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Nov 2024
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Leo Herrera Shares Course Management Ins...

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Leopoldo (Leo) Hererra is a professional golfer, a performance coach and the founder of "The Connected Golfer." Orginally from Venezuela, Leo represented his country in their national team and his success led him to being recruited to college (Univ. of Central Florida) in the USA.  During his time at UCF he discovered his purpose; he turned professional and founded "The Connected Golfer," a step-by-step model to help and guide golfers to their best golf ever.

He has also published a manual for better performance and he joins #OntheMark to talk about his career in golf, and help you level up your game by better Golf Course Management:

  1. Understanding, respecting, and playing to your strengths
  2. Target selection and aiming at the middle of the green
  3. Recovery from trouble and "taking your medicine"
  4. Shot placement and the value of putting up-hill
  5. Understanding course conditions and appropriate club selection, and
  6. Post-round reflections for growth.

Improve your course management and watch your scores improve.  Download and share or watch on Youtube by searching and subscribing to Mark Immelman.

 

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