The road to the Open Championship

Chasing the Open.

Golf, engineering, and the discipline that connects them. One goal, followed honestly: a place in the oldest championship in the game.

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The Chase

Most people never find out what they're truly capable of.

Not for lack of talent, but because they never commit and persevere long enough. I'm running the opposite experiment: elite golf, engineering, and a camera, all pointed at one goal, the Open Championship. Because the hard path is the one that elevates you.

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The goal

Qualify for the Open Championship. Real stakes, real setbacks, shared as they happen, not a highlight reel.

02

The mind

The Open won't be won on the range. So I train the mind on purpose, with cold plunges, big waves and heights, to stay calm when it matters most.

03

The giving back

Sharing what actually works, so anyone chasing a lower handicap can train smarter. The systems, not the ego.

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The journey so far.

Short clips from the road so far. The Royal Birkdale, Nazaré and Arctic films are coming soon.

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Morning reps

The destination

St Andrews, host of the 155th Open Championship

Upcoming films
Royal Birkdale
Nazaré
The Arctic
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A free tool

The app I built to track my own game.

It's completely free. I made it for my own practice, to log drills and watch progress actually take shape, and opened it up in case it helps yours too. No catch, just a tool I use every day.

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Sil Thoonsen performance app — drill tracking and progress
Letters from the road

Come along for the journey.

Every so often I write from the road: what I'm learning, what's working, and the occasional drill worth stealing. If that sounds like your thing, I'd love to have you along.

No noise, just the occasional letter from the road.