Rick Currin Reveals “Fig Jam” — The Secret to Breaking Through Scoring Barriers (Part 2)

Could "Fig Jam" change your mindset and help you shoot lower scores?

This week on How Low Can You Go?, Dave and Chris are joined by Rick Currin for part 2 of a fascinating conversation about practical golf improvement, breaking through scoring barriers, and why amateur golfers often make the game far harder than it needs to be.

Rick has a refreshingly simple approach: less is more.

And he has some fascinating ideas about how amateur golfers can lower their scores without obsessing over swing mechanics.

We get into:

🏌️ The “Fig Jam” method — Rick’s unconventional approach to removing pressure and changing your perception of what scores you’re capable of shooting.

🧠 Why scoring barriers are often psychological — and how changing what you believe you can shoot can help you actually shoot it.

🎯 The importance of knowing your numbers — why understanding your real carry distances could immediately help you make better decisions on the course.

↪️ Why Rick has gone back to the fade — and why chasing the draw may not be the answer for amateur golfers.

📊 The five laws of ball flight — speed, path, face angle, angle of attack and centredness of contact.

😮‍💨 How to deal with pressure when you’re playing well — including Rick’s brilliant “box breathe your way to freedom” approach.

⛳ The 6-6-6 strategy — how Rick approaches the first six, middle six and final six holes differently to build a better score.

😂 Why amateur golfers are actually soldiers — dealing with bad lies, inconsistent greens and all the other chaos that comes with playing everyday golf.

And Rick makes a pretty bold prediction: he’s confident he can help Chris get to scratch and Dave get into single figures.

So... the challenge is officially on.

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After loving our conversations with Karl Morris so much, we thought: wouldn’t it be great to spend two days actually learning from someone like this?

Karl has worked with multiple Major-winning clients, including 2026 Open Champion Ryan Fox, and we’re putting together an immersive experience combining mental performance, golf, great facilities and a live HLCYG recording.

It’s going to be premium, intimate and limited in numbers.

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🎯 WANT TO WORK WITH RICK CURRIN?

If Rick’s approach in this episode has got you thinking differently about your golf, you can find out more about working with him directly.

Rick offers one-to-one coaching, playing lessons, short-game sessions and virtual coaching through #theSQUAD, where international golfers can get two months of unlimited online swing analysis for US$100, alongside drills and tutorials. 

👉 Explore Rick Currin’s coaching options

Rick also offers one-to-one online coaching and video-based support, so if you want to take the ideas from this episode and actually apply them to your own game, check out his coaching options.

🎙️ ABOUT THE SHOW

How Low Can You Go is a golf improvement podcast exploring how amateur golfers can improve their game, lower their handicap, shoot lower scores and understand what actually moves the needle — without wasting time on the wrong things.

Chris Donaldson and Dave Alexander speak to leading golf coaches, performance experts, sports psychologists and some of the smartest minds in golf to discover practical golf tips and strategies that everyday golfers can use to play better golf.

Whether you’re trying to break 100, break 90, break 80, reach a single-figure handicap or get closer to scratch, How Low Can You Go is about finding out what really helps golfers improve.

🎧 Listen now and start turning bad rounds into better golf.

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