More Practice Made Him Worse - Brett Patterson (Ep. 32)

More Practice Made Him Worse - Brett Patterson (Ep. 32)

Author: Isaak Ramsey & Hayden Zimmerer | Smarter Golf Practice in Less Time July 31, 2026 Duration: 57:38

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Brett Patterson is the 5th ranked mid-am in America. He teaches 300 accounting students at Ole Miss, has 2 girls at home, and touches a club 3 or 4 times a week at best. In college he hit 300 balls a day and got worse. Then he left tournament golf for 5 years, came back, and started winning everything. We get into the 4 weeks off before he opened 7 under, the wedge and putter plan that replaced the bucket, the mental spiral that almost ended his golf, and the piece of advice he says actively hurts amateurs.

Timestamps

0:00 The #5 mid-am barely touches a club

0:53 4 weeks off, then 7 under in round 1

2:18 A Tuesday with 300 students and 2 kids

3:52 College: 300 balls a day, sun up to dark

7:19 Less practice, better golf. The flip.

8:39 5 years away and the 2022 U.S. Amateur

14:22 What he'd tell every college golfer

16:54 His practice now: wedges and lag putts

19:59 An accountant's take on tracking stats

22:35 Bring back Golfstat

26:09 The biggest mistakes amateurs make

28:58 Never the most talented. What separates him.

31:08 What scratch golfers miss about scoring

34:16 Championship golf vs weekend golf

35:42 The advice that actively hurts amateurs

37:05 Pressure putts and choosing confidence

38:36 How to stay sharp after time off

40:43 The reinstatement debate

50:49 What he wants his daughters to know

53:48 A shoutout to the mid-am wives

54:02 Prepping for the U.S. Mid-Am at Sand Valley

56:26 Support the new Ole Miss accountancy building


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