GOATY vs. Me and My Golf: Which Actually Improves Your Swing Faster?

Last updated: April 27, 2026

Let me say something you probably don’t expect from a competitor article: Me and My Golf is genuinely excellent. Piers Ward and Andy Proudman are two of the best communicators in online golf instruction. Their break 90 and break 100 content is not just good — it is among the most useful golf improvement content available anywhere online. Their short game teaching is thorough. Their energy is infectious. Their community of 30,000+ members is active and supportive.

So this isn’t a takedown. It’s an honest comparison of two products that serve different parts of improving at golf — and if you don’t understand which part each one covers, you’ll end up with the wrong tool for what you actually need.

Here is the core distinction: Me and My Golf teaches you what to do. GOATY coaches you while you’re doing it. Teaching and coaching are not the same thing — and the difference matters enormously when you’re trying to actually change a movement pattern.

Quick Comparison: GOATY vs. Me and My Golf

What Me and My Golf Does Exceptionally Well

Piers Ward and Andy Proudman have a communication ability that most instructors simply don’t have. They explain mechanics clearly, demonstrate well, and — crucially — frame instruction around what recreational golfers are actually trying to achieve. They don’t talk down to students. They talk like coaches who genuinely want you to understand, not just comply.

Their break 90 and break 100 content is the strongest available in online golf, full stop. It’s not just swing instruction — it covers course management, scoring priorities, mental approach, and the strategic decisions that separate golfers who break 90 from those who don’t. If you play recreational golf and you’ve been stuck at the same score for years, their strategy content alone can produce immediate improvement without changing your swing at all.

Their short game teaching is thorough and practical. Chipping fundamentals, bunker play, pitching, and putting — all clearly taught, well-demonstrated, and accessible for mid-to-high handicappers. Me and My Golf understands that most strokes are lost around the green, and their content reflects that priority.

What GOATY Does That Me and My Golf Can’t

GOATY operates in the space that every video course and human review product structurally cannot reach: the 2–8 second window immediately after a rep, when the motor memory is still active and feedback can directly influence the next swing.

When you take a swing in a GOATY Live Lesson, the system does four things in 2–3 seconds:

1. Evaluates 17 body keypoints tracked at 30fps against 7 biomechanical gates
2. Identifies your primary failure gate (or confirms a clean rep)
3. Selects a coaching cue from a ranked database based on your gate failure, skill tier, and personal cue history
4. Speaks the cue through your phone speaker while you can still feel what that swing felt like

Then you swing again. This loop continues for your entire session. After 30 minutes, you’ve received 40–60 personalized coaching cues — each delivered at the exact moment motor learning research identifies as most effective for building new movement patterns.

Me and My Golf teaches you what the movement should look like. GOATY tells you whether you actually did it on that specific rep, and adjusts before the motor memory of the miss gets reinforced again.

The Education-to-Practice Gap

Here is the problem that most golfers experience but rarely articulate: you can watch Piers and Andy explain a movement perfectly, understand it completely, go to the range — and then have no idea whether you just did it or not.

Golf movements happen fast. A poor pressure shift can feel balanced. An early release can feel powerful. A stalled body rotation can feel controlled. The difference between what you intend and what you execute is often invisible to your own perception. Without something watching the rep, you are judging practice by feel, ball flight, and memory — all of which are unreliable signals, especially when you’re rebuilding a pattern.

This is not a criticism of Me and My Golf. It is a structural limitation of all video-based instruction, regardless of how good the instruction is. Video teaches the ideal. The practice tee is where the gap between ideal and actual gets exposed — and that gap only closes if something can measure it and respond.

The Right Use Case for Each

The framing of “GOATY vs. Me and My Golf” is somewhat misleading because these products are not really competing. They serve different stages of the improvement process:

• Me and My Golf is most valuable when you are trying to understand what good golf looks and feels like — why certain swing mechanics produce better results, what break 90 strategy actually requires, how the short game works, and how to practice with better intention. This is the education layer.
• GOATY is most valuable when you are on the practice tee trying to build the movements you have been learning — taking coached rep after coached rep with real-time measurement of whether the mechanics are actually developing. This is the practice coaching layer.

Many GOATY members watch Me and My Golf content alongside their GOATY sessions. They use Piers and Andy for the conceptual foundation, then take GOATY reps to build the pattern with AI coaching. The combination is more effective than either alone. Education without coached practice produces theoretical understanding without mechanical change. Coached practice without education produces better reps toward an unclear target.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between GOATY and Me and My Golf?

Different products at different stages of improvement. Me and My Golf (Piers Ward and Andy Proudman) is a video coaching community — excellent technique courses, break 90/100 strategy, short game instruction, 30,000+ member community. GOATY is a live AI coach for the practice tee — it watches your swing through your phone’s camera, scores every rep 0–100 on the GOAT model, and speaks a targeted voice cue between every swing. MMAG teaches you what to do. GOATY coaches you while you’re doing it.

Does Me and My Golf have AI swing coaching?

No. Me and My Golf’s instruction is delivered through pre-recorded video by Piers Ward and Andy Proudman, with human coaches reviewing submitted video. There is no real-time AI swing analysis, no automated per-rep scoring, and no AI voice coaching between swings. GOATY is the live AI coaching product; Me and My Golf is the human-led video instruction community.

Is Me and My Golf worth it?

Yes — for what it does. Piers and Andy are genuinely excellent instructors. Their break 90/100 content is among the best anywhere in online golf. Their short game teaching is thorough and practical. Their community is supportive and active. If you want technique education, course strategy, and a large community, Me and My Golf delivers. It cannot watch your swing in real time or coach you between reps — that is GOATY’s job.

Can I use both GOATY and Me and My Golf?

Yes — the combination is more complete than either alone. Use Me and My Golf for technique concepts, break 90/100 strategy, and short game education from Piers and Andy. Use GOATY on the practice tee for live AI coaching on your full-swing mechanics — real-time scoring, voice cues between reps, and tracked improvement across sessions. They cover entirely different parts of improving at golf.