• John and Jeff kick off the show, presented by FanDuel.
• Introduce guest Dr. Fredric Abramson — “smartest guy in any room… except maybe this one.”

• Former athlete, tried out for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• Broke his ankle at Michigan… then played his best golf round ever with a cast.
• Jeff explains why the locked‑up left leg actually improved his swing.

• Meeting with Philip Morris CEO: “Americans want to die healthy.”
• Abramson decides genetics should help people live better, not just diagnose disease.
• Human Genome Project inspires practical injury‑prediction research.

• Simple cheek swab — no blood, kid‑friendly, mail‑anywhere.
• Uses Illumina testing (same as 23andMe).
• Identifies genetic markers linked to injury susceptibility.
• Example: 8 known markers for concussion risk.

• John explains why GhostBed keeps you cool and pain‑free.
• Promo code: golfguys.

• College sports talk: Indiana football hype, Michigan rivalry jokes.
• John threatens to ban Ohio State grads from the show.

• Back injuries most common in younger, high‑speed players.
• Older golfers deal with accumulated life injuries.
• DNA could help adjust swing load, warm‑ups, and training.

• Abramson holds the first patent in precision nutrition.
• Matching diet to DNA to improve recovery and reduce injury risk.

• Planned mobile app:
  • Upload swing video
  • AI analyzes injury risk
  • 3D body mapping
  • Nutrition + genetics + mechanics combined

• John asks if the test can help him by Thursday.
• Abramson: “Not yet — still a startup.”

• Abramson lost his sense of smell after COVID.
• Corona beer joke.
• More banter about sports longevity and golf as a lifelong game.

• Golfers could play longer, safer, and smarter with DNA‑based injury prediction.
• Jeff imagines entire institutes jumping on this tech.
• Wrap‑up and tease future conversations.

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What We Covered

Golf exposes your inner dialogue
Jim explains why your brain is louder than your driver — and how to quiet it.

One shot at a time (seriously)
Scorecards drag you into the past and future. Jim says stay here, now, with this shot.

Tension kills swings
A tight mind creates a tight body. We talk breathing, relaxing focus, and resetting your system.

Recovery > perfection
Jeff’s “spectator technique” helps you detach from bad shots instead of spiraling.

The orchestra of negativity
Too many swing thoughts = mental noise. Jim shows how to become your own “internal master.”

Identity vs. score
You are not your number. Jim breaks down how to separate self-worth from performance.

Golf as life in 18 chapters
Every hole is a new challenge — and a new chance to respond instead of react.

Why You’ll Love This Episode
If you’ve ever walked off a green muttering to yourself, gripping the club like it owes you money, or predicting your doom based on the first three holes… this episode is your antidote. Jim gives you tools you can use today, and we add the usual Golf Guys flavor: honesty, humor, and a little self‑deprecation.

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This week on Those Weekend Golf Guys, the crew dove into the messy, hilarious, and occasionally heartbreaking world of golf performance — especially the mental circus happening between a golfer’s ears.

They kicked things off with a story about a player who had all the physical tools but confidence lower than a worm’s shoe size. Classic case: the swing was fine, the fundamentals were fine… but the brain? Oh boy. Total chaos. Jeff jumped in with the reminder every golfer needs tattooed on their forehead: range golf and real golf are not the same sport. You can stripe it on the range like you’re auditioning for a commercial, but the second you step onto the first tee of a tournament? Suddenly your hands shake, your heart races, and you forget how to hold the club. Welcome to competitive golf.

The guys hammered home the idea that a golf shot is a golf shot — whether you’re on the range, on the course, or staring down a college coach who may or may not be watching. But getting golfers, especially juniors, to believe that? That’s the trick.

Then came the junior‑golf deep dive. iPad shared a win with a 15‑year‑old from Montana who turned his game around once he got the right mental tools. But he also pointed out the obvious: how a kid handles pressure usually comes down to how they’ve been raised. Some kids soak up coaching like a sponge. Others crumble the second they think someone’s judging them. And yes — parents are often the biggest variable in the whole equation.

Jeff broke down performance variance in a way every sports parent needs to hear. He compared it to basketball: you don’t score the same number of points every night because the gym, the opponent, and the pressure all change. Golf’s the same. But parents see one bad round and act like the kid’s scholarship just burst into flames.

Speaking of pressure… Jeff and Joe talked about the cost of chasing big tournaments. Flights, hotels, rental cars, food — suddenly you’re two grand deep before the kid even tees off. And then you hear a college coach might be there? Yeah, that’ll tighten the screws on everybody.

Joe wrapped things up with some of his best emotional‑management tools. The big one: the detachment mechanism. Kid hits a bad shot? Instead of spiraling into a meltdown, they say, “Isn’t that fascinating.” Boom — emotional reset. No shame, no panic, no identity crisis. He even teaches players to jokingly blame their playing partner for the shot just to break the tension. It works way better than you’d think.

The final message was simple and loud: your golf game is not your identity. Kids need hobbies, interests, and confidence that don’t depend on whether they shot 72 or 92. Because the second golf becomes their whole personality, the game stops being fun — and that’s when everything falls apart.

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