Blake Parkman during his University of Georgia golf career

About Ground Up

A system for practice, competition, and the road ahead.

We built Golf From The Ground Up from firsthand experience with junior competition, college golf, pressure, preparation, and the long road between potential and performance.

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The experience behind the standard

We understand the ambition and the pressure around it.

Our founder was a nationally competitive junior golfer, earned a Division I scholarship, and competed at the University of Georgia and Columbus State University.

That path gave him more than competitive experience. It showed him how preparation, expectations, confidence, discipline, and the response to failure can shape a young player as much as any technical change.

Today, we use those lessons to help players build a clearer relationship with the work: understand the plan, prepare with purpose, make better decisions, and learn from the result without being defined by it.

Blake Parkman following a golf shot
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“The player needs a process that still makes sense on the hard days.”

Our coaching principle

Coaching beliefs

What the work is designed to build.

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Ownership

The player understands the purpose of the work and learns to take responsibility for it.

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Discipline

Good preparation becomes a repeatable behavior that lasts beyond the next event.

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Perspective

A difficult round can matter without becoming a verdict on the player’s talent or future.

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Composure

Routines, decisions, and body language remain useful when the score creates pressure.

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