Erika Larkin is one of Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers (USA) since 2012. She has also been ranked as the Best Teacher in Virginia since 2014 and the 2010 Mid-Atlantic PGA Teacher of the Year. The Director of Instruction at The Club at Creighton Farms, Erika joins us to unpack a few of her "Swing Hacks" - simple ideas to improve your golf swing and your game. She shares Hacks for: The Pivot, Posture throughout the Swing, Timing, Sequencing and Tempo, the Release of the Golf Club, Improved Swing...
Mar 16, 2020•41 min•Season 5Ep. 387
In recent years, Dr. Bhrett McCabe has become a trusted Sports Psychology resource for Amateur, Collegiate and Professional Golfers on The PGA TOUR, Korn Ferry and LPGA Tours. Dr. McCabe, also the Sports and Performance Psychologist for The University of Alabama Athletics, works with a number of golf's luminaries including Jon Rahm. He joins "On the Mark" to share insights on the "Mental Game" of the PGA TOUR's best. Subjects covered include: Dealing with and overcoming adversity, Scoring well w...
Mar 11, 2020•45 min•Season 5Ep. 386
Stuart Morgan is a PGA Professional and a golf coach. Based in Austria, Morgan focuses on junior development and performance players. He has coached a number of professional golfers, national champions and elite-level golfers. In this podcast he discusses the aspect of Practice vs. Play with a view to improved performance and consistency. Within the subject matter he delves into elements such as the Ratio of Practice to Play for improvement, Self-talk and Attitude, Resilience and Handling Advers...
Mar 06, 2020•46 min•Season 5Ep. 385
David Poulton is a South African golf professional who lives and works in Scotland. The originator of the Social Media handle @doglegpar3, David is a noted author and blogger on golf and golf instruction. He has built an extensive library of golf swing videos and images, and he joins our podcast to analyze, illustrate and share information from the golf swings of the legends to help you improve your golf swing. The elements he focuses on are simple and easy to incorporate and are sure to help yo...
Feb 29, 2020•41 min•Season 5Ep. 384
David Wedzik (former Korn Ferry Tour player) and Erik Barzeski, authors of the book "Lowest Score Wins", join our podcast to explain their approach of using "Separation Values" to guide practice and "Shot Zones" to help on-course decision-making. Both David and Erik are recognized and award-winning golf instructors and they elaborate on their idea of "Separation Values" and inform how you can direct your practice and preparation for the most return on the golf course. They break down how you can...
Feb 18, 2020•48 min•Season 5Ep. 383
Mike Granato (alongside Shaun Webb) has worked with PGA TOUR, European Tour, Korn Ferry Tour and LPGA Tour golfers. Together they began "Athletic Motion Golf" to show golfers how incorporating a few simple athletic principles can make a world of difference to the golf swing. Granato brings a common sense approach, based on collected research data, to the golf swing and he shares some of that on our podcast. Mike highlights what he believes are "The 5 Biggest Misconceptions in the Golf Swing". Th...
Feb 13, 2020•36 min•Season 5Ep. 382
Oliver Morton is an English Golf Instructor and a Biomechanics and Junior Golf Development expert. He uses state of the art technology in concert with innovative coaching techniques to help clients of all skill levels improve their golf. Oli understands the importance of the Physical, Tactical, Mental, Emotional, Social and Spiritual aspects of the game, and he joins "On the Mark" to speak about those, as well as tips and drills you can use in practice to improve your on-course performance. Oliv...
Feb 12, 2020•43 min•Season 5Ep. 381
Monte Scheinblum is a former Korn Ferry Tour player and a National and World Long Driving Champion. After retiring from competition he parlayed his knowledge and experience into a successful career as a golf instructor. He shares his insights and how to gain effortless power off the tee in this podcast. Monte explains fully, everything you need to know, in simple and easy to comprehend terms, how to fashion a powerful and repeating swing with the Driver to max out your power off the tee.
Feb 05, 2020•45 min•Season 5Ep. 380
Marcus Potter is a former touring golf professional. He is now one of the leading putting coaches in the game and the originator of "Potters Putting" online and on social media. Marcus helps, and has helped, golfers of all skill levels, including PGA TOUR, Korn Ferry Tour, Canadian Tour and NCAA Collegiate champions, to improve their putting. He joins us to help you improve your putting and by extension your golf scores. Marcus touches on all elements of putting including: Posture and pre-shot f...
Feb 02, 2020•40 min•Season 5Ep. 379
In a weekly podcast Mark Immelman reviews the most recent PGA TOUR event and highlights lessons you can learn from the world's leading golfers. In Episode 43, Mark revisits the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla. Mark shares a quote from Rory McIlroy that illustrates McIlroy's take on Data vs Feel. Immelman unpacks excerpts from Rory's quote and shows how you can appropriately apply 3D Motion Capture data and Launch Monitor data for success. Mark talks about getting in touch...
Jan 30, 2020•17 min•Season 5Ep. 378
In a weekly podcast Mark Immelman reviews the most recent PGA TOUR event and highlights lessons you can glean from the world's leading golfers. In Episode 42, Mark revisits the 2020 Sony Open of Hawaii and the 2020 American Express Championship. Sony Open: Mark references how Brendan Steele played a plugged lie in a greenside bunker shot successfully, and he illustrates the lessons you can learn to do so too. Immelman also shows how Cameron Smith navigated a challenging long bunker shot and he s...
Jan 27, 2020•12 min•Season 5Ep. 377
Described as "a visionary thinker with a passion for teaching and learning" Dave Phillips is the co-founder of The Titleist Performance Institute (TPI). He is also a member of the PGA of America and a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and a Golf Digest Top 50 Instructor. Dave elaborates on his method of "Understanding your body to understand your swing". He explains the need for, and the value of, proper assessments and screens to make appropriate decisions for your golf swing. He delves into swing ...
Jan 24, 2020•37 min•Season 5Ep. 376
After years of research and study, Steve Yellin has developed a revolutionary training program that allows athletes to become more consistent. Steve owns a company that has worked in seven professional sports, incl., MLB, the NHL, the NBA and the NFL. He also works with golfers of all skill levels including PGA TOUR winners and Major Champions. The premise of his work is "The Fluid Motion Factor". He shares insights on his work and how you can get into the "Zone" more often. He reveals how to pl...
Jan 20, 2020•43 min•Season 5Ep. 375
Rob Labritz is a PGA Professional and the Director of Golf at GlenArbor Golf Club in New York. A well-respected Golf Professional, Rob has played in multiple Major Championships while coaching golfers of all skill levels with proven and holistic methods. He joins "On the Mark" to discuss Winter and Summer Practice for good golf throughout the year. He addresses subjects like physical fitness, stretching and mobility, swing position work, skill acquisition, target practice and short game feel. He...
Jan 13, 2020•42 min•Season 5Ep. 374
In a weekly podcast Mark Immelman reviews the most recent PGA TOUR event and highlights lessons you can glean from the world's leading golfers. In Episode 41, Mark revisits the 2020 Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua in Maui. Immelman delves into Justin Thomas's victory and shares three tips to help you improve your accuracy off the tee and on approach shots. Specifically Mark shares how Justin Thomas hits his "Fairway-Finder" shot off the tee. Immelman also talks about playing in the win...
Jan 08, 2020•14 min•Season 5Ep. 373
Karl Morris is one of Europe's leading Performance Coaches. He has worked with 6 Major winners and over 100 PGA TOUR, European Tour, LPGA and LET golfers. Alongside Gary Nichol, he has written 2 books "The Lost Art of Putting" and "The Lost Art of Playing Golf". He joins us to talk about the art of playing golf and elaborates on various thoughts in the book incl.: Does the swing create the shot or vice versa? What does a good shot look like? What is your strategy for playing golf? Adjusting and ...
Jan 05, 2020•41 min•Season 5Ep. 372
Kyle Porter has been a writer for CBS Sports since 2012 covering global and PGA TOUR golf. He is also a part of the CBS Sports Podcast 'The First Cut". He joins Mark Immelman to wrap up the 2018/2019 PGA TOUR wrap-around season. Among other fun topics discussed, they hand out Festive Season Christmas presents to Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth. They also give out "On the Mark Awards" for the "Best Player of 2019",...
Dec 29, 2019•41 min•Season 4Ep. 371
In a weekly podcast, Mark Immelman reviews the most recent PGA TOUR event and highlights lessons you can glean from the world's leading golfers. In Episode 40 Mark revisits the 2019 President's Cup at Royal Melbourne (Australia). Mark shares 7 Course Management insights from former US Open champion and International Assistant Team Captain, Geoff Ogilvy. Ogilvy preached the following to the International Team to help them to navigate around the golf course successfully: Precision over power off t...
Dec 26, 2019•18 min•Season 4Ep. 370
Dr. Gregg Steinberg was voted by Golf Digest as one of golf's great masterminds. He has worked with many PGA TOUR professionals including Brandt Snedeker and Brian Gay. Steinberg is a tenured Professor at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee. He joins our podcast to discuss Emotional and Mental Mastery in golf and life. As he delves into the subject he addresses elements like confidence, commitment, bouncing back from slumps in form, overcoming fear and anxiety, controlling temperament and ...
Dec 21, 2019•43 min•Season 4Ep. 369
Chris Green is a PGA Professional and the Director of Instruction at the Glenview Club just north of Chicago. He is widely researched and vastly experienced in the application and use of Launch Monitors in golf instruction. He joins the podcast to discuss the appropriate and correct use of a launch monitor. He delves into the data that launch monitors provide; discusses how different brands can show differing data values and explains the appropriate data matchups and relationships for the correc...
Dec 14, 2019•42 min•Season 4Ep. 368
In a weekly podcast Mark Immelman reviews the most recent PGA TOUR event and highlights lessons you can glean from the world's leading golfers. In Episode 39, Mark revisits the 2019 Hero World Challenge at Albany in the Bahamas. Mark shares golf swing pivot insights, and a nugget from Gary Player, to help you to compress the ball at impact like Henrik Stenson. Immelman also shows how, in his opinion, Tiger Woods has freed up his golf swing and eliminated the "big miss" off the tee. Both insights...
Dec 13, 2019•13 min•Season 4Ep. 367
Jeff Martin is the founder of "Thinking About Golf". He is also the author of "Hogan as it Happened: Setting the Record Straight". Jeff joins our podcast to discuss and share his research and work. He shows how golf swing technique has evolved of the years and he illustrates a number of lessons you can learn from the greats of yesteryear like Ben Hogan and Sam Snead. He also compares and contrasts the "modern day" golf swing (Matthew Wolff and Viktor Hofland) to the swings of the past (Miller Ba...
Dec 12, 2019•50 min•Season 4Ep. 366
Mike Napoleon is a PGA Professional, a golf instructor and the Founder of Catalyst Golf (which became Superspeed Golf). He joins "On the Mark" to delve into the mechanics of improving swing speed for increased power off the tee. He discusses "Overload/Underload Training" and how Superspeed uses "Overspeed Training" to remove the "Governor" from your golf swing. He talks about Kinematic Sequencing, Proximal Stability and the transfer of power and Ground Reaction Forces. He addresses the Superspee...
Dec 05, 2019•43 min•Season 4Ep. 365
In a weekly podcast Mark Immelman reviews the most recent PGA TOUR event and highlights lessons you can glean from the world's leading golfers. In Episode 38, Mark revisits the 2019 RSM Classic in Sea Island, GA. Mark examines tournament-winner Tyler Duncan's golf swing and shows how his stable foot action, and pressure shift, leads to effective swing stability and rotation. Those two elements enhance Duncan's golf swing timing, transition, downswing shaft pitch and ball-striking consistency. Le...
Dec 03, 2019•47 min•Season 4Ep. 364
Dr. Mike Grevlos is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. He teaches courses in Sport Psychology, Motivation and Emotion, and Behavioral Neurosciences. He joins our podcast to discuss the Psychology of Golf Improvement with specific reference to: How the human brain works and the corresponding movement patterns; How to use the mind constructively in practice and how to practice with purpose; How to understand and control goals and motives, and the Psychology...
Dec 01, 2019•47 min•Season 4Ep. 363
Bradley Hughes is a former PGA TOUR player and a winner on the global golf stage. Always one of the foremost ball-strikers in the game, he is now one of the leading player instructors on the PGA TOUR. His growing stable of clients includes tournament-winners Russell Knox and Brendan Todd. Bradley prides his teaching on simplicity and a focus on enabling the student to feel and understand what the true golf swing fundamentals are. He discusses his proven approach to turning one's game from negati...
Nov 23, 2019•44 min•Season 4Ep. 362
In a weekly podcast, Mark Immelman reviews the most recent PGA TOUR event and highlights lessons you can glean from the world's leading golfers. In Episode 37 Mark revisits the 2019 Mayakoba Classic in Playa del Carmen in Mexico. Mark illustrates a few elements from, tournament-winner, Brendan Todd's pitching action that you can employ to improve and enhance your greenside short game play. Mark talks about shaft pitch and plane, timing and the correct use of the legs and pressure shift to improv...
Nov 22, 2019•15 min•Season 4Ep. 361
Adam Schriber is a former PGA TOUR player who turned his passions to golf coaching. He has taught golf since 1989 and is the former Director of Instruction for the USA-based David Leadbetter Golf Academies. Adam is also a Golf Digest Top 100 Instructor. Adam joins the podcast to talk about the power source in the golf swing. He delves into the entire area of the body involved in power generation and shares exercises and drills to awaken the muscles and power up the pivot. He uses PGA TOUR exampl...
Nov 18, 2019•39 min•Season 4Ep. 360
Devan Bonebrake is the owner/operator of The Southern California Golf Academy in Carlsbad, CA. He is a Golf Digest "Best Young Teacher in America" and a "Top Teacher Under 40". Devan talks about constructive work, a productive mindset, and how to make your practice become beneficial in this podcast. He addresses Strokes Gained, Swing Technique and Changes, Time Management, Constructive and Beneficial Practice, Specific Focus on areas of the game, Greens in Regulation, Course Management and Scori...
Nov 13, 2019•43 min•Season 4Ep. 359
In a weekly podcast, Mark Immelman reviews the most recent PGA TOUR event and highlights lessons you can glean from the world's leading golfers. In Episode 36 Mark revisits the 2019 WGC HSBC Champions in Shanghai (China) and the 2019 Bermuda Championship in Bermuda. Immelman highlights a lesson on golf swing sequencing and explains the "Split Hands" drill Rory McIlroy used to improve his golf swing; Mark shows how to mentally deal with good and bad shots by sharing a quote from Xander Schauffele...
Nov 12, 2019•16 min•Season 4Ep. 358
