{"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":"The Best Mid-Ams Would Rather Play Than Practice ft. Jonathan Keane | Mid Am Golf HQ","slug":"the-best-mid-ams-would-rather-play-than-practice-ft-jonathan-keane-mid-am-golf-hq","published_at":"2026-03-27T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-ready-golf-strokes-gained-for-the-9-to-5-golfer-7640129/the-best-mid-ams-would-rather-play-than-practice-ft-jonathan-keane-mid-am-golf-hq","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/2665065","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/360796/2665065/play-ready-golf/2026_03_27_00_37_54_c044a66d-b2db-4f75-bef0-a75a5524bdbb.mp3","summary":"Jonathan Keane carries a +2.8 handicap and plays tournaments at Pine Valley, Garden City, and Oakmont. Instead of chasing his own game, he built Mid-Am Golf HQ to cover the most competitive amateur circuit in the country. In this episode, Jonathan breaks down how elite mid-amateurs actually practice, what the reinstatement debate gets wrong, how to break into the invitational circuit, and why NIL money is about to change competitive amateur golf. Follow Mid-Am Golf HQ: @midamgolfhq on Instagram Newsletter: nichegolfhq.com If you want a structured practice plan that fits your schedule, try Play Ready Golf free for 7 days 👉 https://playready.golf/the-app 0:00 The reinstatement test nobody expected 0:12 Why a +2.8 covers everyone else's game 1:16 The moment that started Mid-Am Golf HQ 3:06 How COVID accidentally built a platform 4:33 Competitive golf after college hits different 9:57 How a +2.8 actually practices 12:14 The best mid-ams skip the range 13:29 What 9 to 5 golfers get wrong about practice 14:02 The 4-4-4-4 drill method 15:44 Building a newsletter with 82% open rate 18:00 Why some tournaments are a \"black box\" 20:30 Building Niche Golf HQ (juniors, seniors, events) 24:42 \"Glorified travel services\" in golf media 26:35 Where the business brain comes from 29:05 What a mid-am event actually feels like 32:00 The Gasparilla: \"the perfect amount of hard\" 35:55 The reinstatement debate (full breakdown) 41:57 NIL is about to flood the mid-am circuit 42:42 Defending Stu Hagestad 44:33 How to actually break into mid-am golf 49:00 What's next on Jonathan's calendar","meta_description":"Jonathan Keane carries a +2.8 handicap and plays tournaments at Pine Valley, Garden City, and Oakmont. Instead of chasing his own game, he built Mid-Am Go…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3085,"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/the-best-mid-ams-would-rather-play-than-practice-ft-jonathan-keane-mid-am-golf-hq/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/the-best-mid-ams-would-rather-play-than-practice-ft-jonathan-keane-mid-am-golf-hq.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}