Break 90 in 90 Days

You know that saying...

A bad day on the course is better than a day at work

I‘ve never really loved that line because if you ask me, I‘d rather sit in an office than fight the urge to break my putter over my knee all day. I guess it depends on what day job you have.

Regardless, wouldn‘t you prefer to eliminate the frustration altogether?

No golfer can eliminate bad golf shots entirely, but if you understand the golf swing and have a system to work from, you can reduce those agonizing rounds filled with chunks, tops, shanks, and blowup holes dramatically.

Instead of feeling lost and helpless out there, you can use your bad rounds as constructive feedback and learn from them. You can diagnose and fix problems before they get bad.

Why Golf Instruction is so Expensive

Forbes published a study in 2018 that estimates in the U.S. alone, the game of golf supports 1.9 million jobs and over $58 Billion in annual compensation.

Golf instruction is just a small portion of this total, but is by no means a “small“ industry.

A single, hour-long golf lesson can cost upwards of $200 depending on the instructor, and that is just one hour! Most golfers will purchase multiple lessons per year, and continue purchasing lessons ad infinitum.

I get it. If you can afford it, in-person lessons with a great instructor is an awesome way to get outside, enjoy the weather, and improve your game. But for most golfers, paying $50 for an 18 hole round is plenty of money to spend in a week.

Golf lessons are expensive for two reasons.

1. Golf is hard
2. The golf industry tries to convince you that the golf swing is too complicated to learn on your own (it‘s not)

You pull one lever down and another goes up. Ever wonder why your swing feels different from day to day?

Taking golf lessons can be effective in the early stages and the elite stages of the game. But there is an “in-between period“ that many golfers go through; a period where you get stuck and can‘t seem to make forward progress.

The golf store is distracting.

What if all the shiny clubs, fancy training aids, and endless drills were simply a distraction from what we are really trying to achieve in this game?

What if I told you that you could break 90 with a used set of clubs, a single training aid, 3 short game drills, and a smartphone camera?

If you really think about it, why would a golf instructor explain everything he/she knows about golf to you as the student? If he/she did that, there would be no more students to teach.

The more convinced you are that golf is an untameable beast, the more lessons you are willing to take.

I‘m here to change that mentality.

I wasted 2 years practicing the wrong things

If I had to do everything over again, there is one thing that I would change.

Instead of constantly diagnosing and “fixing“ my swing flaws, I would have learned the cause and effect relationships in the golf swing first, and then started playing “golf doctor“.

Years ago, my golf improvement looked something like this:

I would fix one part of my swing to discover the next day that I had broken another part.

Fix my takeaway, break my transition.

Start making short putts, start blowing lag putts 10 feet past the hole.

Fix my driver swing, mess up my wedge play.

The cycle was endless.

You can avoid this endless cycle

The fact that you‘re here means you have already started beating this cycle that most golfers go through.

There is a way to improve your golf game without praying to the golf gods for lucky bounces, favorable winds, and good lies.

Unfortunately, the answer is not glamorous, and it is not overly complex like you may be used to seeing in this industry.

My goal at The DIY Golfer is to keep things real and simple. There is no need to buy multiple training aids, go through a different swing drill each day, or purchase Scotty Cameron‘s latest putter release (although I am a sucker for those putters!).

If you want to put an end to the blowup holes, fat chip shots, and lack of consistency out there, you need a plan moving forward.

You need to focus in on the few things that actually matter in golf.

This is how you break 90 consistently

If you can put a check by all the following boxes, you don‘t need this course. You are already doing things right.

• I film and analyze my swing from the DTL and FO view
• I maintain a geometrically flat left wrist through impact
• I can aim my putter dead center of the cup on a straight, 10 foot putt without assistance
• I have a repeatable and trustable pre-shot routine
• I practice the short game more than my long game

Chances are, you probably don‘t check all the boxes. I certainly didn‘t, and I have yet to meet a mid-to-high handicap golfer who does (and even some low handicappers!).

In the Break 90 in 90 days course, my goal is not to perfect every part of your game.My goal for you is twofold:

1. I want you practicing more efficiently on the things that actually matter
2. I want you to learn why the golf swing behaves like it does

But I don‘t have 7 days a week to practice

I get it.

You have a job, a family, a dog, and way too many leaves to clean out of the gutter this weekend.

Fortunately, breaking 90 consistently is very different from breaking 70 consistently. It does not require you to practice every day of the week.

But it does require you to make excellent use of the time that you do have, and that is where the Break 90 in 90 Days course comes in.

During this course, you will get a short lesson (5-20 minutes) each weekday, and I will give you some quick and easy exercises to do during the busy week.

On the weekend, it is your job to get out to the course and apply what you learned during the week. I can‘t do it for you, but I can guide you every step of the way.