{"podcast":{"title":"Play Ready Golf | Strokes Gained for the 9 to 5 Golfer","slug":"play-ready-golf-strokes-gained-for-the-9-to-5-golfer-7640129","podcast_index_feed_id":7640129,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/play-ready-golf/feed.xml","website_url":"https://playready.golf/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/play-ready-golf/20251215_101243_c048af2f1682e2cd5f30c3973f4f58d4.png","author":"Isaak Ramsey & Hayden Zimmerer | Smarter Golf Practice in Less Time","episode_count":26,"summary":"Golf improvement for people with a 9 to 5. We use strokes gained data and motor learning science to help you practice smarter, save time, and shoot lower scores with the clubs, schedule, and life you already have. Most golf advice is built for people with unlimited range time and a coach on speed dial. This show is built for the rest of us. The weekend warrior. The dad who gets 90 minutes on a Saturday. The mid-handicapper who has been stuck at the same score for three years. Every episode gives you one thing you can actually use. A practice drill you can do in your living room. A course management decision that saves you two shots. A data point that shuts down the bad advice you keep getting from your buddies. New episodes every Friday morning. Try the Play Ready Golf app free for 7 days at playready.golf","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T20:17:08.119297+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-ready-golf-strokes-gained-for-the-9-to-5-golfer-7640129"},"episode":{"title":"7 Mental Traps That Ruin Your Tournament Score","slug":"7-mental-traps-that-ruin-your-tournament-score","published_at":"2026-04-03T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-ready-golf-strokes-gained-for-the-9-to-5-golfer-7640129/7-mental-traps-that-ruin-your-tournament-score","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-ready-golf-strokes-gained-for-the-9-to-5-golfer-7640129","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/play-ready-golf/2673961","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/360796/2673961/play-ready-golf/2026_03_30_12_30_42_af4147b4-5eae-4ebf-9975-0befa99f8888.mp3","summary":"Most golfers walk into their club championship, member-guest, or first tournament expecting to play their normal game. The data says you should expect to play worse. Not because you choke. Because the conditions are fundamentally different in ways nobody warns you about. In this episode, we break down exactly how to prepare for tournament golf when you have a 9-to-5. From the week before to the warm-up to the mental traps that silently eat your score mid-round. Hayden just came off a professional tournament where he shot 9 over through two rounds and then 8 under the final two. What changed? Nothing about his swing. If you're playing a tournament this season, listen to this before you tee it up. The Play Ready Golf app is live. Use code PRGPOD for $44/year if you sign up by April 12 (founding member pricing ends after the Masters) Apple: https://apps.apple.com/app/play-ready-golf/id6752723937 Android(US Only): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playreadygolf.app Download the free resources we reference: Benchmark PDF: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/comprehensivestats Simple Stats Tracker: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/simplestatstracker 59-Minute Practice Plan: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/59minuteplan Questions? isaak@playready.golf Studies referenced: Social facilitation (Zajonc, Bond and Titus 1983) Caffeine and golf performance (Mumford et al. 2016, Auburn) Carbohydrate intake and golf fatigue (2023 randomized crossover) Ironic process theory (Wegner 1994) The Fluid Motion Factor by Steven Yellin (book) Timestamps 0:00 Why you should expect to play worse in tournaments 1:22 The 3 reasons nobody talks about 4:21 The marathon mindset for your first tournament 5:35 The number one mistake: swing changes before a tournament 6:04 Hayden's tourn…","meta_description":"Most golfers walk into their club championship, member-guest, or first tournament expecting to play their normal game. The data says you should expect to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3039,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/play-ready-golf-strokes-gained-for-the-9-to-5-golfer-7640129/episodes/7-mental-traps-that-ruin-your-tournament-score/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-ready-golf-strokes-gained-for-the-9-to-5-golfer-7640129/7-mental-traps-that-ruin-your-tournament-score.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}