"On Thanksgiving Day, I had emergency surgery," Goddard said. "Honestly, that was the low point."

We are all familiar with Jordan Spieth's work on the course… his passion, focus, determination and willpower. But it’s the work he puts in off the course that helps him top the leaderboard. As he preps for one of golf’s biggest moments of the year, The Masters, we get a rare glimpse at how Jordan hones his craft with good old fashioned sweat and the help of his trainer Damon Goddard at Dallas’ AMPD Golf Fitness.

Start your FREE trial of the #1 App in Golf Fitness: https://bit.ly/2M6inpa Damon Goddard, trainer to multiple PGA Tour golfers, including Jordan Spieth, joins us in this live episode. Get your FREE TRAINING “The Golf Fitness Rollercoaster” → https://18strong.com/golf-fitness-roller-coaster Subscribe so you never miss a training video again: http://bit.ly/18STRONGTV CONNECT WITH 18STRONG HERE: 🎙PODCAST on iTunes → http://bit.ly/18STRONGiTunes 🎙PODCAST on Stitcher → http://bit.ly/18STRONGstitcher 🎙PODCAST on Spotify → http://bit.ly/18STRONGspotify 📸 INSTAGRAM → @18STRONG_ (https://www.instagram.com/18strong_/) 📘 FACEBOOK → https://www.facebook.com/18strong/ CONNECT WITH JEFF PELIZZARO HERE: 📸 INSTAGRAM → @18strongJeff (https://www.instagram.com/18strongjeff/) Start your FREE trial of the #1 App in Golf Fitness: https://bit.ly/2M6inpa

On episode #9 of The XIX Hole Podcast, host Charlie Zamora interviews Damon Goddard. Golf Digest’s- Top 50 Golf Fitness Professional, Performance Coach for FedEx Cup Champion, Master's Champion, U.S. Open Champion, The Open Champion, FedEx Champion, US Jr Am Champions, US Am Champion, NCAA Champion, Elite Juniors, PGA Rookie of the Year, Web.com player of the year, Mulitple PGA, LPGA, Web.com, Symetra tour winners. Damon attended Lee University where he played soccer and earned All-American and All-Conference player honors three times. Damon earned his bachelor’s degree in Fitness and Wellness and is a Certified Personal Trainer and Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Additionally, Damon is a Level-3 Certified Golf Fitness Instructor through the Titleist Performance Institute and currently serves as an Advisory Board member for the Southern Methodist University Applied Physiology and Sport Management Department and Golf Academy of America. Also, Damon's Golf Fitness segment can be listened to every Tuesday morning for Golf Talk America/ PGA Tour Live. Damon has positioned himself as one of the leading experts in golf performance conditioning and post-rehabilitation and currently works with a host of PGA, Web.com, LPGA, and elite junior golfers. With over 19years of experience in the fitness industry, Damon has worked with many golf, basketball, soccer, and hockey professionals as they bridge the gap from post-rehabilitation to maximum sports performance. Damon specializes in golf performance conditioning and has gained notoriety through speaking at seminars and his writings for sport publications. Damon’s knowledge of the body and his experiences as an athlete and educator give him a unique and effective approach to sports performance training. Damon uses his personal motto: “Without vision there is no victory”, to aide him in providing his clients with the tools and guidance to transform their visions of a healthy life and peak performance into victories! FEATURING: Host: Charlie Zamora Instagram: www.instagram.com/charliezamora_/ Guest: Damon Goddard Instagram: www.instagram.com/damon_goddard/ FOLLOW: XIX Hole - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xix_hole/ - Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/XIXHOLE/ - Itunes: https://xixhole.com/pages/podcast - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/xixholepodcast SHOP NOW: https://xixhole.com/

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