More Practice Made Him Worse - Brett Patterson (Ep. 32)

Try Play Ready Golf free for 7 days. Code PRGPOD takes $20 off every year: https://onelink.to/93ggkvThe Mid-Am Insights PDF. Every lesson from every mid-am we have interviewed, in one download: https://playreadygolf.beehiiv.com/secretsofthemidamSupport the new home of the Ole Miss Patterson School of Accountancy: https://accountancy.olemiss.edu/new-building/Brett's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bpatterson03/Brett Patterson is the 5th ranked mid-am in America. He teaches 300 accounting students at Ole Miss, has 2 girls at home, and touches a club 3 or 4 times a week at best. In college he hit 300 balls a day and got worse. Then he left tournament golf for 5 years, came back, and started winning everything. We get into the 4 weeks off before he opened 7 under, the wedge and putter plan that replaced the bucket, the mental spiral that almost ended his golf, and the piece of advice he says actively hurts amateurs.Timestamps0:00 The #5 mid-am barely touches a club0:53 4 weeks off, then 7 under in round 12:18 A Tuesday with 300 students and 2 kids3:52 College: 300 balls a day, sun up to dark7:19 Less practice, better golf. The flip.8:39 5 years away and the 2022 U.S. Amateur14:22 What he'd tell every college golfer16:54 His practice now: wedges and lag putts19:59 An accountant's take on tracking stats22:35 Bring back Golfstat26:09 The biggest mistakes amateurs make28:58 Never the most talented. What separates him.31:08 What scratch golfers miss about scoring34:16 Championship golf vs weekend golf35:42 The advice that actively hurts amateurs37:05 Pressure putts and choosing confidence38:36 How to stay sharp after time off40:43 The reinstatement debate50:49 What he wants his daughters to know53:48 A shoutout to the mid-am wives54:02 Prepping for the U.S. Mid-Am at Sand Valley56:26 Support the new Ole Miss accountancy building