On The Mark Golf Podcast

Curt Byrum, professional golfer and announcer for NBC and The Golf Channel, joins Mark Immelman to review the 2015/2016 season in golf.  Curt talks about the Ryder Cup, The Olympics, Rory McIlroy's putting, Henrik Stenson's big win at The Open, Jordan Spieth's season, Dustin Johnson's consistently great performances, and "Breakout Players" like Beef Johnston.  Curt also shares his insider take on Tiger Woods and the future.

2016 Metropolitan PGA Section Teacher of the Year and Golf Digest Top 100 Club-Fitter, Kirk Oguri, talks at length about golf club-fitting and how to get the best clubs for you in your hands.  More specifically Kirk discusses golf club- lofts, lies, bounce and sole-widths, and shafts and how they influence golf shots.  He also shares a tip to help you hit the golf ball more crisply.

Noted golf teacher and announcer for CBS Sports, Peter Kostis, brings his wealth of knowledge and experience to the podcast.  He talks of work he has done with Mark Calcavecchia, Steve Elkington and Paul Casey and illustrates things you can learn from them.  He also shares anecdotal lessons from Ben Hogan and other greats. Kostis further talks about golf DNA, understanding ball-flight, the difference between "Feel and Real" and developing control of the clubface.  He also talks about how you can straighten out your hook or your slice shots.

Part 3 of our series of golf tips from some of the best teaching minds in the world includes tips on grip pressure, power off the tee, employing correct "speed producers" in the swing, and better greenside scoring.  Karen Palacios-Jansen, Colin Swatton (coach/caddy to Jason Day), Denis Pugh, Nick Bradley and Martin Hall share their immense knowledge in an easy to understand and apply manner so that you can get the most out of your game.

Part 2 of our 3 part series of golf tips from leading golf teachers and coaches who have joined our podcast in 2016 includes a number of tips to "lower the number in the box on the bottom of your scorecard".  Hear from Gary Gilchrist, Andrew Rice, Michael Breed, John Graham, Pat Goss and Mike Small as they address clubface control and accuracy control, gaining distance off the tee, green-reading, lag putting and course management... All in a effort to help you lower your golf scores

In the first of our three part podcast series, Mark Immelman shares nuggets from conversations with six of golf's best teaching minds.  Hear from Ryan Chaney, Jon Sherman, John Tillery, Scott Hamilton, Tony Ruggiero and Jonathan Yarwood as they talk about approaches to instruction, swing plane, ways to lower scores, ideas on more effective practice and straightening out your SLICE shot.

Newly minted Hall of Famer, Davis Love III joins Mark Immelman to share insights from his years of experience in the game.  He also elaborates on tips and drills that his father, noted golf teacher Davis Love Jr., shared with him as he came up as a young golfer.  Love also talks about the Ryder Cup and the lessons he learned from that experience leading into the victory at Hazeltine in 2016.  He also shares his feelings about his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Mark Immelman shares tips (in the form of soundbites) from World Golf Hall of Famers, Major Champions, PGA TOUR Winners and players that will help you to better understand what is required to play consistently good golf.  Hear from Gary Player, Ernie Els, Billy Horschel, Charl Schwartzel, Notah Begay, Brooks Koepka, Geoff Ogilvy, Nick Price, Max Homa, Trevor Immelman and Will Wilcox.  The "cornucopia of tips" includes tips for power off the tee, consistency with the irons, and success around the greens as well as insights on preparation and practice.

Allistair McCaw, originator of The McCaw Method, brings his immense coaching and teaching experience to the show as he shares his 10 tips for coaching kids effectively.  These simple, easy to apply, tips are tried and tested and guaranteed to help you guide your children, or your clients to success in less time with fewer headaches.  Incidentally, these tips can help you to apply yourself better during practice also.  Result: your goals achieved quicker!

Renowned golf teacher, Martin Hall, brings his wisdom and prolific experience to the podcast as he talks about great golf teachers, different approaches to game improvement and how to improve by employing simple, tried and tested ideas handed down from the legends of the game.  Martin makes understanding of the true principles of golf ball control easy to understand and he elaborates with analogies from champions from yesteryear and today.  He also shares a few tips to help you improve your golf swing, your ball-striking and your short game.

Respected golf instructor, Gary Gilchrist, (Golf Digest Top 50 and Golf Magazine Top 100 Coach) joins the podcast to talk about golf teaching, Golf Academies and golf swing technique.  He specifically speaks about "cause and effect" in the golf swing and shares a ideas on how to develop a "growth mindset" to build confidence.  Gary also elaborates on how to build consistency in your golf game.

Bridgestone Golf pride themselves on the ability to fit all golfers to the golf ball that best suits their respective games.  Consider these numbers: 7 out of 10 golfers use the wrong ball and 75% of golfers swing at speeds less than 105mph.. Futher Bridgestone Golf has measured over 2 million golf swings and performed over 300, 000 live golf ball fittings.  In other words Adam Rehberg (Bridgestone Golf R&D and Golf Ball Marketing) is uniquely qualified to give sound advice on proper golf ball fitting.  Adam shares advice on this element and also speaks about Bridgestone's other equipment offerings that may help improve your game.

Noted analyst and on-course roving announcer, Jerry Foltz, has watched and called all of the top golfers on the PGA TOUR and the LPGA Tour.  He thus has great insight on what the great golfers of the world do and what they employ to become successful.  In this podcast Jerry shares those "trade secrets" and insights.  Hear Jerry's take on what you can learn from: Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.  Jerry also analyses Lydia Ko, Lexi Thompson and Brooke Henderson, among others off the LPGA Tour.

Tommy Morrisey (five years old) has made a splash in the world's game over recent months.  Tommy has overcome a congenital birth deficiency and plays golf at a very high level despite not having a completely developed right arm (which he calls "Nemo".)  Hear from his father, Joe, as he shares anecdotes from Tommy's life in golf.  Joe also describes lessons and golf tips that golfers and parents of golfers can learn from young Tommy.

World Golf Hall-of-Famer, Gary Player, joins the podcast to celebrate his birthday, talk about life, golf and his career in golf.  The "Black Knight" shares anecdotes from his travels around the world, he talks physical fitness and health, and he shares his personal workout regimen.  Mr. Player also talks about golfing legends such as Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus and elaborates on things golfers can learn from those great champions.  And of course, one of the greatest bunker players of all time shares a tip that will help you to success out of greenside bunkers.

Scott Hamilton brings a simple and easy explanation to help you understand the swing plane and how you can improve yours.  He further explains how to use a video camera or a mobile device to video yourself correctly for the most accurate feedback.  Scott then also shares tips and drills you can learn from a number of PGA TOUR players in his stable of clients.

Aimpoint Certified PGA TOUR Putting Instructor, John Graham, joins the podcast to talk about putting, effective green reading and the mechanics of an effective putting stroke.  John also shares tips to improve your green-reading and drills to practice and improve your putting.  

PGA TOUR and European Tour Golf Professionals use the "off-season" to get into better physical shape.  Why don't you?  TPI Certified Physical Trainer, Chris Kendrick, talks about the value of getting yourself in better physical shape over the "off-season".  He elaborates on the general components that every work-out regimen should contain and he lists exercises that golfers of every physical skill level, from Beginner through Intermediate to Advanced, can do to get into better shape during the "off" months.

Spurred on by a picture of his youngest daughter, Sophia, hitting a golf ball, Mark Immelman chats about ways to get your child to fall in love with golf and improve in the process.  Mark talks about the grip, the stance, the swing and how you can approach your child's correct understanding thereof.  He also talks about ways to keep the child engaged and the learning fun.

Developer of the "Strokes Gained" analytical approach to measuring golf performance on The PGA TOUR, Mark Broadie, takes you inside the numbers.  He makes sense of statistics like: Strokes Gained from the Tee, Strokes Gained on Approach to the Green, Strokes Gained Around the Green and Strokes Gained Putting.  Broadie gives examples of players on TOUR and how they have used these numbers to improve their games.  He also shares tips on how you can use "Strokes Gained" to improve your game and hone your approach to the game.