Good Misses

Kieran Harris and JT Perrine on what happens the week after somebody wins on tour: every golf account breaks down the swing, and this time the word is side bend. Jackson Koivun wins his first tournament and the internet gives his back two years. JT opens his Gears spreadsheet of 105 tour players to show how wide the ranges really are, why early extension isn't the demon it's made out to be, and how often the golfers who swear they early extend measure zero. Plus why JT plays better on 15 rounds a year, Kieran's two-year swing rebuild after tennis elbow, steel vs. graphite iron shafts, and the two questions Kieran texts back to every swing video: how's the contact and how's the ball flight? Chapters 0:00 Good Misses 0:26 Episode 5 0:40 JT and a high school senior figuring out life 1:23 Kieran at 17, dropped off at Queen's 2:58 How Kieran became a Canadian golf pro 4:31 PGA of America vs. PGA of Canada 5:39 The winning swings everybody's analyzing 6:22 Side bend is hot 7:05 Does the player see it? 7:17 "He's got two years and he's gonna hurt his back" 7:31 You have to have some side bend 8:04 How much is too much? 9:00 The pros read the comments too 10:28 He just beat the best player in the world 10:52 When a coach does worry about a back 12:35 Would you teach it to a 12-year-old? 12:59 First, do no harm 13:53 Side bend, defined 14:16 How often does it come up in a lesson? 15:15 JT's Gears spreadsheet 16:17 Tour average spine angle: 64 degrees 16:52 The range: 78 down to 51 17:40 Face on: 105 degrees 18:30 Kieran: it almost hurts just to pose it 19:23 Early extension, the big, bad demon 21:01 Half get closer, half get farther away 22:27 As long as it's functional 22:48 Spine angle from face on: 94 to 116 24:11 The same player owns both extremes 25:52 Why everyone studies the winner 27:03 No two silhouettes match, and a Golfing Machine hot take 27:50 Tilt at the top of the backswing 28:49 "But I'm supposed to hit down with my irons" 29:34 When the data takes the pressure off 31:00 "I gotta stop early extending" 32:06 Zero early extension on Gears 33:40 The toe hits and the chicken wing 35:49 Thousands of captures of average golfers 36:38 The part nobody talks about 37:27 90% of the time, it happens in the backswing 39:22 Why video fools you 40:00 Misunderstood and misdiagnosed 41:46 Show a golfer their swing and they see five things 42:47 Kieran picking apart his own swing 44:02 JT can't stand watching his 44:43 Better golf on 15 rounds a year 45:36 It's all timing 45:53 Kieran's two-year rebuild 47:47 130-gram X shafts and a little wobble 48:37 JT, range mats, and SteelFiber 50:37 The PXG fitter and the X flex 52:40 The Mitsubishi MMT and the archery department 54:23 Kevin Kisner couldn't draw it 56:22 Graphite vs. steel now 58:23 The college player at 118 degrees 59:46 Get ahead of the injury 1:00:55 One swing thought, not two 1:03:06 Kinematic sequence, explained 1:05:25 A two-year project 1:07:08 How's the contact and how's the ball flight? 1:08:31 There are ranges for everything

Kieran Harris starts with a scene every coach knows. A player hits a 7-iron on Trackman, it carries 135, and they turn around and say, "Man, that 7-iron should go 160 yards." JT Perrine hears it every single day. So where does the 160 come from? One thinned 8-iron that bounced up to a back pin. One 9-iron from 150 that finished 20 feet short and still counted as 150. The number sticks, and the only number you actually need, how far the ball flies in the air, gets ignored. Then Kieran's analogy, straight from the 2 a.m. feed with his new son. Getting him back to sleep usually takes an hour. One night it took 28 minutes. By the third night he expected 28, it took an hour and a half, and he was more frustrated than he'd ever been. Want turns into should fast, in parenting and in golf. From there: JT on why the hardest round of your life is the one right after your best. Ego golf vs. mastery golf, from the book Fearless Golf. Scottie Scheffler and why golf isn't his identity. The plus-one junior who shot 73, then 93, took a week away from the game, and came back with 69-75. The 8 a.m. lesson before a 10:30 tee time, and the trap hook that won a two-day tournament. Kieran's student who went 102, 93, 86, 76. The kid who won his first tournament on his own, in a playoff, and said, "I don't wanna do that anymore." Juniors who say they want to play on tour, and the question JT asks them back: what does a day in the life of Jackson Koivun look like? Sudarshan Yellamaraju renting Trackman time in Toronto when he was on no one's radar. Ryan Fox, major champion at 39. How much of golf is luck. And JT birdieing five of his last six after he'd given up on the round. Don't live in the shoulds. Chapters 0:00 Good Misses 0:29 Sunday morning in Toronto and Alabama 1:34 "That 7-iron should go 160 yards" 3:20 Kieran's 8-iron that "went" 165 4:46 Carry vs. total: the only number you need 6:02 JT: the 9-iron from 150 that isn't 8:21 Kieran's 2 a.m. bedtime analogy 10:11 28 minutes, door to door 11:48 When want becomes should 13:12 The hardest round is the one after your best 14:22 Ego golf vs. mastery golf 15:55 Scottie Scheffler: golf isn't his identity 16:47 Shooting your first 69 17:31 The junior who shot 73, then 93 19:16 A week without a club, then 69-75 20:14 You'll look back on this slump 21:51 The 8 a.m. lesson and the trap hook 23:23 Swinging the club is maybe 30% of it 25:04 Kieran's student and the low hook feel 26:35 Tournament golf takes guts 27:06 102, 93, 86, 76 29:03 He won his first real tournament, then stopped 33:19 The kid on the range 35:11 Burnout and playing every sport 36:43 Pumping the brakes 37:09 Juniors who say they want to play on tour 38:13 What does a day in the life of Jackson Koivun look like? 39:34 "We decided to homeschool him" 41:02 What it really costs 42:00 The pros who took the long way 42:44 Sudarshan Yellamaraju: on no one's radar 45:18 Aaron Rai, Ryan Fox, and a major at 39 46:35 Not a great golfer until his 30s 48:16 Major winners keep getting older 48:40 Ryan Ruffels and the influencer route 50:19 How much of golf is luck? 51:42 The breaks you don't count 52:59 A playing partner, a par 5, and attitude 56:01 JT: five birdies in the last six 57:48 Play it as it lies 58:46 Bedtime, with modest expectations 60:43 The nights you'll miss 63:37 Don't live in the shoulds 64:05 Love the game 64:35 One more thing: the trouble is in the front Good Misses is Kieran Harris and JT Perrine, part of the Funnel Golf slate. Kieran runs Feel Good Golf Academy in Toronto. JT is part owner of Fairhope Golf Works in Fairhope, Alabama. New episodes every week. #GoodMisses #FunnelGolf #GolfMindset #GolfLife #TournamentGolf

Kieran and JT set out to talk about one thing and talked about everything else. Waffle House Sundays, a park bench in Paris, Bandon Dunes at 36 a day, Sweetens Cove and a dog named Birdie, and playing golf in jeans and Converse. Then the dress code: a golf pro with a ruler measuring a skirt, the sock rule at a Tillinghast club, the guy oiling up on the first tee, and JT's line that if a collared shirt bars somebody from the game, get rid of it. The last third is for anyone who wants to teach golf for a living: 500 bosses, why they both left the private club world, and the two credit cards JT opened for his first Trackman. Chapters 0:00 Good Misses 0:24 Sunday morning in Toronto and Lower Alabama 2:08 Waffle House Sundays 3:52 Over medium, and the greatest condiment in the world 5:47 Paris, the Medici Fountain, and an hour with a book 8:05 The best things happen between the itinerary 8:41 Birdie runs, flow, and expectations 9:37 Learning golf in one hour for the bachelor party 10:50 The best rounds are the ones you didn't plan 11:39 Kieran's South Florida winters: MacArthur, Seminole, Jupiter Hills 13:48 The best greens I ever putted on: 16.5 on a Tuesday 15:13 JT's Bandon Dunes trip: 36 a day, three sets of rain gear 19:00 The Robert Trent Jones Trail 19:39 Lakewood, the US Senior Women's Amateur, and a 12 minimum 21:59 $55 for 18 at Magnolia Grove 22:23 Sweetens Cove: shipping container clubhouse and Birdie the dog 24:46 Golf in jeans, a T-shirt, and Converse 25:28 The dress code debate 25:47 Measuring a skirt hem with a ruler 26:35 Coaching in a hoodie 27:35 The accountant in shorts 28:25 JT: torn on tradition 29:24 A 115-degree heat index 29:54 The course where nobody knows JT is a pro 31:06 If a collared shirt bars somebody from the game, get rid of it 32:00 Tradition is peer pressure from dead people 32:51 Herman in a cable knit sweater in July 34:05 The guy oiling up on the first tee 35:25 Does a polo make you a better person? 36:18 Barefoot golf and board shorts 37:16 Winged Foot, Baltusrol, Oakmont: dress for the cathedrals 38:00 Private vs. public: a bifurcated system 38:46 Just be good to play with 39:04 The 5,000-word code of conduct 39:35 The sock rule at a Tillinghast club 41:26 Playing untucked for the first time 43:01 What we wear when we teach 46:32 Why we left private club life 47:11 500 bosses 48:05 They come to see me now 49:03 Golf pros: some of the hardest working people alive 50:06 Underpaid and overworked 50:53 You wear every hat 51:32 Emerson Mahoney parks a kilometer away 52:55 How do you make a living teaching golf? 54:32 Scared to make the jump 55:09 Advice for a young pro who wants to teach 56:55 You get good at coaching by coaching 57:15 Two years under Henry Brunton 58:23 We're on the same team now 59:48 JT's advice: Trackman University and the D-plane 61:26 Understand the physics of the strike 62:06 Invest in technology early 62:53 Two credit cards and a $29,000 Trackman 64:41 The $500 Garmin 66:27 Every piece of equipment changed my eyes 68:30 Force plates are on the way 69:21 All the BS is gone. Show me the truth 70:01 Wrap Good Misses is Kieran and JT, part of the Funnel Golf slate. New episodes every week. Be your own coach. #GoodMisses #FunnelGolf #GolfDressCode #GolfTrip #GolfLife good misses, funnel golf, kieran harris, jt, golf podcast, golf dress code, golf dress code debate, collared shirt golf, golf tradition, lou stagner, peer pressure from dead people, golf trip, bandon dunes, sweetens cove, robert trent jones trail, macarthur golf club, waffle house, how to become a golf coach, golf teaching professional, club pro life, private club dress code, trackman university, golf culture, casual golf, golf etiquette

Tiger told Scottie he doesn't take a divot when he's flushing it. Kieran and JT explain why: low point. This episode covers attack angle the right way, arc depth control as maybe the number one skill in golf, the Scottie Scheffler time machine, and the $25 Sharpie-on-a-mat drill. Then the equipment half: why the driver came out low, get fit first or take lessons first, handle draggers, 4-inch-long clubs, and the guy who has snapped 35 to 40 shafts over his knee. Chapters 0:00 Good Misses 0:24 Live and unscripted 1:01 Launch monitors everywhere 2:10 Attack angle, defined. And the divot mistake 3:54 The hula hoop: low point moves attack angle 6:46 How much attack angle do you actually need? 9:49 Arc depth control 11:12 Robert Rock's 28 identical divots 12:36 Tiger doesn't take divots. Here's what he does 14:37 The only sport where you compare yourself to the pros 17:43 Why coaches don't say "hit down on it" 19:16 Brush the mat: the Sharpie drill 20:32 The Scottie Scheffler time machine 22:55 Tour players' half-inch low point 23:54 Kieran's training aid is a golf tee 26:38 Why the driver came out low 28:01 Fitter and coach in the same room 30:10 Lie angle and launch direction 32:35 Get fit first or take lessons first? 34:05 The handle dragger problem 38:38 The 4-inch-long clubs 43:42 Goodwill clubs vs. a $3,000 fitting 46:13 KBS's number one customer 47:48 Attack angle takeaways 52:13 Arc depth is the number one skill in golf 53:51 Same low point, fat shot and thin shot 57:30 Free Trackman definitions 59:54 Today's lesson: the 7-yard sand wedge 63:16 Scottie checks his grip every single shot 65:50 Brush the mat Good Misses is Kieran and JT, part of the Funnel Golf slate. New episodes every week. Be your own coach. #GoodMisses #FunnelGolf #GolfInstruction #AttackAngle #TigerWoods

Kieran Harris and JT are full-time golf coaches, one in Toronto and one on the Alabama Gulf Coast. In the first episode of Good Misses they take on the noise: jargon that sounds smart and helps nobody, death by a thousand swing tips, and the algorithm that keeps feeding you more. Along the way: why nobody coaches Josh Allen the way golf coaches golfers, what Butch Harmon actually asks Tiger Woods between rounds, the golf swing in two sentences, and Josh Donaldson, the 2015 AL MVP who swings it in the 130s. New episodes every Tuesday. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:28 Meet Kieran and JT 4:31 Golf isn't that serious 7:41 Indoor golf and the offseason advantage 11:57 Tour clubs and signed major flags in the shop 13:54 Josh Donaldson: the MVP who swings it in the 130s 16:01 Josh Allen's golf swing 17:19 Is all this golf content making anyone better? 18:46 Death by a thousand swing tips 23:41 Golf's jargon problem 27:26 Nobody coaches Josh Allen like this 28:41 Clickbait and the attention economy 30:06 Never take a tip from someone who hasn't seen you swing 32:26 What Butch Harmon actually asks Tiger Woods 35:52 Who to follow online for golf instruction 41:10 How to know you have a good coach 45:26 The golf swing in two sentences 48:40 The left-handed pitcher playing golf right-handed 53:21 Contact vs face angle: which matters more? 58:56 The only thing the ball has feelings about 62:50 Trackman never made a birdie