Prepared to ruffle some feathers with this one...
In 2018, the average male hit their driver 224.0 yards.
In 2025?
224.1 yards.
8 years. A tenth of a yard.
So remind us again why recreational golfers need a rolled-back ball?
THE DATA: https://t.co/U97DxNXpiP
Anthony Kim’s career is one of those stories you don’t really understand until you’ve lived a few chapters of your own life.
I was a big AK fan when he burst onto the tour. He didn’t play it safe.
You could feel the belief.
Then he disappeared from competitive golf. Injuries. Pressure. The stuff people don’t see when they’re watching highlights.
What hit me about his return isn’t the leaderboard. It’s the willingness to be seen again.
Starting over publicly is harder than winning privately.
We talk a lot about performance.
We don’t talk enough about recovery.
AK’s story matters because it reminds you that comebacks are not aesthetic.
They’re awkward, uneven, and deeply human. And sometimes, just showing up again is the real win.
One of my favorite responses to this question when I've asked it before...
"Getting better at golf is like diligently investing your money in low cost index funds while simultaneously playing gas station scratch-offs"
‘We’re going to be the NEW old school.’
Collin Klein is the new head football coach at Kansas State.
He just delivered one of the best introductory press conference speeches I've ever heard.
This is a must watch for coaches, fans or any leader.
A quote I once heard that will ring true for everyone...
"You can't fake a 5 iron"
What does this mean?
It means that if you have some swing issues, you may be able to get away with them with your short & mid irons (SW - 6 iron)...
But once you start hitting 5 iron or more, your swing tendencies will start to show more
When you think your swing is in a good spot, grab a 5 iron & practice. You'll soon find out. You can't fake a 5 iron... 👊
The coach I heard this from was Jeff Smith (Radar). Former coach of Viktor Hovland.
Tommy could be forgiven for not working hard on his game considering he won the FedEx Cup & hit it AMAZING at the Ryder Cup
But what makes these guys SO GOOD is no matter how they play (good or bad), they stick to their drills literally every range session
They always have their 1-2 things that they work on and maintain
The recreational golfer continues to chase the next best drill instead of doing what they have been told to do for a long enough period of time
Golfers want to be “more consistent”…
For that to happen, you need to display consistency in your training
Coaching defined.
“The only thing I have control of is, am I putting them in position every day in practice to learn how to win?”
Geno Auriemma 🥇
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There are two success paths in life:
1) Do nothing. Want nothing.
2) Pick a direction and ride the chaos as long as you can until nature finds your equal.
I tasted success as a young man but was never able to sustain it, because I lived by "feel" instead of by "have to".
Once I stopped making excuses and started doing things because I had to, instead of because I wanted to, everything changed.
This goes HARD.