The Golf Parent

The Golf Parent Empowering parents to raise future champions, The Golf Parent is the ultimate guide to junior golf.

Each episode offers in-depth insights into the mental game, course strategy, biomechanics, full swing, short game, and more, with a focus on building succe

06/04/2026

Dr. Bob Winters is one of the most respected minds in the mental game - and this one is for your junior golfer’s next round.

Two rules every great putter lives by:
Every putt CAN be made.
Every putt DESERVES to be made.

Not reckless. Not careless. Purposeful. Committed. That’s the mindset your kid needs standing over a 6-footer with the match on the line - not stats, not stroke averages, not the last three misses.

As a golf parent, our job is simple: start asking “did you believe you could make it?”

That’s where putting is actually won.

This episode is brought to you by Craftsman Golf - use code
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06/03/2026

When the best player in the world steps onto a major stage, she doesn’t try harder - she trusts more.

What can we learn?

That’s the mental rep our junior golfer needs before their next tournament. Less grip. More trust.

06/02/2026

Your kid is competing against 143 other golfers this weekend.
Dr. Bob Winters says that mindset is already costing them shots before they even tee it up.

One of the most decorated mental performance coaches in golf just broke down why the second your junior starts measuring themselves against the field, they’ve lost the plot entirely. The game was never you vs. them. It was always you, your ball, and the course. That’s it.

The juniors who figure this out early, the ones who stop watching the leaderboard and start trusting their own process, are the ones who play their best golf when the pressure is highest.

So the next time your kid steps to the first tee at a big tournament, what are you helping them focus on?

06/01/2026

Everyone said Russell Henley’s putter won the Charles Schwab Challenge.

The data says something different.

We broke down his final round through Strackastats - and the foundation of his win was built long before those three closing birdies grabbed the headlines.

+5.85 strokes gained off the tee. Field leader in driving accuracy all week. While everyone else fought the rough at Colonial, Henley was in the fairway, hole after hole, keeping himself alive.

His approach play fell apart (-3.69). His short game was a mess (-3.71). But his driver bought him enough runway that when his putter finally got hot at 16, 17, and 18, he still had a tournament to win.

The putter closed it. The driver made it possible.
Total SG: +2.30. A win held together by one elite category doing the heavy lifting.

Every junior golfer has a version of this. That one part of the game that keeps the round from falling apart when nothing else is working.

What’s your kid’s superpower? Drop it in the comments - we want to know.

05/30/2026

What J.J. Spaun teaches your junior golfer about never giving up 🏌️🏆

Golf parents 🙌 J.J. Spaun is contending this weekend at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, and his story is one every junior golf parent should know.

He described himself as “nothing special” as a junior golfer. He walked on to San Diego State - not a powerhouse recruit. He spent more than four years grinding through the mini tours before earning his PGA Tour card in 2017. After finishing 97th, 62nd, and 99th in his first three years on Tour, he lost his card in 2021.

Most people would have walked away. He was considering giving up professional golf entirely.
He didn’t. 💪

In June 2025, at 34 years old, he drained a 64-foot putt on the final hole at Oakmont to win the US Open - his first major championship. 🏆

His own words: “I wasn’t raised or groomed to be a professional golfer. I didn’t know what my ceiling was. I still guess I don’t know what it is.”

That’s the question worth sitting with this weekend. Does your junior golfer know what their ceiling is? Neither did J.J. Spaun. And that turned out to be a pretty good thing. ⛳

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05/29/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW 🚨⛳

Episode 63 of The Golf Parent is LIVE with Dr. Bob Winters, “The Confidence Doctor,” and this might be one of the most important conversations we’ve had on the mental side of junior golf.

50+ years working with elite athletes. Author of The Ten Commandments of Mind Power Golf. And in this one, Dr. Bob breaks down the mental traps that quietly destroy young golfers, the fear of mistakes, the perfectionism, the meltdown after one bad hole, and exactly how parents can help their kids compete with freedom instead of fear.

We get into:

🧠 Why confidence is built, not born
⛳ The 3 mental skills every junior golfer needs
🎯 Why great putters think differently
💬 What to actually say to your kid after a tough round
🔥 How to build mental toughness through adversity
If your junior struggles with nerves, gets stuck after bad shots, or puts impossible pressure on themselves to be perfect, hit play. This one’s for you.

🎧 Full episode now on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
This episode is brought to you by Craftsman Golf. Use code GOLFPARENT for 15% off at checkout. Link in bio. ✨

05/27/2026

What separates the junior golfers who thrive under pressure from the ones who fall apart when things go wrong? 🧠

In Episode 63 of The Golf Parent, I sit down with Dr. Bob Winters, “The Confidence Doctor,” who’s spent 50+ years helping athletes build confidence and mental toughness.

We get into the traps that quietly wreck young golfers, the fear of mistakes, the perfectionism, the frustration after one bad hole, and how much we, as parents, shape whether our kids compete with freedom or with fear.

His take? Confidence isn’t something kids are born with. It’s built. One shot at a time, fully present.

If your junior struggles with nerves, gets stuck after a bad shot, or puts impossible pressure on themselves to be perfect, this one is for you. 🎧⛳

Full episode out now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Presented by Craftsman Golf. Use code GOLFPARENT for 15% off, link in bio. ✨

05/26/2026

Wyndham Clark just shot 60 to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, a back-nine 28, nine birdies, an eagle, and he nearly holed the last for a 59. 🔥

But here’s what the stats actually show: his irons weren’t even that sharp. He lost nearly 3 strokes on approach. So how do you shoot 60? The putter. Almost 7 strokes gained on the greens. He said it himself after round one, he felt good with the flat stick, and it carried him all the way to Sunday.

The lesson? You don’t have to be perfect to go low. You just can’t give up when one part of the game goes cold. 👀
This week’s stats breakdown is brought to you by Stracka Golf. Smart tools, smarter golf. Built for every part of the game. ⛳

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