Brian Harman - Don't Overcomplicate

Brian Harman explains how important it is to keep things simple in his approach. He spends a lot of time on the details but the intention is to make sure nothing is over complicated.


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Brian Harman Keeping it Simple

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I think one of the things that's emerging out of me watching you is that you're so clear on what you're good at and can do and also what you can't do.

Mm-hmm.

And I think that's why you're so good on tour because you only have a couple of things that you sort of have to conquer, is that right?

That's right. If I can get to where I'm hitting it pretty much the same every time, I'm--

People may say, well yeah, he only does these two things. But we have a saying in golf, we say we add, we add, we add, we add, and then we take away, take away, take away. You're sort of, you've taken away a lot of work and now it's just down to a couple of things, right?

Right. But I spend a lot of time in the details.

Yeah.

For me, I'm detail oriented. What puts me in the best chance to be successful. I try to replicate that as much as I can.

Xerox machine.

I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel, I'm not trying to. My swing is my swing.

Yeah.

A lot of players are trying to do these nuclear lessons. Yes.

Blow it all up.

Would you agree?

Yeah I would.

Just like a nuclear, it's got to be like something you've never heard of, it's got-- Look. It's got-- Look at me. It's got a twirl, it's got a dipsy-do.

Yeah, you got this, and this, and this.

You've got some of the good players that are like this at the top.

Yeah, Dustin's like this.

Spieth is like that a little.

Spieth's like this.

Berger.

Yeah, Berger's--

Yeah. But you're very, of course I know your heritage, I know how you were brought up, I know who you learned from, so are you saying that the lessons that we've known for the last 100 years are OK, we're doing fine with what we got?

I don't know why you have to get to the Tour and then learn how to play golf.

Exactly.

I mean the golf swing is not, it's not an overly comp-- it can be as complicated as you want it to be.

You can make it impossible.

You can.

If you really want to.

I sure can't hit it well with a bunch of things going through my head though.