practice imo

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There was a stretch of time where I was at the course for 8 hours a day, 5 or 6 days a week I was living at home, trying to get good enough to turn pro I was also super intentional and focused with my time. No wasted minutes. Everything was pre-planned, and I was fully engaged

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@joshlukenichols

11 months

I have a US Mid-Am qualifier on Sunday 😳 This is what my practice has looked like over the past 3 months I've probably hit a combined 60 foam golf balls and played one time And as you can also see, I haven't had much time to clean the gutters or pull the weeds either 😅

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3 months

Dad and I went to The Masters yesterday. The words that describe the experience: Details Efficient Every single person is so nice GRASS Greens are smaller than I thought You can get SO close to the action 16 ball skipping is majorly underrated Pimento 👍 Simply perfect. Best

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Masters Thursday is always bittersweet to me. In 2017, I was 36 holes from playing in The Masters. I made it to the finals of the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur and lost the 36 hole final match. While I was at The Masters this Monday with my dad, part of me felt like I was at a funeral

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@joshlukenichols

7 months

Want to get good enough to play in a USGA Championship? Do these 8️⃣ things that I did 👇 1️⃣ Being coachable For an 8 year stretch at one point, I didn’t have a swing coach. I was really stubborn and self-reliant and trying to self-diagnose my game. But I wasn’t getting any

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Want to get good enough to play in a USGA Championship? Do these 8️⃣ things that I did 👇 1️⃣ Being coachable For an 8 year stretch at one point, I didn’t have a swing coach. I was really stubborn and self-reliant and trying to self-diagnose my game. But I wasn’t getting any

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8 habits I ingrained that helped me get to the final of a USGA Championship 🧵 By doing these 8 thing diligently and systematically, I was able to go from a middle of the road amateur player to winning multiple state level events and finishing runner up in the U.S. Mid-Amateur

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@joshlukenichols

8 months

The 5 steps of a swing change 🏌️‍♂️ And also why you struggle to bring your range game to the course Bookmark and retweet! Let's go 👇🧵

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@joshlukenichols

11 months

“I hate feeling nervous” You're GOING to feel uncomfortable in golf. It's inevitable. Golf is much less about trying not to feel uncomfortable, and more about being ok with inevitably feeling UNcomfortable When you feel nervous, how do you respond? ❓ Do you resist it? ❓ Do

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11 months

@LouStagner In all seriousness this has to be <0.5%

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7 months

This was the last swing video I took before playing the US Mid-Am where I made it to the finals See anything?

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@joshlukenichols

8 months

🧵 5 daily habits that made me a better golfer Something I think is vital about long-term improvement is sticking to a very actionable plan on a consistent basis for a long time Here's some things I did consistently that helped me get to a +4 and play in 6 USGA Championships 👇

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4 months

It’s not a bold call to say Scottie Scheffler has a good mental game. But specifically why is it so good? I loved this question and answer between @chambleebrandel and Scottie last night: Brandel: “How do you quiet the [positive and negative] noise to get to that place where

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@joshlukenichols

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Little fall project I just completed recently The back yard isn't exactly lush and green (we've got 21 trees back here so grass doesn't grow, cut me some slack) I built this hitting platform so I could hit off something stable and consistent But it's not just any hitting

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@joshlukenichols

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This was a drill I used to do a LOT I would jam an alignment rod in the ground about 3 or 4 yards out, aim directly at it, and make myself hit a push draw around it This was to help me reverse my tendency to have a left path This wasn't given to me by an instructor, but I like

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@LouStagner This isn't as obvious as it seems There's the concept of future potential. A player who hits it 250 is likely to never be able to hit it 305. But a player who hits it 305 is likely to be able to improve the other parts of his game to get to a +1. And hitting it 305 is an

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1 year

Had the pleasure of playing with Mike @chasingscratch0 today! Some observations: 1. Mike is a genuinely great authentic guy. Who he is on the podcast is not an act, he's the same guy A little Mike Thread 🧵 below 👇

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How many golfers have bought one of these in the past 3 months cuz of Scottie 😂

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6 months

"I get quick under pressure" Why do you think this happens? I have a hunch... (it's honestly way more than a hunch, but I'm trying to sound humble 😁) 👉 When you're under pressure, your brain reads it as "this is uncomfortable and we should get out of here." So what happens

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@joshlukenichols

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What’s the purpose of a pre-round warmup? I think a lot of us tend to show up to the range before a round of golf and try to find our game But is that the best way to get ready for a round of golf? I don’t think so 🙅‍♂️ What I think this can cause is being overly technical on

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@joshlukenichols

11 months

@LouStagner Reminds me of the old pitch back I used to use for baseball practice Very efficient way to play golf here. Impressed with the accuracy.

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@joshlukenichols

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The most important thing I learned at the U.S. Mid-Amateur when I made it to the finals: Boring golf is good enough I shot 70, 74, 70, 69, 66 (thru 17 holes), 70, 67, 70, and +2 thru hole 30 of the second 18 of the final. And yes, there’s plenty of concessions in there, so

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4 months

Is there anything better than a brand spankin new glove 😍

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@joshlukenichols

5 months

How do you bring your range game to the course? You can't. Yeah, that's right. I said it. You can't. The range is not the same as the course. The range has much lower consequences than the course. And every time there's an increase in consequences, there's an increase in

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@joshlukenichols

9 months

Anxiety = nerves + needing certainty about the future but not having it (Something I learned from Raymond Prior) Nerves are good and healthy. They mean you care. They are your body preparing you to handle something important about to happen But when you add uncertainty about

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@joshlukenichols

7 months

If you can strike it well off the sand you can probably strike it well off grass Do you ever practice from fairway bunkers? 🤔

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@joshlukenichols

10 months

Something kinda clicked during this range sesh This was me feeling "Vik Hovland pull cut" (ok maybe not the Vik Hovland part) Puts me more on-plane on the down swing and helps me cover the ball Tendency is to hang back and flip at it from the inside Slow mo and driver swing

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@joshlukenichols

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🧠⛳️ The story of the best mental game round I’ve ever had In 2017, it was my second time trying to qualify for the U.S. Mid-Amateur I got out on my first attempt in 2016, but when I got to the U.S. Mid-Am at Stonewall I felt completely out of my league A whole year later of

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Did an early Christmas with family last night 🎄 I made some fake Masters tickets and gave them to my dad for Christmas We're going to The Masters!!! Neither of us have ever been! I don't remember the last time I saw dad so excited about something Thanks to my friend Matt

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@joshlukenichols

3 years

Want to achieve a .006% dream? Put in effort that only .006% of players will put in

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@acaseofthegolf1

3 years

Hayden Buckley’s dad showed me the bracelet he wears to help him realize how lucky he is to have a son playing on the PGA Tour. .006% is the percentage of golfers that get to the PGA tour.

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What’s the purpose of a pre-round warmup? I think a lot of us tend to show up to the range before a round of golf and try to find our game But is that the best way to get ready for a round of golf? I don’t think so 🙅‍♂️ What I think this can cause is being overly technical on

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Between the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open, I MUCH prefer this type of tournament. The brutal difficulty, the palpable stress, the razor thin line between great and screwed. I think it makes for better viewing, and a better test of the players. How bout you?

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When I was at my best skill level as a golfer, I was a +3.6 and made it to the finals of the @USGA U.S. Mid-Amateur. But I didn't wake up that way. I wasn't naturally gifted to be that good. I worked extremely hard. I improved a massive amount over a long period of time. For a

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Something Soly mentioned about Scottie on the @NoLayingUp Sunday show really landed with me. How Scottie says his swing is built on being able to adapt to changes. (I forget the exact wording but it was good) I love this 😍 From a psychological standpoint this is very

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@joshlukenichols

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Morning of USGA Qualifying thoughts: ➡️ Beautiful day! Blazing hot and humid North Carolina day ➡️ My adrenaline pumps on competition mornings. It could be a little charity scramble, or a USGA Championship - pretty pumped for both every time ➡️ In some recent tournament

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@MKBHD We’ve got Marques golf content!!! Been waiting a long time for this 🙌

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@LouStagner Golf twitter if he plays bad in the Ryder Cup

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@practicalgolf You say sandwich like I'm gonna get only one

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I don't know Will Z, I've never heard any direct accounts about him or his mind And it's always dangerous to make a guess at what's going on in someone's head BUT this is a good example of a common misconception in golf We think making a change like a putter or a grip or some

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You see, it swings like a pendulum…

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Signed up! 133 days til the qualifier 157 days until the U.S. Mid-Amateur The plan is clear 💪

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I believe that you should treat playing golf like a pro golfer does This doesn’t mean making golf feel like a job, which could make golf miserable What I mean is leaning IN to golf, not going through it passively Here’s some ways we can lean in: 👉 cleaning your clubs the

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@joshlukenichols

7 months

Local semi-private club has this banner at the top of their site What do you think?

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@joshlukenichols

6 months

Don't use golf to escape life. Use golf as a way of more deeply experiencing life. Be fully present while playing golf. Learn from golf. Notice what golf demands of you. Observe what golf brings out of you. Golf is a beautiful thing. When you're playing golf, BE THERE.

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“I’m always nervous on the first tee cuz I’m scared to death of where it could go.” Here’s the best way to operate in this situation 👇 First, definitions: Nerves = blood pumping, juices flowing, readiness, excitement, the fuel for performing one's best Anxiety = fear of an

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Why are swing changes so difficult? When you’re first making changes to your swing, you struggle with the motion. Duh. But as you get better at it, you can do it pretty well on the range. But you still can’t take it to the course. And when you play something competitive you

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Halfway thru US Mid-Am qualifier practice round observations I've definitely still got the raw skill to be able to play Good shots are still as good as when I was practicing 8 hours a day But because I don't get to play as much (10 month old, run my own business, addicted to

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Brand new TSR3. It's delicious 🤤 @Titleist

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I think believing your game is a work in progress solves a LOT of the issues we face in golf: 1. A bad shot isn't detrimental because it can be a data point for something to work on 2. The potential of hitting it in trouble isn't as scary because if you do you can see # 1. The

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This felt good.

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In 2017 I finished runner-up in the US Mid-Am For the 6 months prior to that, I did one thing nearly every morning...

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@joshlukenichols

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🧵 The 4 step process for reaching your goals in 2024 It's that time of year where we reflect on the past year and try to learn from it and make the next year better So how do you make that as likely as possible? Here's the goal-setting process that I believe works 👇

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You're going to give yourself a better chance to hit good shots and putts if you're present. By default, a large portion of our time is spent mentally in the past or future. So our job while we're playing is to notice when our minds wander, and bring our attention to the

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What am I thinking over the ball on a shot like this? My mind is NOT completely blank. My mind goes to past, future, beautiful view, Wade filming me, etc. My job isn't to force thoughts out. It's to be ok with the presence of thoughts. I've picked a target (starting at left

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This is why it's so important to get as close to full clarity as you can on every shot If you're saying "I knew it" right after a bad shot you didn't get clear And if you're really not able to get clear you've got some deeper things going on

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“It’s 3 feet Jordan, just knock it in bud.”—Kevin Kisner. Finally somebody just said it

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Why do we play scared when we're going low? Because we feel like we're protecting something we "have" We feel like we "have" a good round already, so we have to protect it But that's not true. We don't actually "possess" anything yet. All we actually have is the next shot.

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@joshlukenichols

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Questions for the dads out there: How do you make time for: 1. Quality time with kid(s) 2. Quality time with wife 3. Working and actually doing a good job 4. Staying healthy (working out, cooking meals) 5. Keeping the house in good order 6. Keep other things maintained like

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The #1 thing players bring up that they want to improve is moving on from bad shots By far and away this is what I talk about most in 1-on-1 mental coaching sessions So as I like to do, I respond with a question: Why is it hard for you to move on from bad shots? This can go

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Confidence does NOT come from good results Confidence comes from being ok with BAD results When your confidence is based on good results, you NEED good results to feel good. This is very fragile, and probably why your confidence comes and goes.

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Brought the toddler to the course yesterday for the first time. I was worried about how it would go. Just like most things it was all in my head and it went so great. Kid had an absolute blast. Thanks to Lochmere for being welcoming 😊

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I used to really want to hit a draw. I spent years doing really exaggerated drills to change my pattern to hit draws But now I like hitting cuts. Feels more natural and powerful. @Titleist TSR3 with this shaft makes it pretty dang easy Have you ever changed feels like that? 🤔

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Why is the mental game so important? To handle the inevitable brick walls 🧱 Hear how Mike & Eli of @chasingscratch0 have learned to do it, on this episode of The Mental Golf Show. Link to the episode in the tweet below 👇

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Our neighborhood is ready for The Masters 😍 #themasters

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3 months

Got my answer. Scottie does NOT use a line on his ball anymore (as of this year's Players) He says that having the line was causing him to expect perfection out of himself. This was probably causing some pre-putt tension. I see this in myself. I get wrapped up in needing to

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@joshlukenichols

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Do we know if Scottie putts without a line on the ball? I've seen that he draws a thin sharpie line over the 'ProV1' line I've seen him crouch behind it as if he's lining it up But I also heard @AndyTFE say that Phil Kenyon has him not using the ball line Anyone know? Any

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I've played in 6 USGA Championships. I've played in countless tournaments and competitive events. I've been in contention in dozens of tournaments. And I STILL get nervous on the first tee every time. Nerves are normal. Embrace them as they are. Play while they're there.

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Do you struggle finishing out a round when you’re playing bad? Like “what’s the use I’m gonna shoot a bad score why keep trying?” Everything you do trains you for the future. You give up even just a little? It trains you to give up just that much easier next time Keep fighting

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🧘‍♂️ A thread on the purpose of meditation for golf 🧵 🤯 You should be meditating 🤯 Most people think the purpose of meditation is to relax/calm down/get quiet But here's the ACTUAL purpose to help your golf game 👇 🚨 Bonus- full podcast episode about it at the end 👀

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Today is the second day of practice rounds at the U.S. Mid-Am at Sleepy Hollow No I'm not there, and yes I'm incredibly jealous BUT, as I love to remind everyone, I made it to the finals of the US Mid-Am in 2017 🥈 Here's how I got good enough 👇 I had a conversation with a

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Sometime players feel like either they can play well today or they can focus on long-term improvement. But I think the way to play well today is by focusing on long-term improvement. When you solely focus on shooting a good score today, you subconsciously make a bad score more

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Xander's response yesterday might sound boring, vanilla, cold, or even "absurd" but it's a glimpse into why Xander is so consistently good, and slowly built to where he got a major. This mentality is extremely valuable if you want to let good golf come to you, instead of trying

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truly absurd response. xanders career makes so much sense if this is his mindset.

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"That shot SUCKED." 😤 When you hit a bad shot, how do you respond? 🤔 👍Kind and forgiving? 😇 or 👎Self-deprecating and hurtful? 👿 If you're human and you're a golfer, you probably do a fair share of beating yourself up You want to play better, and berating yourself FEELS

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Have you ever tried the gate drill? Think it helps?

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The Masters must be really special in person. The amount of people reaching out with tips and suggestions and ideas and their own memories and highlights is incredible. Everyone seems to have "their way" of experiencing The Masters. I'm so excited to go Monday with my Dad 🥰

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I talk with a lot of competitive players who love playing tournaments A common thing is a sense of unknown for "how is this round gonna go, but it's gonna go great I know it!" Sort of trying to positive self talk themselves into making it go well and filling that unknown gap

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Par 5 230yds Pin just over the bunker around the tree What are you doing here?

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When you beat yourself up for how you played, what are you accomplishing? 👉 You might be trying to "discipline" yourself into playing well 👉 Or maybe you feel like getting angry gives you a sense of control over your game But does it work? 🤔 Maybe occasionally, but I think

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My pre shot routine when I was at my best was always this: - one exaggerated practice swing feeling the motion I've been working on - one completely free practice swing thinking of nothing - line up shaft with the target and the ball to get intermediate target...👇

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Mike and I winning lunch 🦙 @chasingscratch0 @alpaca_chicken

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Have you ever paid attention to what gives you energy during a round of golf? And conversely, what zaps your energy? Does talking to playing partners give you energy, or zap your energy? I need to get alone to recharge, which is an important thing for me to know while I'm

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You're getting pre-round anxiety cuz you're worried about how you might play Maybe you've been hitting it bad lately Maybe your warmup was bad Heck, maybe your warmup was good Any of these can send the mind into the future and start worrying about how it might go Well, I

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How do you handle annoying playing partners? This is such a common thing that people struggle with. Playing partners introduce another potential obstacle. Another uncertain variable. Here’s some typical playing partner struggles: 🤬 They play super slow and it makes you

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@joshlukenichols

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Why do you play protectively and make guidey swings and hit tentative putts? Because you have hopes and needs for where you need the ball to go. When you need a shot to go a certain way, then there's going to be some form of guideyness. You'll feel the need to guide the ball

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@joshlukenichols

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How do you finish off a good round? That feeling of "Just get it in the house" you get towards the end of the round usually causes worse play. A lot of players call this "self-sabotage" So what can you do about it? I've learned it's strongly related to an increase of

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@joshlukenichols

2 months

Could you hit the bus? 🚌 Measured 167 yds. Took me 7 tries. Also why don't you clean your grooves between range balls? You should get a grooveit mini g. It's awesome. I've got a code if you want to get one, I'll put it in the tweet below 👇

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@joshlukenichols

6 months

Stephan Jaeger after the round: "This is going to sound really dumb... but I didn't care what happened today." He didn't win, but man what a perspective to have. Total acceptance of any outcome. It wasn't resignation. If you watched him, you saw competitiveness. Acceptance

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@joshlukenichols

1 year

Mega thread on the psychology of the yips, as I've come to understand it 🧵 How do yips start, why do they continue, and how to systematically get rid of them👇

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@joshlukenichols

4 months

Here's a reminder that some of you might need to hear: You play BELOW AVERAGE half of the time you go play. There's a counterintuitive thing about golf psychology: The more you try to get something, the farther away you get from it. Take playing better golf, for instance.

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@joshlukenichols

3 months

It was right about this time on Monday evening Dad and I took one more late stroll around Amen Corner. When we got to 12, there was no one. Truly a spiritual experience.

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@joshlukenichols

5 months

"If you're on the first tee and you're willing to accept the fact this ball might go out of bounds, that [acceptance] is always available to you. "But going 'I need to be certain this ball is NOT going out of bounds on the first tee,' that [certainty] is not available to you."

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@joshlukenichols

11 months

I always thought something that separated me from others was I wasn't scared to play the ball from any lie I spent roughly half my practice time hitting very random shots from very random lies When I would practice short game (about 25% of my total practice time) I would train

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@joshlukenichols

9 months

Last week at the @chasingscratch0 Velcren Invitational they had a closest to the pin hole, winner gets a set of Vokey wedges. Knocked it to 3 feet and won! (Mike actually cut me out but he graciously abdicated his win to me ❤️) Something poetic about using my own Vokey to win

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@joshlukenichols

1 year

@LouStagner Love this Our minds spiral to how bad that was, I don't want to do that again, that should've never happened, I thought I was better than that, will that happen on the next hole, etc etc etc Hitting a bad shot, letting it be, and focusing instead on the present (your breath) 👍

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@joshlukenichols

10 months

If you're reading this then most likely you should NOT, and I repeat should NOT do this drill 😂

LKD

@LukeKerrDineen

10 months

Luke Donald will often practice hitting high chip shots off a green, without taking a divot. It's a drill to make sure he uses the bounce of his wedge, and improve crisp contact. So sick.

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