About this episode

Mike Smith discusses golf recruiting for juniors, balancing parenting, and his competitive mindset.

Mike Smith is the founder of ForeCollegeGolf, a recruiting consultancy that has helped over 200 families in 40+ countries place junior golfers at college programs. He's a two-time Florida Foursomes champion, a 2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalist, and according to his Four-Ball partner Will Davenport, the most clutch golfer he's ever played with. He also has two boys under four and runs his business full time. In this conversation, Mike walks through what golf parents get wrong about recruiting, why he refuses to practice his weaknesses, the partnership and the wedge shot that nearly took him and Will to a USGA title, and the mental shift he made after becoming a dad that completely changed how he competes. For golfers who feel stuck between wanting to improve and not having time to grind, this is the reframe. Get a 7 days of free personalized practice plans: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/play-ready-golf/id6752723937?ppid=af3c9fac-74c5-46b7-9bea-e41648182e7d Follow Mike: instagram.com/forecollegegolf ForeCollegeGolf: forecollegegolf.com Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:16 Showing up to a USGA championship missing a shoe 02:18 What growing up at TPC Sawgrass actually does to a kid…

People in this episode

Hosts: Isaak Ramsey, Hayden Zimmerer

Guest: Mike Smith

Topics covered

• golf recruiting
• parenting and golf
• junior golf
• competition mindset
• time management in golf

Keywords

• golf
• recruiting
• junior golfers
• parenting
• competition
• practice
• U.S. Amateur

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ForeCollegeGolf

Places: Florida, TPC Sawgrass, James Madison

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