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WHOOP Podcast

Brad Faxon, longtime PGA Tour golfer, discusses the mindset needed for success in golf and life

WHOOP Podcast

WHOOP

Recovery, Health, Life Sciences, Data, Optimize Performance, Science, Hrv, Fitness, Wearable, Health & Fitness, Sports, Strain, Whoop, Sleep

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Brad Faxon is one of the best putters the PGA Tour has ever seen. He led the PGA Tour in putting average three times, and set the single season putting record in 2000, edging out Tiger Woods in what was Tiger’s best season on Tour. He sits down with Will Ahmed to discuss his beginnings in sport (2:24), how he overcame his early career struggles (8:41), the difference between playing scared and playing nervous (12:12), using WHOOP (14:18), the mental side of golf (17:24), becoming a great putt...

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0:00.0

What's up folks? Welcome back to the WOOP podcast where we sit down with top athletes,

0:06.4

scientists, experts, and more. Learn what the best in the world are doing to perform at their peak

0:11.5

and what you can do to unlock your own best performance. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of

0:17.4

Whoop, where we are on a mission to unlock human performance.

0:21.5

It is Master's Week, and to celebrate, we welcome longtime PGA tour golfer Brad Faxson to the

0:28.3

WOOP podcast.

0:29.6

That's right.

0:30.0

We got a great golf podcast.

0:32.0

First, a reminder, you can get 15% off a WOOP membership if you use the code will.

0:36.6

That's WILL. Check us out at

0:39.9

whoop.com. Okay, Brad Faxon. Without a doubt, one of the best putters the PGA

0:45.6

tour has ever seen. His consistency and precision is nearly unmatched in the history of golf.

0:52.0

He led the PGA tour and putting average three times and set the single season

0:55.9

putting record in 2000, edging out a somewhat well-known golfer, Tiger Woods, and what

1:02.2

was Tiger's best season on tour.

1:04.5

So imagine that.

1:05.3

Brad Vaxson outputted Tiger Woods and arguably Tiger's best season on tour. Brad has carved out an outstanding career

1:13.0

for himself spanning four decades and is now one of the most sought after coaches in golf,

1:17.9

including working directly with Rory McElroy, one of the world's best. Brad and I discuss the

1:23.7

lessons he learned in golf at a young age, his eight-year winless drought after going pro,

1:29.6

and what he learned about self-doubt during the toughest stretch of his career,

1:33.3

the mindset necessary to be a great putter, and how learning to accept the putts you miss

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