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@ClassicSwingX @GBeardsley You must be better than the best players in the world!

@ForeCollegeGolf @GBeardsley If I’m chunking it, I’ve got bigger problems to think about.

Question: If I hit a thousand iron shots a month off the ground, why should I suddenly change my impact conditions by teeing it up on a few par 3’s? I can still set the ball up with a perfect lie. 🤔

@ClassicSwingX @GBeardsley And negate the chances of chunking it if it’s off a tee

@GBeardsley I get that, George. But, when I'm on a par 3, I can still set the ball on a little tuft of grass and have a dynamite lie.

This means that for a 4-round qualifier, the last person to qualify must shoot -4 under, while the winner shoots about -20 under. Pretty darn good!

The Top50 D1 teams report playing qualifying from an average distance of 7,072 with a course rating of 74. On average, they play 4 rounds of qualifying, and the winner of qualifying averages 67.2, while the 5th player usually has an average of 71.3

NEW LEGISLATION ‼️ NCAA Transfer Portal "Windows" are now 15-day windows after NCAA Nationals Men's Golf: opens on June 4th & closes June 18th Women's Golf: opens May 28th & closes June 11th

The "action phase" in college recruiting is the period between the initial contact date (June 15 after Soph Yr) until National Letter of Intent signing day (Nov, Senior Yr) This period spans 17 months or 550 days Make it count!

@LouStagner @pembelson Brother, a +5 would be a more realistic scenario!

What do you think about this question from @pembelson? - - - - - - Lou, Hypothetical question from my weekend group. A 5-index gets a full PGA Tour card for the season. Expenses paid, veteran caddie, practice rounds. We all agree he's never making a cut. But could he avoid finishing dead last just once? Let's assume he plays 50 events, that's 100 rounds. All he needs is one pro's worst day to line up with his best. Can it happen?

If you are a competitive player & you are attempting to shape driver BOTH ways during tournament rounds, you are losing unnecessary (fractional) shots to the field

If you panic during the below-average stretches, you slow growth If you stay steady, you allow skill to rise The goal is not to eliminate difficult tournaments The goal is to raise your average over time Variance is inevitable Acceptance and emotional control are skills

Why? Honestly... I’m not sure … Weather. Confidence. Energy. Focus. Random variance. Probably some combination of all of it. What I do know is this: Acceptance of variance is essential to development.

The math is predictable 16% of your shots will be below your norm 68% will perform around your norm 16% will be above your norm But tournaments don't distribute evenly Some weeks, our shots perform average to above average Other weeks, most perform average to below avg

@TerpsMGolf The Winter practice trips paying off!!! 🥶 to 🥵 🔥 🌵

Congrats to Emil Riegger on an outstanding performance, which tied his career low! 🐢🙌

@TerpsMGolf Let’s go Terps! Hope all the off season practice pays off the first few events!

Teeing off in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate today! 🐢 👉 bit.ly/46MX560

@RAMSR48 @dylan_dethier Too short, not too easy

@dylan_dethier Course is too easy now for it to be considered a Major, imo.

Seems like the PGA Tour wants the “5th major” debate back on. The Players Championship just dropped this new ad. Should get you fired up for TPC Sawgrass — but it’s the half-second at the end that’s going to raise eyebrows: “March is going to be major.”

@wesleybryangolf Your wife sent a letter to Monahan? 😂

**I AM NOT A PGA TOUR STAR**

Parent Recruiting Legend! 🚨 • PWO — Preferred Walk-On: Invited to join the team with a reserved roster spot, but no scholarship money. Treated similar to scholarship players in day-to-day operations. • WO — Walk-On: No guaranteed spot. Must earn a place through tryouts or camp. • PSA — Prospective Student-Athlete: Any athlete a college is evaluating or communicating with before enrollment. • OFFER (Scholarship Offer): A school is committing athletic scholarship money if the athlete accepts. • NON-COMMITTABLE OFFER: An offer that is conditional. The school likes the athlete but the offer depends on factors like camp performance, senior film, position needs, test scores, or other recruits committing. Not a guaranteed spot or scholarship yet. • NON-RENEWAL (Scholarship Not Renewed): Scholarships are 1-year deals. A non-renewal means the school won’t renew it for the next year. • GRAYSHIRT: Delay enrolling full-time until spring. Saves eligibility and scholarship numbers for the program. • REDSHIRT: Player sits out a season (up to 4 games in football) to save a year of eligibility. • BLUESHIRT: Player joins the team without a formal recruiting process; counts forward toward next year’s scholarship class. • TRANSFER PORTAL: Database where athletes can officially declare intent to transfer. • OV — Official Visit: School covers travel + expenses. Max 5 total for the athlete (new rule allows more, but only 1 per school). • UV — Unofficial Visit: Visit paid for by the family; athlete meets coaches and sees campus. • COMMIT: Athlete verbally agrees to attend a school.

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The U.S. pathway is more accessible for Int’l’s than ever before. Coaches are recruiting from countries that had no representation 20 years ago. Ireland, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia, & Portugal

If you’re a junior in the U.S., the recruiting is more competitive than it was for someone like myself in 2008. Today’s players are not just competing with players from their state or region. They are competing with players from all over the world.

@AOTtrades Heard! Thanks