Golf Beneath The Surface

What if you give something everything you have and find out you still aren’t good enough?
In this episode, we discuss why avoiding that question creates more anxiety, hesitation and regret. We break down the role of radical acceptance, radical honesty and radical ownership in pursuing difficult goals and performing freely without any guarantee it will work out.
We also talk about risk, luck, failure and why being good enough means very little if you never give yourself the chance to perform well enough.
A deep conversation about facing the truth, going for what you want and choosing the type of regret you’re willing to live with.

In this episode, Chase and Raymond discuss one of golf’s greatest challenges: dealing with the elements. Using The Open Championship as a backdrop, they explore why difficult conditions expose both your psychology and your skill set. From handling uncertainty and staying composed to controlling trajectory, shaping shots, and managing the wind, they share practical strategies to help you perform your best when conditions are at their worst.

What does it actually mean to be “on time?”
In this episode, Raymond and Chase revisit one of the foundational concepts behind stable confidence and performance: being present.
They explore why being on time is much more than “one shot at a time,” and why the brain’s natural tendency to worry about the future and replay the past makes it so difficult to perform freely when it matters most.
Topics include:
– Why anxiety pulls us into the future
 – How past failures become future fears
 – Why being off time is a form of multitasking
 – The relationship between presence, performance, and flow state
 – Why confidence is not certainty
 – How trauma, bad experiences, and embarrassing moments can linger in golf
 – The role of mindfulness training in performance
 – Why scrolling, distractions, and constant stimulation make focus harder
 – Practical ways to become more present on the course
Raymond also explains why the brain is designed to prioritize avoidance over pursuit, why “just focus on the target” is often incomplete advice, and how mindset creates the space necessary for golfers to access their skills under pressure.
Whether you’re struggling with tournament nerves, overthinking, yips, confidence issues, or simply want to understand what it means to truly play one shot at a time, this episode provides a deeper look at one of the most important skills in golf—and life.
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In this episode, Raymond and Chase answer listener questions on sleep, learning, memory, intrusive thoughts, the yips, target focus, lowering handicaps, and why tying your identity to outcomes makes golf feel so threatening.
They discuss why sleep before and after practice helps learning stick, why “don’t three-putt” usually makes three-putting more likely, and why stepping off a shot is sometimes the best decision you can make.
They also dig into the gap between holding a target in your mind and actually being free enough to execute, especially when anxiety, fear, or avoidance are running in the background.
Other topics include:
 – How naps help learning
 – Why cramming is not the same as long-term learning
 – Why most people are not built to perform on 4–5 hours of sleep
 – How to deal with distracting thoughts over the ball
 – Why yips are usually rooted in anxiety
 – The fastest ways higher handicaps can lower scores
 – Why identity and outcomes create threat responses
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In this episode, Chase and Raymond are joined by Chia Chou, concert pianist, university professor, and founder of Audio Golf.
Chia shares how his background in elite music training led him to explore movement, rhythm, tempo, and sound as tools for better performance. The conversation dives into movement sonification, auditory-motor entrainment, putting tempo, wedge distance control, driver sequencing, and why sound can help golfers access skill without getting buried in mechanics.
They also discuss where Audio Golf may be most useful, where it has limits, and how mindset still matters when pressure, anxiety, or the yips show up.
To learn more about Chia and Audio Golf, visit audio.golf or follow @audio.golf on Instagram.