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Jan 2025
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SpeedGolfRob on How to Simplify the Game...

PGA TOUR
About this episode

Rob Hogan is an Irish golf professional, coach and author.  He is also a 2-time Wolrd Speed Golf Champion - an achievement led him on a journey of discovery into how golf improvement and better scoring could be simplified.  Enter teacher "SpeedGolfRob" and his student "Marucci" - a golf improvement personality that has taken social media by storm.

Completely in character, Rob joins Mark Immelman to help golfers simplify their mindset, their approach to technique, and their approach to scoring lower while out on course.

Hogan, ever entertaining and passionate dives into the following concepts:

  1. Unlocking your natural instinct and settling into your rhythm
  2. Realizing how good you are and allowing your practice to come out under pressure
  3. Reducing anxiety in golf and being "loosey goosey"
  4. Making your swing match your body type
  5. Imitating the correct model
  6. Throwing a stone to swing more effectively
  7. The Holy Grail position in the golf-swing
  8. The argument for a neutral grip
  9. A mind-set shift in how to deliver the club more effectively into impact
  10. Trusting your implements and making the ball the target, and
  11. How you can swing the club like a PGA TOUR Pro in 10 seconds!

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