Tag: Awareness
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A Different Kind of Leadership Moment
Trust, gratitude, and a team that showed up when it mattered most What Happened This past weekend, we faced one of those situations you don’t see coming. A serious septic backup disrupted the clubhouse. Twice.Once on Saturday, again on Sunday, right in the middle of peak traffic. Dining rooms were full.Events were in motion.Stress was…
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Habits in the Golf Swing and Life
Habits don’t disappear. They wait. In golf, as in life, the same patterns have a way of resurfacing when we stop paying attention. In this post, I reflect on lessons from my mini-tour days, Xander’s swing correction, and a simple journaling practice that helped me see the game—and myself—with more clarity. The Swing Change That…
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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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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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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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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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Follow Your Dream. Enjoy Your Journey. One Step at a Time.
For years, I’ve carried this simple mantra: Follow your dream. Enjoy your journey. I first read those words in a book Davis Love III wrote about his father. They stuck with me—quiet but powerful—through career changes, long drives, family decisions, and golf swings that either flew straight… or vanished into the trees. But over the…
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🔥 The First Bounce: Lessons from a Towel Drill
A few years ago, I was working with a Japanese LPGA player in Taiwan. Talented. Focused. Relentless on the range. But inside 60 yards, something wasn’t landing right. Her pitch shots looked good — clean contact, nice flight, soft landings — but she wasn’t scoring. So I laid a towel out 40 yards away. Folded.…
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Don’t Risk Your Good Name
After one moment on the golf course, a father shares a quiet but firm lesson about responsibility, reputation, and the strength of protecting your name.
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Find Your Birdie Formula: Stop Copying, Start Scoring
As a coach, one of the first things I always do with a player — whether amateur or professional — is a scorecard analysis. Numbers don’t lie, but our perceptions about our game often do. Many golfers think their strengths are the things they like to do, and their weaknesses are the things they avoid.…