On the Mark Golf Podcast

Golf Channel Academy Lead Instructor, Travis Fulton is a friend of the podcast and a successful instructor to golfers of all skill levels.  He discusses junior golf and gives advice to parents of junior golfers to help their kids to grow in, and enjoy, the game of golf.  He also shares tips to help younger golfers to play and score better.  Travis then uses his unique experiences to compare and contrast the approaches of "modern-day" and "older" golf instructors, coaches and teachers to golf instruction.  In so doing he helps you the listener to navigate the sometimes confusing landscape in golf instruction.  As an added bonus Travis also shares golf tips to help you improve from tee through green.

Bob Estes is a 4-time winner on the PGA TOUR and still still competing out there.  As a result, he is uniquely equipped to comment on the differences between how the game was played a few years ago versus the current day.  Estes, a winner of the prestigious Haskins Award, compares changes in the approach to the golf swing, golf instruction, to the mind-set and course management and to equipment.  He also shares anecdotes from 'inside the ropes' and a few tips to help you with your game.

Dr. Rob Bell (Certified Consultant of The Association of Applied Sports Psychology) has worked with hundreds of sports teams, coaches and athletes.  He joins our podcast to discuss the subject of 'Fear' and how to overcome it in life and in golf.  He also talks about the fickle subject of confidence and breaks down ways do develop mental toughness and improve confidence on the course and in competition.

Kyle Morris is a Golf Digest "Best Young Instructor" and a TrackMan Master Pro.  He is also a former TOUR professional and hence he is able to bring a unique blend of information to help golfers improve.  In this podcast Kyle discusses his TrackMan research and embellishes on the Clubface and Swing Path relationship and how you can focus on those to develop a Go-To shot and effectively eliminate one side of the target.  He also shares ideas you can employ to improve your shot accuracy and directional control.

Brian Jacobs is a Golf Channel Academy Instructor and a vastly experienced golf teacher and coach.  He emphasizes practice with a view to playing better and in this podcast he shares thoughts, ideas and practice drills to help you to take it to the course.   Brian talks about movement and kinesthetics and retaining athleticism in the golf swing.  He also talks about effective lesson and practice regimens that will ensure that your work takes root.  He speaks at-length about purpose-driven practice in the form of practice games, drills and exercises that will lead to success and lower scores.  Brian also talks about games to play on the golf course to emphasize on-course practice and improved play under pressure.

Sasho MacKenize (PhD in Sports Biomechanics) explains the patterns of forces and torques exerted on the club and the ground during the golf swing.  He embellishes on how each hand exerts force on the club and how they work together to present the clubface efficiently and correctly for ball-striking success.   Sasho also talks about ground force reaction and how to move pressure in the feet correctly to maximize power by improving the launch angle.  Along those lines he delves into COP (Center of Pressure) and COM (Center of Mass) during the swing and explains how they should operate.  Dr. MacKenize also shares ideas and drills that you can do to control the club and use the ground correctly during your golf swing.

A two-time Olympian, Dr. Phil Cheetham, is the foremost mind in the Biomechanics and Motion Analysis industry.  Dr. Cheetham (a board member of the Titleist  Performance Institute) delves into the all important concept of Kinematic Sequencing and explains it in-depth to help you improve your golf swing.  He also ties a bow between all athletic disciplines and the golf swing and illustrates the basic concepts of motion, body strength and body awareness and control.  Dr. Cheetham explains how the correct sequencing in the body works and shares ideas how you can sequence and time your arms, legs and body for more efficient power.

Golf is the ultimate game of life.  It incorporates mind, body, spirit and soul.  The truth of the matter is you are no different from the PGA TOUR players when it comes to this fact.  They may hit the ball better than you but they have to deal with the very same life challenges you do.  Todd Lewis (Golf Channel) and Sean Martin (pgatour.com) bring personal anecdotes from players such as Tiger Woods, Jason Day, Stewart Cink, John Senden, Wesley Bryan and Phil Mickelson to help you put things into perspective so you can approach the game from a better mind-set.

Former PGA TOUR player and Web.com Winner, Hugh Royer III, is now an established and well-respected golf instructor.  He has seen the comings and the goings and he draws a parallel between "old" and "new" in this podcast.  Hugh discusses tenets such as the grip, grip pressure, the link between the arms and the body, swing rhythm and tempo.  Hugh also highlights simple and easy to understand ways to fix a slice and a hook and he also shares his thoughts on "getting stuck" in the downswing.

Older brother to former World's #1 golfer, Luke Donald, Christian Donald is an ex-Club Pro and a PGA TOUR caddy.  He has worked for such notable players as 2-time Major Champion Martin Kaymer, Paul Casey, Brendan Steele and his brother Luke.  As a result he has a wealth of knowledge and experience that he brings to you in this podcast.  Christian talks about things you can learn from the professionals for whom he has worked.  He then goes further and shares advice for family members who are related to talented golfers.  As an added extra Christian and Mark talk about what it is like to be the older brother to a successful PGA TOUR player.