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Oliver Wilson – the 21st century golfer
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2/15/2025
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Well, it's very important. The problem with it is golf is such a bizarre game that you
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can prepare terribly, not prepare at all, and go and play great. And you can do everything
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right and go and play poorly. So you have to look at it at the big picture and longer
00:15
term. So preparation is huge. And if you can create a lot of consistencies and know what
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your game is all about and how to prepare for yourself and get things matched up, then
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over the long course, hopefully it pays dividends and you start to learn and dial it in, get
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it done quicker, be able to prepare better, know what you need to do to get ready each
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day so you can get tournament ready in the shortest amount of time so you can manage
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energy levels and fatigue. So it's huge. And there's a lot of areas in golf to cover. Just
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within putting, there's a ton of different stuff. Pace, tempo, green reading, short game
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kind of similar, long game, you've got wedging, you've got eyeing play, dialing in, distancing,
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shot shaping, driver, a bit of speed work, a fairway finder, a safety shot, something
01:01
where you really need to get it in play, your stop shot. So there's a lot going on within
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the game. You've got your training as well, your psychological stuff, energy level. So
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preparation's huge. To have a bit of a plan, understand what you need to do, and kind of
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put that all together, like I said, as quick as possible, streamlined as possible, so you
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can really be energised come Sunday afternoon when you really need it.
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I think it's got a lot more scientific. When I first came on tour, it was a lot more blasé,
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kind of going to hit a few chips, hit a few putts, go and play on the course. And there
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was guys that were structured and had more of an idea. But I think in general, it was
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very lax. And I think over the years, it's become so much more dialed in, in every area.
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We've got data to back everything up, how to perform the best. We know how to practise,
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how to work on skill, what is critical, looking at your stats. The stats are more accurate
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than they've ever been. The answers and the data help you build a plan to be able to prepare
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as efficiently as possible. So it's much more professional now. And you can see that what's
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happened with the young guys coming out from college, and they come out on tour, and they've
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already got things to a large degree figured out, swing-wise, training. And they've been
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doing these plans and learning to prepare in college. And they come and they turn pro,
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and it's just an extension of that. Whereas I think back to when I was in college 20 years
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ago, and there was a lot to learn. I had a lot to learn whilst I was out here. So I think
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it's much more dialed in, much more professional now.
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I have a routine that is a daily routine, a weekly routine, and then a routine that
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I would have at home to prepare. But the thing is with golf, I guess other sports too,
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but golf especially, it has to be very flexible because things change. You know, like pro
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amp, for example, whether you're playing in the prom or not. Early morning tee-off to
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afternoon tee-off, within travel as well. So there's a lot of things. So you kind of
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create a blueprint. And I think that's one of the challenges. You know, when you play
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well, you kind of go, okay, that's what I did well then. And if you play well over a
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period of time, you kind of start to learn what works for you. But you have to be really
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flexible in that. And you can't just, oh, I didn't warm up like that, or I didn't prepare
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like that. So, you know, I'm not ready to play. You have to be flexible and adaptive.
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And that's one of the things I think the best players do so well. They're able to adapt
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and be very relaxed. They have a blueprint, they prepare really well, but you have to
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be pretty relaxed about the whole thing too.
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So I started at nine o'clock in the gym, half an hour warmup, done 25 minutes short game.
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Warming up now, so my practice now is going to be broken up into some swing warmup, a
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little technical space of 20 minutes, some shot shaping, skill work, a bit of speed with
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my driver, and then go and putt for half an hour, do some tempo work and some calibration
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more than anything on the mirror and short line. Get a quick lunch and then go and play
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nine and try and put it all together. Switched things up a little bit this year to try and
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become more efficient and divide my time up better between technical work and performance
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and skill based stuff. And I feel like that's been pretty positive the first two weeks.
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So I like what it's doing at the moment. It's given me a little bit more gains in the performance
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area and skill out on the course. So there's so many areas to cover and tick that you really
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need to try and get a plan where you're not that every single shot is covered, but you
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know, there's some things that you know that are going to be some questions that are going
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to be asked out on different courses. You need to make sure you're prepared for those.
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