E279 | Brad Iles

Show Notes | Brad Iles

00:00 Golf prodigy to minimum wage

01:55 His relationship with golf now

02:39 From the pro tour to sweeping floors

05:54 14 houses by age 14

07:47 How a 9-year-old found golf

11:31 The grind: 12-hour practice days

15:05 Dad's plan: scratch by 16

18:24 Winning the World Schools Champs

22:00 A team player in an individual sport

25:26 Hearing your handicap from the strike

28:36 The golf cart accident

33:24 Recovering from a brain injury

37:51 "When's the next tournament?"

39:06 The first swing back

42:40 Why Americans out-golf Kiwis

44:15 What makes Ryan Fox great

46:23 Were they really chasing alligators?

47:33 Turning pro & a call from Michael Campbell

50:42 Leading the Australian PGA with Dad on the bag

53:18 The real money in pro golf

57:15 Tour stories: a shank through a hotel door

1:00:14 100 cheeseburgers & mental toughness

1:05:23 How good are the world's best?

1:07:01 Realising golf wasn't for him

1:09:32 The putt for a quarter of a million

1:11:07 The flight home & starting again

1:12:07 Minimum wage in Queenstown

1:14:15 Relearning how to live

1:15:22 From glassy to shareholder

1:19:10 Fatherhood & walking away again

1:23:24 A kid in the cupboard & a business idea

1:27:36 Building a golf simulator business

1:33:08 Sleep seizures & losing his licence

1:36:26 The silver lining of slowing down

1:37:07 Best parenting advice

1:38:38 Advice for athletes whose dream didn't work out

1:41:58 Better at business or golf?

1:44:31 His relationship with money

1:46:27 Stress, pressure & being present

1:48:11 The toll of elite sport

1:49:51 Would he ever play pro again?

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