He Got Better Practicing Less - Cody Sundberg

He Got Better Practicing Less - Cody Sundberg

Author: Isaak Ramsey & Hayden Zimmerer | Smarter Golf Practice in Less Time June 19, 2026 Duration: 44:02

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Most golfers think the path to lower scores is more reps. Hit more balls, grind more hours, fix the swing. Cody Sundberg is proof of the opposite. He is a plus 4.5 mid-amateur playing the best golf of his life right now, and he got there by practicing less, not more.

Cody is also the guy who bet on Broomsedge, the brand new South Carolina course that just landed at number 94 on Golfweek's list of the best modern designs in the country. He went from grinding mini tours, to commercial real estate, to writing the first big check for a course that was being shaped by a guy with 82 dollars left in the bank.

In this episode, Isaak and Hayden sit down with Cody to talk about why hitting more balls is quietly making you worse, how progressive overload applies to your golf game, what it actually took to build a nationally ranked course from dirt, and why great golf should not require two planes and a four hour drive.

We cover: Why a plus 4.5 plays his best golf by practicing less The tour pro range habit that changed how Cody practices How progressive overload applies to golf, and why we never apply it Betting on a course being built by a guy with 82 dollars left The welcoming private club idea and sharing great golf with everyone What it really takes to build a nationally ranked course from scratch

Timestamps

0:00 The most mispronounced course in golf

1:09 How a real estate guy from Chicago got involved

2:00 The club supply problem that sparked the idea

3:26 Finding the land with Koprowski and Franz

4:31 Why Cody thought modern courses got too easy

6:14 Borrowing the UK model and letting outsiders play

7:05 Funded by spring, playing it by that October

7:40 Betting on a course built with 82 dollars left

9:02 Why he first wanted Broomsedge to be public

10:01 Learning to run five businesses at once

11:16 Bringing in Mike Keiser Jr. and Baker Thompson

12:29 The professional golf years

14:37 Life on the Hooters tour with future major winners

17:52 What he tells the golfer who wonders how good he could be

20:26 Why tournament golf is a completely different game

21:43 The welcoming private club idea

23:56 The design philosophy behind the course

26:10 Back-to-back par 3s and building on 180 acres

27:25 The postage stamp 11th that almost did not exist

29:48 What the Carolinas Mid-Am taught them

32:33 Why he plays his best golf practicing less

34:15 The tour pro range habit that changed everything

36:41 Why progressive overload applies to golf

38:34 The lessons his dad passed down

40:42 What is next on his calendar

42:51 Where to find Broomsedge


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