Welcome to Lion Golf Academy, the home of “Going Pro at 50.”
This channel follows the real journey of a PGA Master Professional attempting to compete at a high level again… at 50 years old.
No country club image. No tucked in polos. No fake golf personality.
Just a guy in T shirts, sneakers, sunglasses, junior length clubs, and a belief that most golfers have been taught the wrong way for years.
⛳ One of only 170 PGA Master Professionals in Instruction in the U.S. since 1969
🏆 6x Top 100 Growth of the Game Professional
🏅 2x PGA President’s Award Winner
📚 30,000+ lessons taught since 1996
📍 Owner of 5 Southern California academy locations
🎥 700+ golf videos focused on cause and effect, not swing fads
No paywalls. No sponsors controlling opinions. No industry BS.
Just documenting the journey and teaching golf in a way normal people can actually understand.
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A lot of you asked for it… so here it comes 😂
Tomorrow’s video is all about Golf Sidekick, why so many golfers are connecting with his message right now, and why golfers may be completely exhausted with modern golf instruction.
This one was actually really fun to make.
Make sure notifications are on 🔔
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LGA Community!
Quick survey for the “Going Pro at 50” Friday videos.
As many of you know, the desert heat is suddenly jumping into the 110’s this week and will probably stay there until around October. Because of that, we may be limited to filming only (9) holes on some Fridays depending on conditions.
What type of Friday videos would you rather watch?
SEE BLOW TO VOTE
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Also drop a comment below on what you’d like for this Wednesday’s video:
“What’s In The Bag” for the Going Pro at 50 setup.
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A deeper video about my 17-month goals, the path to trying to qualify, and why some of what I’m doing may go against what the golf industry tells you to do.
Appreciate all the support on this journey so far. The feedback has honestly helped shape this series more than you know.
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Tomorrow at 2:00PM our weekly on course video goes up! What a day...let me just say I am LOVING the adult/junior clubs and the new HEAVY putter I built. It is a long video coming in at 28 minutes, but I hope you will enjoy it.
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The new putter build to go with the Frankenstein full set, added 75g under grip and down the grip shaft, and 90g on the head, new palm grip, and new putting motion to give this ping putter from the garage a whirl. Its 30”
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Some of you have asked for a breakdown of how much distance I have lost in my new junior club setup. So I will list what I was hitting with my adult clubs vs. these us kids clubs. Keep in mind, its not really the length of club that is costing the distance loss, but rather the lofts, the junior clubs are 5 degrees weaker than my adult clubs. Every degree weaker is roughly 2-3 yards shorter. So phase 2 of my journey is to cut down my adult clubs the exact size of the junior clubs (built for 4'9" child) and compare. If it makes sense we then build out an entire new set for my tournament journey.
ADULT SPECS:
4I - 210
5I - 200
6I- 190
7I - 180
8I - 170
9I - 155
PW -140
GW - 125
LW - 90
Driver - 250-300 (all over the place) and I do not use a 3W or HYBRID
JUNIOR SPECS
4H - 185-190
5I - 170-175
6I - 165
7I - 155
8I - 145
9I - 135
PW - 125
GW - 105
LW - 90
Driver - 240-270
3W - 210
So in theory if I get these specs of the clubhead to match my current specs (loft strength) we can add 10-15 yards on each iron from this. Which would put it about 5 - 10 yards shorter then my old adult set.
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Built these golf clubs somewhere between junior and adult specs…
This might either be the smartest thing I’ve done… or completely ruin my “pro at 50” plan.
Be honest… genius or terrible idea?
1 month ago | [YT] | 1
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Our new movie is coming out....cannot wait!
1 month ago | [YT] | 32
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I am going to go tee it up in a few hours, if you are on let me know what you want to see today on the golf course:
1 month ago | [YT] | 22
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When I used to teach some of my kids at the academy I would use their clubs and smoke all of clubs, I never quite pulled the trigger...new clubs have been ordered from Ebay...we will see if these are the ones! US Kids Tour Series full set...40" driver, the works.
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LGA fam! We are going to try to make the golf course vid once a week now as I think it would be beneficial for all parties! The question is would you like to see team challenges with Bethany and I (birdie every hole, break 30,25,etc for 9) figure out a way to raise money for charity if we are successful, OR would you prefer to see us match play it out every week and have a season purse for winner take all (10 matches total, first one to six wins $1,000).
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