Earn Your Edge: Decoding Excellence in Golf & Life

Justin Thomas | Ep/069


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Justin Thomas is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. In 2017, he won five events, including the PGA Championship and FedEx Cup. Following that winning streak, Justin continues to be at his best and the top of his game. He shares how he approaches specific situations within competitive golf.   

Topics:

  • Health goals during quarantine and Rory’s Peleton cheat code
  • Origin Story: Growing up in golf family with dad as coach and experiencing support/success at an early age.  Competing in Class of 2011 with Jordan Spieth, Daniel Berger, ect.
  • Weak to Strong: Going from small and skinny to prioritizing speed, strength, and scoring
  • Balancing technical development and scoring skills: playing golf⁠— not golf swing
  • Role Models: How Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and others made an impact
  • Self-talk and Pressure-filled Situations: Relishing the moments in the heat of contention and learing from failures
  • Bad Warm-ups/Tactical Adjustments: How to ensure a bad warm up doesn’t equal a bad round 
  • Mental and Physical Readiness: rest and sleep goals and nutritional targets on week of an event
  • Recovery Period/Percentage: Monitoring biofeedback and psychological effects with Whoop
  • Off-week Practice: Sharpen skills via drills, finding time to play, and other techniques
  • Noise and Negative Energy: Why Justin leans into silence social media critics
  • Swing Thoughts: Figure out what’s going right or wrong, focus, and fix it   

Links and Resources:

Justin Thomas Foundation

https://www.justinthomasgolf.com/

Justin Thomas - PGA Tour Player

https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.33448.justin-thomas.html

No Laying Up Podcast

https://nolayingup.com/

U.S. Junior Amateur Championship

https://www.usga.org/junioram

U.S. Kids Golf

https://foundation.uskidsgolf.com/

U.S. Open Championship

https://www.usopen.com/players/33448.html

Peloton

https://www.onepeloton.com/

WHOOP

https://www.whoop.com/thelocker/whoop-strap-3-0-overview/

Altus Performance

https://altusperformance.com/

Altus Performance on Twitter

https://twitter.com/teamaltus

Altus Performance on Instagram

https://instagram.com/altusperformance

Altus Performance on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Altus-Performance-110002632382928/

PGA Tour

https://www.pgatour.com/

PGA Championship

https://www.pgachampionship.com/

FedEx Cup

https://www.pgatour.com/fedexcup/winners.html

TrackMan Golf

https://trackmangolf.com/

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