On the Mark Golf Podcast

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.