About this episode

Chase and Raymond discuss the concept of playing for a miss in golf and its implications on performance and anxiety.

**Updated Audio** Chase and Raymond sit down to chat about one of the most common — and most misunderstood — ideas in golf: playing for a miss. They dig into why golf isn’t a game of misses so much as a game of variability, and how aiming to avoid trouble often creates more anxiety, more multitasking, and ultimately worse outcomes. The boys break down predictable misses, one-way miss myths, and the difference between strategic risk and psychological avoidance. From Sawgrass tee shots and wedg...

People in this episode

Hosts: Chase, Raymond

Topics covered

• golf
• playing for a miss
• variability in golf
• strategic risk
• psychological avoidance

Keywords

• golf
• miss
• variability
• anxiety
• strategic risk
• psychological avoidance
• Sawgrass

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Places: Sawgrass

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