The Art of Recognizing That Every Golf Shot Is Unique featuring Gary Nicol | golf SMARTER #860

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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860: Gary Nicol is the Co-Founder and Coaching Director at TPEGS (Tour Pro Experience Golf Schools). Since the 80s, he’s helped thousands of golfers around the world including over 30 European Tour Professionals and numerous Ryder Cup players, amassing 10 wins as a coach. He’s also co-authored a series of three books with Karl Morris (episode 855), combining their efforts as a golf coach and mental coach providing great insights for all golfers. The latest book, “The Lost Art of The Short Game” isn’t about mechanics, but the emotional and mental approach to playing your best from inside 100 yards. Find their books on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3qzgjXh Check out the video of this complete interview on our GolfSmarterTV YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/_p4UD36vhcE This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #176 Brady Wilson from the Classic Club in Palm Desert discusses prepping a Jr golfer for college. We also break down Rory McIlroy's meltdown at the 2011 Masters, as this was recorded the week after the event. His insights are still relevant today. This is part 1 of 2, which will conclude next week. .Become a Golf Smarter Ambassador by introducing our next episode! For your effort you’ll receive a choice of prizes including a Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com. where you can choose from 11 styles of gloves in 26 sizes! Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and we’ll assign you an episode number and a brief script to record for the intro of the show. In addition to sharing your home course, you now have the opportunity to offer your favorite Golf Smarter lesson, episode, insight or teacher. Thanks to RedRoosterGolf.com for giving a new glove to every Golf Smarter Ambassador who introduces an upcoming episode!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	A few weeks ago, the guy who I've known for a long time, I've known socially, known professionally,
0:06.9	and he said, do you think I take my golf too seriously, Gary? And I said, no, I think you take
0:11.0	yourself too seriously. Oh, it was a bit of a punch of the solar plexus. He wasn't quite expecting
0:17.7	that. And he kind of looked at the ground and he looked up at me and he looked me straight in the eye he said ah good observation it's very true I don't even
0:25.5	think about the game as a game it's all about me that okay how about you play the game as
0:31.7	it was intended to be played as a game it's supposed to be fun this is your leisure time
0:36.5	no one is holding a gun to your head
0:38.5	and dragging you against your will. You are choosing to do this. You are paying to do this.
0:44.0	And yet you're beating yourself up every time you play. Where's the fun in that?
0:48.8	Hi, this is Gary Nicol, co-author of the Lost Art of the Short Game. And this is Golf Smarter,
0:53.9	number 860. The Art of the Short Game. And this is Golf Smarter, number 860.
0:56.2	The art of recognizing that every golf shot is unique with author and instructor, Gary Nicol.
1:03.3	This is Golf Smarter.
1:06.2	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your
1:12.3	golf IQ. Here's your host, Fred Green. Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Gary.
1:19.4	I'm delighted to be back and great to see you again, Fred. Great to see you again as well. We really
1:24.7	enjoy having you. I guess this is kind of part two about the book,
1:28.8	The Lost Art of the Short Game, because we already had Carl on the show.
1:34.9	Sure, yes.
1:36.4	But, you know, it's an interesting collaboration between the two of you because he's focused
1:41.1	more on the mental side of the game. you are a coach uh you not just a
1:48.8	swing mechanics coach but you no yeah i mean coach european tour players i both set out in our
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