The Impact AI is Already Having on Revolutionizing Golf Training

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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#967 Summary Jeehae Lee, co-founder of Sportsbox AI, joins us to discuss the revolutionary impact of artificial intelligence on golf training and coaching. As a former LPGA Tour player, Jeehae utilized her MBA and golf history to develop Sportsbox AI, an app that allows golfers to measure their swings using just their mobile phones, bridging the communication gap between coaches and players. Jeehae explains the importance of measurement in improving golf performance and shares insights on how the app can help golfers set personalized goals. The conversation also highlights real-world applications of Sportsbox AI, including its use by professional golfers and coaches, and its potential to transform the way golf is taught and learned. Takeaways Sportsbox AI allows golfers to measure their swings using mobile phones. Measurement is crucial for improvement in golf, just like in fitness. The app bridges the communication gap between coaches and golfers. Sportsbox AI provides universal terminology for better understanding. The app helps golfers set personalized goals based on their swing data. Real-time feedback is essential for effective practice and improvement. AI technology is transforming golf coaching and training. Professional golfers are using Sportsbox AI to enhance their performance. The app integrates with other technologies for comprehensive analysis. Sportsbox University offers educational resources for coaches to utilize the app effectively. 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). Receive three free gifts when you post an honest review about Golf Smarter on your favorite podcast app. Listen for details. This episode is brought to you by the PXG Irons Challenge. Take the PXG Irons Challenge. It’s a ton of fun and if PXG’s new Black Ops Irons don't outperform your current irons by delivering either more distance or tighter dispersion (that means better accuracy) during your fitting, you’ll get a $250 Mastercard Rewards Card. Hurry - this offer ends October 7th! Book your fitting today at PXG.com.This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Please visit indeed.com/GOLFSMARTER and get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT. Terms and conditions apply.This episode is also brought to you by Waitlist from Wine Access. Visit wineaccess.com/waitlist and use promo code "golfsmarter" for $25 off your first shipment!This episode is brought to you by Timeline Nutrition. Timeline is offering 10% off your first order of Mitopure. Go to timeline.com/GOLFSMARTER.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	This is Ray Sipriano out of Fort Worth, Texas, the home of the late great Ben Hogan.
0:08.4	I play out of Rockwood Golf Course in Fort Worth.
0:11.6	This is Golf Smarter, number 967.
0:14.7	On SportsBox, you're able to pull the ball data and the club data from Foresight devices directly into our app.
0:21.8	So you can see everything we measure on SportsBox alongside the outcome data.
0:26.0	But what Bryson specifically, Dana Dawquist, his coach, has been using Sportsbox for a couple
0:31.1	years now.
0:32.0	Bryson and Dana were like, we need to use this to figure this out for Bryson.
0:36.0	So what we did was we collected hundreds of his golf swings,
0:38.6	the week before the U.S. Open, by the way. And we were able to see what in his motion correlated
0:47.3	highly with a spin axis going positive, because that's a fade shot. And we used our sports science team and our data scientists
0:56.0	got to work on the data set and figured out that there were three things that are really
1:00.4	highly correlated with 70% plus correlated with the push fade shot. And so through data, not how it
1:07.4	looks or not someone's opinion, we were able to tell Bryson, when you do this versus this, you push-fated.
1:14.6	He acted on this information at Pinehurst, the week of the US Open this year.
1:19.6	And Dana and our team, we were there with Bryson, measuring every swing to see if he can hit the ideal ranges on sports box on the range.
1:27.9	And he got his swing to a place where it felt perfect.
1:31.0	Like, wow, this feels like when I shot 58, this is how free my swing felt.
1:35.6	And now I can do this.
1:36.9	And he went out and won the US open.
1:40.7	That's how the game should be played.
1:42.4	Like, we shouldn't go on a search.
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