Kieran Harris starts with a scene every coach knows. A player hits a 7-iron on Trackman, it carries 135, and they turn around and say, "Man, that 7-iron should go 160 yards." JT Perrine hears it every single day. So where does the 160 come from? One thinned 8-iron that bounced up to a back pin. One 9-iron from 150 that finished 20 feet short and still counted as 150. The number sticks, and the only number you actually need, how far the ball flies in the air, gets ignored.

Then Kieran's analogy, straight from the 2 a.m. feed with his new son. Getting him back to sleep usually takes an hour. One night it took 28 minutes. By the third night he expected 28, it took an hour and a half, and he was more frustrated than he'd ever been. Want turns into should fast, in parenting and in golf.

From there: JT on why the hardest round of your life is the one right after your best. Ego golf vs. mastery golf, from the book Fearless Golf. Scottie Scheffler and why golf isn't his identity. The plus-one junior who shot 73, then 93, took a week away from the game, and came back with 69-75. The 8 a.m. lesson before a 10:30 tee time, and the trap hook that won a two-day tournament. Kieran's student who went 102, 93, 86, 76. The kid who won his first tournament on his own, in a playoff, and said, "I don't wanna do that anymore." Juniors who say they want to play on tour, and the question JT asks them back: what does a day in the life of Jackson Koivun look like? Sudarshan Yellamaraju renting Trackman time in Toronto when he was on no one's radar. Ryan Fox, major champion at 39. How much of golf is luck. And JT birdieing five of his last six after he'd given up on the round.

Don't live in the shoulds.

Chapters 0:00 Good Misses 0:29 Sunday morning in Toronto and Alabama 1:34 "That 7-iron should go 160 yards" 3:20 Kieran's 8-iron that "went" 165 4:46 Carry vs. total: the only number you need 6:02 JT: the 9-iron from 150 that isn't 8:21 Kieran's 2 a.m. bedtime analogy 10:11 28 minutes, door to door 11:48 When want becomes should 13:12 The hardest round is the one after your best 14:22 Ego golf vs. mastery golf 15:55 Scottie Scheffler: golf isn't his identity 16:47 Shooting your first 69 17:31 The junior who shot 73, then 93 19:16 A week without a club, then 69-75 20:14 You'll look back on this slump 21:51 The 8 a.m. lesson and the trap hook 23:23 Swinging the club is maybe 30% of it 25:04 Kieran's student and the low hook feel 26:35 Tournament golf takes guts 27:06 102, 93, 86, 76 29:03 He won his first real tournament, then stopped 33:19 The kid on the range 35:11 Burnout and playing every sport 36:43 Pumping the brakes 37:09 Juniors who say they want to play on tour 38:13 What does a day in the life of Jackson Koivun look like? 39:34 "We decided to homeschool him" 41:02 What it really costs 42:00 The pros who took the long way 42:44 Sudarshan Yellamaraju: on no one's radar 45:18 Aaron Rai, Ryan Fox, and a major at 39 46:35 Not a great golfer until his 30s 48:16 Major winners keep getting older 48:40 Ryan Ruffels and the influencer route 50:19 How much of golf is luck? 51:42 The breaks you don't count 52:59 A playing partner, a par 5, and attitude 56:01 JT: five birdies in the last six 57:48 Play it as it lies 58:46 Bedtime, with modest expectations 60:43 The nights you'll miss 63:37 Don't live in the shoulds 64:05 Love the game 64:35 One more thing: the trouble is in the front

Good Misses is Kieran Harris and JT Perrine, part of the Funnel Golf slate. Kieran runs Feel Good Golf Academy in Toronto. JT is part owner of Fairhope Golf Works in Fairhope, Alabama. New episodes every week.

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