Could five common mistakes ruin your next business golf trip before you even step onto the first tee?

In this episode of A Perfect Swing Podcast, I'm sharing five essential golf travel tips to help business professionals plan smarter, travel safely, protect their energy, and build meaningful relationships on and off the course.

Golf travel offers incredible opportunities to explore new destinations, strengthen professional connections, and develop leadership skills. But a successful golf trip requires more than booking a tee time and packing your clubs.

I'll explain why you need to plan beyond your tee time, how to decide whether to travel with your own golf clubs or rent equipment, and why managing your energy is just as important as managing your schedule.

We'll also discuss staying aware of your surroundings, making authentic business connections without turning every conversation into a sales pitch, and recognizing when it's time to play your own game rather than keeping up with everyone else.

And because this is A Perfect Swing, I'm connecting each golf travel tip to an important leadership lesson you can take from the fairway to the boardroom.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to avoid the most common golf trip planning mistakes
• What to consider when flying with golf clubs or renting equipment
• Why protecting your energy improves your golf and professional performance
• Practical ways to stay safe while traveling to unfamiliar golf destinations
• How to turn business golf outings into authentic networking opportunities
• Why self-awareness and knowing your limits are essential leadership skills

Ready to take your golf, leadership, and networking to the next level?

Join me and fellow LPGA professional Jamie Taylor for the A Perfect Swing Golf and Leadership Experience, February 19–22, 2027. This four-day retreat brings together golf instruction, leadership development, and meaningful professional connections.

Learn more and register: https://www.aperfectswing.net/golf-experiences

Remember, your perfect swing isn't just about how you play the game. It's about how you live it.

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What does it really take to become an LPGA professional?

It’s a question I’m asked often—and the answer involves much more than being able to shoot a low score.

In this episode of A Perfect Swing, I’m breaking down how to become an LPGA professional, including the eligibility requirements, Playing Ability Test (PAT), education process, teaching evaluations, and the journey from applicant to Apprentice, Class B, and ultimately Class A membership.

I’m also sharing a part of my own journey that people don’t always expect. Before becoming an LPGA professional, I spent more than 25 years in corporate IT. Looking back, I can see how the leadership, project management, communication, problem-solving, and emotional intelligence skills I developed throughout my corporate career prepared me for almost every stage of my LPGA journey.

Because becoming an LPGA professional isn’t simply about golf.

It requires commitment, time management, humility, persistence, leadership, and a willingness to continually learn.

In this episode, I discuss:

• The requirements to become an LPGA professional
• The difference between LPGA Tour players and LPGA Professionals
• The LPGA Applicant and Associate pathways
• What the LPGA Playing Ability Test (PAT) involves
• How Levels One, Two, and Three lead toward Class A membership
• What happens during the Practical Teaching Evaluation
• Why your previous career experience can become an advantage
• The leadership skills that transfer from the boardroom to the lesson tee
• Why feedback, emotional intelligence, and persistence matter throughout the journey

If you’ve ever wondered how to become an LPGA professional, considered making a career transition into golf, or questioned whether the skills from your current career could translate into something completely different, this episode is for you.

Your past experience isn’t wasted. It may be preparing you for what comes next.

Because leadership begins long before someone gives you the title.

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Have you ever walked onto the golf course excited to play, only to find yourself frustrated, overthinking every shot, and wondering when the game stopped being fun?

Your golf mental game can have just as much impact on your experience as your swing. And sometimes, the harder we try to play perfectly, the further we get from the reason we started playing in the first place.

In this episode of A Perfect Swing, I’m sharing five ways to reset your golf mental game, move from frustration back to flow, and rediscover the joy of playing.

We’ll talk about why a bad shot is information—not identity—and how separating your performance from your sense of self can change the way you respond on the course. I’ll also explain why remembering your original “why,” focusing on what you can actually control, and staying present can help you become both a more resilient golfer and a more effective leader.

I’ll share how I learned this lesson myself when my obsession with shooting a lower score began getting in the way of one of my real reasons for playing golf: building meaningful business relationships.

You’ll also hear about my Perfect Swing Joy Reset Challenge, a simple exercise designed to help you stop allowing one bad shot to steal the joy from an entire round.

Because your best round isn't always the one with your lowest score.

Sometimes your perfect swing is simply the one that brings you back to why you fell in love with the game.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• How to strengthen your golf mental game after a frustrating round

• Why a bad shot doesn't make you a bad golfer

• How to stop letting your scorecard define your experience

• Why reconnecting with your “why” can transform your game

• How to focus on what you can control and release what you can't

• Why staying present is essential in both golf and leadership

• How to redefine what a successful round actually looks like

• A simple Joy Reset Challenge to try during your next round

Golf doesn't ask us to be perfect. It gives us an opportunity to learn how to reset, respond, persevere, stay present, and enjoy the journey.

And those lessons extend far beyond the golf course.