Welcome to The Pull Hook

Every life has a moment that changes everything. The Pull Hook explores the breakdowns that shape us—and the path back to clarity, alignment, and purpose. Evolved from the Pull Hook Golf podcast, this show goes beyond the game to examine the Pull Hook moments we all face: the failures, losses, and identity shifts that knock us off course. Hosted by former professional golfer and executive Matt Cook, The Pull Hook features real conversations with golfers, founders, experts and leaders about resilience, growth, and what it truly takes to move forward. Because everyone has a Pull Hook moment. What matters is what you do next.

Episode Transcript

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There's a moment in every life when everythingbreaks.
A moment you don't see coming.
A moment that changes you.
In golf, it was my pull hook, the big miss, theround ruiner, the shot that sends a lightning
bolt through your body.
But life has pull hook moments too.
Welcome to the Pull Hook.
This podcast is an evolution from a golf showinto something much deeper because golf was

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never really the point.
The Pull Hook is about the moments that bringyou to rock bottom and what it actually takes
to recover, realign, and move forward.
I'm Matt Cook, former professional golfer,executive, and someone who spent years defining
himself by performance, grind, and externalsuccess, until life forced me to confront my
own pull hook moment.

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And what I learned is alignment matters morethan achievement, health matters more than
hustle, and growth doesn't happen withoutfacing the hard stuff.
Each episode features real conversations withgolfers, founders, leaders, experts, and high
performers.
Not only about highlights, but about thebreakdowns, the failures, the identity shifts,

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the moments that almost ended everything andultimately changed everything.
Because everyone has a pull hook moment.
Whether it's in sports, in business, in life,this show is about what happens next.
Welcome to the Pull Hook.