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Pivot the Path is a podcast that redefines golf improvement by focusing on the facts and physics that fuel progress, combined with a deep focus on biomechanics to revolutionize your golf game. Hosted by Scott Young—Founder of SSWING, New York City's premier indoor golf improvement facility and the Pure Definition of Golf Improvement—PGA professional, and ex-tour player, this podcast cuts through the noise with a unique and refreshing perspective to uncover what truly drives success on the course. Catch new episodes every Thursday—packed with highlights and insights to elevate your game and help you truly Own Your SSWING!

  1. EP 128: Precision in Practice, Trust on the Course

    20 giờ trước

    EP 128: Precision in Practice, Trust on the Course

    Precision in practice. Trust on the course. That's the theme this week — and Viktor Hovland just proved it in the most dramatic way possible. Episode 128 is here, and Scott's breaking down one of the wildest weekends we've seen in a while. The Travelers Championship — the last $20M Signature Event of the year — couldn't even finish on Sunday. Scheffler and Hovland finished tied at 21-under after an 83-minute rain delay blew the whole thing wide open, with Hovland roaring back with three straight birdies to force a Monday playoff. He closed it out on No. 18 the next morning — his first win since last year's Valspar — and we've got the full story of how he got there. Over on the LPGA side, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine brought its own Sunday drama, with Haeran Ryu holding off a hard-charging field and Nelly Korda chasing a third straight major. And on the DP World Tour, Eugenio Chacarra birdied the 72nd hole to steal the KLM Open by a single shot. Different tours, same story all week: the player who trusted their game in the clutch walked away with the trophy. That's exactly what this week's improvement segment is about — precision in practice is what lets you trust it when you play. Hovland didn't claw his way back by gritting his teeth and trying harder. He bogeyed four of his first ten holes, used that rain delay to reset, and came out firing three straight birdies — because the mechanics were already in there.  That's not luck, that's reps. That's what it means to Own Your SSWING —Scott breaks down what that means for your own game, and why what you do between rounds is what shows up when it counts. Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game. 📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.com Your weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox. Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show: Pivot The Path Instagram - click here! SSWING YouTube - click here! SSWING Website - click here!  SSWING Instagram - click here!

    18 phút
  2. EP 127: Hold Your Nerve — The Mental-Physical Connection Under Pressure

    23 thg 6

    EP 127: Hold Your Nerve — The Mental-Physical Connection Under Pressure

    This week's US Open and Meijer LPGA Classic told the same story from opposite ends — Wyndham Clark grinding down a hostile Shinnecock crowd to win his second US Open, and Lottie Woad missing a two-footer with the Meijer title right there. Two world-class players, same moment: when the mind spirals, the body follows. That's exactly what we unpack in this episode. Grip pressure spikes, breathing gets shallow, and the stroke you've made 10,000 times suddenly feels foreign. This isn't just a mental breakdown — it's a physical one. And it's the SSWING sweet spot. The Improvement Pivot Point this week: Train Your Pressure Response, Not Just Your Swing. Most golfers practice when they're comfortable. But golf is played under pressure — and pressure changes your body. We break down how to build pressure reps into your routine, find your physical anchor, and train your movement patterns so deeply that when everything's on the line, your body already knows what to do. Because golf improvement isn't just about how you move on the range. It's about how you move when it counts. Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game. 📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.com Your weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox. Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show: Pivot The Path Instagram - click here! SSWING YouTube - click here! SSWING Website - click here!  SSWING Instagram - click here!

    17 phút
  3. EP 126: Be Honest About Your Game

    17 thg 6

    EP 126: Be Honest About Your Game

    This past weekend, champions were made across every sport — and the ones who won all had one thing in common: they looked their weaknesses dead in the eye and got to work. On the PGA Tour at the RBC Canadian Open, Bud Cauley, the 36 year old, finally got his first win — his 239th start — and it didn't come off the tee. It came from a chip-in on 12 and a wedge to the heart of 18. His short game saved him when it mattered most. On the LPGA, Jin Hee Im and Somi Lee won the Dow Championship with a bogey-free 62, just 26 putts, and a clutch 8-footer in a playoff — and Lexi Thompson's run came down to a 5-foot putt that didn't fall. Five feet. The whole tournament. On the Korn Ferry Tour, Zack Fischer converted a four-shot final round lead to claim his first win in his 171st career start at the inaugural OccuNet Classic in Amarillo. Off the course — the New York Knicks are NBA Champions for the first time since 1973. Jalen Brunson dropped 45 points in the clinching Game 5 against the Spurs, capping a run where the Knicks came back from double-digit deficits in all four of their wins — including the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history, erasing a 29-point deficit in Game 4. They didn't win because they were the most talented team. They won because they were honest about their gaps, made adjustments, and trusted each other when it mattered most. That's the thread. This week Scott gets into the short game conversation that most golfers keep avoiding — chipping, pitching, and the truth about what happens after you miss a green. Because here's the thing: if your short game is good enough, you take the pressure off everything else. You can miss greens. You can have an off day with the irons. But if you can get up and down — you stay in the round. Most golfers know their short game needs work and do nothing about it. That stops today. Ask yourself honestly: is your short game good enough? Because the answer is either your biggest problem or your biggest opportunity. Own Your SSWING. Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING Shop Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game. 📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.com Your weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox. Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show: Pivot The Path Instagram - click here! SSWING YouTube - click here! SSWING Website - click here!  SSWING Instagram - click here!

    22 phút
  4. EP 125: Pressure, Perseverance & the Long Game

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    EP 125: Pressure, Perseverance & the Long Game

    This past weekend reminded us why we love this game. At the center of it all was Nelly Korda, who won her first U.S. Women's Open at Riviera — her fourth major — with a clutch birdie on 17 and a par putt on 18 that circled the lip and dropped in for the win. Seven shots off the lead after round one, she made a grip change on her sister Jessica's advice and shot 67-67-69 to close it out. That's not luck. That's what elite athleticism looks like under pressure — and it's exactly what sets the LPGA women apart. Born into arguably the most athletic family in sports, the daughter of Czech tennis champions, Korda's rotational power, her ability to reset physically mid-round, her body that holds its pattern when everything tightens — that's a trained athlete performing at the highest level. The LPGA women move differently. This week at Riviera proved it. The rest of the weekend didn't disappoint either. JT Poston won a marathon Memorial Tournament in a playoff after blowing a four-shot lead, grinding through a 31-hole Sunday to birdie 18 when it mattered most. New dad Tyrrell Hatton went wire-to-wire at Valderrama to hold off Rahm on LIV. And 35-year-old Ben Kohles chased a fifth Korn Ferry Tour win across 1,016 career professional rounds — the definition of the long game. With Shinnecock Hills and the US Open two weeks away, Scott breaks down what all of it means for your game: why movement under pressure is the separator at every level, and how you can start building the kind of athletic foundation that holds up when something is actually on the line. Own Your SSWING. Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING Shop Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game. 📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.com Your weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox. Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show: Pivot The Path Instagram - click here! SSWING YouTube - click here! SSWING Website - click here!  SSWING Instagram - click here!

    20 phút
  5. EP 124: Learn to Love the Mundane — A Lesson from the Charles Schwab Challenge

    2 thg 6

    EP 124: Learn to Love the Mundane — A Lesson from the Charles Schwab Challenge

    The most important putting lesson of the year didn't come from the winner. Russell Henley birdied his final three holes in regulation to catch 54-hole leader Eric Cole, then converted again in the playoff to win the Charles Schwab Challenge at 12-under. Cole, 37, had been here before — this was his third runner-up finish on the PGA Tour and his first win is still waiting. But here's what's fascinating: through 54 holes, Cole led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting and Proximity to the Hole — the two most "boring" disciplines in the game. No highlight-reel drives. No flashy recoveries. Just relentless precision on the greens and dialed-in distance control, week after week. "That's why I practice really hard and that's why I try and do everything the way I do," Cole said — "so that I could be as prepared for whatever tomorrow brings."  That's this week's Improvement Pivot Point: learn to love working on the mundane. The stuff nobody films. The 10-foot putts you roll for an hour. The alignment drills. The putting gate. The things that feel like nothing — until Sunday at Colonial, when they become everything. Scott also breaks down Joaquin Niemann's playoff win at LIV Korea, Céline Boutier's stunning Sunday charge on the LPGA, Kota Kaneko's breakthrough on the DP World Tour, and Doc Redman's Korn Ferry victory in Knoxville. Five tours. Five lessons. All of it pointing back to the same truth — the work you do on the mundane is what makes the magic possible. That's how you Own Your SSWING. Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING Shop Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game. 📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.com Your weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox. Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show: Pivot The Path Instagram - click here! SSWING YouTube - click here! SSWING Website - click here!  SSWING Instagram - click here!

    15 phút
  6. EP 123: From Long Shot to Major Champion: Aaron Rai's Master Class in Quieting the Noise

    19 thg 5

    EP 123: From Long Shot to Major Champion: Aaron Rai's Master Class in Quieting the Noise

    Aaron Rai just shocked the golf world — but was it really a shock? At the 2026 PGA Championship, a 290-1 long shot stepped onto one of the most crowded leaderboards in major championship history and did something most players never figure out: he turned down the volume. While Rory McIlroy chased history, Jon Rahm lurked, and a packed field jostled for position at Aronimink, Aaron Rai went quietly to work — and thundered to a three-shot victory, becoming the first Englishman to win the Wanamaker Trophy in over a century. This week, we break down the one skill separating the player who cracks under pressure from the one who cashes in on it: quieting the noise. From Rai's "quiet eye" putting technique to his iron covers rooted in a father's love, to his total indifference to what tour players are "supposed" to do — Rai's win is a masterclass in what happens when you Own Your SSWING so completely that the external chaos simply can't compete. Whether you're facing a packed leaderboard, a crowded market, or a moment that feels too big — this episode is your blueprint for finding stillness in the storm and turning it into something thunderous. Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING Shop Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game. 📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.com Your weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox. Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show: Pivot The Path Instagram - click here! SSWING YouTube - click here! SSWING Website - click here!  SSWING Instagram - click here!

    20 phút
  7. EP 122: Integrity, Consistency & Showing Up When No One's Watching

    5 thg 5

    EP 122: Integrity, Consistency & Showing Up When No One's Watching

    This week on Pivot the Path, Scott breaks down one of the most remarkable weekends across the tours — and the through-line is something every golfer (and every human) can take away. Cam Young goes wire-to-wire at Doral and wins by six — but one simple moment has nothing to do with the scorecard. He called a penalty on himself that nobody else saw. Then birdied the next hole. That's not just integrity. That's freedom. Nelly Korda is doing something that's never been done. Six events. Zero finishes outside the top two. She's now in the same breath as Annika Sorenstam — and she's doing it with a process, not a highlight reel. And Mikael Lindberg? He won a DP World Tour title in Turkey — and a PGA Championship berth he didn't even know he was playing for. Showed up fully, week after week, and the reward found him. Scott unpacks the Self-Penalty Principle — the idea that we often know exactly where we've let something slide. The question is whether we call it on ourselves before someone else has to. Where in your game — or your life — are you waiting for an official that's never coming? Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game. 📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.com Your weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox. Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show: Pivot The Path Instagram - click here! SSWING YouTube - click here! SSWING Website - click here!  SSWING Instagram - click here!

    17 phút
  8. EP 121: There Is No “Wrong” in Golf—Only Consequences

    1 thg 5

    EP 121: There Is No “Wrong” in Golf—Only Consequences

    There is no “wrong” in golf—only consequences. The best players in the world learn how to adapt. It’s a simple idea, but it changes everything. This week, we look at Matt Fitzpatrick and his cross-handed chipping grip—something that, to many, might look unconventional. But here’s the truth: it’s not wrong. It just produces a certain left hand position that works for Matt under pressure when chipping. And Fitzpatrick? He understands those consequences. He owns them. He adapts around them. That’s what the best in the world do. In this episode, we break down:  Why “unconventional” doesn’t mean incorrect  How Fitzpatrick’s grip influences his ball flight and control  The real difference between technical perfection and functional performance  How to understand your tendencies instead of fighting them If you’ve ever felt like your swing doesn’t “look right,” this is your reminder: it doesn’t have to. It just has to produce something you can manage. That's how you Own Your SSWING. Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING Shop Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game. 📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.com Your weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox. Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show: Pivot The Path Instagram - click here! SSWING YouTube - click here! SSWING Website - click here!  SSWING Instagram - click here!

    21 phút
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Pivot the Path is a podcast that redefines golf improvement by focusing on the facts and physics that fuel progress, combined with a deep focus on biomechanics to revolutionize your golf game. Hosted by Scott Young—Founder of SSWING, New York City's premier indoor golf improvement facility and the Pure Definition of Golf Improvement—PGA professional, and ex-tour player, this podcast cuts through the noise with a unique and refreshing perspective to uncover what truly drives success on the course. Catch new episodes every Thursday—packed with highlights and insights to elevate your game and help you truly Own Your SSWING!

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    2023 - 2026
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