Play Ready Golf | Strokes Gained for the 9 to 5 Golfer

Isaak Ramsey & Hayden Zimmerer | Smarter Golf Practice in Less Time
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Golf improvement for people with a 9 to 5. We use strokes gained data and motor learning science to help you practice smarter, save time, and shoot lower scores with the clubs, schedule, and life you already have. Most golf advice is built for people with unlimited range time and a coach on speed dial. This show is built for the rest of us. The weekend warrior. The dad who gets 90 minutes on a Saturday. The mid-handicapper who has been stuck at the same score for three years. Every episode gives you one thing you can actually use. A practice drill you can do in your living room. A course management decision that saves you two shots. A data point that shuts down the bad advice you keep getting from your buddies. New episodes every Friday morning. Try the Play Ready Golf app free for 7 days at playready.golf

  1. 3d ago

    He Shot 90. Then He Won the State Am - (ft. Andrew Chapman)

    Try Play Ready Golf free for 7 days. Code PRGPOD takes $20 off every year, forever: https://onelink.to/93ggkv Secrets of the mid-am: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/secretsofthemidam Get a custom piece from Andrew: andrew@sanstudio.com Andrew Chapman shot 90 in the first round of a U.S. Am qualifier and wondered if the USGA would send him a letter. 4 years later he won the Michigan Amateur as the 32 seed, and today he builds custom furniture, raises 2 boys, and still chases USGA qualifiers. We get into the line between supporting a kid and pushing one, the multi-sport locker room at Michigan, the rebuild that started with grip and stance, the wedge ladder that carries his whole bag, AimPoint with a carpenter's level, and what a craftsman knows about the difference between good and right. Timestamps 0:00 Harder to watch than to compete 2:07 The temptation a champion dad resists 3:27 Family golf: 9 holes, 2 hours, 2 boys 5:33 Quick to the ball, then take your time 6:52 The line between helping and pushing 7:45 Playing golf swing instead of golf 9:43 What his parents got right 11:04 Too serious, and the try less lesson 13:19 The 12-second pre-shot fix 15:17 The golf bug at 13 17:49 Every Michigan player was multi-sport 22:29 Rock bottom: the 2009 qualifier 25:42 The 32 seed run, and where belief comes from 28:50 His practice: the 40 to 110 wedge ladder 30:13 AimPoint with a carpenter's level 32:12 The 9 shots drill 34:18 Good vs. right: lessons from the shop 37:40 Build this first: the beginner slab table 39:19 The 20 foot table at a golf course 40:36 What he wants his boys to take at 18 42:59 The reinstatement debate 47:24 Bring back the 36-hole qualifier 47:47 Staying with Scottie Scheffler at the U.S. Am 4 9:05 Where to find Andrew, and what's next

  2. Aug 7

    Amateurs Grade Themselves Like Tour Pros (here's what to do instead)

    Free stats guide: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/comprehensivestats Get tour level strokes gained data in 30 seconds a hole with Play Ready Golf. Free 7 day trial: https://onelink.to/93ggkv Code PRGPOD gets you $20 off every year for life. Tour pros make about half their putts from 8 feet. From 100 yards in the fairway they hit it inside 3 feet 1 time in 25. The standard you grade your golf against does not exist. Not for you. Not for them. This week we tear up the fake report card most golfers carry in their heads. Where it came from (the broadcast, the Ben Hogan legend, and your own inflated numbers), what breaking 90 actually looks like for a 15 handicap, what a real 68 and a real 63 look like in strokes gained, and a 4 rule grading system that costs nothing and starts working your next round. Sources named in this episode: Mark Broadie (Columbia, PGA Tour ShotLink), Shot Scope, Arccos and Lou Stagner, Jon Sherman (Practical Golf), Adam Young, Bob Rotella, and the Ben Hogan story as told by Dan Jenkins. Chapters 0:00 The number that ends the argument 1:35 Mad about a birdie 3:11 Tour averages, 3 feet to 300 yards 6:52 Tiger missed 4 putts in 4 years 10:01 Where the fake report card came from 11:37 Hogan graded himself on 3 shots 15:51 The 24 yards you don't have 17:57 Your handicap is not your average 18:59 The break 90 data dump 21:35 Playing US Open qualifying with tour pros 28:53 A 68 and a 63 in strokes gained 33:04 Shooting a gajillion and smiling 39:49 The new report card 42:27 Grade putts by the second putt 45:03 Steal Hogan's scorecard 48:39 Ambition vs unrealistic expectations 50:48 Why golfers actually quit 51:20 Hayden is coming to Instagram 57:07 Give the scorecard back

    Amateurs Grade Themselves Like Tour Pros (here's what to do instead)

  3. Jul 31

    More Practice Made Him Worse - Brett Patterson (Ep. 32)

    Try Play Ready Golf free for 7 days. Code PRGPOD takes $20 off every year: https://onelink.to/93ggkv The Mid-Am Insights PDF. Every lesson from every mid-am we have interviewed, in one download: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/secretsofthemidam Support the new home of the Ole Miss Patterson School of Accountancy: https://accountancy.olemiss.edu/new-building/ Brett's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bpatterson03/ Brett Patterson is the 5th ranked mid-am in America. He teaches 300 accounting students at Ole Miss, has 2 girls at home, and touches a club 3 or 4 times a week at best. In college he hit 300 balls a day and got worse. Then he left tournament golf for 5 years, came back, and started winning everything. We get into the 4 weeks off before he opened 7 under, the wedge and putter plan that replaced the bucket, the mental spiral that almost ended his golf, and the piece of advice he says actively hurts amateurs. Timestamps 0:00 The #5 mid-am barely touches a club 0:53 4 weeks off, then 7 under in round 1 2:18 A Tuesday with 300 students and 2 kids 3:52 College: 300 balls a day, sun up to dark 7:19 Less practice, better golf. The flip. 8:39 5 years away and the 2022 U.S. Amateur 14:22 What he'd tell every college golfer 16:54 His practice now: wedges and lag putts 19:59 An accountant's take on tracking stats 22:35 Bring back Golfstat 26:09 The biggest mistakes amateurs make 28:58 Never the most talented. What separates him. 31:08 What scratch golfers miss about scoring 34:16 Championship golf vs weekend golf 35:42 The advice that actively hurts amateurs 37:05 Pressure putts and choosing confidence 38:36 How to stay sharp after time off 40:43 The reinstatement debate 50:49 What he wants his daughters to know 53:48 A shoutout to the mid-am wives 54:02 Prepping for the U.S. Mid-Am at Sand Valley 56:26 Support the new Ole Miss accountancy building

    More Practice Made Him Worse - Brett Patterson (Ep. 32)

  4. Jul 24

    Chipping Was Never About Your Hands

    Want 1 science based practice fix a day for the next 30 days? That is the second link: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/30hacksin30 The Play Ready Golf app turns 30 seconds a hole into tour level strokes gained data and a practice plan built around your time and facilities: https://onelink.to/93ggkv Code PRGPOD gets you $20 off every year for life: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6752723937&code=PRGPOD Grab the free Greenside Menu, the 1 page decision card we walk through in this episode. Print it or save it to your phone: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/menu Your short game problem is not your hands. It is the order you pick shots in. In this episode of the Play Ready Golf Podcast (Ep. 31) we use Shot Scope and Arccos data to show why golfers at every handicap level fail from 50 yards, why the flop shot became everyone's default, and the 4 question menu that fixes it without a single lesson. Timestamps: 0:00 Nobody has hands 1:42 The data: up and down by handicap 2:56 The app in 30 seconds 3:22 The highlight reel raised you 5:57 Extreme sells: the wedge industry 7:00 Jason Day: one motion, many clubs 8:53 Option 1: the putter 10:17 One email a day for 30 days 10:33 Option 2: the low chip 11:11 Option 3: the pitch 12:34 Option 4: the flop 13:40 The cost of ignoring the menu 14:17 Judge every shot by its miss 15:27 What Hayden sees caddying 19:19 Rule 1: can I putt it? 20:18 Rule 2: lowest loft that clears the trouble 21:59 Rule 3: pitch only when something is in the way 22:45 Rule 4: the flop is the fire escape 23:37 The menu in order 25:20 What about bad lies? 26:33 2 honest notes about the data 27:29 The takeaway Missed the double bogey episode we reference? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/D1ZK1E_06Xs Data in this episode comes from Shot Scope, Arccos data via Lou Stagner, PGA Tour scrambling stats, and Edoardo Molinari via Golf Digest.

    Chipping Was Never About Your Hands

  5. Jul 17

    Amateurs Practice Fancy Shots. Winners Drill Boring Ones. - Scott Cahill (Ep. 30)

    Download Play Ready Golf and get tour level strokes gained data in 30 seconds a hole, plus a practice plan built around your time and your facilities: https://onelink.to/93ggkv Use code PRGPOD for $20 off every year, for life Get 1 science-based practice hack in your inbox every day for 30 days: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/30hacksin30 Grab the free 59 Minute Practice Guide, built on strokes gained data and motor learning research: https://onelink.to/59minplan Follow Scott: https://www.instagram.com/cachill21 Scott Cahill had full status on PGA Tour Latinoamerica. He gave it back, took a full-time job, and barely touched a club for 5 years. Then he fell back in love with the game and won the Arizona Mid-Amateur at Grayhawk, on a course where the field made 1,158 bogeys in 3 days. He did it with a newborn at home and a practice routine he calls a cram session. This episode is the blueprint for playing your best golf with the least time you've ever had. Timestamps: 0:00 Walking away from the Tour 2:17 The pro golf grind nobody sees 5:37 Five years without touching a club 8:11 When golf stopped feeling like work 11:35 What he'd change about his pro practice 14:02 Golf with a newborn and a full-time job 18:24 Inside his boring practice routine 21:30 The stat that surprised him 25:21 Winning the Arizona Mid-Am at Grayhawk 32:00 The 59 at Tobacco Road 35:55 Signing with the Grass League 38:04 The reinstated pro debate 48:42 What winning actually gets you 51:17 Lessons for his son

    Amateurs Practice Fancy Shots. Winners Drill Boring Ones. - Scott Cahill (Ep. 30)

  6. Jul 10

    Scratch Golfers Hit the Same Bad Shots You Do - Ep. 29

    Sick of 1 hole wrecking your whole round? Grab the free Disaster Card. It has the 4 rules on the front and a 3 round leak tracker on the back that shows you exactly where your strokes are going: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/disaster Once you know your leak, the Play Ready Golf app builds every practice session around it:https://onelink.to/93ggkv Podcast listeners get an extended free trial plus a discount with code PRGPOD:https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6752723937&code=PRGPOD Your golf handicap is not decided by your swing. It is decided by 3 or 4 blow-up holes a round. In this episode of the Play Ready Golf Podcast (Ep. 29) we use Shot Scope and Arccos data to prove that double bogeys, not birdies, separate every handicap level. Then we walk through the 5 leaks that cause blow-up holes and the 4 rules that stop them. None of it requires practice time. Timestamps:0:00 The number that breaks your brain1:14 Hayden's triple at US Am qualifying4:45 The data: doubles by handicap5:58 The free Disaster Card6:18 Why golfers blame the swing10:54 Birdies happen by accident12:30 The 5 leaks behind every blow-up hole13:00 Leak 1: tee shots into trouble14:20 Leak 2: the hero recovery15:43 Leak 3: the short-side miss17:47 Leak 4: the double chip19:01 Leak 5: three-putts21:15 Hayden's worst blow-up holes27:04 The Disaster Card: 4 rules27:59 Rule 1: count your doubles (the Train Game)29:52 Rule 2: the one-job shot30:56 Rule 3: get long putts inside 3 feet32:39 Rule 4: short-sided means middle of the green34:57 Is this just playing scared?37:26 2 honest notes about the data38:14 The takeaway40:15 What to watch next Data in this episode comes from the Shot Scope Annual Report (74M+ shots), Arccos data via Lou Stagner, Mark Broadie's Every Shot Counts, and Edoardo Molinari via Golf Digest.

    Scratch Golfers Hit the Same Bad Shots You Do - Ep. 29

  7. Jul 3

    Amateurs Aren't Lazy. They Practice Too Hard. - Nate Smith

    Play Ready Golf app: ⁠https://onelink.to/93ggkv⁠ Use code PRGPOD for 20 dollars off every year, for life. One science based hack a day for 30 days: ⁠https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/30hacksin30⁠ Free 59 minute practice guide: ⁠https://onelink.to/59minplan⁠ FIND NATE Mountain Creative Construction, licensed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Teton Valley, Idaho Nate on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/ndizzle4shizzle/⁠ Nate Smith made it to pro golf, then walked away at 30 because he did not like who the game was turning him into. He got an MBA, moved to Idaho, built a construction business, and barely touched a club for eight years. Then he came back as an amateur and started winning, beating players half his age who practice every day. If you love golf but cannot give it your whole life, this one is for you. Nate plays a few weeks a year and still competes at the top of the amateur game. He breaks down how he practices with intent, why not being obsessed with results is his biggest edge, and what he would tell anyone trying to get better with limited time. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Walking away from a Tour card at 30 01:48 What eight years away taught him 04:23 The hardest lesson, he was not always first 05:53 What pulled him back in 2022 07:36 Coming back after eight years off 09:56 Winning right away, and why it did not surprise him 10:41 Competing while running a construction business 13:26 How much you should actually practice 15:04 Practice with intent, hit 20 balls and leave 18:04 Taking your practice to the course 20:12 North and South week, identity over outcome 22:10 Playing at elevation versus sea level 24:36 Grass League and the Hollywood Hitters 28:06 The truth about amateur reinstatement 33:48 What he would tell his 25 year old self 35:14 What is next on his schedule 38:03 Where to find Nate

    Amateurs Aren't Lazy. They Practice Too Hard. - Nate Smith

  8. Jun 26

    Practice Is Cheaper Than Golf. That's the Trap.

    7-Day App Trial:⁠ https://onelink.to/93ggkv⁠ 59-Minute Practice Plan: ⁠https://onelink.to/59minplan⁠ 30-Hacks for Busy Golfers: ⁠https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/30hacksin30⁠ Chapters: 0:00 A $12 bucket vs a $40 round 1:48 Why leaving the range happy is a bad sign 2:59 What practice costs, and what actually lowers scores 4:20 Quality over quantity: making 30 minutes count 5:58 Where the "beat balls" myth came from 8:48 The 1992 study: why your range swing doesn't show up 9:54 Bubba Watson barely touched the range 13:39 Hayden's confession: practicing just to say he did 14:58 How to actually practice: fewer balls, real pressure 20:02 Tournament golf exposes your tendencies 24:45 Why "just hit more balls" fails 27:38 Rule 1: Play more, and play cheaper 29:45 Rule 2: Give the range rules 32:15 Rule 3: Practice on the course for free 34:27 Rule 4: Aim where you leak 35:49 Tendencies vs dispersion 43:32 When the range is actually the right call 46:16 Good intentions vs being intentional

    Practice Is Cheaper Than Golf. That's the Trap.
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Golf improvement for people with a 9 to 5. We use strokes gained data and motor learning science to help you practice smarter, save time, and shoot lower scores with the clubs, schedule, and life you already have. Most golf advice is built for people with unlimited range time and a coach on speed dial. This show is built for the rest of us. The weekend warrior. The dad who gets 90 minutes on a Saturday. The mid-handicapper who has been stuck at the same score for three years. Every episode gives you one thing you can actually use. A practice drill you can do in your living room. A course management decision that saves you two shots. A data point that shuts down the bad advice you keep getting from your buddies. New episodes every Friday morning. Try the Play Ready Golf app free for 7 days at playready.golf

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