Good Misses

Kieran Harris and JT Perrine open the trash folder of golf media. A post titled "PGA Instruction is a Money Scam" pulls 189 comments from the biggest names in instruction, and the guy who wrote it sells his own online lessons; another coach reads his one and two star Skillest reviews on camera. JT on instructor feuds that almost feel staged, why loud and simple beats nuance (most people are followers), player first versus profile first accounts, and the credential arms race in every bio. Then AI: the zoo dog that fooled JT's wife, the same flyer template every coach uses, swing apps that never ask you a question, JT's prediction that the flat-range club pro with no video and no Trackman is gone in three to five years, vibe coding plates, Gears, and Trackman into one screen, the golf cart that killed the caddy and the robot that's next, a golfer cutting 36 staff to two, and Brian Manzella hunting down The Golfing Machine in 1982.Chapters0:00 Good Misses0:28 Who's reading this, and who wants this?1:08 Kieran: burnt out and filtering the feed2:24 Golf instructor feuds that feel staged3:07 "I'm hoping that I'm wrong about something"4:25 The "certified not PGA professional"5:16 Reading his one-star Skillest reviews6:33 "PGA Instruction is a Money Scam"7:15 Why loud, simple accounts win9:01 JT the Trackman Master (and trashcan master)12:14 Player first vs. profile first13:50 Credentials in the bio: how do you know?20:18 Everyone's using the same AI flyer template22:53 The AI swing app that never asks you a question24:34 The flat-range club pro is in danger25:29 Vibe coding plates, Gears, and Trackman into one screen28:30 Nobody's gonna have the secrets anymore35:21 The golf cart killed the caddy36:31 Kieran's anti-AI rant: 36 staff down to 240:36 Brian Manzella hunting The Golfing Machine in 1982

Kieran Harris and JT Perrine take on the next round of range myths: hit down on the ball, you have to take a divot to compress it, I just slowed it down, the slow-motion practice trend, and don't roll your hands versus hit it with your hands. Then the things that actually fix people: the Goldilocks principle (reverse the problem and calibrate the middle), JT's take on the video with four ways to close the clubface (your pivot is not one of them), Tiger saying he does it with his hands, the 2 to 1 ratio of path to face, what one degree really looks like, why a half-degree fix at impact is pure hand-eye coordination and timing, Zach Johnson's six-degree path, whether a swing change ever feels natural, and Kieran's cure for toe-hit fairway woods: aim for the heel.Chapters0:00 Good Misses0:35 Shout out to memes5:41 Myth: hit down on the ball8:05 JT: brush the mat in front of the ball10:13 Myth: you need a divot to compress it12:42 "I just slowed it down"15:00 The slow-motion trend on Instagram17:43 Kieran: full speed, right away20:58 Don't roll your hands vs. hit it with your hands22:48 "Show me one that goes right"24:02 The Goldilocks principle26:10 "You just trained the whole internet"27:21 "You cannot close the clubface with the pivot"30:00 Tiger: "I do it with my hands"32:49 The 2 to 1 ratio35:29 What one degree looks like40:48 Zach Johnson's six-degree path47:49 Waiting for it to feel natural50:13 Feelings are rented, not owned59:03 Every fairway wood off the heel

Kieran Harris and JT Perrine take on the advice every golfer has heard from a buddy, a dad, or the guy on the next mat: keep your head down, eye on the ball, keep your left arm straight, keep your right elbow tucked, never lift your left heel. A newer golfer fixed in a 12-second conversation, a Gears lesson that found 35 yards, the dad barking eye on the ball at a 7-year-old, why the culprit is the right arm and not the left, Rory McIlroy's 55 degrees of right elbow bend, JT coming out and saying he hates the towel drill, the method pro at Abacoa, Tiger and Molinari at the 2019 Masters, and the question to close: more majors won by heel lifters or non-heel lifters?Chapters0:00 Good Misses1:45 The resident expert at the public range2:46 Myth: keep your head down6:40 A 12-second conversation7:41 35 yards on Gears11:25 No other sport keeps something still12:26 Myth: eye on the ball19:08 "I don't even know if I should say this on camera"21:16 Myth: the lead arm has to be straight23:34 The culprit is the right arm24:45 Rory McIlroy: 55 degrees27:48 Myth: keep the right elbow tucked33:53 "I hate the towel drill"34:40 The method pro at Abacoa36:54 People gravitate to methods41:19 Myth: never lift the left heel42:50 Tiger and Molinari, 2019 Masters47:23 Heel lifters or non-heel lifters?49:13 Palmer, Nicklaus, Player, Trevino, Norman50:08 Jim McLean's anti-fundamentals

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 frontGood 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