What separates a good golfer from someone who can perform when it really matters?

In Episode 25 of Nine Holes, Nine Questions, Sam is joined by Coops from Coopers Golf, also known online as Postman’s Par, for a conversation about golf psychology, competitive pressure, content creation and building a business around the game he loves.

Coops explains how he went from working long days as a plasterer to creating golf content, coaching players online and developing his Strategy, Mindset and Short Game system.

He also shares how investing £8,000 in a business mentor changed his attitude towards building something online, why one viral post brought him around 15,000 followers, and why trying to recreate that success temporarily caused him to lose sight of what had originally worked.

The conversation explores Coops’ journey from municipal golf to scratch golf and county competition, including the meeting with a sports psychologist that completely changed how he approached pressure.

Coops discusses why golfers often spend too much time chasing the perfect swing, why mindset and course strategy are overlooked, and how viewing a round as 18 individual one-hole challenges can prevent one bad score from ruining an entire card.

They also discuss:

• Going from football to competitive golf
• Reaching scratch and playing county golf
• Why better equipment does not automatically produce better scores
• The difference between practising a golf swing and practising golf
• How to transfer your range game onto the course
• Managing anger and frustration during a round
• Why golfers should avoid double bogeys
• Building confidence without changing your swing
• The reality of making money through social media
• Creating an online golf coaching business
• Coops’ Strategy, Mindset and Short Game system
• How golf shaped Coops as a person

Follow Coopers Golf on Instagram: @coopergolf27

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