A 15 Handicap Tries to Go Pro w/ Tom Coyne

The Sweet Spot - Golf Podcast

Adam Young/Jon Sherman

Sports, Golf

4.8 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Everyone wants to know how good they could get with unlimited time and resources. Renowned author Tom Coyne joins the show to discuss the time he tried this for his best-selling book, Paper Tiger. We also discuss some of his work for the Golfer's Journal's newest book release - Quiet, Please. To learn more about this project, you can visit https://www.golfersjournal.com/ Thanks to our show sponsors Aura Frames, HackMotion, LMNT, and The Indoor Golf Shop: If you’re scrambling for a meaningful holiday gift, Aura Frames is an easy win—simple setup, a beautiful rotating display of your favorite memories, and you can even preload photos before it ships. We’ve had one in our kitchen for a month and my family loves it. Get $35 off the Carver Mat at AuraFrames.com with promo code SWEETSPOT • Level up your swing this off-season with HackMotion — the ultimate wrist and clubface feedback tool that’s like having a coach on your wrist. Trusted by over 30,000 golfers, HackMotion helps you master wrist angles for more consistent ball striking, better control, and lower scores. Try it risk-free for 30 days and get 20% off this November at ⁠https://hackmotion.com/sweetspot⁠ • As we enter the fall season, many golfers will be looking to upgrade their indoor practice. I've been trusting The Indoor Golf Shop for years and recommending them to anyone who wants to improve their home setup. They offer all the top launch monitor brands, including SkyTrak, Uneekor, and Foresight, and regularly run sales. They also have everything you need for your indoor practice - hitting mats, golf nets, impact screens, and custom enclosures. If you're looking for a custom residential build to have the simulator of your dreams, their team can make that happen. They built mine! And their designers can also handle any kind of commercial facility where you're building from scratch or want to make an upgrade. To learn more, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shopindoorgolf.com/⁠ • If you want to take your hydration to the next level without sugar and all of the other dodgy ingredients in sports drinks, then you need to try LMNT. They just released a limited edition lemonade blend for the summer months. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drinklmnt.com/sweetspot⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to claim your free gift. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As we enter the fall season, we're proud to have the indoor golf shop as a sponsor of the sweet spot.
0:06.1	I've been trusting them for years and recommending them to anyone who wants to improve their home setup.
0:11.4	The indoor golf shop has all the top launch monitor brands like SkyTrack, Unicor, Trackman, Foresight, and are always running sales.
0:19.7	They have everything you need for indoor practice like hitting mats, nets, impact screens, and are always running sales. They have everything you need for indoor practice like
0:22.1	hitting mats, nets, impact screens, and custom enclosures. If you're looking for a custom
0:27.6	residential build to have the simulator of your dreams, their team can make that happen. They even
0:32.9	built mine. And their team of designers can also handle any kind of commercial facility,
0:38.2	whether you're building from scratch or want to make an upgrade.
0:41.1	So if you want to see their latest deals, visit their website at shopindoregolf.com.
0:46.7	Feel free to call their team directly and their experts can help you with just about any budget.
0:51.9	Once again, visit shop indoor golf.com.
0:55.2	Wrist mechanics are very important in the golf swing. Just a little bit more flexion here
1:00.0	or more rotation there can dramatically affect your shot outcome. And most amateurs use completely
1:04.9	different wrist motion patterns to professionals. The problem is, it's difficult to know what you're
1:10.0	doing with the wrists, as the camera can lie to you, and you might not know what you're doing with the wrists, as the camera
1:11.5	can lie to you and you might not know what you should be doing.
1:14.6	This is where Hack Motion comes in, gives you real-time feedback on all the subtleties of your
1:19.7	wrist motion in the swing, you can see changes from shot to shot, and even compare your
1:23.9	wrist motions to the pros.
1:25.9	And then Hack Motion can set up training plans to make
1:28.3	any changes you need to help you improve your accuracy and strike quality. I use it as a coach
1:33.7	and over 30,000 golfers worldwide are happy with their purchase. You can try it for free, for
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