One of the things that attracted me to RGX (Revolutionizing Golf Instruction) was the idea that a coach guarantees results for his players. It never felt right for me to take another person’s money knowing that I might not see them again for six months if ever. How do I know they’re getting better? How do I know they’re practicing the right things the right ways?
I have often joked, “When have you ever heard a golf professional guarantee anything?” You’ll hear a trunk slamming and tires screeching out of the parking lot before you’ll ever hear a golf professional guarantee anything, much less a result. But in my opinion, the true measure of a coach is not how long you’ve been doing it but how much your players have improved. So how do you measure that? You take RGX’s 100-Shot Challenge.
The Challenge is this: how many players does it take you as a coach to shave 100-strokes off your players’ scores? For me, it took eight players to cut exactly 103 shots. Above is the video proof. Now that’s success you can measure!
One of my players, Fred Pease, just sent me the following text, and I thought I would post it on his behalf:
“I saw your dbg post. Very good! The 100-Shot Challenge works well for high Handicappers, but your Coaching Program also works well for people like me.
My latest rounds (39 for 9 holes, 81 for 18) have me trending towards a single-digit Handicap (I’m a 12.6 now, down from a 15).
I had several takeaways from your Program: 1) when I tee off, I focus on making a par. However, when I hit a poor shot, I focus on making a Check. That gets me past being upset about the last shot and leads to better scoring, 2) incorporating putting with loft and chipping with a hybrid works well for me, and 3) my card shows me the specific areas on which to focus my practice following a round (mostly lag putting and 50-100 yard wedges).”
Cheers,
Fred