The “Tiger5”: A Cure for the Most Common Round Killers with Scott Fawcett

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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930: Scott Fawcett is a self-proclaimed “data nerd” who created the Decade Golf App. The app combines PGA Tour scoring statistics and shot distribution patterns to provide golfers with a strategic plan for every round of golf that includes a range of features, including stat tracking, yardage books, and driving targets to help golfers of all skill levels improve their game. Visit Decade.golf for more.This week’s episode is sponsored by Indeed. Please visit indeed.com/GOLFSMARTER and get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT. Terms and conditions apply. 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).Golf Smarter Mulligans is going on hiatus until the start of April when we return with our annual Tony Manzoni marathon, including a new episode that was recently discovered that we’ve not shared before.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 goodpods as #5 in their Top 100 All Time Indie Golf podcasts!Two ways to become a Golf Smarter Ambassador and receive a choice of one of these great prizes including:• A pack of 8 Flightpath Golf Tees. A Tee Above All. Learn more at https://flightpathgolf.com.• A Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com where you can now choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 34 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	So what do you think the most common mistakes are? I love when people say, you know, the old sniper
0:07.2	mentality of aim small, miss small. I'm like, yeah, but we're never going to miss small in golf.
0:11.6	So I like the idea of aim small and accept you're going to miss big. But if there's any one thing
0:16.1	that I would say to really answer your question besides work on your speed, hit driver more
0:20.1	often, hit driver with
0:21.4	only one shape like those are just mandatories.
0:23.8	But then it's what we call the Tiger 5 because he's infinitely smarter in the game of golf than I am.
0:29.6	Tiger was getting frustrated with feeling like he was making the same mistake every day.
0:33.8	But instead of laughing about it, he sat down and came up with the five things that were the most common mistakes he felt like he was making that were silly.
0:42.0	And they are bogeys on par fives, doubles, three putts, bogeys with nine iron or less, and then what he called blown easy saves.
0:50.0	And so Tiger somehow figured out that if he could keep those five mistakes to six or fewer per tournament, that he would win.
0:56.8	Hi, this is Jim Nanssted from Louisville, Ohio, and I play at Windmill Lakes Golf Club.
1:03.4	This is Golf Smarter Number 930.
1:07.7	The Tiger 5, a cure for the most common round killers with the creator of the decade golf app, Scott Fussat.
1:14.8	This is Golf Smarter, sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:25.4	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:28.0	Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Scott.
1:30.7	Absolutely. Thanks for having me, Fred.
1:32.0	I'm really looking forward to it.
1:33.4	I am looking forward and talk to you again, too, because you were on a couple of years ago
1:38.3	when you were first introducing, I think it were first introducing.
1:42.1	Pretty close, yeah.
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