Jayson Nickol - Going Low, the Most Important Stat, and How to Move On from Bad Shots

Jayson Nickol is one of the top golf instructors on Skillest, and perhaps most notably he's coach of Chasing Scratch's Mike Shade. Jayson kills em with kindness as he joins The Mental Golf Show. 

Topics and timestamps:

00:00 What’s Stopping Mike from Chasing Scratch from Getting to Scratch?

01:29 Prioritizing Reps in Practice Planning

08:09 Playing Well and Going Even Lower

10:31 Prioritizing Putting: How to Improve

15:58 The Perfect Pre-shot Routine digital course - joshnicholsgolf.com/course

18:05 Why does pressure cause us to swing worse?

25:52 Course Strategy: Accuracy, Length, Approach Shot Targets

34:35 Basic Practice Plan Template - joshnicholsgolf.com/practice

36:55 Greens In Regulation: The Most Important Stat?

39:50 Green Reading and Putting on Grainy Bermuda

44:48 Will Jayson be surprised if/when Mike Shade makes it to scratch?

48:30 Playing Defensively and How to Free Up and Just Send It

51:00 How to Move On and Be Present

53:06 Jayson Nickol

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