The Measured Golf Podcast

Change That Sticks


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Change sounds inspiring until it asks you to feel awkward, look odd, and swing “worse” before it gets better. We dive into the real reason most golfers stall: chasing outcomes while avoiding the uncomfortable work of reshaping a motor pattern. Instead of miracle tips, we map a practical path that ties movement, club delivery, and ball flight together with measurement, clarity, and grit.

We talk about why grit often beats raw talent and how the “natural” label hides the hours of deliberate practice behind great performances. Then we connect that mindset to golf: launch monitor data reveals your pattern, while force plates or 3D motion capture expose the body motions driving it. With that insight, targeted drills act like training wheels—deliberate constraints that teach a new order of operations. You’ll see early gains in path, face-to-path, and strike quality before your feel catches up, which builds belief and momentum.

We also tackle fake progress. Playing the same course can trim strokes through familiarity without building portable skill. If you want a game that travels, you must rotate discomfort into practice: work on long irons and fairway woods, vary targets and lies, and test the motion at playing speed. Openness and commitment turn this into a sustainable process. A coach can diagnose root causes and design effective drills; only you can do the reps and bring the new pattern to the course under pressure.

Ready to trade comfort for capability? Follow our process: identify one root issue, measure it, train it with smart constraints, and reinforce it until it holds up on the tee, on the fairway, and under a card in your pocket. If this helped, subscribe, share with a golf friend, and leave a review so more players find the show. Got a topic you want us to cover next? Send it our way.

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The Measured Golf PodcastBy Michael Dutro, PGA

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