He Got Better Practicing Less - Cody Sundberg

Try Play Ready Golf free for 7 days and use code PRGPOD for 20 off your annual plan for life: https://onelink.to/93ggkvFree 59 minute practice plan: https://onelink.to/59minplanVirgil Abloh Foundation: https://thevirgilablohfoundation.com/donate/Broomsedge: https://www.broomsedgegolf.com/Most golfers think the path to lower scores is more reps. Hit more balls, grind more hours, fix the swing. Cody Sundberg is proof of the opposite. He is a plus 4.5 mid-amateur playing the best golf of his life right now, and he got there by practicing less, not more.Cody is also the guy who bet on Broomsedge, the brand new South Carolina course that just landed at number 94 on Golfweek's list of the best modern designs in the country. He went from grinding mini tours, to commercial real estate, to writing the first big check for a course that was being shaped by a guy with 82 dollars left in the bank.In this episode, Isaak and Hayden sit down with Cody to talk about why hitting more balls is quietly making you worse, how progressive overload applies to your golf game, what it actually took to build a nationally ranked course from dirt, and why great golf should not require two planes and a four hour drive.We cover: Why a plus 4.5 plays his best golf by practicing less The tour pro range habit that changed how Cody practices How progressive overload applies to golf, and why we never apply it Betting on a course being built by a guy with 82 dollars left The welcoming private club idea and sharing great golf with everyone What it really takes to build a nationally ranked course from scratchTimestamps0:00 The most mispronounced course in golf1:09 How a real estate guy from Chicago got involved2:00 The club supply problem that sparked the idea3:26 Finding the land with Koprowski and Franz4:31 Why Cody thought modern courses got too easy6:14 Borrowing the UK model and letting outsiders play7:05 Funded by spring, playing it by that October7:40 Betting on a course built with 82 dollars left9:02 Why he first wanted Broomsedge to be public10:01 Learning to run five businesses at once11:16 Bringing in Mike Keiser Jr. and Baker Thompson12:29 The professional golf years14:37 Life on the Hooters tour with future major winners17:52 What he tells the golfer who wonders how good he could be20:26 Why tournament golf is a completely different game21:43 The welcoming private club idea23:56 The design philosophy behind the course26:10 Back-to-back par 3s and building on 180 acres27:25 The postage stamp 11th that almost did not exist29:48 What the Carolinas Mid-Am taught them32:33 Why he plays his best golf practicing less34:15 The tour pro range habit that changed everything36:41 Why progressive overload applies to golf38:34 The lessons his dad passed down40:42 What is next on his calendar42:51 Where to find Broomsedge