Staff WriterWhen you hear the name GolfForever, your mind might conjure images of ageless golfers in pleated slacks wandering the fairways of retirement.
But for Clint Justice – a Dallas-based business coach, father, and former back-surgery statistic – GolfForever became something else entirely: a second chance.
Just a few years ago, Justice couldn’t even hold his newborn daughter, let alone a sand wedge. “That sucked,” he said bluntly, reflecting on his second spinal surgery to repair a herniated disc and assorted orthopedic calamities.
From 2018 to 2023, his clubs gathered dust. “For years, I didn’t even let myself think about playing. I avoided the idea altogether because it was just too painful.”
But in a plot twist worthy of a Sunday back nine at Augusta, Justice didn’t stay in the bunker of despair. He wasn’t interested in a fad. He was looking for something grounded, long-term, and smart – a program with backbone, quite literally.
“I scoured the internet, desperate to find a program that was holistic, physical therapy-informed, and sustainable – something that could carry me forward without risking reinjury,” he said.
Enter GolfForever – the aptly named digital training platform that’s been helping golfers regain strength, mobility, and range of motion since 2017.
With an app-based system and the ingenious GolfForever Swing Trainer, the program delivers day-by-day workouts designed to meet golfers where they are. Not in fantasyland, not on a navy SEAL bootcamp – but somewhere in between.
Justice signed up in September 2023. No longer obsessed with hitting longer drives or breaking 80, his new goal was simpler: get healthy. Enjoy the process. Show up, every day.
“The program met me exactly where I was. It started with a simple assessment and then fed me my daily workout: warmups and stretching, then strength training,” Justice said.
“All of it was tailored to rebuild my confidence, flexibility, and mobility, challenging me just enough each day to not quit.
“I found my mindset starting to shift. I went from hyper-obsessed with results, to genuinely loving the process. It was about focusing on small, repeatable actions – just the next step in front of me. Day by day, those steps began to add up.”
Fast forward to 2024 and Justice isn’t just back on the course—he’s blitzing it. His handicap hovers around 4. He’s routinely sending drives 300 yards down the fairway with a smoothness that belies spinal hardware. And he’s finishing second in club tournaments with the kind of flair usually reserved for single-digit index smugness.
But it didn’t stop there. The GolfForever team, who track member workouts and milestones to keep users engaged, took notice. They invited Justice to PGA Frisco for an event with none other than GolfForever ambassador and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
“It was awesome,” Justice said. “I got to meet Scottie, I got to meet the GolfForever team and it was just a great day.” He even got to hit a pressure-packed shot in a closest-to-the-pin challenge. (No word on whether he won, but let’s assume he at least cleared the water.)
The experience, he says, mirrors a larger life lesson.
“It’s really funny when you stop trying for certain things, you actually accelerate faster,” he said. “It really is about changing your mindset and enjoying the process and finding the joy in the middle of the journey of it.
If you do that, you’re going to turn out to be where you want to be, or it’s going to take a turn to where you never thought you’d go.”
These days, Justice still works through his favorite GolfForever routines: Hit/Strength combos, isometric holds, torquing and impact drills. “I love the one where you move away from the anchor point and really have to hold it. My body is really shaking on that one,” he said.
And those swing-speed gains? They weren’t imagined. “I genuinely think those are the ones that increased my strength and speed on my swing which has given me yardage.”
Now 38 and thriving, Justice isn’t just living proof of the GolfForever promise – he’s swinging it. And as for the future?
“So long that GolfForever is around,” he said, “I’m going to be working at it.”
And that, dear reader, is how a herniated disc turned into a 300-yard drive. Talk about playing the long game.
