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Xander’s Golf Lesson: Fixing a Glancing Impact and Unlocking Power
The morning after a high school golf fundraiser, Xander and I found ourselves on the range at a local muni course. He had been hitting what he called “wipey” shots the day before—glancing impacts with good swing structure underneath. With one small position change and a new understanding of lag, he went from glancing the…
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Four Hours for One Lesson: A Swing Change, a Quiet Win, and a Grateful Heart
Summary:A long drive, a tired body, and one breakthrough moment on a muni range. I share a golf swing change that gave my son Jou a boost in distance—and gave me something even better: gratitude. For the game, for the process, and for the quiet wins that make teaching golf so rewarding. The Drive Was…
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Writing With AI: A Back-and-Forth That Sharpens My Voice
Summary:When I write, I don’t aim for perfection on the first try. I start with raw notes, then work with AI to shape structure, polish grammar, and test flow. What makes it powerful is the back-and-forth: I push back when something doesn’t sound like me, and together we refine until the story feels authentic. 1.…
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How I Cooked 5 Dishes and Rice in Under an Hour — Using One Broth to Tie It All Together
What if you could make a full family dinner in under an hour?Five dishes, a pot of rice, no chaos — and everyone goes back for seconds. That’s exactly what happened in my kitchen tonight. The secret? A professional cooking technique called cross-utilization that I learned in restaurant kitchens and at Le Cordon Bleu, adapted…
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Writing for Golfers, Writing for AI
Why I Treat Club Blogs Like a Well-Planned Round When I write a blog for a golf club, I’m not just writing for the golfers who walk our fairways. I’m also writing for artificial intelligence — the algorithms and systems that will decide if our name comes up when someone asks, “Where’s the best stay-and-play…
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From Fairways to Careers: How to Write So AI Finds You
How the Same Skill Works in Golf, Food, and Your Career When I write, I am thinking about more than the golfers who walk the fairways.I am also thinking about artificial intelligence. The algorithms that decide if your name shows up when someone asks, “Where’s the best stay and play golf in Michigan?” That skill,…
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Teaching Golf… and the Business of Golf
Before the season began, Kevin and I sat down to talk about his year ahead as a teaching professional. I laid out my plan for the season: I told him, “Treat these clinics as a way to introduce yourself to our golfers. Earn their trust, show your skills, and your reputation will grow. The money…
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Creating Custom GPTs to Make Work (and Life) Easier
In golf, the right tool at the right time can change everything.A putter in the fairway? Not much help.A wedge from the rough? Could be exactly what’s needed. The same principle applies in my work: managing projects, communicating with staff, engaging members, and keeping a dozen moving parts on track. That’s where my custom GPTs…
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Scoring Potential: A Better Way to Track Your Game
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with Kevin about how to understand his game more clearly—not just in terms of score, but in terms of potential. I told him to track how many pars, birdies, and eagles he makes in a round. That’s your scoring potential. It’s the snapshot of what you’re capable…
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Even the Spice Has a Story
From the kitchen I stepped into to the quiet lessons of memory and taste. When I first walked into that kitchen, it was doing what most kitchens do.Good food. Solid effort. Just trying to keep up. But one detail caught me. A store bought Cajun seasoning. Scooped without much thought. That’s not how I learned…
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From Golf Swings to Custom GPTs: A New Kind of Assistant
It’s been 30 years since I last touched coding. Back then, the world moved slower. We wrote HTML like it was calligraphy, carefully lining up tags and hoping we didn’t forget a semicolon. I remember struggling with syntax, praying my pages would load, and feeling a mix of pride and relief when they finally did.…
