PGA Tour Pro Dylan Wu on His Journey to Reach The Highest Level of Competition

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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924: Dylan Wu is an young PGA Tour Pro who impressively has made the cut on 33 of his 60 PGA Tour starts. He was a star golfer in college playing for Northwestern, but also a realist who knew that getting his degree was an necessary backup plan. In our conversation, he talks about his journey to the PGA Tour, his family’s passion for sports, how he selected one of his twin brothers to be his caddie, his fitness and nutrition regimens that are tracked through the MyFitnessPal app, and more.This week’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Please visit https://BetterHelp.com/golfsmarter to receive 10% off your first month! Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube for daily highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. We also post articles and video shorts on LinkedIn @FredGreene (from Novato, CA).This Friday on Golf Smarter Mulligans episode #240 we talk to Martin Chuck updates us on Tour Striker, talks about hitting down on the ball and answers a listener's question. This conversation was originally published on May 15, 2012 as Golf Smarter episode #333.Golf Smarter has been awarded the #1 spot in their list of Top 10 Golf Psychology Podcasts by feedspot.com Check it out at https://blog.feedspot.com/golf_psychology_podcasts/.Golf Smarter has also been named by golfspan.com as one of the 10 Best Golf Podcasts for 2023, including being named the BEST GOLF PODCAST FOR YOUR MENTAL GAME. Check it out at https://www.golfspan.com/best-golf-podcasts.Two ways to become a Golf Smarter Ambassador and receive a choice of one of these great prizes including:• A box of ODIN balls of your choice with the Golf Smarter logo. ODIN Golf is the only golf brand that sponsors and pays everyday golfers! See our custom page at odin-golf.com/pages/golfsmarter.• A Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com http://i.refs.cc/PpGqbWgd where you can choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 26 sizes!• A private link to Tony Manzoni’s video “The Lost Fundamental”. To win, either introduce an upcoming episode, or write a review from your podcast source, then send us what you wrote and where! Send your posted review or request to introduce an episode to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think I really learned my golf DNA. That's the simplest thing is probably just knowing what makes me Dylan Wu play his best golf, not trying to be somebody else. Like if you had to make a great player, like you're taking Rory McElroy's driving and you have Tigers ball striking. But like, just really for me, just realizing like what am I good at and like how I can play good golf. That's kind of how I attacked every golf course.
0:21.7	It might not fit my eye, but there's certain ways I can attack it in a way that's going to make me play my best golf. Say everybody's hitting driver on this hole just because it's a little longer and the cold curves right to left. I like to cut the ball. I'm going to hit the rewood here and it's still going to go in the fair way. So basically like doing the small things that take more confidence to do versus just doing what everybody else is doing.
0:40.2	Hi. going to go in the fairway. So basically like doing the small things that take more confidence to do versus just doing
0:38.7	what everybody else is doing.
0:40.3	Hi, this is John Dobson from Milwaukee, Iowa, and I play at Lake Panorama National Golf
0:46.5	Course.
0:47.5	This is Golf Smarter, number 924.
0:50.8	BGA Tour Pro Dylan Wu on his journey to reach the highest level of golf competition.
0:58.1	This is Golf Smarter.
1:01.0	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score
1:06.2	and raise your golf IQ.
1:08.8	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:13.6	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Dylan. Hello, Fred. Thanks for having me.
1:15.6	Hey, thanks for having your people reach out to me. I'm always fascinated. I generally don't
1:21.6	talk to PGA tour players or professional golfers, mostly golf instructors. I do love talking to their caddies,
1:30.3	so we can talk about that too. Because, you know, you guys have been burned by the media,
1:36.5	and so you don't necessarily want to answer a lot of things. So that's why I'm like,
1:40.1	yeah, we don't want to bug you. Do you want to bug you? But I've got you. So let's talk about your journey to professional golf and what level you're at.
1:52.3	So let's start from the beginning there.
1:54.8	Yeah.
1:55.1	So I grew up in Medford, Oregon.
1:57.2	So a town 25 miles from the border of California, about 80,000 people. So I'm the
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