The 2nd Cut Newsletter: Edition #18

Stoic Golf, Putting Myths, Trail Arm Stuck Drill, The Hottest Golf Course on Earth, and a Golf Superpower Poll

Oct 11, 2023

“Don’t lament this and don’t get agitated.” - Marcus Aurelius

📰 Edition #18 📰

Welcome back to The 2nd Cut Newsletter!

If you haven’t read last week’s Deep Dive, check it out here: The 2nd Cut Mailbag: Club Selection & Chipping 101

In today’s Newsletter: Stoic Golf, Putting Myths, Trail Arm Stuck Drill, The Hottest Golf Course on Earth, and a Golf Superpower Poll

If you’re new here, this newsletter is designed to provide valuable insights, tips, and ideas to improve your golf game from around the internet.

What you get:

1 - Newsletter every Wednesday
1 - Deep dive every Friday

Stoic Golf

In the book The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, he discusses the dreaded feeling we get when something bad happens.

“All is lost. What follows are complaints and pity and misery — the impotent struggle against something that’s already occured.”

I’m sure this sounds familiar to many of you golfers out there. Many of us have experienced a round so bad that we basically never want to golf again. I know I have. Your desire to get back out there starts to dwindle. I’ve heard many people utter, “I think I’m going to shut it down for the year.”

We have to make sure we don’t extrapolate a terrible round into the future and let it linger. Sure, you can be pissed at yourself for a bit, but then you have to let it go. I’ve had some of my best rounds just days after my worst and vice versa.

As Holiday says:

“Why bother? We have no idea what the future holds—This could be the darkness before the dawn—Whatever happens, we’re going to be OK.”

🐦 Tweets of the Week 🐦

A few putting myths from Ross below. Anything you would add or disagree with? Link

For those of you new here, I’ve been getting online lessons through Skillest from Ryan Mouque. He’s helped me a ton, and one of the drills he prescribed me was the one below.

I tend to get my arms stuck behind, and this drill gives me instant feedback. Anytime my swing starts to get out of whack, I go back to this drill. Link

If you have the same issue, give it a try, or better yet, talk to Ryan by going to his Skillest profile. Ryan also has some great content on YouTube.

📺 💻 T2C Media 📺 💻

At 214 feet below sea level, Furnace Creek in Death Valley, CA is the hottest and lowest golf course on Earth. At 4:30 in the morning, it’s already 92 degrees. By 9:30, it’s 101. Somedays, the course only has 1 or 2 golfers show up. But that doesn’t stop the dedicated staff from keeping the course playable.

A fascinating story and high-quality work by the folks at @GolfersJournal

Check it out below. It’s well worth the 5-minute watch.