Over the weekend, the U.S. took down the international team in the President’s Cup, which always stirs up conversations about next year’s Ryder Cup.
And the debate over Zach Johnson’s captain’s pick last year.
I was lucky enough to have Zach Johnson on the podcast a few years ago – despite what you think about his RC captaincy, he couldn’t be a nicer guy.
AND growing up in Iowa, he’s a Cardinals fan, so I became an even bigger fan of his.
One of the things that stood out in our conversation is how he told me he could never hit the ball very far (relatively speaking, of course:)
BUT, you get him within 150, and he throws absolute darts at the pin.
My kneejerk thought was, “Yeah, a big part of why he retired is that he can’t compete with the distance these young bucks are putting up nowadays.”
But then it dawned on me…I’m wrong.
As time goes on, we’re all going to lose distance.
It’s just a fact for our 45+ crowd.
Rory will hit the ball a country mile in his 70s, but not like he’s striking it today.
The thing is that ZJ’s game is going to be tough to beat until the day he hangs it up for good.
He made a living doing the fundamentals at the highest level.
The simple things over and over and over.
Approaches. Chipping. Putting…the guy is a master.
Now, as golf fitness is our specialty, what about Zach Johnson’s fitness regimen?
No surprise…
He does the simple things over and over again.
Squats. Pushes. Pulls. Rotations. Hinges.
And that simplicity mindset has made him a multiple major winner, and pretty wealthy fella.
In the 18STRONG Membership, we have our program called the Golf Body Blueprint – Activate program.
It’s for the 45+ golfer who wants to play for a very long time by doing the simple things over and over again.
We could’ve called it the ZJ Blueprint, but would’ve cost us a few bucks for his NIL:)
STAY STRONG,
Jeff
PS – Just a friendly reminder that 18STRONG Membership currently has a free 7-day trial if you just wanna check under the hood.