About this episode

Domenic Maricocchi shares his experience of competing in USGA events while managing a full-time job in commercial lending.

Domenic Maricocchi works 8 to 5 in commercial lending and just landed 3 straight top 3 finishes at the Ohio Mid-Am, including a win by 5. He holds the University of Dayton 54-hole scoring record and almost made the cut at the US Amateur playing golf once a week. This is how he does it! Follow Domenic: https://www.instagram.com/dmaricocchi/?hl=en Download the free Simple Stats Tracker: playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/simplestatstracker Join the Play Ready Golf founding member waitlist (launches March 29): https://playready.golf/the-app 0:00 Banking by day, winning state championships by weekend 0:31 3 straight top 3 finishes at the Ohio Mid-Am 4:28 Winning by 5 at his home course 5:21 From volleyball to varsity golf in one year 8:03 Walking on at Dayton with zero recruiting interest 13:33 73 stroke average, 54-hole program record, then COVID ended it 14:14 His wife's ultimatum that changed everything 17:09 What changes when you lose your practice facility and teammates 19:28 The first thing he cut from practice (and why) 22:28 Pick your speed before your line 25:17 How he preps 2 weeks before a big tournament 26:39 Playing a practice round with 3 future PGA Tour players 29:17 What…

People in this episode

Hosts: Isaak Ramsey, Hayden Zimmerer

Guest: Domenic Maricocchi

Topics covered

• balancing work and golf
• competitive golf
• training strategies
• personal achievements
• golf practice techniques

Keywords

• golf
• USGA events
• Ohio Mid-Am
• University of Dayton
• practice strategies
• competitive golfer
• work-life balance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Dayton, Play Ready Golf

Places: Ohio

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