Recommendations
These are a few of our top golf recommendations from the team behind Car Park Golf. Let us know what you think!
01
No Laying Up
No Laying Up is primarily a brilliant podcast covering all things pro golf, mainly PGA Tour focused. Soly, TC, Big Randy, Neil and DJ Piehowski have been producing episodes since 2014 with newer additions only improving the podcast and managing to superbly blend humour and hot takes.
Their YouTube channel might be even better with stunningly produced videos regularly published, including can’t-miss series Tourist Sauce – where the team travel to different worldwide courses, and Strapped – where Neil and Big Randy travel on a budget and the golf becomes secondary but no less compelling.
02
The Stack System
The Stack System is a swing speed trainer created by Dr Sasho Mackenzie a leading golf biomechanist. Simply put, it involves swinging a variably weighted golf club as fast as you can with an app that tracks your speed gains and personalises the programme to best suit you. It seriously works, the founder of Car Park Golf’s swing speed jumped by 12mph in just 6 weeks, adding 35 yards to drives.
03
The Short Game
A very enjoyable, easy watch on Netflix following elite level 7-year old golfers(!) and the difficulties that can bring to family life. Features now LPGA player Alexa Pano as well as Amari Avery who has played several Major Championships.
04
Golf is not a Game of Perfect – Bob Rotella
Thousands of words and hundreds of testimonials have been dedicated to this short book on golfing mindset. Dr Rotella coaches Rory McIlroy amongst other superstars and his easily understandable lessons are worth reading and re-reading for any level of golfer.
05
Paper Tiger & A Course Called Ireland/Scotland – Tom Coyne
Three brilliant, digestible books by Tom Coyne. A Course called Ireland and A Course Called Scotland are his stories of walking through each country playing every golf course on his route. On-course golf definitely isn’t the focus of these books and Coyne’s writing will delight golf nuts and non-golfers alike. Meanwhile, Paper Tiger is his chronicle about quitting his day job to focus on his golf playing career for a year to see whether or not he can make it at the elite level, mandatory reading for any aspiring pro golfer.
06
Mike Bender on Instagram
Mike Bender is the 4th ranked golf instructor in America according to Golf Digest and his Instagram is a must visit for any golfers looking for advice. Most famously Zach Johnson's coach, winner of the 2007 Masters & 2015 Open, anyone looking to play a draw should start here.
