Brooks Koepka came out in an article today stating that he doesn't see that he has a rival, not even Rory McIlroy qualifies. Brooks sees himself as Number 1 in the world, more majors than anyone else in the last few years, and smooth sailing ahead. But what does the performance data on his golf say about his game, and what does it say about Rory's game. We have the data, let's review. Let's Tee It Up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife...

Three graduates of the Korn Ferry Tour battling it out for their first PGA Tour win. And none of them blinked, it was good golf right to the end. Lanto has an amazing story of perseverance, as do many who have come up through the mini tours. If we a feel-good win for everyone involved. Let's take a look at the data on how Lanto got it done, and see if there are some areas of his game that can make ours betters. Let's Tee It Up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame...

We have all heard that tension is a killer of good golf swings. But how can we identify tension in our golf swings, and how can be get rid of tension in our golf swings. I can promise you have never heard it covered quite like how Fred Shoemaker and Evan Schiller (Evan Schiller Golf Photography  view tension in the golf swing. If you would like to face the tension in your golf swing, and know how to dismiss it, this episode will be a good one. Let's Tee It Up! #golf #pgatour #golfers...

Henrik Stenson is a major champion, a silver medalist, he's won on 5 continents, a FedEx Cup and Race to Dubai Champion. And he has accomplished all of it using his trusty (and now dead) 3-wood. Ugh, what now. And a discussion on non-conforming clubs and what should be done, if anything, about the PGA Tour's decision to test 30 players each tour stop. Let's tee it up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses...

Kevin Na is learning how to win, and it is totally impressive. 3 wins in the last 3 years for a total of 4. And you won't believe how many tournaments he has played on the PGA Tour, it was crazy to see. Great data to review today! Let's tee it up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf #betterdatabettergolf #dataaxisgolf #golfislife #golfball #golftournament #golfcourse #golfrange #golfnews #instagolf...

The only connection we have with the club is through our grip, and yet the grip can be a very confusing topic for many golfers. We hear that a strong grip is better, or a weak one. We have a pro show us a "proper" grip, and it works for a while and we play better, and then we don't. The answer we learn from Fred Shoemaker is we should be playing with the best grip for us, the grip that our bodies are designed to use, but how can we easily find that grip, and keep it consistently? Let's tee it...

A three-year ban for a gesture? Wow! What a statement... in cultural hypocrisy. Let's tee it up. #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf #betterdatabettergolf #dataaxisgolf #golfislife #golfball #golftournament #golfcourse #golfrange #golfnews #instagolf #golfswing #golfing #golfaddict #nowhitebelts #talkbirdietome #FredShoemaker #Extraordinarygolf Follow us on Instagram:...

Cameron Champ is a special talent. He can hit is a very long way, and actually lead the 2017 US Open in driving distance as an amateur. Now as a two-time PGA Tour winner, can he settle down and play more consistently? Let's dive into the number that got it done this week, and take a look at where Cameron could do better based on his 2019 stats. Let's tee it up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf...

Wow, another really cool episode where Fred Shoemaker explains what we need to avoid in our own practice. You will find this fascinating, I know I did. The first time I heard this it blew me away, it still does. If we aren't careful we run the risk of actually practicing distrust while we are on the game. Sounds crazy right? Let's let Fred explain. Let's tee it up with Fred Shoemaker.  #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf...

Arnold Palmer said it best when he said "Swing your swing." Unfortunately many out there have interpreted that to mean, "do whatever crazy thing you want to do and you can still play great golf." That isn't what Mr. Palmer meant. We see unorthodox swings on the PGA Tour, and some have used those swings to be very successful and even win, but does that mean being unorthodox is best? Let's Tee It Up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife...

Joaquin Niemann was an accomplished amateur player, is one of only 3 to make it on to the PGA Tour going via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. And now is a winner on the PGA Tour. Let's review the data on how he got it done, and discuss how our benchmark number can help us all improve our games.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dataaxisgolf/message

For the first time in 28 years, the Player of the Year award based on the PGA Tour points system and the Player of the Year award based on the Tour player's opinion do not match up. Rory McIlroy was chosen as Player of the Year over Brooks Koepka by their fellow competitors. What happened? Do majors not matter to the Tour Players most anymore, or was there something else going on? Let's tee it up.  #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife...

Matt Kuchar finds himself at the end of another Twitter storm. He followed the new rules of golf, but some were upset (like Geoff Shackelford among others) that he was apparently not keeping within the spirit of the game of golf. The spirit of the game?!? Mercy... Let's Tee It Up!  #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf #betterdatabettergolf #dataaxisgolf #golfislife #golfball #golftournament...

Learning to play golf with freedom should be the goal of all golfers, but actually learning how to play that way isn't as simple as it sounds. Fear tends to creep in, worry about not looking bad in front of those we are playing with, or just not performing up to our capacity takes away our freedom. Fred Shoemaker shares his insight in how freedom is possible in golf in this insightful discussion. Let's tee it up!  #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons...

Many of us expect too much of ourselves on the golf course. We have it in our heads that the PGA Tour pros never miss a shot, or we have lofty expectations for our own games and aren't realistic. By understanding and knowing performance benchmarks we can no only relax and see our game in a correct light, but we can make sure we are working on the part of our game that is the weakest. Tour players do the exact same thing. What are your performance bench marks? Do you have a "tour quality game"...

Fred Shoemaker is a renown golf instructor. He founded a Top 25 rated golf school and has coached the brightest minds in golf. He has authored two amazing book on golf and was kind enough to share his insight with us in a lengthy discussion a few weeks a go. In this episode I have pulled out a very important part of the originally 45 minute discussion, and although this might be the shortest portion of the discussion, I believe it to be the most important and impactful when it comes to...

Rory McIlroy had a very consistent year, and he finished the year up with a $15 million payday at the FedEx Cup. Let's look at Rory's numbers compared to his 2019 averages and see what we can learn. Our benchmarks produced from the 2018 season held up well this year, and there will be minimal changes for the 2019-2020 season. Which is great new for those of us that like to use data, real data, to work on the weakest part of our games to get truly better. Let's tee it up!  #golf #pgatour...

Many of us were raised to believe that we had to learn skill and beat into our brains, body, muscle memory in order to become good golfers. Well, it turns out that isn't the case. Fred Shoemaker shares with us the proper mindset me must have to learn golf in a more meaningful and exciting way. This episode goes deep, it is one of my favorites and the very essence of the Extraordinary Golf School and Fred Shoemaker's unique and brilliant coaching methods. Let's tee it up. #golf #pgatour...

We have been fed misinformation for years on how to read greens, the best putting strokes, best grips, stance, balance, everything. But are you a better putter today than you were last year, or 5 years ago. The answer to that is probably no, not if you looked at the data. So why can't we get better? One simple sentence from Fred Shoemaker changed the way I putt today, and in less than a minute Fred Shoemaker took me from the worst putting of my life to the best ever. You can too, here is how....

What a crazy weekend of golf. For most of the weekend it appeared up to 6 players outside of the top 30 would make it to Atlanta, it didn't happen. Patrick Cantlay made sure that Justin Thomas earned the victory, they both played great and it felt like match play most of the day. The data proves Justin had a good week, let's tee it up and take a look! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf...

Here we are only one tournament left until the PGA Tour make it final stop of the year at East Lake for the Tour Championship. We have been told that there is quite a bit of volatility in the playoffs, but we have essentially 48 players, playing for eight spots. Let's see who those are! Let's tee it up!  #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf #betterdatabettergolf #dataaxisgolf #golfislife #golfball...

Bryson DeChambeau is an incredible talent; he has created quite a persona for himself as a mad golf scientist (which is a nickname I also claim for myself).  But unfortunately for him, he has also become known as a slow player, and last week sure didn't help anything. Bryson wants to play faster, but his slow play is the results of a much bigger problem. Let's tee it up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses...

It had been 16 months since Patrick Reed's Master's win. There were some ups and downs in his game; he mentioned his struggles in his post-tournament interview. If you listen between the lines, Reed shares some pretty important information on how to play our best golf. Let's tee it up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf #betterdatabettergolf #dataaxisgolf #golfislife #golfball #golftournament...

Wow, two good rounds, then a terrible third round. It has happened several times this year for Jordan Spieth. So... what is going on with Mr. Spieth? I have a few thoughts. Let me know what you think! Let's tee it up! #golf #pgatour #golfers #lovegolf #golfday #whyilovethisgame #golflessons #golflife #anythinggolf #beautifulgolfcourses #lovegolf #betterdatabettergolf #dataaxisgolf #golfislife #golfball #golftournament #golfcourse #golfrange #golfnews #instagolf #golfswing #golfing...