Your Personalized Roadmap to Mastery
While every golfer’s journey is unique, the path to elite play is paved with specific, measurable milestones. Our training is structured around a Hexagonal Mastery Flow—a color-coded system that ensures you never move to a more complex skill until you have the physical and technical foundation to support it.
The Evaluation Phase
Movement Before Mechanics: Every journey begins with a TPI Physical Assessment. We don't guess; we measure. This initial hexagon is the gateway to your entire program. If the assessment reveals a mobility or strength gap, we prioritize Basic Fitness & Rehab immediately to prevent injury and fast-track your progress.
The Progression Logic
Our curriculum is divided into three distinct color-coded phases: Green (Developmental), Blue (Consistency), and Red (Elite). Traverse the hexagons as you earn your way forward.
Skill Integration
From basic swing mechanics and ball flight fundamentals to advanced spin control and high-tech optimization.
Mastery Requirement
Move forward once you demonstrate "appropriate mastery." This prevents "swing-flaw layering" and keeps your impact repeatable.
Flexible Entry
You are the captain. Choose any hexagon at any time, but accept that results are always skill-level dependent.
The Green Phase: Milestone Checklist
Target: 20+ Handicap Developmental Learning. Before leveling up to the Blue Phase, mastery in these five core hexagonal pillars is required.
TPI Physical Assessment & Rehab
Goal: Identify the "Body-Swing Connection"
Completion of a full 16-point TPI screen. If a "Big 12" characteristic is identified (e.g., S-Posture, Early Extension), you must demonstrate a basic understanding of corrective exercises and measurable improvement in affected joint mobility.
Basic Swing & Impact Alignment
Goal: Establish the "Golf Simplified" Core
Consistently demonstrate a "Hands-Forward" impact position on a launch monitor. Prioritize a repeatable, shorter-loop swing that favors center-face contact over raw distance.
Ball Flight Fundamentals
Goal: Predictable Outcomes
Ability to explain curvature based on club path and face angle. Success is defined by the elimination of the "two-way miss," ensuring misses are biased toward one side of the course.
04. Short Game Basics
Mastery of "bump and run" and standard chips. Must land 5/10 balls within a 10-foot circle from 15 yards.
05. Course Management
Development of a "Go-To" tee club and conservative targeting to eliminate penalties and lost balls.
Ready to level up?
Once these milestones are cleared, we re-assess your physical capacity to move into the Blue Phase: Power Generation and Distance Control.
The Blue Phase: Consistency Development
Target: 10–20 Handicap. Transitioning from "surviving the round" to "attacking the course" through athletic stability and precision.
TPI Physical Assessment: Fitness & Strength
Goal: Transition to Performance & Stability
Pass a secondary TPI screen demonstrating improved core stability and pelvic rotation. Maintain posture through a high-velocity swing with zero "Early Extension."
Power Generation & Speed
Goal: Effortless Distance Through Sequence
Measurable increase in clubhead speed while maintaining a Smash Factor of 1.40+. This confirms speed is generated through sequence, not just "swinging harder."
Distance Control (The Scoring Zone)
Goal: Knowing Your "Stock" Numbers
Creation of a complete bag gap-chart. Hit a specific yardage with a 7-iron 7 out of 10 times within a +/- 5-yard window.
04. Advanced Course Management
Strategy Over Ego
Execution of "The Rule of 3"—eliminating three-putts, double-chips, and "hero shots." Measured by a significant reduction in double-bogeys.
05. Spin Control & Bunkers
Managing Ball Flight
Consistent "one-shot" bunker escapes. Ability to identify and execute "high-soft" vs. "low-runner" shots based on pin position.
Ready for Elite Play?
When you "clear" Blue, you have the physical foundation to move into the Red Phase, leveraging TPI Level 2 & 3 data to optimize every percentage point of your performance.
The Red Phase: Elite Milestone Checklist
Target: 1–10 Handicap & Competitive Players. Total optimization of the athlete through biomechanical data and high-explosive power profiling.
TPI Level 2 & 3: High-Tech Optimization
Goal: Biomechanical Efficiency & Power Profiling
Verify a "Pro-Level" Kinematic Sequence (Pelvis → Thorax → Arm → Club) via 3D motion capture. Identify and plug "Power Leaks" in the transition for maximum energy transfer.
Elite Fitness & Strength
Goal: Building a "Golf-Specific" Engine
Pass the TPI Level 3 Power Screen (Vertical Jump, Med-Ball Throw, Seated Rotation). Prove explosive capacity to maintain peak speeds for 18+ holes without fatigue.
Elite Ball Striking & Shot Shaping
Goal: Complete Command of the Ball
Execution of the "9-Shot Drill" (High/Med/Low x Draw/Fade/Straight). Accuracy measured by Strokes Gained: Approach metrics.
04. Mental Game & Strategy
Statistical Resilience
Mastery of "Decade" style strategy and a bulletproof pre-shot routine. Focus on "Shot Patterns" rather than aiming at pins.
05. Elite Short Game
Up-and-Down From Anywhere
The "Scrambling" Test: 70% success rate from 30 yards in, regardless of lie. Precision in spin loft and landing spots.
The Result: Total Golf Mastery
Once you have traversed the Green, Blue, and Red phases, you are no longer just a "good golfer." You are a trained athlete with a data-optimized, professional-grade process that survives the pressure of any course.
"By traversing this roadmap, you aren't just taking lessons—you are building a
systematic, data-driven game.
By taking the time to build a solid foundation, you ensure that every future improvement
is built on a rock-solid base of athleticism and technique, rather than quick fixes and
gimmicks. This is the path to true, lasting golf mastery.
"
-Mike Mason founder of Send-Golf: Golf Simplified