Athletic Motion Golf- The Podcast · Mike Granato and Shaun Webb

The One Muscle Every Golfer Must Train (But No One Talks About)

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David Toms says elite players learn to slice, hook, or punch just to get the ball in play.

The conversation opens with an unverified stat the hosts say they have heard several places online: that Scotty Scheffler and Tiger Woods each took 1,197 days to win their fourth major. That becomes a bigger point about how differently the two players carry themselves. Tiger is framed as the larger-than-life figure, while Scheffler comes off more like the best player in the world, a straight-up assassin on the golf course, and then just the guy you might see in line next to you at the grocery. From there, the hosts move into mental toughness. They treat it as something that can be in you from the start, forced out by hard circumstances, or built over time through pressure and repetition. The tone stays casual, but the point is clear: the best players do not just have talent, they have a way of staying steady when most people would crack. They talk about people they know personally who made it at a high level, including golfers who grew up with little or not much money. That leads into the idea that struggle can create something useful, because it gives people fewer easy exits. The discussion also pushes back on the fantasy that success always comes from comfort or smooth conditions. The hosts keep circling the same practical truth: golf rewards the people who can grind. The game changes every day, and a perfect practice week does not guarantee much once you get outside. Mother nature, pressure, and bad bounces all get a vote. The episode closes with the idea that grinding is itself a skill. They call mental toughness a muscle, not a slogan. Along the way they encourage listeners to keep showing up, keep working, and stop expecting golf to reward them just because they prepared well. The final note is simple: if you want to play better, you need to train the part of you that does not panic when things go sideways.

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A plainspoken look at why mental toughness matters as much as swing mechanics.

The episode keeps its eyes on golf's mental game, using Scotty Scheffler and Tiger Woods to argue that pressure, toughness, and composure matter when a round goes sideways.

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Train the muscle that shows up when the round turns ugly.

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