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The Meaning of Golf — 100 episodes

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The Masters and Rory Taught Us About the Essence of Golf... Again

2

"What should I do when golf actually counts?"

3

Breaking 85, Scoring Goals, and More - with Daniel Warren Johnson

4

Championships, Identity, Transferring Your Game From The Range To The Course

5

Swing Thoughts Paradox

6

Paradox, Score, and How to Play Golf Without Why

7

Shane Lowry, Viktor Frankl, and Finding Meaning in the Bad Shots

8

A History of The Meaning of Golf Podcast

9

Springsteen Lyrics About Losing, Reverse Engineering Golf, and more with Peter Donahue

10

10 Questions That Change How You See Your Game

11

Golf Advice! with Daniel Warren Johnson

12

The Joy of a 200-Yard Drive; and Stop Treating Your Golf Like a Dead Body

13

Life Changing Golf - with Daniel Warren Johnson

14

From a Swing Fault to a Superpower

15

Christmas Reflections for Your Holiday Season and Golfing Life

16

A Common Misconception in Learning Golf

17

Searching for Meaning in Golf and Life

18

Blurry Videos and Golf Social Media

19

When Fixing Something Doesn't Lead to Lower Scores

20

Recapping 2025 Golf with Peter Donahue

21

"I am the sole judge of my own standards."

22

Working It Out #5: Playing Golf Without Why at the US Women's Mid Am

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Working It Out #4: Answering Questions About Playing Golf Without Why

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Working It Out #3: Golf Without Why

25

Working It Out #2: The Hum and The Lack

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Working It Out #1: Golf's Mental Game

27

Advice for Scottie: A conversation on fulfillment and golf

28

Tuning Into the Hum of Golf

29

Eight 3-Putts and a New Philosophy

30

Never Be Too Confident In Your Ideas

31

Sweetens Cove with New Club Golf Society

32

Rory, Bryson, and How The Masters Showed Us The Essence of Golf

33

The Masters Course Preview

34

The Low Hum of Golf

35

Is Golf More Like Building Furniture or Surfing?

36

2025 Golf Goals!

37

Your Golf Game Is Not Your Golf Game

38

Artificial Intelligence Golf Coaching

39

Help People Just Swing!

40

Finding Magic: Pine Valley in the Dark

41

A Coaching Catch-Up, Speed Training

42

Evolving Coaching Techniques

43

How Simplicity Leads to Better Outcomes

44

What if You Never Reach Your Goals?

45

Peter Donahue's Return to Coaching

46

What's In and Out for Golf in 2025

47

Happiness, Traffic, and the Minnesota Vikings

48

The Football Episode! On Randomness, Acceptance, Human Nature, and Quick Fixes

49

Two Days with Michael Hebron

50

Shot Making Golf

51

2024 Half Baked Golf Ideas!

52

Awareness and Nerves in Golf with help from Rupert Spira

53

Golf Mastery

54

How Your Beliefs About Yourself Are Holding You Back

55

Questioning Thoughts - A Unique Way to Analyze and Understand Your Game

56

A Golden Statue and Finding the Best Place to Play From

57

Mistakes in Learning Golf and Coaching the JV Squad

58

The Perfect Balance of Competition and Enjoyment

59

"I believe that's what heaven looks like for me."

60

Finding the Magic of Golf

61

Danny Fisher on Playing in a Korn Ferry Tour Event

62

Bonus Episode - 2024 The Golf Practice Staff Trip Draft

63

Swing Change Check-In, Sedge Valley, Eagle Springs

64

Rory McIlroy and The Art of Not Trying Too Hard

65

Hickory Revival! With Special Guest Clark Willard

66

Philosophy, Chaos, and True Gravity

67

The Spiritual Practice of "One Shot at a Time"

68

A Definitive Conclusion on the Usefulness of Par

69

Two Days at Sweetens Cove

70

Swing Change Best Practices

71

The Difficulties of Change

72

February Golf at Spring Valley

73

A Golf Lesson With Hank Haney

74

A Holiday Episode About Hope

75

A Big Picture Theory of the Golf Swing

76

Golf Swing Forgery

77

Fixing Things In Golf Lessons Doesn’t Work

78

2023 Golf Recap: Hickory Edition

79

Brain Compatible Golf Lessons

80

Finding Your Authentic Swing

81

Golf Gives You Energy, Or Takes It Away

82

Tiger Woods, Golf Coach

83

9 Holes at The Lido, ”Golf gives you energy”

84

TGP’s Major Season. Mindsets, Perspectives and Decisions

85

The Mind and The Swing

86

Bonus Episode - 2023 TGP Staff Trip Announcement and Draft

87

The Future of Golf, etc.

88

Rory, Rickie, Wyndham at the US Open and a Hickory Golf Check In

89

Golf Conversations at a Wedding

90

Vardon, Effortlessness, and the Sounds of Golf

91

The Surest Way To Ruin Your Game

92

Golf Lessons from Bluey

93

Hickory Golf at Spring Valley Round Recap

94

Masters Thoughts, Golf Anticipation, and Golf Philosophy

95

The Four Stages of Golf Enlightenment

96

Lines and Levels of Development

97

”Full Swing” = Cotton Candy, Lines and Levels of Development

98

No Tips Allowed #2: Learning the Fundamentals and Changing Mechanics

99

Synchronicity and Accepting Reality

100

No Tips Allowed: A Coaching Deep Dive. The problems with Instagram Coaching, the Culture of Golfers, Awareness and Intention