Learn how far your short shots fly - namely what I call a 9:00 swing for each of your wedges. 

Most poor putters have short back swings and long follow throughs - try the opposite for more stability through the hitting area.

Balance is a wonderfully simple swing thought that does the following:

1. Forces you to swing within your control

2. Removes many of the other tips and swing thoughts that you're dealing with

3. Forces you to basically make a reasonably fundamentally sound motion

4. Holding a balanced finish offers a ton of valuable feelings and feedback for you to improve

Give it a try...I promise it'll be refreshingly simple and effective. 

I was invited to play The Golden Bear Club today here in Orlando. My friend has lived in the community for a couple years now, but only last week decided to join the club. 

He was super excited to have us out there for the day...something we know is an incredible opportunity for a golf club to solicit membership referrals. 

KPI Golf's 85/50 Program in action...

Super simple...I want to talk with you about your golf game. Ask me whatever you want...

I've only got so much time in a day, but book a time slot as they're available at caseybourque.com/chat

I'll have you on the podcast and we'll talk about whatever you want - your questions, challenges, struggles or whatever. I'll do my best to point you in the right direction...and we'll share it with the world.

Looking forward to getting to know you. 

Got paired up with a great group of people randomly out in Amelia Island. I keep telling myself to do that more often...so much fun to go out and jump in with groups of people you don't know. Almost always works our wonderfully. 

In the process, I noticed a tendency that I see all too often. Those glancing golf shots that fade to the right and come up short of the target. So many people have that going on, and the fix is often a lot simpler than they think. 

Hopefully helped out my playing partners a little bit, and made their honeymoon just a half percent better! 

Gary Vaynerchuk has the record in my personal book for the highest ratio of total words spoken to me - words I disagreed with. About a million to zero.

His 79-21 rule is spectacular for business, but turns out it's not such a good strategy for golf. 

If you don't listen to Gary, go check out his stuff by the way. 

Finally found someone that I'm bringing on to begin helping us scale up our Web Design Phoenixmarketing agency. 

Hiring as a small business owner is not without its set of challenges. How do you take time out of an already full day to train someone to know what you know? How do you get to the point of entrusting them with executing on things only you have done previously? 

It'll always be a work in progress. I'm taking the mindset that I'm going to execute quickly and refine as I go...rather than delaying, thinking, calculating on something so riddle with uncertainty. 

Hard work and trust in good people is sure to pay off in my opinion...so that's what I'm going with.

In this episode, I'm interviewing David Mayo, the General Manager at Blue Sky Golf Club in Jacksonville, Florida. The club is managed by Hampton Golf, a company that KPI Golf is closely collaborating with on data-driven solutions. 

Hampton Connect is a brand new proprietary software just entering the golf facility marketplace. It allows club managers to access real-time performance data at their facilities, and the effects are incredible. David shares how his team is leveraging data and collaboration with Hampton HQ to refine operations, contain costs, drive additional revenues, and streamline staffing levels like never before. He also shares  the tremendous cultural shifts that have occurred at the facility with added transparency and understanding at all levels of the operation. 

Hampton Connect software is offered in conjunction with KPI Consult - a package offering recurring lightweight and affordable insights and deployable tactics to reach performance benchmarks at golf facilities. KPI Consult's "Guide Posts" bring aggregated data from thousands of facilities to help clubs understand where certain spending and performance ratios need to be in order for the club to be successful. 

For more info on KPI Consult, visit KPIGolf.com

Whether you're testing out new clubs (like I am) or coming out of winter hibernation, it's all about self awareness. You need to learn your own limitations and capabilities. 

One approach I've always taken in both respects is to try to temper expectations. It's easy to assume that your new clubs are going to be the miracle pill that solves all your problems. Hint: they won't 

If you've been hitting balls indoors all winter long, it's similarly easy to assume that you'll come out of the gates with guns blazing and playing your best golf. Hint: you won't. 

Best to taper your expectations, deploy patience, and bring a longer term set of goals to the equation.