# More Practice Won't Lower Your Scores. Less Will. - Jon Weiss Jr.

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Podcast: [Play Ready Golf | Strokes Gained for the 9 to 5 Golfer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-ready-golf-strokes-gained-for-the-9-to-5-golfer-7640129)
Published: 2026-05-29T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/play-ready-golf/2865658
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Duration seconds: 3162

## Resource

House of Hope of The Pee Dee: https://hofh.org/ Play Ready Golf 7-Day Trial (use code "PRGPOD): ⁠ https://onelink.to/93ggkv⁠ Most golfers grind for hours and never drop a shot. Jon Weiss does the opposite. He runs a 50-employee ministry, he is married with a full calendar, and he rarely practices more than an hour. Then he goes and wins one of the toughest mid-am events of the year in 35 mph wind. In this episode Jon breaks down how he competes at a high level on almost no practice. Low expectations. Drive it in play. Putt it well. Zero double bogeys over his last six competitive rounds. A good attitude before he ever reaches the first tee. Chapters 00:00 The lowest expectations in golf 01:43 The last time he practiced over an hour 03:50 What he works on, and what he ignores 05:33 Why mid-am golf runs on supportive wives 08:08 The switch that erased his double bogeys 10:30 Winning Jupiter in brutal wind 12:15 Coaching a JV team to 40 fewer shots 15:28 The coaches who built his short game 17:55 Make 3 footers before you chase 20 footers 20:44 The dumbest thing range golfers do 21:47 Get more from 34 balls than a full bucket 24:38 Inside House of Hope of the Pee Dee 30:13 Why he really plays golf now 32:41 Rock bottom to surrender 38:08 The national stage, Erin Hills and Philly Cricket 43:51 The qualifying mindset most golfers get wrong 45:33 How attitude beats most of the field 48:22 Course rankings and a 340 yard hole he hits 7 iron on 50:44 What is next, and slowing down

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