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The IMAGEN Golf Podcast

The IMAGEN Golf Podcast

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Golf Doesn't have to be so hard! Top 100 Coach & PXG Staff Pro and World Long Drive coach Daniel Guest shares his direct and straight forward approach on golf instruction, amateur golfers, the state of this great game today and everything in between. Hear Daniel breakdown and analyze the golf swing, the golf game and some of the biggest names in the sport. Hear how his award winning 7-7-7 Drill Protocol and Golf Better Guarantee have changed the lives of thousands of golfers worldwide. Learn from his insights after giving 36K+ golf lessons to everyone from blind golfers to professionals. For more information or to book lessons with Daniel visit our website @ http://www.ImagenGolf.com or email Daniel directly @ Daniel@ImagenGolf.com. This is Golf as You've Always Imagined! For free golf tips and more follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imagengolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/imagengolf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imagengolf TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@golfbetterguaranteed?lang=en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IMAGENGolf Economía Golf
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  • Why You Need A Stock Shot, It's Your Superpower!

    Why You Need A Stock Shot, It's Your Superpower!
    Nov 17 2025
    Welcome back to The IMAGEN Golf Podcast, everyone. I'm your host, Daniel Guest, and it is great to be with you. You know, we spend a lot of time on this show talking about the perfect swing, the latest technology, and drilling those technical points. But today, I want to talk about something that is fundamentally more important to your score than any of that: Your Stock Shot.That's right. The one shot shape, the one flight, the one trajectory that you can hit under pressure with 80% confidence. It is your ultimate, reliable superpower on the course. And I'm going to tell you why having it and, crucially, committing to it, is the biggest needle-mover in amateur golf.🎯 What Exactly IS a Stock Shot?First, let's define it. Your stock shot isn't your best shot. It's your most consistent shot.Is it a 2-yard fade? Great.Is it a 5-yard draw? Fantastic.Is it a low-flighted stinger with your long irons? Perfect.It’s the shot that feels most natural to your body's movement. It's the one you don't have to think about; you just have to execute. When the pressure is on—the 18th hole, you need a par, the pin is tucked—what is the shot you go back to? That's your stock shot.🧠 The Psychological Advantage: Decision-MakingThis is where the magic really happens. Golf is a game of managing misses and making decisions. When you step onto a tee box, if you are equally trying to hit a straight shot, a draw, or a fade, your decision-making process is slow, stressful, and loaded with complexity.But if you have a stock shot, everything simplifies:The Target is Clear: If your stock shot is a fade, you're not trying to hit the ball straight down the middle. You're aiming down the left side of the fairway and allowing the ball to move back to the center.Less Self-Talk: You eliminate that crippling voice in your head that asks, "Should I try to draw it here?" The answer is always: No, hit your stock fade. You save mental energy and build confidence by sticking to the plan.Pressure Relief: When you know your tendency—let's say you always miss with a push-fade—you can strategically use that knowledge. You aim for the left rough knowing your stock shot will likely correct itself back into the fairway. You've turned a potential disaster into a manageable situation.Remember, consistency is not about hitting the ball perfectly; it's about hitting your shot shape reliably.🛠️ How to Find and Commit to Your Stock ShotSo, how do you find this golfing superpower?1. Analyze Your Misses, Not Your PuresGo to the range. Hit 30 balls with your 7-iron and truly observe the shape of the shot. Don't look at the three perfect ones; look at the 25 others. Is the majority shape a pull-draw or a push-fade? Don't try to fix the shape; embrace it. Whatever the majority shape is, that is your natural tendency and what you should adopt as your stock shot.2. Master the Miss (The IMAGEN Principle)Once you've identified your stock shape, your practice should focus on narrowing the window of your miss. If you hit a draw, you're not practicing how to hit a fade. You are practicing how to:Make your draw smaller (tighter curve).Make sure your draw starts on the right side of the target line.The great players don't hit the ball straight; they hit the ball with a very predictable curve.3. Change Your Aiming StrategyThis is the commitment part. You must stop aiming at the center of the target.Draw Players: Aim at the right edge of the target (or even the right rough) and allow the ball to work back.Fade Players: Aim at the left edge of the target (or even the left rough) and allow the ball to work back.Commit to this strategy on every single full swing—driver, iron, hybrid. This is how your stock shot becomes a routine, not a lucky outcome.🔑 The Bottom LineYour golf swing is an athletic movement. You cannot force your body into an unnatural position under pressure.By adopting a stock shot, you are doing two things:You are cooperating with your natural golf swing.You are injecting certainty into a game defined by uncertainty.You will make clearer decisions, you will manage the golf course better, and I guarantee you, you will lower your scores.Stop chasing the mythical straight shot. Identify your curve, embrace your curve, and use that curve to dominate the course.That's all the time we have for today. Thank you for tuning into The IMAGEN Golf Podcast. Now, get out there, find your stock shot, and start playing your best golf.🎯 Grooving Your Stock Shot: The IMAGEN Practice SystemAlright, listeners, you’ve identified your stock shot—let’s assume it’s a fade or a draw. Now, we need to groove it so it's automatic under pressure. This three-point system moves you from hitting the shape occasionally to hitting it reliably.1. The Gate Drill: Defining Your Starting LineThis drill is all about controlling the most crucial element of your stock shot: the start line. Your stock shot must always start on the opposite side of the target line ...
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    24 m
  • F-O-R-E Minute Friday – Stop Digging Your Own Grave - Why the Wrong Drills Kill Your Game 🏌️‍♂️

    F-O-R-E Minute Friday – Stop Digging Your Own Grave - Why the Wrong Drills Kill Your Game 🏌️‍♂️
    Nov 15 2025
    🛑 The Detriment of the Mismatched Drill

    Here's the problem in a nutshell: a drill is a fix for a specific problem. If you use a drill for a problem you don't have, you are actively creating a new, detrimental flaw. You're not fixing a leaky sink; you're taking a sledgehammer to a perfectly good wall.

    1. Engraving the Wrong Neural Pathway

    Your golf swing is muscle memory—or, as we say here at IMAGEN Golf, it's a neural pathway in your brain.

    • When you do a drill, you are trying to lay down a new, correct pathway. You're creating a new groove.
    • But if that drill isn't matched to your actual, root cause flaw, you’re just grooving in a compensation that moves your swing further away from your most efficient motion.
    • Let’s say you slice the ball because your clubface is wide open. You see a drill online designed to promote an inside-out path for someone whose path is too outside-in. You work on that path drill for a month. Now? You're still slicing, but your path is aggressively inside-out, making your open face even more of a problem. You’ve just successfully trained yourself to hit an ugly, high block-slice. You’ve made the problem worse.

    2. The Illusion of Progress

    This is the sneaky part. Many of these ill-fitting drills will give you a temporary fix on the range, a fleeting moment of striking it better. Why? Because you've added a new, extreme movement that temporarily balances out an existing, extreme flaw. It’s like putting a bigger weight on one side of a scale to balance an even bigger weight on the other.

    • You feel good. You think, "Aha! This drill is working!"
    • But that feeling is a false feel. It’s not sustainable, and it collapses under pressure on the course, leading to massive inconsistency and, frankly, shattered confidence.

    ✅ The IMAGEN Golf Solution: Diagnose Before You Drill

    So, what's the remedy? Our philosophy here is simple, data-driven, and guaranteed: You must diagnose the root cause before you prescribe the drill.

    • Step 1: Get the Facts. Forget what you think you're doing. Use technology—a launch monitor, a high-speed camera—to identify the hard, objective data on what your club and ball are doing at impact. Is it face, path, angle of attack? Stop guessing!
    • Step 2: Find Your Blueprint. Your swing is unique. A good coach helps you find the most efficient swing that works for your body and mechanics. We don't try to fit you into a generic model.
    • Step 3: Drill with Purpose. Once we have the data, we give you a functional drill that forces your body to learn the correct movement. It has to feel awkward—that means you are forcing your body out of the bad habit. The drill is a training aid, not the final swing itself. Once you’ve trained the feel, you take the drill away and apply the learned skill.

    Don't spend another week grooving a flaw. Stop taking the lazy route of Googling a generic drill. Get the facts, get a coach, and drill with a purpose. That's how you unlock your potential and start Golfing Better, Guaranteed!

    That’s it for this week. Remember, your game is too important for quick fixes. We’ll talk to you next time on The IMAGEN Golf Podcast.

    This video provides an exclusive look into Daniel Guest's vision for Imagen Golf, which strongly emphasizes personalized and effective instruction over generic fixes, relating to the podcast's topic. Unlock Your Golf Potential: The Imagen Golf Journey with Daniel Guest! 🏌️‍♂️
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    8 m
  • The Scorecard Shift: How to Stop the Blow-Ups and Start Scoring

    The Scorecard Shift: How to Stop the Blow-Ups and Start Scoring
    Nov 10 2025
    Are you tired of heading to the course and walking off the 18th hole frustrated by the same results? It’s a common story. We get stuck in a rut, expecting a different outcome without changing our approach. Well, today, we're going to mix it up! We’re going to give you a few challenges designed to help you have more fun and, most importantly, learn something new and valuable about your own game.I was recently interviewed for a popular golf magazine, and I shared three strategies that I want you to go out and test this week. This isn't about buying a new club or taking another swing lesson; it's about playing smarter.📅 Day 1: Minimize Your Blow Up HolesWe all watch golf on Sunday, and we see the pros making birdies, and we think, "That's what I need to do." But let's be realistic. For the amateur golfer, it's not about making birdies; it’s about keeping the big numbers off the scorecard. Plain and simple.Think about Tiger winning the Masters with no double bogeys. The guy who finished second had two doubles on the back nine and lost. The fact is, if you can get rid of the big numbers—the doubles, the triples—it's not that hard to keep racking up pars and bogeys and keep yourself around the score you want to shoot.The problem is, most of us are programmed to see a par four or a par five and immediately think: "Driver." We grab that big stick without thinking: How's the driver been going today? How tight is this hole? Where is the trouble? We just assume because it’s a long hole, we have to hit it.Here is your number one rule: Keep the ball in play at all costs.If your driver is your straightest club, fantastic, hit it! But if you're worried about keeping the ball in play, I would much rather be 200 yards out than taking three off the tee.Now, some of you are thinking about Mark Broadie's Stroke Gained research, which suggests you should get the ball as close to the green as possible on every hole. I actually asked Mark this exact question, and his answer was clear: "No, you have to get the ball as close as you can safely to the green without losing your golf ball or getting a penalty."The mindset shift we need is this: Yes, we want to hit it far, but we absolutely cannot do that if we're risking hitting it in the woods or the water. Choosing smarter clubs means choosing smarter aiming points. It's learning how to play the game strategically and choosing a practical approach that fits your ability.🛠️ Day 1 HomeworkI want you to golf for 18 holes and see if you can just keep it in play the entire time, no matter what. That means no chipping out sideways and no penalty shots. Make a challenge out of it, and then—if you really want to see a change—do it for 72 holes.📅 Day 2: Track This One Stat – ProximityHow many times have you said, "I'm a terrible putter. I had three three-putts today"?The next question you need to ask yourself is, "What was the length of my first putt?"If the answer is 60, 70, or even 80 feet, I've got news for you: the problem is not your putting! No one can consistently two-putt from those distances.You’re most likely struggling with your chipping and pitching, not being able to get the ball close enough to the hole for a one or two-putt.Consider this: If you're 150 yards away from the green, and you hit it to 30 or 40 feet from the hole, even as a single-digit golfer, you've hit a fantastic shot. But if you're 25 yards off the green, and you chip it to 12 to 15 feet, you've just shot yourself in the foot because the likelihood of making that putt is low.We've all walked in and said, "I would have had a great score if I hadn't putted so badly today." We’re debunking that myth right now.My belief is that you have the potential inside you, but you may not have the patience or the understanding of where the strokes are truly being lost. Once you get that "aha" moment, you can literally go from a 92 to an 82.Here's the problem: Most people's technique is actually much better than it needs to be, but their ability to put the ball in the hole—to play the game—is very weak. They scratch the surface rather than diving into the strategic side. They start keeping the ball in play, tracking proximity, eliminating three-putts, and the next thing they know: "Wow, I just broke 80 for the first time, and I haven't been to a range in a week!"If you are consistently frustrated, maybe it’s time to try something different. Don't go to the range, don't buy a new driver. Do what the best golfers and statisticians are doing: improve your strategy.🛠️ Day 2 HomeworkPlay 9 or 18 holes, score your putts, and note the length of your first putt.Crucially, note where you hit it from. Was it a chip inside 25 yards? A pitch inside 50? A wedge shot inside 100? An iron shot inside 150? At the end of the round, total those first putt lengths for each category, then divide to determine your average distance from the hole when you're chipping, pitching, and wedging. That will ...
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