If you struggle with pulls, wipey fades, or feel like you just can’t compress the ball, this lesson is for you. Quinn breaks down why my 61-year-old baseball background is fighting my golf swing and gives me three simple, actionable feels to finally get my sequencing right.

We go deep on Smash Factor, Center of Mass, ground reaction forces, and the "kinematic sequence," but Quinn makes it simple. The result? I gained 15+ yards with my 7-iron almost instantly just by moving my body differently.

Are you more of a watcher than a listener? Then why not watch this episode on The ModGolf YouTube channel!
---> https://youtu.be/YKW9Nqjhw24 or click on the image to add some video to the sounds and words.

Episode Chapters
0:00 - Intro: From Short Game to Full Swing
1:30 - Smash Factor 101: What Rory's Driver Controversy Teaches Us
4:45 - The BIG Diagnosis: ** Where is My Pelvis at Impact?
**8:15 - The "Dipping" Problem & Trail Leg Extension
10:00 - The Mountain Analogy: Why Your Old Swing Never Dies
13:30 - Golf Swing Sequencing Explained (Hands → Arms → Shoulders → Hips)
16:45 - The "Bump" Drill: Getting Left Sooner
20:30 - Ground Reaction Forces: Using the Ground Like a Pro
24:15 - Creating Space: Why Your Hips Are Blocking Your Swing
28:00 - ** The "Third Grade Bump" Live Drill
**31:00 - Exaggeration is Key: Rehearsing vs. Swinging
35:00 - 7-Iron Results: The Launch Monitor Doesn't Lie (+15 Yards!)
39:00 - Preseason Drill: The Yoga Ball Move (Indoor Training)
41:00 - Part 4 Preview: The Driver (The Club I Dread)

What You’ll Learn in This Golf Lesson:
• The real reason you flip or scoop at impact (and how to fix it with your body, not your hands).
• The simple "Trail Leg Extension" feel that stops you from dipping down.
• How getting your center of mass in front of the ball changes your club path instantly.
• The one indoor winter drill to improve your swing sequence without hitting balls.
• Why golf fitness (with Cameron Barkley) and golf instruction must work together for all golfers, but especially for older ones like me.

RELATED VIDEOS & RESOURCES
👉 Book a virtual or in-person lesson with Quinn Vilneff at https://universitygolf.com/quinn-vilneff/
or on Instagram @vangolfpro

👉 Watch The Rebuild - Part 1: Are You Ready for a Golf Transformation That Actually LASTS?
--> https://youtu.be/Vtxcxs_If4I

👉 Watch The Rebuild - Part 2: Are You Ready To Fix Your Short Game By Understanding Spin Loft?
--> https://youtu.be/9yuk1xCW-t0

👉 Check out Gowanus Golf Club in Vancouver, the indoor facility featuring TrackMan.
--> https://ggcvirtualgolf.ca/

👉 Cameron Barkley - Vancouver Golf Performance
--> https://www.vancouvergolfperformance.com/

Special Guest: Quinn Vilneff - Class A PGA of Canada Teaching Professional..

If you’re a struggling golfer tired of wasting strokes around the green, this video is your ultimate wake-up call. In Part 2 of "The Rebuild" series, ModGolf host Colin Weston (a 16-handicap on a mission) gears up for the first of three in-depth instruction sessions with Quinn Vilneff, a Class A PGA of Canada Teaching Professional.

In this 36-minute masterclass, we completely overhaul Colin’s short game technique. Quinn reveals why most amateurs struggle with consistency, how your driving faults might be ruining your chipping, and the simple "Dollarama towel drill" that instantly fixes fat and thin contact.

Whether you're looking for golf lessons, golf tips for beginners, or advanced golf game improvement strategies to lower your scores and have more fun, this episode is packed with actionable advice you can take straight to the course (or your indoor simulator like Colin did using Trackman at Gowanus Golf Club in Vancovuer!).

Are you more of a watcher than a listener? Then why not watch this episode on The ModGolf YouTube channel!
---> https://youtu.be/9yuk1xCW-t0 or click on the image to add some video to the sounds and words.

Episode Chapters
0:00 - Intro: Colin introduces "The Rebuild" Part 2 and the mission to go from a 16.4 to a 12 handicap in 2026.
1:30 - Meet Quinn Vilneff: From caddying on the PGA Tour to coaching in Vancouver. Learn how his high-performance background shapes his teaching.
4:25 - The Perfect Warm-Up: Quinn shares the "10-Yard Progression Drill" to avoid injury and build feel before you even think about touching your driver.
8:20 - Why Short Game Saves Scores: The difference between a good round and a great round? Disaster avoidance around the greens.
11:45 - Colin’s Stroke Savers Data: Analyzing the stats: Why Colin putts like a 4-handicap but chips like a 20-handicap.
14:40 - The "S" Word & The Revelation: Why Colin is hitting chips off the toe (and occasionally the hosel), and how his driver swing is ruining his short game.
19:00 - The Towel Drill: The simple, low-cost training aid that fixes an "inside-out" chip swing instantly.
23:15 - Understanding Bounce & Spin Loft: Quinn explains the physics of using your wedge's bounce to get consistent contact even in wet Vancouver conditions.
26:30 - Flipping the Script: Learning to get "steep and left" for short shots vs. "shallow and right" for the driver.
32:00 - Instant Improvement: Colin sees the data change on TrackMan - path fixed, center contact achieved!
34:00 - What’s Next: A preview of The Rebuild Part 3 (Irons) and Part 4 (Driver).

What You’ll Learn in This Golf Lesson:
Proper Warmup Techniques: How to prepare your body without reinforcing bad habits.
Chipping Fundamentals: Why you need to use the bounce of the wedge, especially on tight lies or wet turf.
Path Correction: How to fix a shallow, inside chip shot that leads to inconsistency.
Game Improvement Strategy: The mindset shift from trying to hit perfect shots to simply avoiding disastrous ones.
TrackMan Data: Understanding Club Path, Spin Loft, and why Carry Distance matters more than Total Distance.

RELATED VIDEOS & RESOURCES
👉 Book a virtual or in-person lesson with Quinn Vilneff through his Instagram @vangolfpro https://www.instagram.com/vangolfpro/

👉 Watch The Rebuild - Part 1: Are You Ready for a Golf Transformation That Actually LASTS?
--> https://youtu.be/Vtxcxs_If4I

👉 Check out Gowanus Golf Club in Vancouver, the indoor facility featuring TrackMan.
--> https://ggcvirtualgolf.ca/

👉 Learn more about Arccos Golf sensors to track your own strokes gained data like Colin does.
--> https://ca.arccosgolf.com/

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Special Guest: Quinn Vilneff - Class A PGA of Canada Teaching Professional..

Host Colin Weston sits down with Imagine Golf Founder Malcolm Scovil as he shares how embracing patience, curiosity and tenacity have helped guide him along his entrepreneurial journey. Malcolm is the Founder of TLDR which stands for “Too Long - Didn’t Read”. TLDR's first product Imagine Golf reflects this “Give it to me quick, give it to me clear” content delivery philosophy.

Imagine Golf is currently on Apple iOS but will be available on Android soon. You can follow Imagine Golf on Instagram at @imaginegolfers

Check out our extended conversation with Malcolm on our Youtube Channel!

Quotable Nuggets of Entrepreneurial Wisdom From Malcolm...

"The vision behind TLDR is to build entertaining, educational content that we deliver through mobile apps around passionate pockets of consumers. One of our first products is Imagine Golf, which is focused on “snackable audio content for golfers of all skill levels” to help golfers improve their performance and enjoy the game more."

“Im always tinkering with small products and testing things out with friends. I think there’s a natural tinkerer in us folks who are entrepreneurial. Once of the things in my endeavours I found is getting close to the student or the customer is what helps quiet that voice of doubt or insecurity in the entrepreneurial mind."

"With Imagine Golf we really spent a lot of time before we had any product talking to golfers and asking them questions - not about a product that we are thinking about building but why do you play golf, what got you into golf, what are some of your highlights in your career for amateurs. What are you working on in your golf game? Where are you trying to go in you game? What are some of the ways that you think might accelerate you in getting there? So it’s really applying a curious mindset to the product development process, which leads to all types of unexpected discoveries through the nuggets of insight that you uncover.”

“The biggest mistake I’ve made in my entrepreneurial endeavours is to have a product idea and just run at it as opposed to starting with a curiosity approach and asking open-ended questions. It also helps from a marketing standpoint. You start to write down the things that people are saying and it helps you when you’re putting together the story so that you're speaking in the voice of the customer rather than the one that’s in your head.”

“Once you have a direction the real focus is on building a quality-first product. I think the only way to do that is with simplicity. Something I’ve been guilty of in the past is trying to do too much too early in an entrepreneurial venture. With my latest venture and all my future projects, it’s how do you cut through in a very noisy, cluttered market with a consumer experience that really resonates and adds value to people’s lives. Almost always simpler is better, that focus on simplicity and what adds value.”

“I think why most companies fail is either there’s not a customer or they haven’t been able to find that customer. To big things to in the early days of a startup are can you make something people want and the other part is can you get in front of folks, can you find ways for them to discover it? This is as important as building something people want.”

“For successful new products and companies like Sarah Blakely with Spanx who had a very clear proposition for the consumer by scratching the itch of a personal pain point to create something that wasn’t on the market.”

Reid Hoffman: “if you’re not embarrassed by your first product you shipped it too late.” It takes a lot of bravery to put something out there.

“The best advice I got was to get just one customer, get one person to pay you then the next one and the next one. What it forces you to do is create something of value. That first person you ask to pay ten dollars for your product and they say no, then you need to ask why, what’s missing right now? This combination of our intuition and the data gathered both qualitative and quantitative, those are a couple of ingredients for success."

“Customers are your best partners. Folks that are using and paying for your product are the best source of ideas and ways to grow. Without question, we get the best ideas for new content or courses we should create from the current member of the Imagine Golf community and we are very grateful for that”.

"Being an entrepreneur is tough and it creates a lot of doubt. Although it can be lonely it can also be very rewarding and fulfilling."

“As in business, the biggest barrier to athletic success is our mental game. It’s what separates the Tiger Woods, the Michael Jordans, the Oprah Winfreys and the Elon Musks of the world from the rest of us.

“I recommend that new entrepreneurs do not try to reinvent the wheel or start building something from scratch. Instead create something in your own unique way, find inspiration in something that already exists and do it differently and better.”

Special Guest: Malcolm Scovil - Founder, TLDR and Imagine Golf.