Golf — Dom Kozak

What to change

From 24 Jul 2026. Computed from 60 full swings of 188 logged — warm-up chips excluded, they were hiding it. One thing. Not six — six is a way of changing nothing.

Fix the path, not the face

35 of 36 full swings, typical -6.4°, spread 2.3°.

It causes 65% of the gap that bends your ball. The face causes 34%.

Ball finishes right of target on 21 of 60 full swings, by 8.9 yards typically.

2 wild ones in there, worst +0.4°. Counted, not deleted.

Where the video overshoots youThe head-cover drill pushes toward in-to-out, like any path fix — you don't need to get all the way there; your path only has to come back toward zero, where your ~3.4° face gives a straight-ish fade. And 'chest closed' is a BODY cue, not a face cue: leave the face doing what it's doing.

How to Fix an Over the Top Swing with Dave Phillips | Golf Tips | Titleist

Dave Phillips (Titleist / TPI) · 3:56

Transcript read in full. Dave Phillips (TPI co-founder) names your exact fault — the club attacking outside-to-in, ball starting left and curving right — and unusually opens with a DIAGNOSTIC test so you fix the right cause: club across the chest, keep the shoulders still, move only the hips. Can't separate upper from lower body? It's a mobility issue and he gives the one-plane fix (bend more, lead arm under the shoulder plane). Can you? Then it's the head-cover drill: club works out over a head cover on the backswing, chest stays closed to the target through transition so the club shallows and comes from the inside. Crucially it NEVER tells you to close the club face — every 'closed' cue is about the chest/upper body, not the face — so it can't turn your near-square face into a hook. No product pitch.

188 strokes logged. The verdict is whatever they say it is, and it changes when they do.

What each club actually does

Measured, not hoped for. Ordered longest first.

Club	Best carry	Best total	Mean f2p	Best smash
5 Hybridlongest	163.4	194.9	+7.8	1.45
3 Wood	159.4	179.1	+5.4	1.72
6 Iron	144.0	166.5	+5.2	1.52
8 Iron	119.7	136.5	+1.0	1.79
Sand Wedge	86.5	116.3	+2.1	1.28

Is it working

path: not moving. 4.8° then, 6.5° now.

+2.52026-07-17

+3.52026-07-18

+6.12026-07-21

+3.42026-07-24

Mean face-to-path per session. Down is better — 0° is a straight ball.

A golf ball resting at the lip of the hole

Every shot, or it didn't happen.

The log

Every stroke TrackMan saw, pulled from the session report. A dash means it wasn't tracked — recorded as missing rather than guessed.

2026-07-24

60 shots · 5 clubs

Time	Club	Path	Face	F2P	Attack	Spin	Smash	Carry	Total
13:30	8 Iron	—	—	—	—	2447	—	0.3	30.0
13:30	8 Iron	0.4	-5.5	-5.9	-7.0	3002	1.48	69.1	103.5
13:32	8 Iron	—	—	—	—	2979	—	1.3	32.3
13:32	8 Iron	—	—	—	—	3792	—	0.3	31.5
13:33	8 Iron	-3.8	-3.7	0.1	—	1309	1.36	59.5	96.4
13:33	8 Iron	-0.3	-15.2	-14.9	—	2001	1.57	13.2	47.0
13:33	8 Iron	-6.1	-0.9	5.3	—	2195	1.35	4.1	33.5
13:34	8 Iron	—	—	—	—	2135	—	0.3	32.9
13:34	8 Iron	-4.9	-10.4	-5.5	—	3308	1.42	70.1	104.2
13:34	8 Iron	-5.8	-7.5	-1.7	-4.0	1016	1.39	57.5	93.8
13:35	8 Iron	-6.0	-11.2	-5.3	—	976	1.33	47.7	83.9
13:35	8 Iron	-6.1	-5.6	0.4	—	471	1.51	53.1	89.6
13:36	8 Iron	-9.5	-2.2	7.2	—	6008	1.28	101.7	127.5
13:36	8 Iron	-8.1	6.1	14.3	-2.9	7073	1.16	103.7	115.7
13:36	8 Iron	-7.5	6.2	13.8	-4.2	7380	1.28	119.7	129.4
13:37	8 Iron	—	—	—	—	7943	—	7.5	45.2
13:37	8 Iron	-9.5	-3.2	6.3	-2.5	1676	1.11	82.3	119.4
13:38	6 Iron	-5.1	3.1	8.2	—	3493	1.15	80.4	117.6
13:38	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	3500	—	0.3	33.3
13:38	6 Iron	-8.9	-2.0	6.8	—	3309	1.32	73.1	109.4
13:39	6 Iron	-7.2	4.0	11.1	—	5330	1.35	124.3	149.5
13:39	6 Iron	-8.4	0.1	8.5	-3.6	3258	1.21	88.7	126.2
13:39	6 Iron	-6.1	6.3	12.4	—	3963	1.13	74.4	109.5
13:40	6 Iron	-4.0	-8.6	-4.6	—	984	1.29	17.1	50.7
13:40	6 Iron	-8.9	-3.6	5.3	—	488	1.28	30.2	65.0
13:40	6 Iron	-9.4	7.6	17.0	-4.0	5196	1.20	81.0	116.7
13:41	6 Iron	-7.0	-1.9	5.1	—	2706	1.34	83.7	120.2
13:41	6 Iron	-9.8	2.4	12.2	—	3795	1.21	81.2	117.7
13:42	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	266	—	30.6	65.4
13:42	6 Iron	-9.3	-9.8	-0.4	—	2770	1.22	92.5	129.6
13:42	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	1723	—	11.7	45.9
13:42	6 Iron	-3.8	-0.3	3.6	—	799	1.14	59.5	96.4
13:44	5 Hybrid	-5.1	1.9	7.0	—	4899	0.94	74.9	78.7
13:45	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	4125	—	88.0	96.1
13:45	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	6962	—	125.8	142.2
13:45	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	6640	—	114.3	139.2
13:46	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	4954	—	66.6	70.6
13:46	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	6294	—	87.2	89.9
13:47	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	4633	—	93.5	100.7
13:47	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	5131	—	87.4	92.5
13:47	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	3593	—	57.0	62.7
13:48	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	2170	—	93.0	122.0
13:48	5 Hybrid	-7.2	-1.6	5.5	-7.0	3860	1.11	16.2	52.3
13:49	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	4854	—	69.3	73.3
13:49	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	2175	—	3.3	35.8
13:49	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	6469	—	100.8	108.3
13:51	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3379	—	95.2	112.0
13:51	3 Wood	-7.4	-1.8	5.6	-1.2	5091	1.22	133.8	155.4
13:51	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	6647	—	118.9	124.8
13:52	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3906	—	0.5	36.2
13:52	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3470	—	6.2	40.9
13:53	3 Wood	-6.2	-8.1	-1.9	-2.5	5187	1.21	124.7	146.7
13:54	Sand Wedge	-7.6	-6.6	1.0	—	8580	0.98	63.8	81.0
13:55	Sand Wedge	-7.6	-3.5	4.2	—	8211	1.03	69.3	88.8
13:55	Sand Wedge	-6.7	-7.6	-0.9	—	4598	0.95	68.2	86.9
13:55	Sand Wedge	-6.2	-8.6	-2.4	—	6226	1.26	79.3	112.5
13:56	Sand Wedge	-4.4	-3.7	0.7	—	6129	1.28	83.2	116.3
13:56	Sand Wedge	-6.5	-0.7	5.8	—	6820	0.97	64.2	82.3
13:57	Sand Wedge	-6.3	-6.7	-0.4	-4.7	4669	1.07	75.5	86.2
13:57	Sand Wedge	-5.9	-5.6	0.3	—	5181	1.17	83.7	91.7

2026-07-21

31 shots · 4 clubs

Time	Club	Path	Face	F2P	Attack	Spin	Smash	Carry	Total
15:01	8 Iron	-5.2	-4.4	0.9	-4.0	4217	1.33	92.6	125.1
15:02	8 Iron	-8.3	5.3	13.6	-2.1	6361	1.17	88.4	114.4
15:02	8 Iron	-5.9	-1.9	3.9	-5.6	4862	1.34	82.9	116.9
15:03	8 Iron	-4.8	11.0	15.7	-6.4	7906	1.17	90.7	105.0
15:03	8 Iron	-4.4	-4.7	-0.3	-6.8	2190	1.25	76.8	113.9
15:05	6 Iron	-4.6	3.9	8.5	-4.2	4346	1.32	108.6	139.0
15:05	6 Iron	-7.6	2.5	10.1	-3.7	2001	1.18	75.3	112.2
15:06	6 Iron	-8.1	2.7	10.8	-7.0	4049	1.25	97.9	134.9
15:07	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	6270	—	1.2	32.4
15:07	6 Iron	-5.4	-0.9	4.6	—	623	1.21	51.9	87.1
15:07	6 Iron	-4.6	2.7	7.2	-4.8	4163	1.38	117.0	148.6
15:07	6 Iron	-5.9	-9.6	-3.8	—	446	1.42	27.0	61.0
15:08	6 Iron	-2.8	2.9	5.7	-5.7	3895	1.30	113.1	148.0
15:08	6 Iron	-5.5	-0.6	4.9	-6.9	3084	1.33	99.4	136.6
15:09	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	7790	—	0.4	37.0
15:09	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	1938	—	0.4	32.9
15:10	6 Iron	-5.9	0.4	6.3	-5.1	1631	1.18	75.0	111.5
15:10	6 Iron	-2.0	6.0	7.9	-7.7	3935	1.13	96.5	129.0
15:11	5 Hybrid	-3.2	8.0	11.2	-4.5	3423	1.19	96.3	133.8
15:11	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	428	—	92.9	131.5
15:12	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	473	—	62.5	100.4
15:12	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	4995	—	107.0	135.7
15:13	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	203	—	57.4	95.0
15:13	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	3470	—	113.4	139.6
15:14	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	5559	—	0.3	36.2
15:14	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3321	—	117.1	152.2
15:15	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	4094	—	139.7	164.1
15:15	3 Wood	2.6	-0.1	-2.7	—	496	1.58	37.9	73.3
15:16	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	11017	—	13.2	81.1
15:16	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	2249	—	0.4	33.9
15:17	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3768	—	130.7	160.5

2026-07-18

44 shots · 4 clubs

Time	Club	Path	Face	F2P	Attack	Spin	Smash	Carry	Total
09:02	8 Iron	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
09:03	8 Iron	-3.1	-4.3	-1.2	—	1441	1.32	33.2	68.2
09:04	8 Iron	-1.6	7.1	8.7	-3.4	3412	1.21	98.5	124.6
09:04	8 Iron	-1.8	1.1	2.9	-1.9	1375	1.26	99.1	133.5
09:05	8 Iron	-0.4	-4.4	-4.0	—	747	1.79	49.7	86.6
09:05	8 Iron	0.4	6.5	6.1	—	5279	1.29	111.0	130.5
09:06	8 Iron	0.2	-2.1	-2.2	—	3023	1.30	78.7	116.2
09:06	8 Iron	-4.4	4.2	8.6	-2.2	3717	1.30	113.1	127.0
09:07	8 Iron	-1.2	-6.1	-4.8	—	1135	1.55	41.4	77.3
09:07	8 Iron	1.4	7.1	5.7	—	6118	1.28	105.5	133.1
09:07	8 Iron	-0.9	42.1	43.0	—	4471	1.20	42.1	81.6
09:08	8 Iron	8.5	-9.4	-17.8	—	2430	1.35	33.1	67.5
09:08	8 Iron	5.3	-6.1	-11.4	—	2240	1.36	23.9	54.7
09:08	8 Iron	6.8	-10.6	-17.4	—	1480	1.33	16.8	46.4
09:08	8 Iron	1.9	-4.5	-6.4	-7.5	2621	1.42	30.1	63.3
09:10	6 Iron	0.7	6.8	6.1	—	4186	1.29	70.9	106.5
09:10	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	3859	—	5.6	39.2
09:10	6 Iron	-4.0	6.9	10.9	-7.3	6307	1.31	111.1	140.3
09:11	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	2108	—	21.0	56.5
09:11	6 Iron	0.0	3.4	3.4	—	3893	1.38	108.5	145.8
09:11	6 Iron	-2.5	1.0	3.5	—	1874	1.26	56.7	91.4
09:12	6 Iron	3.2	2.4	-0.7	-0.8	2251	1.48	49.8	83.6
09:13	6 Iron	0.2	1.1	1.0	—	3283	1.35	78.7	114.6
09:13	6 Iron	2.1	-1.4	-3.6	—	2191	1.36	80.5	115.8
09:14	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	1236	—	23.6	58.7
09:14	6 Iron	-0.3	-4.3	-4.1	—	1539	1.31	77.0	112.4
09:14	6 Iron	0.5	-1.0	-1.5	—	2544	1.35	99.6	136.5
09:15	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	1413	—	27.1	62.7
09:15	6 Iron	-1.4	6.2	7.6	—	4917	1.43	142.6	160.1
09:16	5 Hybrid	-0.0	10.9	10.9	-6.1	3564	1.40	30.1	59.1
09:16	5 Hybrid	4.4	7.1	2.7	—	825	1.34	124.2	160.9
09:17	5 Hybrid	0.3	3.3	3.1	-4.3	3032	1.45	163.4	194.9
09:17	5 Hybrid	-2.4	7.3	9.7	-3.0	1960	1.22	109.1	142.2
09:17	5 Hybrid	3.3	17.9	14.6	-4.8	3563	1.33	92.7	126.0
09:18	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	4679	—	10.0	45.2
09:18	5 Hybrid	-2.7	27.2	29.9	-6.9	4240	0.96	73.3	94.0
09:19	5 Hybrid	-1.7	-8.5	-6.8	-6.7	6361	1.10	24.9	64.4
09:19	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	2773	—	6.0	39.5
09:19	5 Hybrid	-3.8	1.9	5.6	-4.4	2101	1.29	110.6	148.1
09:22	3 Wood	-1.4	6.3	7.7	-4.2	2896	1.48	88.4	121.6
09:22	3 Wood	-1.8	11.8	13.7	-3.5	2580	1.26	113.8	151.1
09:23	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3781	—	141.1	173.0
09:23	3 Wood	-1.2	6.9	8.2	-5.0	3576	1.31	159.4	179.1
09:24	3 Wood	2.5	-3.1	-5.6	—	496	1.56	96.1	134.9

2026-07-17

53 shots · 5 clubs

Time	Club	Path	Face	F2P	Attack	Spin	Smash	Carry	Total
10:00	8 Iron	—	—	—	—	284	—	0.1	13.3
10:01	8 Iron	-5.4	-12.3	-6.9	-7.6	1933	1.43	12.8	35.0
10:01	8 Iron	-5.7	-4.6	1.1	-6.4	2441	1.45	11.4	30.4
10:01	8 Iron	-3.3	-10.1	-6.8	-1.8	1363	1.59	10.8	32.4
10:02	8 Iron	-3.2	-7.7	-4.5	—	2247	1.38	12.2	32.8
10:02	8 Iron	-3.1	-7.7	-4.7	-5.9	1867	1.52	16.4	43.0
10:03	8 Iron	-0.5	-1.2	-0.7	—	2125	1.48	13.1	38.1
10:03	8 Iron	10.3	-10.6	-20.9	-2.9	1317	1.51	6.9	24.7
10:03	8 Iron	-1.1	-11.4	-10.2	-7.1	2096	1.47	16.3	42.8
10:04	8 Iron	7.6	-12.2	-19.8	—	2257	1.47	17.3	47.9
10:04	8 Iron	-4.3	3.3	7.6	—	4478	1.35	51.4	85.4
10:05	8 Iron	-4.4	4.5	9.0	—	2047	1.26	50.1	86.0
10:05	8 Iron	-4.3	-1.0	3.3	—	4222	1.30	64.9	100.3
10:05	8 Iron	-2.4	6.1	8.5	—	3077	1.15	93.2	122.4
10:06	8 Iron	-2.2	4.3	6.5	—	5375	1.36	115.3	136.5
10:06	8 Iron	—	—	—	—	2139	—	0.3	32.5
10:06	8 Iron	-7.4	-4.1	3.3	—	183	1.24	52.2	89.0
10:07	8 Iron	-0.5	-8.8	-8.3	—	1196	1.60	34.6	69.6
10:07	8 Iron	-6.7	-3.5	3.2	—	3740	1.31	92.7	129.8
10:08	8 Iron	-5.2	8.0	13.2	-6.6	6672	1.23	95.7	115.6
10:08	8 Iron	-7.9	-7.9	-0.1	—	1828	1.41	83.8	121.1
10:08	8 Iron	-4.9	-1.2	3.7	—	1352	1.47	75.8	113.1
10:09	8 Iron	-5.4	4.7	10.0	-5.1	2555	1.11	84.8	118.3
10:09	8 Iron	-7.9	1.1	9.1	-4.5	4958	1.31	110.8	131.4
10:10	Sand Wedge	-4.1	-2.6	1.5	-3.1	5183	1.10	80.8	90.3
10:10	Sand Wedge	-4.0	-4.4	-0.4	-6.5	7392	1.15	86.5	96.7
10:11	Sand Wedge	-4.1	7.8	11.8	—	7442	0.96	54.5	67.5
10:11	Sand Wedge	-5.4	-1.9	3.5	-5.5	9148	1.02	76.4	83.6
10:13	5 Hybrid	-5.2	0.7	5.9	-6.5	2790	1.34	106.6	138.4
10:14	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	6366	—	0.2	28.9
10:14	5 Hybrid	—	—	—	—	7624	—	0.4	38.3
10:14	5 Hybrid	-2.4	1.9	4.3	-5.3	2202	1.33	107.7	140.5
10:14	5 Hybrid	-1.9	3.2	5.1	-7.7	4839	1.43	116.6	149.7
10:17	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	6799	—	83.2	86.3
10:18	3 Wood	-5.6	3.0	8.6	-0.6	6709	1.17	114.9	128.7
10:19	3 Wood	-0.3	3.2	3.5	—	2143	1.72	1.9	35.5
10:19	3 Wood	-1.9	3.6	5.6	—	3344	1.26	122.0	145.5
10:46	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	4040	—	0.3	35.0
10:47	6 Iron	-2.0	14.1	16.1	-2.7	6167	1.30	122.0	134.4
10:47	6 Iron	-3.2	4.2	7.4	—	5195	1.38	126.9	152.5
10:47	6 Iron	-2.6	-4.5	-1.9	—	1163	1.26	35.6	70.0
10:48	6 Iron	—	—	—	—	4602	—	0.3	34.6
10:48	6 Iron	-7.7	-4.4	3.3	-5.7	2893	1.47	69.1	105.3
10:48	6 Iron	-6.3	1.3	7.6	-1.1	3510	1.32	98.2	135.6
10:48	6 Iron	-3.7	-10.1	-6.4	—	1493	1.52	13.1	47.3
10:49	6 Iron	-3.3	3.0	6.3	-5.1	4439	1.39	144.0	166.5
10:50	3 Wood	0.0	-4.0	-4.0	—	759	1.62	0.3	32.2
10:51	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	4322	—	4.1	25.8
10:51	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3663	—	113.2	140.5
10:52	3 Wood	-5.5	10.3	15.8	—	3850	1.13	117.9	146.1
10:53	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3623	—	138.2	172.9
10:53	3 Wood	-4.9	10.4	15.3	—	1532	1.14	77.4	114.6
10:53	3 Wood	—	—	—	—	3395	—	96.9	115.9

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