The Golf Practice Podcast

Lawsonia, Anxiety, Basic Goodness

Pete, Jantzen and Andy recap their recent trip to Lawsonia before jumping into the deep end of anxiety in golf, and how changing perspectives can be helpful.

Golf Camp, Ram Dass, “**** oor e’er gettin’ bitter!”

Peter Donahue, Peter L, and Andy check in and talk about the less glamorous work of running a golf camp, a quote from Ram Dass, Golf in the Kingdom, and much more!

Excuses!

Pete, Andy, and Steve Schreck (!) come to you live from the patio at Canal Shores in our first podcast of the summer. They discuss all things related to excuses in the game of golf, and much more!

The Story of TGP at Canal Shores - with Peter Donahue

Tom Coyne's new book, A Course Called America, was released yesterday and features a chapter on Canal Shores, and two sentences mentioning a junior golf camp. Andy asks Peter to tell the story of how we got to this point.

The Tiger 5 and Simplifying Scoring

Pete, Jantzen, and Andy discuss "The Tiger 5," stats that Tiger Woods tracks when playing golf. 

The Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real

Andy, Pete, and Jantzen discuss a theory from French Philosopher Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) regarding the terms the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real. These ideas work together help give an understanding of how we see the world. As always, they cover how these ideas relate to and help us better understand golf and ourselves.

Excuses, Vision 54, Transitions, Inquiry

Pete, Jantzen and Andy discuss golf excuses, an exercise by Vision 54 coaches Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson about playing your best and worst golf. They end with a thought experiment developed by author Byron Katie called Inquiry.

SHORT SET MANIFESTO

Peter Donahue, Jantzen Miserak, Peter Leinenweber, and Andy Hayes come together once and for all to make the case that playing with fewer clubs is a better way to play golf. Unfortunately the audio file was damaged so the audio is not up to our standards. We thought it would be better to release it as is than to try to recreate the magic. Please consider this as "the lost episode."

A Social Media Fast, Tiger, Awareness of Awareness

Andy, Pete, and Jantzen recap their social media fast, and discuss the trade offs that come with it. They also go on a deep dive in exploring what exactly is awareness and how can being aware of our awareness impact our lives and our golf game.

Presence, The Art of Learning, Fate, Logical Determinism and the Multiverse

Pete, Jantzen and Andy discuss an excerpt from the book the Art of Learning, as recommended by Scott Fawcett. They they go into an idea presented by Erik Anders Lang regarding fate and logical determinism, and jump down the rabbit hole of free will and how it all relates to golf.