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He Got Better Practicing Less - Cody Sundberg

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Play Ready Golf | Strokes Gained for the 9 to 5 Golfer
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Jun 19, 2026
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Summary

Try Play Ready Golf free for 7 days and use code PRGPOD for 20 off your annual plan for life: https://onelink.to/93ggkv Free 59 minute practice plan: https://onelink.to/59minplan Virgil 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 scratch Timestamps 0:00 The most mispronounced course in golf 1:09 How a real estate guy from Chicago got involved 2:00 The club supply problem that sparked the idea 3:26 Finding the land with Koprowski…