About this episode

Joel Suggs discusses key statistics that can help golfers improve their game.

On this episode we have Joel Suggs, a PGA Master Teaching Professional with decades of experience helping golfers of all levels understand their own games. Joel is the author of Golf Success Before Every Round, which was the number one new release in golf coaching on Amazon when it came out. By the end of this episode, you'll learn why golfers already have the right answers for their game — and how to draw those out using facts instead of tips. You'll discover the three stats that cause virtually all big scores in golf, why analyzing batches of shots beats obsessing over individual ones, and what your tap-in count is actually telling you about your putting. Joel is a unique and interesting guy so I’m confident you’ll learn some new perspectives from this one. Get Joel Suggs’ Book & Workbook: Golf Success Before Every Round & Golf Success During Every Round ----- Timestamps & Topics: 00:00 - Intro 2:18 - Golfer’s Already Have the Right Answers In Them 9:22 - How Do We Use Stats to Change Our Games? 15:34 - 🎓 The Perfect Pre-Shot Routine digital course - Dial in your pre-shot routine, play your best golf. 17:32 - Swing Change vs. Swing Improvement: What Even Is a Swing…

People in this episode

Host: Josh Nichols

Guest: Joel Suggs

Topics covered

• golf statistics
• golf improvement
• pre-shot routine
• swing change
• putting analysis

Keywords

• PGA Master
• golf coaching
• performance stats
• tap-in count
• swing improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Golf Success Before Every Round

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