On the Mark Golf Podcast
Sports Talk & News
Mark Immelman, golf broadcaster, acclaimed instructor, and former college coach, delivers top insights to improve your golf game. He interviews PGA Tour Players, swing coaches, caddies, fitness and mental coaches, equipment gurus, and more, giving listeners inside the ropes access to the very best minds in golf.
Location:
United States
Description:
Mark Immelman, golf broadcaster, acclaimed instructor, and former college coach, delivers top insights to improve your golf game. He interviews PGA Tour Players, swing coaches, caddies, fitness and mental coaches, equipment gurus, and more, giving listeners inside the ropes access to the very best minds in golf.
Twitter:
@PGATOUR
Language:
English
Contact:
(904) 285-3700
Episodes
Richard Lee Takes You to Short Game Boot Camp
11/13/2024
Richard H. Lee is a former PGA TOUR professional who has retired from tournament golf and turned to TV Announcing and Golf Teaching.
The University of Washington graduate played on both the Korn Ferry and the PGA TOUR and he brings an acute knowledge of the mindset and technique required to perform under pressure.
Richard joins Mark Immelman to help you pluck that "low hanging fruit" and lower your scores by improving your Putting, Chipping, Pitching, Lob Shots and Bunker Shots. In his explanations and tutorials he teaches about the technique and concepts required to excel, under pressure on any shot on or around the green.
Putting - Controlling your internal clock, Triggers for focus, Preparation, Being instinctive, Earning the right to putt well, Ball-strike and Start-lines, Stroke callibration, "Making deposits in the Bank" and his "5 Pillars to Putting."
Chipping and Pitching - Predictability and Shot percentages for success, Positive mindsets, Avoiding compounding errors, Momentum savers, Understanding how the Wedge works, and Reading lies.
Bunker Play - Appropriate Stance and Posture and Alignment, Practice Drills for better bunker shots and the concept of "Getting Taller through the Strike."
This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:01:06:53
Leo Herrera Shares Course Management Insights to Improve your Scoring
11/4/2024
Leopoldo (Leo) Hererra is a professional golfer, a performance coach and the founder of "The Connected Golfer." Orginally from Venezuela, Leo represented his country in their national team and his success led him to being recruited to college (Univ. of Central Florida) in the USA. During his time at UCF he discovered his purpose; he turned professional and founded "The Connected Golfer," a step-by-step model to help and guide golfers to their best golf ever.
He has also published a manual for better performance and he joins #OntheMark to talk about his career in golf, and help you level up your game by better Golf Course Management:
Improve your course management and watch your scores improve. Download and share or watch on Youtube by searching and subscribing to Mark Immelman.
Duration:00:49:54
Kolby (K-Wayne) Tullier on How to Optimize Your Body for Elite Performance
10/29/2024
Coach Kolby “K-Wayne” Tullier is one of the leading sports performance coaches and a published author.
He is also coach to a "Stable" of notable golfers including Justin Thomas, Max Homa, Tommy Fleetwood, Sungjae Im and Lexi Thompson. His life and work experiences have taught him how to optimize the human body for sports performance and injury prevention, and K-Wayne brings lessons from his "Stable" as he joins the #OntheMark show to talk about health, wellness, working out, golf-specific strength and injury prevention.
He also introduces the "Burn 180 System" and shows how its use can help you to a better body and more powerful and consistent golfswings.
While illustrating the multiple uses of the Burn 180 Band Training device, Kolby talks about golf-specific execises for joint protection and an improved, more powerful pivot and body movement.
He also shares insights and recommendations on improving Cardiovascular fitness for better undurance on the golf course.
The entire podcast and the exercises K-Wayne demonstrates can be viewed on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman. Use discount code Kolby10 to get a discount on your purchase of the Burn 180.
Duration:00:52:49
Ben Fowler on the Advancements of AI Driven Golf Instruction and How it can Help You
10/24/2024
Ben Fowler (Masters Degree in Data Sciences) is a PGA Professional who through extensive research realised that, despite the influx of information available, the average handicap of all players has not gone down appreciably.
This fact led him to develop PlayIQ, and AI driven system. PlayIQ employs state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms to scrutinize each frame of a golf swing. By capturing high-resolution video, PlayIQ can precisely analyze critical aspects of the swing. Elements such as spine angle, knee bend, hip rotation, and club position. The computer vision technology identifies these elements and compares them against ideal swing mechanics, offering targeted feedback on specific strengths and areas for improvement.
Ben joins #OntheMark to introduce and illustrate how the system works, and how it can help you figure out the exact issues within your technique that are letting you down.
He describes:
His goal with the development of PlayIQ was to make golf instruction more accessible, affordable and helpful and this podcast is sure to help you on your way to getting a golf lesson tailored to your specific needs. You can also watch the conversation between Mark Immelman and Ben Fowler on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:00:48:56
Joel Dahmen - His Life in Golf, Lessons Learned Along the Way and Keys to Good Scoring
10/18/2024
Joel Dahman is a PGA TOUR winner and one of the most popular players in golf. The Washington State native joins #OntheMark to talk with Mark Immelman about his life and his career in golf.
Joel shares stories and lessons learned during his journey from Junior Golf through College and the Mini Tours to the Korn Ferry Tour and eventually the PGA TOUR.
He talks about his keys to success, his personal battle with cancer and the mindset required to navigate those personal challenges to eventually win on the PGA TOUR.
Joel also talks about his friendship with caddy, Geno Bonnalie, and their foray into the entertainment industry as part of the Netflix series, Full Swing.
In this particularly candid interview, Joel takes you inside the ropes on the PGA TOUR while blending the human element of being a husband and a father while competing agains the world's best golfers. He also talks about his game, his strengths, his weaknesses and how he is such an accurate iron player.
He talks at length about the following game improvement and Iron-play success keys:
This podcast is also available as a Vodcast on YouTube. Search and Subscribe to Mark Immelman's YouTube Channel.
Duration:00:57:15
Fat Perez with Advice on How to "Have a Day" on the Golf Course
10/15/2024
Fat Perez is known as "The Most Comfortable Man in Golf." A member of the YouTube sensation "Bob Does Sports," a group of fun sports fans who do brilliantly dumb things on the golf course, FP is a gamer who played competitive golf collegiately and can compete with the best.
He joins our #OntheMark podcast to tell his story, share insights from how he approaches competitive golf, and share his tips on how to get the most out of your game.
He leans into some of the things that he does that can help any club golfer to better and more consistent golf:
You are sure to learn some simple ways to improve your golf and your scores so you can "have a day" every time you go and play.
Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube to watch the conversation between Fat Perez and Mark Immelman.
Duration:00:42:13
Dr. Paul Wood on How to Become a Wizard with a Wedge
10/8/2024
Dr. Paul Wood is the VP of Engineering at Ping Golf and leads a department responsible for Club Design, Research, Development, Innovation and Testing. One of the leading minds in the golf industry his passion if for the Physics of Ball Flight, and the Golf-club and Golf Ball interation.
His passion for engineering led him to conduct a test, using Ping's high speed motion capture system - FOCAL, to capture data from 150 different players hitting wedge shots to various targets. (FOCAL tracks the entire swing and gives the best club impact numbers in the world.)
Paul joins the #OntheMark podcast to share his findings and in so doing help you become a better Wedge player.
Information shared and discussed includes:
Impact Location and its effect Ball Speed, the correlation to Distance and the Ideal Numbers Angle of Attack Variability and Golf-swing Low Point Control Steep vs. Shallow swings and their effects Spin Loft and the Ideal Numbers for Success Ideal Launch Angle Numbers, and Draw vs Fade Biases in Wedge play This podcast is sure to help you understand exactly how a well-struck Wedge shot happens and what you need to do in order to become a wizard with a Wedge.
Download or search and subscribe to Mark Immelman to watch and see all of the data and graphs Dr. Wood shares.
Duration:01:01:13
Coach Jace Riley on How to Be a Consistently Great Competitor
10/3/2024
Based in Alaska, Jace Riley is the founder and operator of the popular sports coaching portal "6am Practice." He is a podcaster and mentor who advises athletes and competitors on how to get the most out of themselves both on and off the field.
Coach joins the #OntheMark show to help you to be a better version of youself to enable you to bring out your best more often.
Coach Riley shares a number of tried and tested insights that range from Mindset to Attitude to Application to Nutrition and Hydration - All of which are aimed at propelling an athlete and golfer to a place where their performance is the best it can possibly be at any given time:
Topics of Coach Riley's discussion include:
This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:00:56:07
Adam Scott on Golf, Golf Swing Technique and Longevity in the Game
9/28/2024
Adam Scott is a generational talent. With 32 worldwide professional victories, the 2004 PLAYERS champion, 2013 Masters champion and former OWGR #1 is one of Australia's greatest ever golfers and he joins the #OntheMark podcast to talk about his life in golf.
Scotty revisits some of his famous victories (The Masters and The PLAYERS), and some of his defeats. He shares lessons he learned along the way from the Gold Coast of Australia to the very top of the game and the World #1 ranking.
All the while Adam shares insights and tips to help you understand and play the game a little better. He talks at length about:
Adam also talks about his golf-swing and his approach to the game as he dives into:
The usually reserved Australian opens up and in his unassuming and humble manner shares some fascinating and candid insights about his game and tips on how you can get the most out of yours. This podcast is well worth the download. It can also be watched on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:01:02:09
Eric Eshleman on Lowering Scores by a "Performance Over Perfection" mindset
9/23/2024
Based at The Country Club of Birmingham (Alabama), Eric Eshleman is one of the foremost teachers in golf. He has been a PGA (Professional Golf Association of America) member since 1997 and his reputation and success as an instructor earned him recognition as the 2019 Golf Professional of the Year.
He joins #OntheMark to share insights from his work with elite players at the NCAA Division I College level, as well as the lifelong lessons he taught PGA TOUR winner, Davis Thompson - lessons that helped guide Thompson to his first victory on the PGA TOUR in the 2024 John Deere Classic.
Eshleman stresses performance over perfection in the quest for lower scores. As he teaches about this approach he discusses various elements involved in playing golf well:
This podcast is also available as a Vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:00:48:09
Adam Porzak - Must-Do's for a Better Golfswing
9/16/2024
Based in San Diego, California Adam Porzak runs Porzak Golf - an elite instructional team that works with golfers of all skill levels. Adam is a former Tour Professional who now teaches many elite golfers at the highest level. A former Junior World Championship Runner-up, Adam knows about golf performance under pressure, and he brings his "old-school' approach to the #OntheMark podcast.
Adam delves into a number of important elements involved in the creation of a reliable golfswing. As he talks about: (a) The Importance of Set-up and Posture, (b) Understanding "Connection," (c) How Connection facilitates the Ability to Rotate, and (d) Using the Least Amount of Manipulation through Impact, Adam addresses a number of relevant talking points:
Improve your golfswing with Adam's help and insight. Download and listen, and then search and subsribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube to watch Adam's demonstrations.
Duration:01:05:16
Jake Ledbetter on Improving Turns, Tilts and Rotary Body Action in the Golf Swing
9/11/2024
Jake Ledbetter is a former Professional Tournament golfer who has turned to Golf Instruction. The rising star has learned under, and worked for some of the best, including George Gankas and Mike Schy and now he is an instructor at The Mike Schy Performance Institute.
Ledbetter joins the #OntheMark podcast to help you develop a more consistent golf-swing by improving your body pivot and making it the governor and driver of the swing.
He talks about concepts like:
He shares drills from Tiger Woods, George Gankas and Mike Schy to help you improve your pivot, while also addressing game improvement concepts like:
This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:01:03:12
Kiran Mistry with 7 Exercises to Prepare You for Your Best Golf
9/4/2024
Kiran Mistry is the Director and Founder of "The Golf Athlete" in Hanoi, Vietnam. He trains countless golfers and professionals from the Asian, KPGA and KLPGA Tours and is quickly becoming one of the leading minds in the golf fitness arena.
Kiran joins #OntheMark to help you to become a more athletic, fit, strong, mobile and flexible version of yourself, as he helps you to overcome your limitations while improving your movements for better golf.
He shares 7 exersises, that take about 10 minutes to complete, which will prepare you for your best performance:
Get fit, get strong, get mobile and prepare your body for your best golf. Download, or watch this as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:00:59:36
"Unstuck Yourself" and Unlock Your Full Potential with Paul Salter
8/27/2024
Paul Salter is a mindset coach and hypnotherapist who helps golfers overcome the mental and emotional hazards of their mind in order to play to their full potential.
With an extensive background working with elite Collegiate, Professional, and Olympic athletes as a Sports Dietitian, his unique coaching system leverages 15+ years of coaching with an emphasis on Hypnosis, Subconscious Reprogramming, Mindset Shift Training, and other proven strategies to help you "unstuck yourself."
Paul joins #OntheMark to discuss his coaching approach and how the use of hypnotherapy can help you get out of your own way by stopping self-sabotage at its source. He discusses various topics including:
Overcoming the Mental and Emotional Hazards of Your Mind An overview of what Hypnosis is not and is, as well as how it works Shifting from Unconscious Reactions to Conscious Responses Identifying and dismantling Destructive Mindset Programs (DMP's) and how they negatively affect you How to begin dismantling and defusing Toxic Emotions How Negative Emotions (and your inability to manage them) wreak havoc on your swing, score, and life off the course The "Fear JAR" (judgment, abandonment, and rejection) and how fear shows up on the golf course and what to do about it, and Cultivating Confidence on-demand. Break through your imiting beliefs, overcome mental roadblocks, and conquer the fears holding you back from unlocking your full potential. Download this podcast or watch it as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:00:52:16
TJ Katherineberg on How to Hit More Flushers
8/19/2024
Formerly the Director of Virtual Instruction at Elite Golf Schools of Arizona, TJ Katherineberg is one of the bright young minds in golf instruction. He played NCAA Collegiate golf and turned professional, but his passion for helping people to enjoy what he calls "golf - the purest form of competition" led him to golf instruction.
TJ has a wide following of golfers who take virtual and personal lessons from him and he joins #OntheMark to help you to "flush it" and hit more quality golf-shots.
TJ describes a few elements vital to striking the ball consistently well, and he shares drills to help you achieve those moves correctly and appropriately:
The Stretching Sequence of the Body (and the lead arm) in the golf-swing This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman,
Duration:00:54:00
Lance Reader (Krank Golf) on Long Driving and Gaining More Ball Speed for More Power
8/13/2024
Lance Reader is a former World Long Drive contestant and the Founder and President of Krank Golf. Krank Golf hand manufactures Drivers and Fairway Metals with multiple, variable Face Thicknesses for longer tee-shots at the Professional and Amateur levels.
Lance joins Mark Immelman on the #OntheMark podcast to discuss Krank Golf and their approach to crafting and building Drivers that generate more ball compression (at impact) and ball-speed.
Lance discusses the importance of distance off the tee. He also elaborates on the importance of accuracy and finding fairways to shoot lower scores, and how finding the correct Driver make-up can improve both distance and accuracy.
Furthermore, Lance elaborates on various elements that enhance a golfer's chance of gaining more ball-speed and distance off the tee:
This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.
Duration:00:48:53
Trent Griessel on Taking Your Game to the Next Level
8/5/2024
Trent Griessel is a Division I golfer at The University of Texas Arlington. Born in South Africa and raised in the America, Trent is a product of the IMG Academy. He is a tournament-winner at various levels whose goal is to parlay his successful NCAA College Golf career into a career on the PGA TOUR.
Trent has started giving authentic, holistic game improvement insights and lessons on his Instagram channel, and he joins #OntheMark to share a few tips to help you take your game to the next level.
He discusses:
He also talks about a few tips that will help with on-course performance, including:
Duration:00:55:31
Jim McLean on his 25% Theory to Golf Instruction, The X-Factor for Power, and Lessons from the Greats
7/29/2024
Jim McLean is one of the foremost golf instructors in the history of the game. He has been a Top Three Instructor in America for 25 years, and he has taught a number of the greats in the game ranging from Gary Player and Bernhard Langer to Gary Woodland, Greg Norman, Keegan Bradley and Lexi Thompson.
A TV and Radio personality, a published author, and a member of the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame, McLean is a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise and he joins #OntheMark to talk about golf, golf instruction and game improvement theories.
He shares lessons from some greats of instruction and the PGA TOUR including:
Homer Kelly and Ben Doyle - The Golfing Machine and Swing Positions and Lag
Claude Harmon - Playing the Game and Anti-Hook maneuvers
Ken Venturi - Being Tough and Competitive
Jackie Burke - Playing Free and Visualization
Sam Snead - Athleticism in the Golf Swing
Lee Trevino - Swinging and Understanding Your Swing
Jim also talks about his 25% Theory to Game Improvement - Long Game, Short Game, Mental Game, and Management.
He talks about his "8 Step Swing" and the "Safety Zones" around each step, and he elaborates on his theory of the "X-Factor for Power."
Learn about the golf-swing, how to understand, and remedy your swing, and how to play the game. Download and share this podcast, or search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube to watch the conversation.
Duration:00:58:05
David Swan with the "Pur" Truth for Developing a Consistent Putting Stroke and Making More Putts
7/23/2024
David Swan is the founder and developer of the the PUR TRUTH™ Putting Training Aids - a complete system that addresses every component of putting while building all the fundamentals of the perfect putting stroke.
He joins Mark Immelman to introduce his Pur Training Aids, The Pur Golf Truth Trainer and the Pur Golf Truth Prepare.
David explains the inspiration behind the training aids and shares staggering statistics on how important putting is to score reduction, and how little putting is coached, taught and practiced.
He illustrates and explains how each aid works, the elements they teach, and how they can be used to drill and galvanise strokes, while also "gamifying" practice by adding an element of pressure to preparation.
The Aids will teach you how the following keys to putting success, feel and play:
The Pur trainers make practice easy, fun and productive thanks to the immediate stroke, contact and start-line feedback. They also make home-work and practice easier and are guaranteed to improve your putting stroke, the quality of your putts, and your number of putts made.
This podcast is also available on YouTube where David and Mark illustrate how the aids work.
David and Pur Golf have also given #OntheMark listeners a discount code to get 25% off the purchase - use code Mark25.
Duration:00:52:34
Rob Rea on Breathwork Fundamentals for Stress Reduction and High Performance under Pressure
7/17/2024
Known as "That Breath Guy," Rob Rea is originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland. Based in London, England he originally worked in Banking, but a trip to Bali changed the course of his life. The trip and the experiences led him to take in a range of different teachings and modalities of breathwork. From Pranayama, Somatic Experiencing, Qi Gung, Functional Breathwork, Breathwork for Performance, to Transformational Breathwork and Yoga Teacher Training, Rob dived into the dynamic world of stillness.
He joins the #OntheMark podcast to help you to explore various breathwork practices and methodologies, and explore the connection between your physiological and psychological states.
Rob shows how you can create a stillness within for a sanctuary for creativity, introspection and healing, and how you can reduce tension, anxiety and stress and improve your health, well-being and your performance on the golf course.
You will learn about:
Mindfulness and Meditation
Nasal vs Mouth Breathing
Various types of Breathing Patterns
Controlling your Central Nervous System and getting into a Parasympathetic (Flow) State, and
Vagus Nerve Stimulation.
As Rob takes you through a lesson in Breathwork Fundamentals he will teach you how to develop "Ice in your mind with fire in your body" so you can maximize your performance under pressure.
This podcast is also available as a vodcast - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube.
Duration:01:01:20