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Pivot the Path is a golf podcast that focuses on the science and biomechanics behind improving your game. Hosted by Scott Young, founder of SSWING, a premier indoor golf facility in New York City, the show cuts through common golf advice with a fact-based perspective. As a PGA professional and former tour player, Young shares insights to help listeners understand what truly drives success on the course. New episodes are released every Thursday.
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EP 139: Medinah Magic, Admiring Gotterup & an 8-Year-Old's Hot Take 30.09.2026 23minThe Presidents Cup delivered one of the wildest final days in years — down 10.5 to 7.5 heading into Sunday singles, the U.S. stormed back at Medinah to retain the Cup. Scott breaks down the comeback and why Chris Gotterup deserves a hard look this week — not because you should copy his swing, but because you should admire his brute strength, timing and athleticism. Gotterup's move is unorthodox by any textbook standard — super strong grip, cupped wrist and open face at the top, a downswing start most coaches would never teach — and it works because it's built entirely around what his body does well. So this one is definitely an Admire, not emulate.Then a very special guest joins the show: Scott's 8-year-old son Colton, who spent Sunday at SSWING watching the Cup and getting in a few hours of reps. Colton hops on the mic with a golf tip of his own — and it's a good one — explaining why real power comes fromyour hips, not your shoulders. Out of the mouths of babes.Shop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 138: Why JJ Spaun's Rotation Is Worth Emulating 23.09.2026 26minWe start this episode with the week's winners. On the Korn Ferry Tour, Scotland's Sandy Scott erased a four-shot deficit with a final-round 65 to win the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship at 18-under, earning his 2027 PGA Tour card. On the PGA Tour, Jacob Bridgeman rallied from five shots back with a career-best 61 to win the inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville by two, his second win of 2026. And on the DP World Tour, JJ Spaun won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in his first attempt at the tour's flagship event, making four birdies in his last five holes to win by two shots.That brings us to Spaun's golf swing, and why it's a model worth studying. The philosophy is simple: when you rotate well through the left side, the clubface doesn't have to do much, and that makes the ball so much easier to control. Scotty breaks down how Spaun's thoracic mobility and hip mobility work together to create that stable, repeatable rotation, and what amateur golfers can learn from it to simplify their own swing and gain more control.If you're in the NYC area, pop into SSWING to get your own assessment and a game plan to improve.Mentions in this episodeResistance Bands SetShop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 137: Calm in the Corner: The Quiet Side of Improvement 16.09.2026 29minOur improvement pivot this week comes from the tennis world and the US Open men's final. Ben Shelton didn't win on Sunday — Zverev took it in four — but if you were watching the box, you saw the real story. Bryan Shelton, Ben's dad and coach, sat through two weeks of 3 a.m. finishes, a five-set war with Alcaraz, and a final that slipped away, and never changed his face. No panic, no theatrics. Just steady, pragmatic presence. We discuss why the people around you (and the voice in your own head) matter as much as your mechanics. Then on to the golf recap: Shane Lowry won the Amgen Irish Open 17 years after winning it for the first time, pulling away for a seventh-career DP World Tour win in an 11-shot rout over Joaquin Niemann and Patrick Reed — including a course-record 62 at Doonbeg. Over in the Netherlands, Europe reclaimed the Solheim Cup, 15-12. On the Korn Ferry Tour, Alvaro Ortiz shot 26-under to win the Simmons Bank Open in Franklin, Tennessee, with a 61 in round two.Admire & Emulate: Shane Lowry. We're choosing to sit back and “admire” Lowry's swing this week, not one to emulate — we know that muscles respond to joint positions and like a few other quirky swings that work on tour, his curved lower spine sets the tone for a lift going back, a face that opens and arms that take over coming into and through impact…… when timing is on, he can lead by 11, but when those hands and timing is not quite on, the moving parts at times can get out of sink and cause the ball to not behave as desired….. but that is where attitude, self belief and patience step up to the plate. Sound familiar? Steady, pragmatic, no theatrics — Bryan Shelton would approve.Shop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 136: Does Scottie Scheffler Have a Swing You Want to Copy? 02.09.2026 36minScottie Scheffler closed out the FedEx Cup at East Lake, rallying from three back with a final-round 66 for his second FedEx Cup title and 22nd PGA Tour win. This week Scott breaks down what actually separates Scheffler from the rest of the tour — it's not the longest swing or the prettiest one, it's what happens between his ears when the tournament's on the line. Scott gets into the nervous system side of it: sympathetic vs. parasympathetic response, and why a golfer who can stay regulated over a shot has a real physiological edge when everyone else's nerves are spiking. Scheffler hits it a mile, but that's not the superpower — the short game and the calm are. Then it's on to Admire or Emulate: Scheffler's swing is quirky — a little armsy, far from textbook — with real ankle mobility off-setting his tight hips. Scott makes the case for why "hit it like Scottie" is the wrong takeaway, and why the calm and the short game are what's actually worth chasing. Plus, on the DP World Tour: Joe Dean, a 32-year-old former grocery delivery driver ranked 292nd in the world, comes from seven shots back with 11 birdies in his final 24 holes to win the Husqvarna British Masters. Two wildly different stories, one theme — golf rewards whoever can stay in the moment on Sunday.Shop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 135: How Clark Won the BMW — Breaking Down a Champion's Swing 26.08.2026 26minThis week on the pod, we're breaking down one of the gutsiest closes we've seen all year — Wyndham Clark held off Rory McIlroy at the BMW Championship, giving back a five-shot lead before closing with three straight birdies to win by three. Third win of his season, plus the U.S. Open, and he's punched his ticket to the Presidents Cup team. From there, we're kicking off a brand new segment: Emulate or Admire. Each week we'll break down a PGA Tour victor's swing — not to copy it move-for-move, but to pull out the pieces worth studying and why they work. First up: Wyndham Clark. We're getting into his tempo, his lower-body sequencing, and what let him repeat his swing under pressure even after a rocky start Sunday — because that's the biomechanics story here as much as it is the golf story.Plus — a quick shoutout to Scott Jamieson's win at the Nexo Championship, his first DP World Tour title in almost 14 years, and closer to home, the U18 Australian women's water polo team who beat Spain in the final to become world champions — way to go Team Cooke!As always, it all comes back to this: golf improvement is tied to how you move. Own Your SSWING.Shop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 134: Why Consistency Is Key 18.08.2026 14minKelly Slater goes wave-for-wave with surfers half his age at the WSL Tahiti Open, finishing 9th at 54 years old. Jeff Winter ends a 5-year drought at the Danish Open. Ross Streelman locks up his 2027 PGA Tour card. Jeeno Thitikul picks up win #3 on the LPGA. And World #1 Scottie Scheffler dominates round one of the playoffs by 8 shots — proof that his 2026 season has been built on consistency, not just trophies.This week's Improvement Pivot Point: Consistency Is Key — how showing up the same way every time, in the gym and on the course, is what separates the good from the great. Own Your SSWING.Shop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 133: A Quick Round Is A Good Round 11.08.2026 24minThis week on Pivot The Path, we're coming off a wild final round at the Wyndham Championship — the last stop before the FedEx Cup Playoffs field gets locked in. Michael Brennan once again proved his nerve under pressure, with a final round -6, including 5 consecutive birdies to hold off a strong, albeit, up and down round from Beau Hossler - searching for his maiden victory. As a family business, we sincerely find joy in Mum and Dad being the first to congratulate their son with the powerful words, “We’re going to the Masters”. Trophies and checks are nice - a strong family unit is key!!On the flip side, Brooks Koepka walked off Sedgefield admitting he has no confidence over the ball right now. Same sport, same pressure, two completely different results.That contrast is exactly where we're headed this week: A quick round is a good round.The research backs up what we preach at SSWING: the best players commit to their pre-shot in 10-15 seconds increments. No hovering, no second-guessing. Under pressure, golfers tend to start overthinking their mechanics instead of trusting them — and that's when things fall apart. Speed isn't about rushing. It's about not giving doubt a seat at the table.Shop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 132: It's Not How Far, It's How Precise 04.08.2026 14minMichael Thorbjornsen finally broke through in Detroit — a bogey-free, career-low 63 to win his first PGA Tour title at the last-ever Rocket Classic, running down third-round leader Davis Riley. His words after the win say it all: "It doesn't matter how far you hit it. It matters if you can hit certain numbers and certain shots." Scott's been saying it for years — Michael just proved it on a Sunday leaderboard. That's this week's whole pivot — distance is a byproduct, precision is a skill you actually have to train.Shiho Kuwaki wins her first LPGA title — and it's a major — outlasting Esther Henseleit in a playoff at the AIG Women's Open, adapting her shot shape entirely to the links conditions at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.And on the Korn Ferry Tour, Derek Hitchner survives a wild five-man playoff to win the Utah Championship — his first career title in his 18th start, after calling his own season a total struggle up to that point.It's Not How Far, It's How Precise. Own Your SSWING.Shop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 131: Dominate. Trust. Confidence. 28.07.2026 16minA 21-year-old in just his third pro start went at two par-5s down the stretch — including a 233-yard approach with the lead on the line — and beat World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler by three. Written on Jackson Koivun's glove that week: Dominate. Trust. Confidence. Three words that turned out to be the whole story. This week, Scott breaks down Koivun's stunning 3M Open win and Lucas Herbert's dominant 30-under week on LIV, and pulls apart what those three words actually mean in that order — dominance as the result, confidence as what shows up on the surface, and trust as the swing underneath both that makes them possible.We get into what separates "going for it" from "managing a miss," why Scheffler's bounce-back numbers tell a different story this season, and what it takes to build a move you trust enough to play aggressive golf without fear. Plus, this week's Own Your SSWING insight on building that trust into your own game.Shop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 130: The Putt That Shook The Open 21.07.2026 25minRyan Fox won The Open at Royal Birkdale with an 11-foot, hands-shaking putt on 18 — and Scott breaks down the biomechanics that let his body take over when his mind couldn't. It's a lesson in how to Own Your SSWING when it matters most: train the big muscles, trust them under pressure. Plus: Adam Scott quietly makes his 101st straight major start (second only to Jack Nicklaus all-time), the wild Bryson DeChambeau penalty saga, and this week's Improvement Pivot Point — how to train your hips to run the show when your hands can't be trusted.Mentions in this episodeBook your SSWING Online Lessons HereJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 129: Attack Your Game. Don't Wait For It To Happen. 07.07.2026 17minThere's a reason pressure feels different for 220 million Brazilians hoping their team advances in the World Cup than it does for 5.5 million Norwegians who are just thrilled to be on the pitch. Pressure isn't the same for everyone — and this week on the PGA Tour, we watched that exact dynamic play out on a golf course.Chris Gotterup teed off six groups back at the John Deere Classic with basically nothing to lose. He went bogey-free for a 62 and walked away with the trophy. Meanwhile, the two guys who'd carried the lead all week — Lucas Glover and Lee Hodges — played it safe, made pars, and watched the win slip away. Same golf course. Same conditions. Completely different pressure, completely different swings.Then it's this week's Improvement Pivot Point — why protecting a lead physically changes your motion before your brain even registers you're nervous, and what that means for your own game the next time you're standing over a putt that matters. The fix? Stop protecting. Attack it instead.Own Your SSWING.Mentions in this episodeBook your SSWING Online Lessons HereShop the G'day Golfers hat👉 Available in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 128: Precision in Practice, Trust on the Course 30.06.2026 18minPrecision in practice. Trust on the course. That's the theme this week — and Viktor Hovland just proved it in the most dramatic way possible.Episode 128 is here, and Scott's breaking down one of the wildest weekends we've seen in a while. The Travelers Championship — the last $20M Signature Event of the year — couldn't even finish on Sunday. Scheffler and Hovland finished tied at 21-under after an 83-minute rain delay blew the whole thing wide open, with Hovland roaring back with three straight birdies to force a Monday playoff. He closed it out on No. 18 the next morning — his first win since last year's Valspar — and we've got the full story of how he got there.Over on the LPGA side, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine brought its own Sunday drama, with Haeran Ryu holding off a hard-charging field and Nelly Korda chasing a third straight major. And on the DP World Tour, Eugenio Chacarra birdied the 72nd hole to steal the KLM Open by a single shot. Different tours, same story all week: the player who trusted their game in the clutch walked away with the trophy.That's exactly what this week's improvement segment is about — precision in practice is what lets you trust it when you play. Hovland didn't claw his way back by gritting his teeth and trying harder. He bogeyed four of his first ten holes, used that rain delay to reset, and came out firing three straight birdies — because the mechanics were already in there. That's not luck, that's reps. That's what it means to Own Your SSWING —Scott breaks down what that means for your own game, and why what you do between rounds is what shows up when it counts.Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 127: Hold Your Nerve — The Mental-Physical Connection Under Pressure 23.06.2026 16minThis week's US Open and Meijer LPGA Classic told the same story from opposite ends — Wyndham Clark grinding down a hostile Shinnecock crowd to win his second US Open, and Lottie Woad missing a two-footer with the Meijer title right there. Two world-class players, same moment: when the mind spirals, the body follows.That's exactly what we unpack in this episode. Grip pressure spikes, breathing gets shallow, and the stroke you've made 10,000 times suddenly feels foreign. This isn't just a mental breakdown — it's a physical one. And it's the SSWING sweet spot.The Improvement Pivot Point this week: Train Your Pressure Response, Not Just Your Swing. Most golfers practice when they're comfortable. But golf is played under pressure — and pressure changes your body. We break down how to build pressure reps into your routine, find your physical anchor, and train your movement patterns so deeply that when everything's on the line, your body already knows what to do.Because golf improvement isn't just about how you move on the range. It's about how you move when it counts.Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 126: Be Honest About Your Game 16.06.2026 22minThis past weekend, champions were made across every sport — and the ones who won all had one thing in common: they looked their weaknesses dead in the eye and got to work.On the PGA Tour at the RBC Canadian Open, Bud Cauley, the 36 year old, finally got his first win — his 239th start — and it didn't come off the tee. It came from a chip-in on 12 and a wedge to the heart of 18. His short game saved him when it mattered most. On the LPGA, Jin Hee Im and Somi Lee won the Dow Championship with a bogey-free 62, just 26 putts, and a clutch 8-footer in a playoff — and Lexi Thompson's run came down to a 5-foot putt that didn't fall. Five feet. The whole tournament. On the Korn Ferry Tour, Zack Fischer converted a four-shot final round lead to claim his first win in his 171st career start at the inaugural OccuNet Classic in Amarillo.Off the course — the New York Knicks are NBA Champions for the first time since 1973. Jalen Brunson dropped 45 points in the clinching Game 5 against the Spurs, capping a run where the Knicks came back from double-digit deficits in all four of their wins — including the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history, erasing a 29-point deficit in Game 4. They didn't win because they were the most talented team. They won because they were honest about their gaps, made adjustments, and trusted each other when it mattered most. That's the thread.This week Scott gets into the short game conversation that most golfers keep avoiding — chipping, pitching, and the truth about what happens after you miss a green. Because here's the thing: if your short game is good enough, you take the pressure off everything else. You can miss greens. You can have an off day with the irons. But if you can get up and down — you stay in the round. Most golfers know their short game needs work and do nothing about it. That stops today.Ask yourself honestly: is your short game good enough? Because the answer is either your biggest problem or your biggest opportunity.Own Your SSWING.Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 125: Pressure, Perseverance & the Long Game 09.06.2026 20minThis past weekend reminded us why we love this game. At the center of it all was Nelly Korda, who won her first U.S. Women's Open at Riviera — her fourth major — with a clutch birdie on 17 and a par putt on 18 that circled the lip and dropped in for the win. Seven shots off the lead after round one, she made a grip change on her sister Jessica's advice and shot 67-67-69 to close it out. That's not luck. That's what elite athleticism looks like under pressure — and it's exactly what sets the LPGA women apart. Born into arguably the most athletic family in sports, the daughter of Czech tennis champions, Korda's rotational power, her ability to reset physically mid-round, her body that holds its pattern when everything tightens — that's a trained athlete performing at the highest level. The LPGA women move differently. This week at Riviera proved it.The rest of the weekend didn't disappoint either. JT Poston won a marathon Memorial Tournament in a playoff after blowing a four-shot lead, grinding through a 31-hole Sunday to birdie 18 when it mattered most. New dad Tyrrell Hatton went wire-to-wire at Valderrama to hold off Rahm on LIV. And 35-year-old Ben Kohles chased a fifth Korn Ferry Tour win across 1,016 career professional rounds — the definition of the long game. With Shinnecock Hills and the US Open two weeks away, Scott breaks down what all of it means for your game: why movement under pressure is the separator at every level, and how you can start building the kind of athletic foundation that holds up when something is actually on the line. Own Your SSWING.Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 124: Learn to Love the Mundane — A Lesson from the Charles Schwab Challenge 02.06.2026 15minThe most important putting lesson of the year didn't come from the winner. Russell Henley birdied his final three holes in regulation to catch 54-hole leader Eric Cole, then converted again in the playoff to win the Charles Schwab Challenge at 12-under. Cole, 37, had been here before — this was his third runner-up finish on the PGA Tour and his first win is still waiting. But here's what's fascinating: through 54 holes, Cole led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting and Proximity to the Hole — the two most "boring" disciplines in the game. No highlight-reel drives. No flashy recoveries. Just relentless precision on the greens and dialed-in distance control, week after week. "That's why I practice really hard and that's why I try and do everything the way I do," Cole said — "so that I could be as prepared for whatever tomorrow brings." That's this week's Improvement Pivot Point: learn to love working on the mundane. The stuff nobody films. The 10-foot putts you roll for an hour. The alignment drills. The putting gate. The things that feel like nothing — until Sunday at Colonial, when they become everything. Scott also breaks down Joaquin Niemann's playoff win at LIV Korea, Céline Boutier's stunning Sunday charge on the LPGA, Kota Kaneko's breakthrough on the DP World Tour, and Doc Redman's Korn Ferry victory in Knoxville. Five tours. Five lessons. All of it pointing back to the same truth — the work you do on the mundane is what makes the magic possible. That's how you Own Your SSWING.Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 123: From Long Shot to Major Champion: Aaron Rai's Master Class in Quieting the Noise 19.05.2026 20minAaron Rai just shocked the golf world — but was it really a shock?At the 2026 PGA Championship, a 290-1 long shot stepped onto one of the most crowded leaderboards in major championship history and did something most players never figure out: he turned down the volume. While Rory McIlroy chased history, Jon Rahm lurked, and a packed field jostled for position at Aronimink, Aaron Rai went quietly to work — and thundered to a three-shot victory, becoming the first Englishman to win the Wanamaker Trophy in over a century.This week, we break down the one skill separating the player who cracks under pressure from the one who cashes in on it: quieting the noise. From Rai's "quiet eye" putting technique to his iron covers rooted in a father's love, to his total indifference to what tour players are "supposed" to do — Rai's win is a masterclass in what happens when you Own Your SSWING so completely that the external chaos simply can't compete.Whether you're facing a packed leaderboard, a crowded market, or a moment that feels too big — this episode is your blueprint for finding stillness in the storm and turning it into something thunderous.Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 122: Integrity, Consistency & Showing Up When No One's Watching 05.05.2026 16minThis week on Pivot the Path, Scott breaks down one of the most remarkable weekends across the tours — and the through-line is something every golfer (and every human) can take away.Cam Young goes wire-to-wire at Doral and wins by six — but one simple moment has nothing to do with the scorecard. He called a penalty on himself that nobody else saw. Then birdied the next hole. That's not just integrity. That's freedom.Nelly Korda is doing something that's never been done. Six events. Zero finishes outside the top two. She's now in the same breath as Annika Sorenstam — and she's doing it with a process, not a highlight reel.And Mikael Lindberg? He won a DP World Tour title in Turkey — and a PGA Championship berth he didn't even know he was playing for. Showed up fully, week after week, and the reward found him.Scott unpacks the Self-Penalty Principle — the idea that we often know exactly where we've let something slide. The question is whether we call it on ourselves before someone else has to.Where in your game — or your life — are you waiting for an official that's never coming?Join the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 121: There Is No “Wrong” in Golf—Only Consequences 30.04.2026 21minThere is no “wrong” in golf—only consequences. The best players in the world learn how to adapt.It’s a simple idea, but it changes everything.This week, we look at Matt Fitzpatrick and his cross-handed chipping grip—something that, to many, might look unconventional. But here’s the truth: it’s not wrong. It just produces a certain left hand position that works for Matt under pressure when chipping.And Fitzpatrick? He understands those consequences. He owns them. He adapts around them.That’s what the best in the world do.In this episode, we break down: Why “unconventional” doesn’t mean incorrect How Fitzpatrick’s grip influences his ball flight and control The real difference between technical perfection and functional performance How to understand your tendencies instead of fighting them If you’ve ever felt like your swing doesn’t “look right,” this is your reminder: it doesn’t have to.It just has to produce something you can manage.That's how you Own Your SSWING.Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here! -
EP 120: Mastery Lives in the Monotony 21.04.2026 22minAt every level of professional golf, the separation isn’t just distance or power anymore—it’s the ability to move the ball intentionally. Left-to-right, right-to-left, flighted, controlled. The best players in the world aren’t married to one shot shape—they own both.That was especially clear in the playoff where even Scottie Scheffler showed a rare crack in the armor. In a moment where shot-shaping versatility was critical, being forced into one pattern under pressure made even the smallest margin matter. At that level, it’s not about perfect swings—it’s about having options when tension rises.SSWING’s physical training supports exactly that adaptability. One of the key movements we use is the glute bridge. It’s simple, but it builds what elite players need—pelvic stability, glute activation, and control of rotation without losing balance. That directly translates to controlling face and path under pressure.That connects to something we see every day at SSWING.Stability is the foundation of all of it.One of our new members this week came in doing what so many golfers do—adding more effort to fix inconsistency. More speed, more manipulation, more “trying.” But what unlocked things wasn’t complexity—it was stability through movement and sequencing. Once the base became stable, shaping the ball both ways stopped being something they chased and became something they could access.That’s the shift.Because at every level—from Korn Ferry grinders to LPGA winners to PGA Tour champions—the game rewards the same thing:Stability first.Control second.Then the ability to shape it any way the situation demands.That’s where real mastery lives.Shop the new G'day Golfers hat👉 Available now in the SSWING ShopJoin the SSWING SocietyBe part of a growing community of golfers, movers and performance-minded individuals committed to mastering their game.📬 Join the SSWING Newsletter: www.sswing.comYour weekly drive — The Friday Fix — delivering golf movement, mastery tips and all things SSWING straight to your inbox.Support the ShowFollow our Social Media for all the best moments from the show:Pivot The Path Instagram - click here!SSWING YouTube - click here!SSWING Website - click here! SSWING Instagram - click here!