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What if one of the most criticized ideas in modern golf instruction—being “handsy”—is actually one of the keys to playing better golf?

Mark Immelman sits down with Ethan Bramble, founder of Handsy Golf, for a deep dive into a hands-first approach to the golf swing. Ethan challenges the body-first thinking that dominates much of modern golf instruction and argues that golfers should focus first on the one part of the body actually connected to the golf club: the hands. “The golf swing is decided in the hands, not the hips, not the shoulders, not the ground.”

Throughout the conversation, Mark and Ethan explore grip, intent, pressure, clubface control, ground reaction forces, feel and the relationship between the golfer and the golf club. Ethan explains why he believes better communication between the hands and the club can help golfers self-correct, simplify their thinking and reduce the dreaded “paralysis by analysis.”

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why Ethan believes the golf swing should be approached hands first.
• How intent travels from the mind to the golf club.
• Why “handsy” does not necessarily mean flipping or scooping.
• How grip and hand pressure influence clubface control.
• Why golfers should think about communicating with the golf club.
• The difference between body-first and hands-first instruction.
• Why Ethan views the body as supporting the hands rather than driving them.
• How overthinking rotation, ground forces and body positions can create paralysis by analysis.
• Why golf should feel more like other bat-and-ball sports.
• What Scottie Scheffler can teach golfers about grip and hand awareness.
• Why molded grips are gaining attention among elite players.
• How Tiger Woods used his hands to control and shape the golf club.
• Why feel and tactile awareness matter under pressure.
• What golfers misunderstand about “flipping” the club.
• How the ForceBall and Compact Club help golfers develop a better connection with the club.

Key Takeaways:

1. The Golf Swing Begins With Intent - Every golfer has an intention for the shot—whether that means hitting a draw, controlling trajectory or simply getting the ball into the fairway. Ethan believes the golfer’s job is to send that intention to the club as clearly as possible. The more complicated the message becomes through excessive thoughts about the hips, shoulders, spine and ground forces, the more that signal can become “muddied.” Golf, in his view, is ultimately a game of communication.
2. “Handsy” Doesn’t Have to Be a Bad Word - Golf instruction has often treated excessive hand action as something golfers should eliminate. Ethan wants to reframe that idea. Rather than thinking about “handsy” as an uncontrolled flip or scoop, he describes it as an intentional awareness of how the hands influence and communicate with the club throughout the swing.
3. Hands First Doesn't Mean Hands Only - Ethan isn't suggesting that the body has no role in the golf swing. Instead, he sees the body in a supporting role. When golfers correctly organize their hands, grip and the forces they apply to the club, he believes many desirable body movements—rotation, ground usage and sequencing—can occur naturally rather than being consciously manufactured.
4. Stop Creating Paralysis by Analysis - Golf gives players more time to think than almost any other sport. That can be a problem. Tennis, baseball and other striking sports tend to be reaction-based. Golfers, however, can stand over a stationary ball thinking about dozens of positions and movements. Ethan believes bringing the focus back to the hands, the implement and the intended shot can make the swing feel more athletic and intuitive.
5. Your Relationship With the Club Matters - The golf club is the golfer's instrument. Your hands are the only physical connection between your body and that instrument. Ethan describes this relationship almost like any other relationship: better communication creates a better connection. His goal is to help golfers feel how the club moves, pivots and responds rather than simply trying to place their body in predetermined positions.
6. Scottie Scheffler Offers a Powerful Example - Much of the conversation centers on World #1 Scottie Scheffler. While golfers frequently analyze Scheffler's footwork and ground forces, Ethan believes one of the most remarkable aspects of his swing is how consistently his hands remain connected to the club. Scheffler regularly practices with a molded grip, carefully organizes his hands before the swing and maintains that relationship with the club despite all of the movement happening elsewhere in his body.
7. Grip Is More Than “Set It and Forget It” - Ethan argues that golfers shouldn't simply place their hands on the club and forget about them. Instead, the hands should actively apply pressure, push, pull and influence how the club moves throughout the swing. Understanding those forces can help golfers control the clubface, the swing arc and ultimately the golf ball.
8. Don't Take the Art Out of the Golf Swing - Golfers including Harry Vardon and Henry Cotton emphasized the role of the hands and arms generations ago. Ethan believes modern instruction may have moved too far away from that feel-based approach. The golf swing is not just a collection of biomechanical positions—it is an athletic, tactile and artistic motion.
9. What About “Flipping”? - A flip is often treated as one of golf's cardinal sins. Ethan draws an important distinction between an intentional release of the clubhead and a reactionary flip caused by the club being out of position. At some point through impact, the handle must decelerate while the clubhead accelerates. The goal isn't to eliminate that athletic release, but to properly organize the hands, arms and club beforehand so it can happen effectively.

Memorable Quotes:

“The golf swing is decided in the hands, not the hips, not the shoulders, not the ground.”

“This is just a game. It’s a game of communication.”

“I’m not saying it’s hands only. I’m saying it’s hands first.”

“The relationship with your golf club is the most important thing in golf, bar none.”

“I don’t think golf needs to be any different.”

“We’ve almost taken away the art of the golf swing.”

“Let the body support that pivoting action.”

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In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by PGA TOUR winner Jake Knapp for a candid and insightful conversation about golf swing development, tempo, power, trust, training, resilience, and learning how to compete at the highest level.

Jake is known for one of the most admired golf swings in the game, but he shares that he has not always seen it that way. He talks openly about being too critical of his own motion, learning to give himself more credit, and understanding how small changes can make a major difference in performance over time.

Mark and Jake discuss what it really takes to make a swing change that holds up under pressure. Jake explains how his work has been driven by statistics, consistency, repeatability, and finding feels that transfer from the range to the golf course.

He also shares why golfers need to trust the work, get uncomfortable in practice, and recognize that improvement often comes through small, incremental gains rather than instant transformation. The conversation also covers Jake’s use of training aids, his left thumb injury and surgery, his approach to fitness, how he creates power without looking rushed, why his tempo appears so smooth, how he uses a mini driver as a fairway finder, and why golfers should embrace their own natural patterns instead of chasing every swing trend.

This episode is packed with practical lessons for golfers who want to strike the ball better, swing with more freedom, train smarter, build trust under pressure, and understand how a PGA TOUR winner thinks through improvement.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

🎙️ Why Jake Knapp has one of the most talked-about swings in golf.

🎙️ How Jake views his own swing and why he can be overly critical.

🎙️ Why golf improvement takes time, patience, and trust.

🎙️ How small swing changes can create major performance gains.

🎙️ Why tour-level changes should be statistics-driven, not just cosmetic.

🎙️ How Jake works through feels with his coach before taking them to the course.

🎙️ Why golfers must learn to trust swing changes under pressure.

🎙️ How discomfort in practice can help build belief on the course.

🎙️ Why incremental improvements are often more valuable than quick fixes.

🎙️ How Jake has used training aids and why he now keeps them simpler .

🎙️ What training aids can and cannot do for elite players \.

🎙️ How Jake turns technical thoughts into feels he can use on the golf course.

🎙️ What happened with Jake’s left thumb injury and surgery.

🎙️ Why Jake values general athletic training and physical presence.

🎙️ How fitness helps with speed, power, mobility, and difficult lies \.

🎙️ Why Jake’s tempo looks smooth even though he creates tremendous speed.

🎙️ How he uses big muscles instead of small muscles to create power.

🎙️ Why softness in the arms can help create speed and flow.

🎙️ How Jake thinks about heavy clubs and feeling the clubhead.

🎙️ Why golfers should be careful trying to copy another player’s swing.

🎙️ How Jake uses his mini driver as a fairway finder.

🎙️ Why distance should remain an advantage, not become a disadvantage.

🎙️ How Jake embraces his natural steep pattern instead of fighting it.

🎙️ Why resilience helped him through hard seasons, injury, and pressure.

🎙️ What Jake learned from winning on the PGA TOUR in Mexico.

🎙️ How his “W.I.N.” reminder — What’s Important Now — helps him compete.

Key Takeaways:

1. A good-looking golf swing still has to perform under pressure.
2. Swing changes should be connected to better statistics, better patterns, and better scoring.
3. Improvement is rarely instant. It can take months for an exaggerated feel to become a neutral pattern.
4. The range and the golf course are different environments, so players must learn how to transfer feels into real shots.
5. Trust is built by putting yourself in uncomfortable situations and learning from the result.
6. Training aids can be helpful, but the goal is to eventually perform without them.
7. Elite players often use simple cues, feels, and checkpoints instead of overly complicated swing thoughts.
8. Fitness can help golfers create speed, protect their bodies, handle difficult lies, and feel more confident.
9. Effortless power comes from sequence, athleticism, big muscles, and freedom in the arms.
10. Golfers should avoid chasing trends that do not match their natural pattern.
11. A fairway finder can reduce stress and help long hitters keep distance as an advantage.
12. Resilience matters when the swing, body, or pressure of competition does not cooperate.
13. Great players prepare for what might go wrong, not just what they hope will go right.
14. “What’s Important Now” is a powerful reminder to stay present and handle the next shot.

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Putting improvement does not have to require hours of technical practice.

In this episode of On the Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by Matt Davis, the creator of Putter Cup, to discuss how golfers can develop better speed control, stronger commitment and greater confidence under pressure. 

Matt explains why putting deserves more attention from recreational golfers and challenges the belief that becoming a good putter requires a major investment of time. With focused, intentional practice—even for just a few minutes each day—golfers can begin closing the performance gap much faster than they might expect.

The conversation also explores an often-overlooked part of putting: The human response to pressure. Reading the green, choosing a line and controlling speed all matter, but golfers must still execute when the putt counts. Matt designed the three-part Putter Cup system to simulate that pressure and make practice slightly more demanding than the real thing.

Mark and Matt examine why not every five-foot putt should be played the same way, the relationship between speed and line, and how golfers can stop getting trapped by mechanical thoughts over short putts. They also discuss the importance of identifying “shot number three,” letting the putter become the hero and practicing in a way that makes the golf course feel easier.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why everyday golfers can putt at an elite level

• How better putting can quickly lower your scores

• Why pressure should be treated as a fourth element of putting

• The relationship between read, speed, line and commitment

• Why not every five-foot putt requires the same pace

• How challenging practice can make real holes appear more forgiving

• The difference between practicing a stroke and preparing to play

• How the Speed Bump trains pace and commitment

• How the Center Cup sharpens start line and entry point

• How the portable To-Go Cup creates a target almost anywhere

• Why thinking about mechanics can undermine short-putt performance

• How better putting reduces pressure on lag putts and chip shots

• What “firm in the back of the cup” should really mean

• When “never up, never in” is—and is not—good advice

• Why a few minutes of deliberate practice can produce meaningful results

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In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by golf instructor, Justin Kraft, for a detailed and practical conversation about one of the most important and often misunderstood parts of the golf swing: The Backswing.

While impact is often called the “Moment of Truth,” Justin explains why the backswing plays a major role in helping golfers control the clubface, swing path, and quality of strike.  A better backswing can make impact easier to repeat, reduce the need for compensations, and help golfers create a more functional delivery into the ball.

Mark and Justin begin at address, discussing posture, spine tilt, shoulder tilt, hip bend, distance from the golf ball, and how setup can either support or sabotage the swing before the club ever moves. 

They then move through the key checkpoints of the backswing, including the takeaway, shaft-parallel position, lead-arm-parallel position, recentering, wrist structure, trail-arm motion, pressure shift, and the top of the backswing.

The message of this episode is clear: If you want to strike the ball more consistently, stop treating the backswing like an afterthought. Build a better setup, understand the checkpoints, avoid the danger zones, and create a backswing that matches your body and supports your delivery. 

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

1. Why the backswing matters even though impact determines ball flight.
2. How a better backswing can improve face control, path, and strike.
3. Why many golf shots are affected before the club ever moves.
4. How posture influences rotation, low point, and delivery.
5. What shirt buttons, belt buckle position, and spine tilt can tell you at address.
6. Why shoulder tilt matters in a proper setup.
7.  How to check your distance from the golf ball.
8. Why an over-arched lower back can restrict rotation and create problems.
9. How hip bend helps create athletic readiness.
10. How to begin the takeaway without snatching the hands.
11. Why the hands and clubhead should not be confused in the takeaway.
12. What golfers should look for when the shaft is parallel to the ground.
13. Why positions are checkpoints, not places to freeze the swing.
14. How to create better depth and wrist structure by lead-arm parallel.
15. Why recentering starts before the backswing is finished.
16. How the trail foot helps stop sway and begin moving pressure back toward the target.
17. What danger zones to avoid at P2, P3, and the top of the backswing.
18. Why the trail arm should fold naturally without getting too narrow or too wide.
19. How a better top-of-backswing position can make transition easier.
20. Why many slicers should avoid trying to “turn open” too soon, and
21. A simple drill to help golfers feel a more functional top-of-backswing position.

Key Takeaways:

• Impact is the moment of truth, but the backswing can make that moment easier or harder to manage.
• A good setup gives golfers a better chance to rotate, shift pressure, and return the club consistently.
• Posture matters because it influences rotation, pressure shift, angle of attack, low point, and delivery.
• The backswing is a motion, not a series of forced positions.
• Golfers should swing through checkpoints rather than try to place the club in perfect spots.
• There are acceptable corridors in the backswing, not just one perfect model.
• Hand path and clubhead path are different, and confusing them can create major takeaway issues.
• Recentered pressure should happen through ground force and athletic motion, not a forced slide.
• The trail arm should fold naturally while still maintaining usable width and structure.
• The top of the backswing should match the player’s mobility, body type, and delivery tendencies.
• Many slicers make things worse by trying to turn open too soon.
• A functional backswing can help reduce steepness, improve contact, and make the swing more repeatable.
• Better ball-striking often begins before the downswing ever starts.

Be sure to watch this episode on YouTube as Justin demonstrates the backswing and how to correctly swing through correct positions en route to a loaded, complete backswing.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube.

A better golf swing starts from the ground up.

In this episode, Mark welcomes Terry Hashimoto—the “Godfather of Force Mapping” for an accessible conversation about Ground Reaction Forces, Pressure Movement and the technology making Tour-level swing feedback available to everyday golfers.

Mark also announces his new role as an ambassador for AISensor, a portable 3D ground reaction force mat designed to help golfers understand how they interact with the ground throughout the swing.

Terry introduces the “Golf Number,” a simplified score based on 14 pressure characteristics consistently demonstrated by elite golfers. Instead of presenting golfers with complicated graphs and technical jargon, AISensor provides immediate feedback, a scorecard and practical recommendations for improving how pressure moves through the feet.

Mark and Terry explain the difference between "Center of Pressure" and "Center of Mass," why moving into the toes too early can contribute to an over-the-top swing, and how elite golfers move pressure from the trail heel to the lead side.

They also discuss Terry’s “Trap and Clear” concept and why apparent jumping through impact is typically the result of properly applied force—not a movement golfers should intentionally manufacture.

You’ll also learn how better use of the ground can create more space for the arms, improve clubface control, support a more compact swing and potentially reduce stress on the knees, hips and lower back.

In this episode:

• What ground reaction forces reveal about the golf swing 
• How the AI Sensor force mat measures pressure and movement 
• The “Golf Number” and how it compares your movement with elite golfers 
• Why golf swings should work from the ground up 
• How unlocking your feet can reduce tension 
• The difference between center of pressure and center of mass 
• Why premature toe pressure can lead to an over-the-top swing 
• How the trail heel helps create counterbalance 
• Terry’s “trap and clear” concept through impact 
• Why long hitters need a strong, stable lead side 
• The truth about jumping and vertical force in the golf swing 
• How pressure movement affects clubface control and ball-striking 
• Why modern golfers can generate speed with shorter swings 
• Using biofeedback to improve pitching and chipping 
• How non-contact training can help golfers develop better movement, and
• Why incremental improvement matters more than chasing perfection.

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Golf instruction has become increasingly technical. Ground forces. Hip rotation. Spine angles. Wrist positions. Speed training. But are golfers paying attention to the wrong thing?

In this episode, Mark sits down with Ed LeBeau, founder of Heartland Golf Schools, for a fascinating conversation about simplifying the golf swing and returning the golfer's attention to the one thing that ultimately determines what happens to the ball: The golf club.

Drawing heavily from the teachings of legendary instructor Manuel de la Torre, Ed explains why he favors a club-focused approach rather than trying to consciously control individual movements of the body.

According to Ed, a successful golf shot ultimately requires three essentials: 

1. Center contact
2. The club moving toward the intended target, and 
3. Enough speed to produce the required distance.

 From there, the conversation explores: Balance, Visualization, Grip, Ball Position, Swing Speed, Tempo, Shot Dispersion and why trying harder doesn't always produce better golf.

Ed and Mark also discuss Scottie Scheffler, Jack Nicklaus, Hal Sutton, Louis Oosthuizen, Ernie Els, Luke Donald, Henrik Stenson, Manuel de la Torre and Ernest Jones while examining what great players and teachers can teach recreational golfers about simplicity.

Among the topics discussed:

• Why Ed believes modern golf instruction has become too body-focused.
• Why the golf club — not the body — ultimately controls ball flight.
• Starting with the desired shot rather than individual swing positions.
• The powerful role visualization plays before and during a golf shot.
• Why center contact should be one of every golfer's priorities.
• How balance helps establish consistent contact.
• Why target awareness matters during the swing.
• The advantages of a neutral grip.
• Scottie Scheffler's remarkably quiet hands and clubface control.
• Why a golf swing should feel body-friendly and relatively effortless.
• The difference between maximum speed and maximum effective speed .
• Why chasing distance can sometimes make golfers worse.
• Why Ed advises golfers to find the fairway first.
• Ball position and its influence on clubface orientation.
• How Manuel de la Torre simplified golf instruction
• Why there shouldn't be 14 completely different swings for 14 clubs.
• Using the same basic swing concept from putting through the Driver.
• How tempo can organize a golf swing.
• Mark's experience practicing with a Metronome.
• Why shot dispersion may matter more than obsessing over perfect contact.
• How golfers can practice without hitting a ball.
• Why you should write down what works after a lesson, and
• The golf paradox of looking at the ball without making the ball your primary focus.

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Impact is golf’s moment of truth—but improving it does not require a perfect-looking swing. Mark Immelman is joined by longtime PGA professional Todd Brenkman for a practical conversation about solid contact, realistic expectations and learning to control where the golf club meets the ground.

Drawing on lessons from Johnny Miller and Bobby Clampett, Todd explains why golfers should learn to brush the grass on the forward side of the ball, how the presence of the ball can change the bottom of the swing and why many players would improve faster by practicing without a ball.

Mark and Todd also discuss ball position, uneven lies, wrist action, clubface control, functional misses and the dangers of immediately changing your swing after every poor shot. The episode includes simple drills that can help golfers of any ability develop better impact without becoming overwhelmed by technical swing thoughts.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Johnny Miller’s simple key to solid iron contact - Why the club should brush the ground on the forward side of the ball How to practice impact without hitting golf balls.
• What it means to become “ball bound” - Why the presence of a golf ball can move your swing bottom backward.
• How solid-contact expectations should change based on your handicap - Why functional misses matter more than perfect shots.
• How to swing freely without steering the golf ball - Why grip and setup remain essential fundamentals.
• How chipping and punch shots can improve the full swing.
• Todd’s tic-tac-toe bunker drill for controlling the bottom of the swing.
• How ball position should change with the club and the lie.
• Why practicing on uneven lies helps transfer your range game to the course.
• How one productive practice swing can improve contact and pace of play.
• Why wrist and forearm awareness can help square the clubface.
• The danger of blaming every poor strike on your swing.
• Why the clubhead should arrive at the right time—not necessarily be delayed.
• How to release the club without becoming afraid of “flipping,” and
• What to focus on when facing a pressure iron shot.

Key Takeaways:

1. Brush the Grass Forward of the Ball - Todd shares the foundational lesson he learned from Johnny Miller: draw a line representing the center of the golf ball and learn to brush the grass on the target side of that line. The goal is not to dig a massive divot. It is to develop awareness of where the club first contacts the ground and where the bottom of the swing occurs.
2. Practice Without a Golf Ball - Golfers often become so focused on striking the ball that their natural movement and coordination disappear. Todd will sometimes conduct an entire first lesson without hitting a golf ball. Removing the ball reduces the urge to “hit” and allows the golfer to focus on landing the club correctly.
3. Understand the Ball-Bound Effect - Bobby Clampett taught Todd that the presence of the golf ball can cause the bottom of a player’s swing to move backward. A golfer may brush the ground several inches forward of a practice line without a ball, but move much closer to—or behind—the line when a ball is introduced. Learning to maintain the forward swing bottom with the ball present is a major component of consistent iron play.
4. Set Realistic Expectations - Even great players do not strike every golf shot perfectly. Todd offers the following general expectations for solid strikes out of 10 shots: Bogey golfer: approximately one or two Mid-handicap golfer: approximately three or four Single-digit golfer: approximately five or six Elite amateur: approximately six or seven The remaining shots should become functional misses that stay in play and allow the golfer to continue scoring.
5. Do Not Steer the Golf Ball - Trying too hard to manufacture perfect contact can cause the golfer to slow down, guide the club and lose athletic movement. Prepare carefully, then release the club as though you have no worries. A freely swinging club often produces better contact than a motion controlled by fear.
6. Begin With Smaller Swings - Todd does not immediately move golfers into full swings. He begins with chips, punch shots and half swings so the golfer can learn how the club, wrists and arms should behave through impact. If a golfer cannot control impact at a slower speed with a short club, adding length and speed usually makes the problem worse.
7. Use the Tic-Tac-Toe Bunker Drill Draw a tic-tac-toe grid in firm bunker sand and set the club over one of the intersections. Make swings without a golf ball and examine: Where the club entered the sand. Which direction the divot traveled. Whether the center of the club struck the intended intersection. Whether contact would have occurred on the toe or heel. The sand provides immediate feedback that is often more visible than turf.
8. Calibrate Yourself to the Ground - Before playing a shot, make one small brush swing to determine where the ground is. This becomes particularly important on slopes and uneven lies, where a stock ball position may no longer match the bottom of the swing. One meaningful rehearsal is more useful—and faster—than several full-speed practice swings.
9. Check the Simple Fix First - A poor shot does not always require a swing change. The golfer may simply have struck the toe or heel. Todd recalls moving one student only half an inch farther from the ball, immediately improving the player’s strike and direction. Before rebuilding the swing, check setup, ball position and strike location.
10. Focus Past the Golf Ball - When facing a pressure shot, Todd gathers the necessary information, uses a brush swing to calibrate the club to the ground and then focuses on sticking the finish. That finish-oriented intention encourages the golfer to send energy through and beyond the ball rather than stopping or steering at impact.

Memorable Quotes:

 “Learning how to brush the grass, to me, is fundamental number one in golf.”

“More shots in the air than not. That’s the goal.”

“He or she who misses it the best wins.”

“Release it like you’ve got no worries. At least you have no regret.”

“Sometimes people are too quick to change what they’re working on in search of something else.”

“You’ve got to figure out where the ground is.”

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What if the secret to better golf is not another swing theory, launch-monitor number or technical rabbit hole—but learning how to truly play the game?

Mark Immelman sits down with 3x PGA TOUR winner, NCAA National Champion, Texas State Golf Hall of Famer and respected golf broadcaster Billy Ray Brown for an honest conversation about the lessons Billy Ray wishes he had understood earlier in his career. His biggest realization? You do not have to be perfect to play great golf.

Billy Ray explains why golf is a game of recovery, how an uncomfortable Christmas Day practice session transformed his short game and why players must learn to solve problems without immediately turning to a coach or a collection of data. Mark and Billy Ray also explore the importance of grip, setup, ball position, clubface awareness and active hands.

They discuss Scottie Scheffler, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson, Jackson Suber, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer and the Harmon family while examining how great players build swings that perform under pressure.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

1. Why chasing perfection can keep golfers from playing their best.
2. How Billy Ray transformed his short game in only a few months.
3. Why golf should be viewed as a game of recovery.
4. The difference between productive practice and simply filling time.
5. Why golfers should practice the shots that make them uncomfortable How feel and technique work together.
6. Why self-discovery builds adaptable, resilient players How technology and data can help—and when they become distractions.
7. Why grip, stance, alignment and ball position still matter.
8. How clubface awareness allows great golfers to save imperfect swings.
9. Why different grips require different body motions and matchups.
10. How course conditions should influence the swing and shot, and
11. Why the ultimate goal is to play golf rather than chase a perfect-looking motion.

Key Takeaways:

• You Do Not Have to Be Perfect - Great golf is not produced by hitting every shot perfectly. Every player will miss greens, struggle with portions of the game and face situations that require creativity. The best players accept that reality and become skilled at recovering.
• Build a Short Game That Travels - Billy Ray recalls entering college as an excellent tee-to-green player who was not good enough around the greens. After his coach contacted his father, Billy Ray spent a cold Christmas Day working alone on his chipping. That experience began a transformation that helped him earn a place in the University of Houston lineup and win an NCAA championship later that spring.
• Practice What Makes You Uncomfortable - Golfers naturally gravitate toward clubs and shots they already hit well. Productive practice requires the opposite approach. Work on the awkward lies, partial wedges, flighted irons, recovery shots and uncomfortable situations that will eventually appear on the course.
• Learn to Figure It Out - Players who always turn to someone else after a poor shot can become dependent on external feedback. Billy Ray believes golfers must spend time experimenting, observing the ball and learning what their own motions feel like. That self-awareness gives players the ability to make adjustments during competition.  Fundamentals Provide the Foundation Modern technology offers valuable information, but Billy Ray continually returns to the same fundamentals: Grip Stance Alignment Ball position, Distance from the ball, Clubface control, A consistent setup gives the swing a better opportunity to organize itself naturally.
• The Ball Does Not Lie - Launch monitors can provide useful measurements, but the flight of the golf ball remains the clearest form of feedback. Golfers should learn to recognize why the ball curved, launched too high, spun too much or started offline.
• Play the Shot the Course Requires - Firm ground, wind, changing green speeds and difficult lies require adaptation. A golfer’s motion should respond to the shot and environment—not remain locked into one predetermined swing model.
• Play Golf, Not Golf Swing - The objective is simple: get the ball into the hole in the fewest possible strokes. Technique matters, but only when it helps the golfer accomplish that goal.

Memorable Quotes:

“You do not have to be perfect in this game.”

“The most complex thing about learning to play the game is keeping it simple.”

“The ball doesn’t lie.”

“You have to go to the most uncomfortable situations and put yourself in there.”

“Play the game, not swing the golf club.”

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In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by newly professional golfer Dax Isbell for a thoughtful and inspiring conversation about competitive golf, pressure, faith, failure, process, and what it really takes to access your skills when the stakes are high.

Dax recently earned his first professional victory on the GPro Tour in just his fourth start. He shares what he has already learned from making cuts, missing cuts, playing for money, handling pressure, and trying to stay aggressive when the natural temptation is to protect.

Mark and Dax discuss why the pressure of making a cut can sometimes feel heavier than the pressure of trying to win, and Dax explains how golfers can get trapped in “prevent defense” instead of continuing to play with freedom and intent. The conversation also goes deeper than swing mechanics. Dax shares how his faith shapes his approach to golf, why he believes identity cannot be tied to scores or results, and how his daily system of belief, consistency, preparation, and execution is helping him grow as both a player and a person.

This episode is packed with wisdom for competitive golfers, junior golfers, parents, coaches, and any player who wants to better understand how to practice, compete, fail, reset, and keep pursuing the game with purpose.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

🎙️ What Dax learned from making his first professional cut.

🎙️ Why missed cuts can become distracting if golfers attach too much identity to them.

🎙️ How playing for money changes the pressure of professional golf.

🎙️ Why the Friday cut line can create more tension than Sunday contention.

🎙️ The danger of playing “prevent defense” on the golf course.

🎙️ Why aggressive intent matters under pressure.

🎙️ How to play in alignment with the way you are designed as a golfer.

🎙️ Why golf is what you do, not who you are.

🎙️ How faith helps Dax process success, failure, frustration, and expectation.

🎙️ Why skill development and skill access are two different things.

🎙️ What Dax believes are the key skills in golf: driving, wedges, approach play, chipping, and putting.

🎙️ Why wedges are one of the most important money-making skills.

🎙️ Why players should practice in ways that force them to compete.

🎙️ The four layers of Dax’s system: belief, consistency, preparation, and execution.

🎙️ How language and belief shape competitive performance.

🎙️ Why “sucky practice” is not necessarily bad practice.

🎙️ Why every shot needs to matter, but not destroy you if it goes wrong.

🎙️ How nutrition and hydration can save shots during a round.

🎙️ Why junior golfers should understand how their behavior affects opportunity, and

🎙️ What Dax would tell his future self if his golf career ended tomorrow.

Key Takeaways:

• Golfers lose more than they win, so identity cannot be tied to scores, cuts, or trophies.
• The pressure to make a cut can cause players to steer the ball instead of swinging with commitment. Playing smart does not mean playing scared.
• Golfers must learn how they personally perform best under pressure.
• Developing skill is only part of the equation; accessing skill when the lights come on is another skill entirely.
• Wedges, putting, chipping, driving, and approach play all require specific attention.
• Competitive practice should include winning and losing, not just hitting pretty shots.
• Belief is built through the stories you tell yourself about who God is, what He has done, and how He made you.
• Every shot should matter enough to earn your full attention, but not so much that it wrecks you emotionally.
• Fuel matters. Eating and drinking consistently during a round can help players think clearly and compete better.
• Golf exposes character, which is why it can be such a powerful teacher.
• The goal is not just to play better golf, but to pursue the game faithfully and authentically.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by golf coach and content creator Brandon Bauman, known online as @coach_bauman, for a practical and entertaining conversation about simplifying the golf swing and playing better golf with clearer intention.

Brandon shares his approach to mental resets, swing balance, tempo, timing, leg action, speed, wind management, and playing smarter golf. His coaching style is simple, direct, and easy to apply, making complex golf concepts easier to understand for players of all levels.

The conversation begins with one of the most important parts of scoring: how to reset mentally after mistakes. Brandon explains how he breaks a round into three-hole matches, uses physical restart cues, and “reintroduces” himself on the tee to create a fresh start during competitive rounds.

From there, Mark and Brandon dive into the four pillars of the golf swing: timing, tempo, rhythm, and balance. Brandon explains why tempo does not mean slow, why a balanced finish still matters, how relaxed arms can create more speed, and why golfers should stop forcing speed with tension and handle drag. They also cover practical drills for better sequencing, improved leg action, more efficient speed, and better wind strategy.

If you want to simplify your golf swing, reset your mind, and play with more conviction, this episode is packed with takeaways you can bring straight to the range or course.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• How to reset mentally after a bad shot, hole, or stretch of holes
• Why Brandon plays six three-hole matches during a round
• How physical reset cues can help you start fresh mid-round
• Why golfers need to learn how to “plug in” and “plug out” mentally
• Why balance remains one of the key pillars of the golf swing
• What a good finish position can tell you about your swing
• Why tempo does not mean swinging slowly
• How your personality can influence your ideal swing tempo
• Why handle-dragging can actually slow the clubhead down
• How timing and sequence can improve with a simple pause drill
• Why relaxed arms can help you swing faster
• How to use leg action correctly for power
• Why "sitting down" in the backswing can hurt your downswing sequence
• How one-handed swings can improve speed and release
• Why throwing the club can help golfers understand the “slot”
• How to adjust properly for wind, and
• Why golfers should play to carry numbers, not total distance.

Key Takeaways:

1. Mental resets are a skill, and they can be trained.
2. Breaking a round into three-hole matches can help golfers stay present.
3. Physical cues like changing gloves, changing tees, or marking the scorecard can signal a fresh start.
4. You cannot stay fully “plugged in” for four or five hours, so learn when to focus and when to relax.
5. The four pillars of the golf swing are timing, tempo, rhythm, and balance.
6. Tempo does not mean slow; it means the club and body are working together efficiently.
7. Your swing tempo should fit your personality and natural pace.
8. A balanced finish is still one of the best indicators of an efficient swing.
9. Speed comes from sequence, leverage, release, and relaxation — not brute force.
10. Pause drills and one-handed swings can help golfers find better timing.
11. The legs should work in the correct order: load, move down, then extend through impact.
12. Into the wind, the ball loses more distance than many golfers expect, and Downwind does not help as much as the wind hurts into you.
13. Playing to carry numbers instead of finish numbers can improve decision-making and scoring.

This episode of the OntheMark Podcast is loaded with simple, beneficial and easy to learn and apply golf-improvement insights.  Share it with your friends and watch it on YouTube to see some of the demonstrations.  Search for and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by New York Times bestselling author Steve Eubanks to discuss his latest book, Godball — a powerful look at the growing movement of athletes speaking openly and boldly about their Christian faith.

Steve shares how the idea for Godball came from noticing a major shift in sports culture. What was once often limited to quick post-game “thank you” moments has become something much deeper: athletes using interviews, press conferences, social platforms, and public moments to share their faith stories with clarity, conviction, and courage.

Mark and Steve explore why this movement is happening now, how athletes are helping lead a renewed interest in faith, and why performance, trophies, wins, and careers can never fully define a person. From Scottie Scheffler and Bernhard Langer to Rose Zhang, Kirk Cousins, Dusty Baker, Dottie Pepper, and Betsy King, the conversation highlights athletes who understand that what they do is not who they are. This episode is a thoughtful conversation about faith, identity, peace, pressure, grace, revival, and the unique platform sports provides for sharing something eternal.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

• What inspired Steve Eubanks to write Godball
• Why athletes are becoming more outspoken about their faith
• How sports have become a platform for revival and spiritual conversation
• Why modern athletes are moving beyond surface-level faith comments
• How Scottie Scheffler models identity beyond performance
• Why trophies and wins cannot fill the deeper spiritual need
• How Gen Z and Gen Alpha are responding to authentic faith
• Why young men are helping drive a renewed interest in church and Scripture
• How COVID changed many athletes’ view of time, calling, and platform
• Why peace is essential for athletes performing under pressure
• How faith helps competitors handle failure, transition, and identity loss
• Why grace, redemption, and spiritual grounding matter in sports and life.

Key Takeaways: 

1. Athletes are using their platforms more intentionally to share their faith.
2. Performance may define what an athlete does, but it should never define who they are.
3. Sports reveal merit, pressure, failure, discipline, and resilience in a very public way.
4. Many athletes are discovering that trophies do not provide lasting peace.
5. True peace does not come from positive thinking alone, but from a deeper spiritual foundation.
6. Younger generations are drawn to authenticity, and they can quickly recognize what is real.
7. Faith gives athletes a way to process success, failure, pressure, and life after competition.
8. The current faith movement in sports is not isolated — it is visible across golf, football, baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, and more.

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In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman returns from Scotland with fresh insight from a week of Links Golf, the Genesis Scottish Open, and Open Championship week. Mark breaks down Tom Kim’s impressive victory at the Genesis Scottish Open and shares what golfers of all levels can learn from his patience, maturity, shot-making, routine, and renewed approach to the game. After a period of searching, coaching changes, and mental clutter, Tom Kim found his way back by simplifying his swing, trusting his process, and accepting that even great work does not always produce immediate results.

Mark also dives into the unique demands of links golf: firm fairways, tight lies, pot bunkers, wind, trajectory control, creativity, patience, recovery, and attitude. Whether you are preparing for a golf trip, watching The Open Championship, or simply trying to improve your everyday game, this episode is packed with practical lessons you can apply immediately.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

1. What Tom Kim’s Scottish Open victory teaches golfers about patience and maturity.
2. Why good practice does not always guarantee good results.
3. How expectations can hurt your performance.
4. The “Golf Life Cycle” of good, indifferent, bad, indifferent, and good play.
5. Why you should not panic when your game starts trending downward.
6. How to identify your strengths, habits, and tendencies as a golfer.
7. Why short game and recovery skills are essential when your ball striking is off.
8. What Tom Kim changed in his swing to create more consistency.
9. How quiet wrists can help stabilize the club face.
10. A simple centered pivot drill you can do at home.
11. Why “Operation 30” can help golfers stop overthinking.
12. How to play firm, fast links conditions.
13. Why the chip-and-run is so valuable on tight lies.
14. How to vary trajectory and club selection in changing conditions.
15. When to use the putter from off the green, and
16. How to better understand and manage wind on the golf course.

Key Takeaways:

• Golf improvement is holistic. Fitness, energy, walking endurance, mindset, and swing mechanics all affect performance.
• Links golf rewards patience, creativity, recovery, and smart decision-making.
• Tom Kim’s win was a lesson in maturity, patience, conviction, and simplifying the mind.
• When your game gets shaky, return to your fundamentals instead of trying every quick fix.
• Great players make their bad days decent by relying on short game, putting, and smart course management.
• Quiet wrists can help improve club face control and ball striking consistency.
• A centered pivot can help improve contact, especially in wind.
• Doubt creates tension, and tension wrecks golf swings.
• A confident swing with the wrong club is often better than a doubtful swing with the right club.
• Wind hurts more than it helps, so plan accordingly, and
• Practicing different trajectories, uneven lies, and wind conditions can prepare you for real golf. 

This podcast is a one-stop shop where you will get game improvement insights, Links Golf insights and a nugget or two on how to deal with the inevitable slumps in golf.  Watch it on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, host Mark Immelman welcomes back Dr. Luke Benoit, golf instructor, motor learning expert, and creator of the RypStick, for a deep dive into one of golf’s biggest questions: Why is it so hard to change your swing — and why does your range game often disappear on the golf course? Luke shares insights from his upcoming book, The Golf Textbook, and explains how motor learning, biomechanics, practice design, and performance psychology all work together when golfers try to improve.

The conversation challenges common assumptions about practice, range work, swing changes, and the way golfers train. Instead of simply “hitting more balls,” Luke lays out a smarter path for building better patterns, transferring them to the course, and learning when to think mechanically — and when to play freely.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why your practice swing often looks better than your real swing.
• Why hitting range balls is not always the best way to change a motor pattern.
• How pressure changes your movement patterns on the golf course.
• Why golfers must separate swing-building practice from performance practice .
• The difference between changing your swing for tomorrow vs. changing it for 90 days from now.
• Why learning a new swing pattern may require practicing without a golf ball.
• How video feedback can help you build a new movement pattern faster.
• Why calibration is key to fixing slices, hooks, tops, shanks, and contact issues.
• The four zones of improvement: Construction, Calibration, Transfer, and Performance, and
• How to build a “firewall” between mechanical thinking and on-course performance.

Key Conversation Points:

1. Why Golf Swings Are Hard to Change Luke explains that golf swings are deeply ingrained motor patterns. Once a pattern has been built over time, it behaves almost like a riverbed: the movement naturally wants to return to the same path. To change it, golfers need to understand that they are not simply “trying a tip.” They are building a new pattern — and that takes the right environment, feedback, and repetition.

2. Why the Golf Ball Gets in the Way One of Luke’s biggest points is that the golf ball creates conflict. When a golfer is trying to change mechanics and hit a good shot at the same time, the brain often prioritizes the result of the ball over the new movement. That is why Luke recommends separating swing-building work from ball-striking work. If the goal is to change your movement, the ball may not matter early in the process.

3. Construction: Building the Swing The construction zone is where golfers build a new movement pattern. Luke says this is the time to think like an engineer. This is not about hitting perfect shots. It is about creating the movement correctly, using video, feedback, and intentional reps. Luke also explains the value of reverse chaining — learning the downswing before adding the backswing.

4. Calibration: Fixing Ball-Flight Biases Calibration is where golfers learn how to control impact. If you slice it, learn to hook it. If you hit it low, learn to hit it higher. If you hit the ground first, learn to hit the ball first. Mark and Luke emphasize that many ball-flight problems can be improved quickly when golfers understand impact opposites and stop overcomplicating the fix.

5. Transfer: Taking Practice to the Course The transfer zone is where practice starts to look more like golf. Instead of hitting the same shot repeatedly, golfers must learn to change targets, vary situations, and make practice feel closer to the course. This is where many golfers struggle because traditional range practice often rewards comfort instead of adaptability.

6. Performance: Playing Without Mechanical Overload The final zone is performance. On the course, Luke believes golfers need to trust their training, trust their routine, and stop trying to solve every swing issue mid-round. The goal is to create a firewall between mechanical practice and on-course performance so the golfer can play freely, even while working through a swing change.

This podcast is guaranteed to help you turn your practice into good scores.  Share it with your golf buddies, and watch it on YouTube by searching for and subscribing to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by Dutch Skiver, founder of Blind Strike Golf, for a wide-ranging conversation on how golfers can stop overthinking, quiet the mind, and learn to play with more feel, freedom, and trust.

Dutch’s teaching philosophy is refreshingly simple: golf does not need to be buried under technical jargon. Instead, better golf begins with clear communication, a reliable routine, and learning how to let the club do what it was designed to do — swing.

Mark and Dutch discuss the difference between instruction and coaching; why many golfers lose their natural motion when a ball is introduced, and how the right training aid can help a player feel the solution instead of drowning in more swing thoughts.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

 ✅ Why “impossible” in golf often becomes possible when the lesson is explained in a way the player can actually understand.

✅ The difference between instruction and coaching — and why golfers need more than just information.

✅ Dutch’s two core keys to improvement: build a great routine and find finish.

✅ Why golf clubs are designed to swing — not be over-controlled or manipulated.

✅ How the “hit impulse” changes a golfer’s motion when a ball is placed in front of them.

✅ Why putting and short-game struggles often begin with the eyes, tension, and early movement.

✅ How Dutch developed the Blind Strike training aids to help golfers quiet their vision, improve strike, and release the club more naturally.

✅ Why a released putter gives you a better chance to make putts than a held-off or manipulated stroke.

✅ How the Short Plate can help golfers better understand strike, bounce, landing point, and short-game contact.

Key Conversation Points:

1. Golf Improvement Starts with Better Communication - Dutch explains that every golfer thinks differently. A good coach should understand the player’s world and communicate in language that connects with them — instead of forcing the player into complicated golf terminology. 

2. Coaching Is More Than Giving Information - Dutch uses a powerful analogy: handing someone golf balls without a basket gives them no place to hold the information. Coaching gives the player a “basket” — a structure for applying what they learn. 

3. Routine and Finish Are Everything - Dutch believes golfers need two essentials: a great routine and a committed finish. If a player can build those, the swing can become more natural, repeatable, and less cluttered by technical thoughts. 

4. Practice Swing vs. Real Swing - Many golfers make beautiful practice swings, then change completely when the ball appears. Dutch explains that the mission shifts from “swing” to “hit,” and that change creates tension, manipulation, and poor contact. 

5. The Eyes Matter More Than Golfers Realize - Dutch and Mark discuss how early eye movement, peripheral vision, and the urge to “see the result” can disrupt putting, chipping, and pitching. The goal is to quiet the eyes long enough for the stroke or swing to complete. 

6. Let the Club Work - Dutch’s biggest message is that golf is not about overpowering the club with the body or the brain. Once golfers understand the club’s role, they can better understand their own role: allow the club to swing and respond with feel.

You can also watch Dutch demonstrate his lessons if you search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube.  Make you practice purpose-driven and productive, employ some simple to apply lessons from PGA Pro Dutch Skiver.

In this episode of On The Mark, host Mark Immelman is joined by South African golf instructor Rick Currin, who teaches in Malaysia and specializes in making golf simpler, more playable, and easier to improve.

Rick brings a biomechanics and sports science background to his coaching, but his message is refreshingly practical: stop overcomplicating the game, manage the course smarter, and build a swing and short game that help you avoid big numbers.

Mark and Rick walk through a “mini boot camp” for your whole game—course management, driver setup, iron play, pitching, bunker shots, lag putting, and short putts—with one clear goal: help golfers score better by making better decisions and executing simpler shots.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✅ Why avoiding double bogeys is one of the fastest ways to lower scores

✅ How to manage a golf course by playing to your strengths—not your ego

✅ Why “boring golf” can be the smartest path to better scores

✅ How better posture and setup can help you drive the ball more consistently

✅ Why irons should be treated like precision clubs, not power clubs

 ✅ A simple pitching key: narrow stance, toe down, rhythm, and less tension

✅ The bunker-shot mindset: speed and trust

✅ Why lag putting is an overlooked scoring skill—and how to practice it better, and

✅ How to improve short putts with a simple, repeatable routine.

Key Themes:

• Golf Made Simple - Rick’s coaching philosophy is built around cutting through overload. Instead of chasing every tip, golfers need simple, repeatable ideas they can actually use on the course.
• Course Management Saves Shots - You do not always need driver off the tee. Sometimes a 6-iron in play, followed by another smart shot, creates a better scoring opportunity than forcing driver into trouble. 
• Discipline Starts Before the Swing - Rick emphasizes discipline in the pre-shot routine and decision-making. Poor choices often begin before the club ever moves.
• Athletic Setup Matters - Better driving starts with posture, balance, and body readiness. Rick explains how rounded posture and tension can limit rotation and make it harder to square the face.
• Precision Over Power With irons and wedges - Rick encourages golfers to take an extra club, make a controlled swing, and focus on solid contact and dispersion—not maximum distance.
• Short Game Variety Wins - You do not always have to fly the ball to the hole. Rick prefers using the contours of the course, bump-and-run options, and different clubs around the green when the shot allows it.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman to watch it.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman welcomes back Will Stubbs from Zen Green Stage / Zen Swing Stage for a conversation that hits a major truth about modern golf: the game doesn’t have an attraction problem—it has a retention problem. Golf participation has surged, but most new players don’t stick—largely because golf is hard, practice isn’t realistic, and learning infrastructure hasn’t kept up with access.

Will breaks down the “practice gap”—why sterile range/simulator reps don’t translate to the real golf course where slopes, lies, turf conditions, and wind change everything. Then he shares actionable ways to improve faster: build situational awareness, train on uneven lies, and learn to read greens using a simple clock-face method that teaches you to see gravity like a blueprint.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

1. Why golf has a retention problem (not an attraction problem)
2. The stat that should shock everyone: only ~25–27% become “committed golfers”
3. Why most beginners never get lessons (and how golf learning hasn’t scaled)
4. The “practice gap”: why simulator/range practice can be misleading
5. Why slopes (not length) are a course’s greatest defense
6. A simple putting read framework: Zero-grade line + clock face
7. How Zen Green Stage helps golfers train compound breaks and real-world pace/reads
8. How Zen Swing Stage recreates your lie instantly after each shot in sim play
9. Why better practice turns fear into confidence (tension comes from doubt), and
10. Where to find Zen + resources.

Key Takeaways

• Access has exploded, learning hasn’t. More people try golf, but most don’t become committed players.
• Information ≠ understanding. Data is everywhere, but experience is what teaches.
• Practice should look like golf. If you only train flat lies, the course will expose you.
• Read greens by finding gravity first. The clock-face method simplifies the entire problem.
• Better puzzle-solvers score better. Golf is problem solving—practice needs variety and constraints.
• This podcast is also available to watch on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman welcomes Carolin Pinegger (Austrian national team alum, UCF golfer, former LPGA/Symetra player, and now coach + social media star). Carolin shares what it was like competing on Big Break: Myrtle Beach—five weeks isolated, long production days, constant cameras—and why that experience made competitive golf feel easy by comparison.

From there, the episode becomes a masterclass on what really wrecks swings: Tension, driven by brain “traffic.” Carolin explains how to train your brain like a muscle, use breathing to shift from “red” (overstimulated) back to “green,” and build dependable systems that hold up under pressure.

Then she delivers a set of at-home drills (no range required) to improve grip, sequencing, pressure shift, and putting start line—using everyday items like a hammer, mirror, towels, and books.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover: 

• What Big Break pressure is really like (cameras, no phones, 3 hours sleep)
• Why tension happens — and how the brain’s “traffic” affects your body
• The mindset truth: You don’t rise to standards — you fall to systems
• How to move from “red” to “green” using belly breathing, and
• Why at-home motion training works (less “hit ball” mode, more learning.)

Carolin also share 5 Game Improvement drills you can do at home:

Drill #1: Hammer & Hinge (fix grip + wrist set, stop early elbow fold)

Drill #2: Backswing Sequence (Mirror) (hinge → arms → shoulders → hips)

Drill #3: Mirror Depth Check (hands near heels; match top position to your shot shape)

Drill #4: Flow / Pressure Shift (towels under feet for rhythm + movement)

Drill #5: Book Putting Gate (start-line training + “through” mindset.) 

Key Takeaways:

1. Your brain is trainable. Treat it like a muscle and build routines that lower “traffic.” 
2. Pressure kills feel. Systems hold up when nerves show up.
3. Grip + wrist function matter. Many swing issues start with the trail hand and early elbow fold.
4. Sequence starts in the backswing. Build separation in the backswing, then keep moving through.
5. Putting begins with start line. You can’t make it if you can’t start it on your intended line.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube.  In fact it is recommendable to watch it so you can learn exactly how to do the drills.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, host Mark Immelman is joined by David Bertoli (aka “Davide”) for a deep, visual-first breakdown of how the golf swing actually works in 3D—not as frozen “positions,” but as moving phases driven by what the body is doing internally.

David shares how his team built a 3D system that reveals the skeleton, muscles, and fascia in motion—so golfers and coaches can stop chasing a Rory/McIlroy “look” and start optimizing their movement pattern.

A major focus is David’s framework: the Six Phases of the Golf Swing, built around Center of Mass (COM) movement + Anatomy Trains / fascia chains. They explore why the pelvis is the engine, how COM moves (horizontally and vertically), why maximum unweighting matters for speed, and how “carefree” phase-based movement beats “careful” position-chasing every time.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

1. ✅ Why 3D changes everything: stop studying the club “outside,” start understanding the body “inside”
2. ✅ The difference between positions vs phases (and why a golf swing is a “moving sculpture”)
3. ✅ What Center of Mass actually is, where it sits, and why the pelvis is so tied to it
4. ✅ How COM moves in an “almost infinity-sign” pattern (and why it anticipates the club)
5. ✅ Why elite players get lower than address in transition (and how that fuels speed)
6. ✅ What fascia is (and why the body is a “full web”) + how anatomy chains store/release energy 
7. ✅ The Six Phases: from address → shaft parallel → pelvis rotation → top → max unweighting → impact → hands chest-high
8. ✅ A huge myth at impact: why you should not try to open shoulders as much as the ribcage, and
9. ✅ The “eccentric load” trio: core stretch, lead-shoulder stretch, lead-wrist stretch (and why thoracic rotation matters.) 

Key Takeaways

• Stop copying positions. Many great swings look different—but the best swings move through similar phases.
• Pelvis movement predicts swing quality. If the pelvis (and COM) moves well, the rest organizes more naturally. 
• Speed requires going down before going up. The best players drop lower than address, then push up fast into impact.
• Fascia matters. Efficient golf is stored energy → redirected forces → released energy, not “hit the ball harder.”
• Carefree beats careful. When golfers chase positions, they get tense; when they move through phases, they flow. 

After you have listened to this podcast, go to YouTube, search and subscribe to Mark Immelman and watch the show to see David's graphics and presentation of his golfswing research and how his "Phases of the Swing" work.

In this episode of On The Mark, host Mark Immelman welcomes Arjun Malik—one of the leading voices helping grow the game in India—for a deep dive into the part of golf improvement that most players skip: routines and structure. 

Mark and Arjun's conversation quickly turns into a practical masterclass on what happens before the shot, after the shot, before the round, and after the round—and how those habits separate serious golfers from weekend “range ball beaters.”

Arjun shares his own journey as a self-taught golfer who struggled with “quantity over quality,” including a memorable tournament warm-up where he hit ~300 balls and was exhausted by the back nine. That experience shaped his coaching mission: build systems that help golfers prepare smarter, track performance honestly, and show up on the course with confidence—not chaos.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✅ Why many golfers work hard but don’t improve (the missing ingredient is structure)

✅ A simple post-round template to turn “I played bad” into real feedback

✅ The easiest stats to track (fairways, greens, misses, up-and-downs, 3-putts) and what they reveal

✅ Why golfers get so negative—and how to “count the good shots” to reset your mindset

✅ A fast post-shot reset: what to ask yourself so mistakes don’t multiply

✅ How to build a pre-shot routine that fits your learning style (visual vs auditory)

✅ Why your routine should be timed (example: 12 seconds) and trained in the off-season, and

✅ How Tour players “replace the bad with good” using rehearsals after the shot.

 Key Takeaways:

1. Less can be more. Improvement isn’t about endless reps—it’s about purposeful reps.
2. Stats beat emotions. Track a few simple numbers and you’ll know exactly what to practice next.
3. Credit the good shots. Most golfers only react to mistakes; better players reinforce the wins too.
4. Reset after every shot. A quick check (“did it start/finish where I wanted?” “what did I feel?”) keeps you present.
5. Your pre-shot routine is a trigger—not a performance. It should create one clear feel and a “ready” click.

Develop your routines and go from chaos to clarity on the course.  Download and listen or watch on YouTube - search and subscrbe to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, host Mark Immelman welcomes back Cordie Walker (last on the show in 2019) for a practical, no-fluff conversation on what actually moves the needle for your golf game: Speed Training with intent, how to make Real Swing Changes, Practice Structure, Course Management using Dispersion, and Wedge Gapping that holds up under pressure. 

Cordie shares his journey chasing 180 → 190 → 200mph Ball Speed, why most golfers “speed train” the wrong way, and how dedicated sessions (with a real warmup and real volume) raise your floor, not just your ceiling.

Then the conversation pivots into improvement that transfers: Get Better Feedback (video + data), Practice with a Purpose (technique vs skill vs performance), and build a Wedge System that makes “shot #3” a weapon. 

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why “intent” is the missing ingredient in most speed training (and what a real session looks like) 
• The #1 speed-training sign you’re actually going hard enough (yes—it should feel out of control) 
• How video changes everything: what you feel vs what you actually do 
• Why swing changes are harder than golfers think—and what it really takes to make them stick 
• A simple practice framework: Technique vs Skill vs Performance (and why most practice fails) 
• How great course management can free you up (and when “send it” actually makes sense) 
• Why dispersion is a shotgun pattern, not a “rifle”—and how to use it to play smarter, and
• A wedge gapping starting point most golfers skip (and why it’s killing your scoring.)

Key Takeaways:

1. Speed is trainable—if you train it on purpose. Dedicated sessions, real warmup, and enough volume matter.
2. Feedback is everything. Video + launch monitor data keep you honest and accelerate change.
3. Practice needs a goal. Decide if you’re working on technique, skill, or performance—then practice accordingly.
4. Course management isn’t “play scared.” Know your dispersion and make emotionless decisions—then commit.
5. Wedge gapping wins tournaments for regular golfers. Build baselines, stop swinging wedges too hard, and refine.

Download this simple to comprehend and easy to apply episode and share it with your golfing friends.  Also watch it as a vodcast on YouTube.  Search and Subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Most golfers don’t fail because they aren’t trying… they fail because they’re showing up to lessons with the wrong expectations, the wrong habits, and no plan between sessions.

In this episode of #OnTheMark podcast, Mark Immelman is joined by Chris Smith, a Master PGA Professional and Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor, to break down 5 common mistakes that ruin golf lessons—and what to do instead so your next lesson actually turns into lower scores.

You’ll Learn:

• How to get more value from every lesson
• What to stop doing immediately (and why it’s holding you back)
• How to practice between lessons so improvements stick
• How to communicate with your coach so you leave with clarity, and The simple mindset shift that makes training “transfer” to the course.

The 5 Things (and the Fix):

1. No clear goal for the lesson → Fix: define a “win” before you arrive (shot pattern, contact, start line, scoring goal)
2. Trying to rebuild everything at once → Fix: one priority, one feel, one drill—stack progress over time 
3. Collecting swing thoughts instead of building skill → Fix: convert tips into a repeatable drill + a checkpoint you can self-diagnose
4. No plan between lessons → Fix: a simple practice structure (block → random → on-course challenge)
5. Expecting range success to instantly become course success → Fix: train pressure, variability, and decision-making—not just mechanics.

If you’ve ever left a lesson feeling hopeful… then lost it by the weekend—this one is for you. Like, Subscribe, and comment below: What’s the #1 thing you want your next lesson to fix?

In this episode of On the Mark, host Mark Immelman sits down with PGA TOUR winner Chris Gotterup to go inside the ropes—covering the real nuts and bolts behind elite performance: power, feel vs. technical thoughts, practice drills, putting improvement, and handling pressure when it matters most. 

Chris shares what was happening in his mind and body during his playoff win at TPC Scottsdale, how he trains for speed without getting “too technical” in tournament weeks, and why communication with his caddie is one of the biggest keys to performing under the gun.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover: 

• What playoff pressure actually feels like—and how Chris handles it in real time
• How Chris thinks about power (and the setup tweaks he uses when he wants more distance)
• Why he avoids technical thoughts during tournament weeks (and saves them for offseason work)
• The “guardrails” approach: shaping shots without over-complicating your swing
• Training aids he uses (band, wrist device, HackMotion) and why they help
• Course management for different venues—Augusta vs. Harbour Town (and why mini driver matters)
• Putting improvement: start-line work, 3-putt avoidance, and speed training with Tim Yelverton
• Mental game under chaos (Waste Management), plus a playoff mindset: play to win
• Chris’s favorite win breakdown—and what each victory taught him

Key Themes:

1.  Pressure Is Normal—It Means You Care Chris is clear: nerves show up at the highest level, and that’s part of competing.
2. Feel First (Tournament Week), Technique Later (Offseason) He’ll work on mechanics away from competition, but once the tournament starts, he commits to what he brought that week.
3. “Guardrails” Beat Constant Overhauls He stays inside a preferred shot pattern—then adjusts toward neutral when needed, rather than rebuilding mid-week.
4. Communication Is a Performance Tool When things get loud or fast, Chris slows down by communicating clearly with his caddie about target, shape, and intent. 

 Episode Takeaways

➡ Power is useful—but it’s only valuable if the next shot backs it up.

 ➡ Feel-driven golf gets more reliable when you keep your swing inside simple “guardrails.”

 ➡ Putting improves when you start with start-line, then build speed control and accountability.

 ➡ Under pressure, slow down by communicating clearly—target, shape, and intent.

If you want more episodes like this—where Mark goes deep on how the best players actually practice, think, and compete—subscribe to On the Mark and share this episode with a golfer who wants to improve their game.  Also, search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube.

Nick Biondi is a PGA Member and the Director of Golf Instruction at Radley Run Country Club in West Chester, PA. One of the most respected golf instructors in the country, Nick has over 20 years of elite teaching experience.  His quality instruction has helped him build a reputation for transforming golfers through a science-backed and data-driven approach. 

Nick joins #OntheMark to illustrate some game improvement insights from his new book, "Making the Turn.":

This podcast features golf tips and nuggets that will help you improve your Scoring Shots:

• Deciding who you want to be in golf
• Putting and Checkpoints for a consistent, repeatable and productive Putting Stroke
• Being Reactive vs. Over-thinking
• Chipping and Pitching insights incl. Data for success
• 3 Different Styles for Pitching, and
• Setup and Posture keys for consistent Strikes and Spin Control.

This podcast is also available on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Tyler Coonts is one of the leading young instructors in the game, and most certainly a leading "Online" golf instructor via Skillest.  Based in Las Vegas and mentored by George Gankas and Jeff Smith, Tyler preaches "Rotation" but joins the #OntheMark podcast to talk about Shallowing the Golf Club and how to do it correctly.

He talks about the following topics pertaining to the downswing and how the club should move:

• What is Shallowing the Club
• How does the Club Shallow
• What needs to Happen for the Club to Shallow
• What is the Correct Amount of Shallowing
• Playing Above, and Below the "Plane"
• Backswing vs Impact Work and Focus
• Overtake Rate and "Flipping" and
• Rotation and the Appropriate Side Tilts for success.

Tyler also illustrates how great ball-strikers shallow the club in the downswing.  Champions like:  Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Viktor Hovland.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

A Golf professional, NCAA Collegiate Coach, Author and Entrepreneur, Edgar Evans Jr. picked up golf at age 11 and never looked back. As the current Head Golf Coach at Morehouse College, he dedicates himself to building up men, winning championships, and leveraging his connections to provide world-class facilities for his teams.

He joins Mark Immelman to recap the 2026 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia and share lessons from the competitors, and their play, that can help you play your best golf when it matters.

Edgar addresses the following game improvement elements as demonstrated by the world's best golfers:

• Patience in challenging circumstances
• Playing with and against better Competition for development's sakes
• Keeping a healthy Perspective on golf and results
• Productive Preparation and Practice
• Course Management, Process Control and Playing to your Strengths
• Self Belief and maintaining confidence when things don't go your way, and
• Handling Pressure and Fear with Poise.

Edgar uses examples and anecdotes from Masters Champions Rory McIlroy, Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, Bernhard Langer andScottie Scheffler as he revisits his time at The Masters with his Morehouse College Men's Golf Team.

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Seth Pepper is a former #1 Ranked Swimmer in the World, a USA National Champion and an American Record Holder. 

With his swimming career behind him, Seth is now a Motivational and Keynote Speaker, and a Performance Coach.  He works with athletes of all sporting codes, including golfers to "Unlimit Their Potential."  He joins #OntheMark to help you to think like a pro as he dives into elements of Kobe Bryant's "Mamba Mentality."

Seth maps out stories and anecdotes into a simple, applied performance playbook that translates cleanly to golf and high-pressure execution:

• The Kobe Archetype — A student of the game. Unconditional love from his family whether he scored he succeeded or failed, and how that freed Kob to fail and grow.
• Internal Drive — Bryant's “kill list” as personal motivation, and how the responsibility for obsession always lives with the athlete.
• The Mamba Mentality as a tool — How to create a performance persona. And the dsicipline of studying acting and characters to access different mind states on demand. 
• Seeking Separation and the Continuous Accumulation of Advantages — “Just keep getting better.” The compound effect of incremental gains over time. Kobe’s philosophy wasn't about a single "big break"; it was about the relentless accumulation of small advantages that eventually make him untouchable. 
• Deliberate Practice — A trait that Kobe and Tiger Woods shared. The art of living by “Don’t get Bored with the Bbasics.” 
• The Reset Weapon — Accepting the moment on its own terms to return to flow and presence.  Kobe's process for getting into The Flow State / The Zone.
• Prepare like a Scientist, Perform like an Artist — Separating analysis from execution. Playing with joy.
• Love and Greatness — At the highest level it is not about trophies, money, or fame.  It is about honing your craft and studying what you love.

This is Seth Pepper's second appearance on the #OntheMark podcast and just like the first time, he delves into his extensive experience and research to help you to perform at your best under pressure.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - to watch, search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Robert Rock is a 2x winner on The DP World Tour, a golf instructor, and one of the sweetest swingers of a golf club in the game.

He recently designed a golf-swing training aid called the TRS Slider, and he joins #OntheMark to talk about it and how it can help you improve various elements in your golf-swing:

• Garner the Correct Feel for an On-plane Swing
• Cure an Over the Top Move
• Improve Connection in the Trail Side
• Improve Trail Elbow aAction
• Improve Swing Path
• Improve Low Point Control
• Improve Clubface Release, and
• Direct a Proper Exit Path and Balanced Finish.

As a bonus, Robert also delves into various golfswing elements such as Swing Thoughts vs Swing Feels, Length of Backswing, Transition, Impact, Angle of Attack and Swing Path, as well as a centered tilted pivot as the hub of an on-plane, repeatable swing.

More about the TRS Slider - It is also used by professional golfers such as Open Champion, Cam Smith, PGA TOUR winner Thomas Detry and PGA TOUR winner Patton Kizzire.  This simple to use training aid will certainly highlight appropriate feels in the golf-swing and help you to hit the ball more squarely and powerfully.

Use code onthemark15 at golftrainingaids.com to get a discount on your purchase.

Learn from Rocky about how to make silky smooth, repetitive golf swings. 

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Inci Mehmet is a former LET (Ladies European Tour) professional golfer. Her playing career was curtailed by injury and she turned to TV broadcast and has become one of the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour Announcers for Sky Sports. 

Inci brings a blend of her playing experience and her vast knowledge of the game to her broadcast, and she has quickly become one of the leading voices on the International coverage.

She joins Mark Immelman to discuss lessons learned from her career in golf, and to take you inside the ropes to learn from some of professional golf’s leading players. She talks about and highlights lessons that will help you take your golf game to the next level:

• Scottie Scheffler
• Justin Rose
• Marco Penge
• Charley Hull, and
• Lydia Ko

Inci also talks about valuable game improvement concepts like (a) Healthy Perspective, (b) Strong Competition. and (c) Health, Well-being and Discipline.

Download and listen to this podcast or watch it on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Johnson Wagner is a 3x Winner on the PGA TOUR, and a 2x Winner on The Korn Ferry Tour who has turned to Radio and Television Broadcasting.

Formerly with The Golf Channel, Johnson has joined CBS Sports as an on-course announcer and he joins Mark Immelman to share lessons from his life in golf, his wins and his losses, and things he has seen the best in golf do.  "Wags" discusses the following:

1. NCAA College Golf and Lessons Learned at Virginia Tech
2. Turning Pro and knowing when to do so
3. Winning on the PGA TOUR
4. The Value of a Positive Attitude in Golf
5. Making the Best of Bad Situations
6. Bouncing Back from Failure
7. Finding and Honing a "Go-To" Shot
8. Chipping, Pitching and a good Short-Game
9. Draws vs. Fades and Shot-making
10. Tips for Playing Under Pressure, and
11. Advice for Parents of Young Golfers

Johnson brings years of tournament golf experience, and shares wisdom and insight bound to help you play your best when it matters most. 

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Robert Lee is a British Professional golfer and a former winner on the DP World (European) Tour.  He is now one of the leading voices in golf and an announcer and analyst for Sky Sports Golf. Rob joins Mark Immelman to share stories and insights from his 40+ years as a Tour Professional.

He also dives into the careers and play of the European Tour’s "Big Five” - Severiano Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam, Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer - and explains lessons you can learn from them:

• Seve Ballesteros - The Short Game and the Grip
• Sandy Lyle - Balance and a Simple and Reliable Golf-swing
• Ian Woosnam - Swing Speed and an Aggressive Mindset
• Nick Faldo - Focus and a Selective Memory, and
• Bernhard Langer - Clear Thinking, Positive Use of the Mind and Course Management and Planning.

Learn from 5 Hall-of-Fame legends with Robert Lee. He also elaborates on major events like The Masters and The Open Championship. Download and share this podcast with your friends and be sure to watch in on YouTube by searching and subscribing to Mark Immelman

Mike Malaska is one of the great golf instructors of his era.  The 2011 PGA of America National Teacher of the Year, and a Golf Digest Magazine "Legend of Instruction," Malaska is sought out by golfers of all skill levels and abilities for his insight, experience and athletic approach to golf teaching and coaching.

He joins #OntheMark to talk about his approach to instruction, and elaborate on various concepts that will help you to develop your golf-swing for the better.  Topics covered include:

• Exaggerations to Fix Swings
• Why Stability beats Timing
• Proper Hip and Shoulder Rotation
• The real origin of Swing Speed 
• Grip and Clubface Relationships
• Face Control and its Importance, and
• One Move Guaranteed to fix a Golf-Swing.

Mike also talked about Impact Skills, Playing from Instinct, Freeing up the Swing to Free up and Mind, and he illustrates ball-striking concepts from legends like Jack Nicklaus.

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Dr. Carly Hunt is a Sport and Counseling Psychologist, Scientist and Educator and Author who counsels athletes, adolescents and adults on improving performance, well-being and health.

Carly is a former NCAA Division I golfer (Georgetown University & University of Maryland) and a certified yoga instructor and she joins #OntheMark to help you reach your full potential in golf and in life.

Dr. Hunt shares 5 Mental Training Strategies to Improve your performance:

1. The 3 C's to Manage Negative Thoughts
2. S.T.O.P for Mindfulness
3. Positive Emotion and Fun
4. Living your Values, and
5. Imagery and Visualization

She also illustrates how pain is BioPsychoSocial and how you can beat it with the same 5 Mental Training Strategies.

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Michael Kanev is a PGA Advanced Professional and Certified Putting Instructor based in Scotland.  He adopts a simple to understand and apply approach to golf instruction, and he focuses on custom-developed drills to help game and practice improvement. 

 He joins #OntheMark to introduce and illustrate 5 Drills that will help you practice with intent and focus as you improve your golf-swing:

1. The Upside Down Drill
2. The Step Drill
3. The Club across the Shoulders Drill (for Turns and Tilts)
4. The Tee Drill (for Low-point control), and 
5. The Two-clubs Drill.

As a bonus, Michael also shares his "Big Ball Drill," and uses PGA TOUR professionals such as Tiger Woods, Gary Player, and Nick Taylor as visual representations of the golf-swing moves the drills will help enhance.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - seach and subscribe to Mark Immelman and watch Michael demonstrate the drills.

Ricky Kalmon is a growth mindset expert, motivational speaker and celebrity hypnotist.  His programs are inspirational and offer compelling, applicable tools anyone can use in personal and professional development.

Ricky is also an author and has penned a couple of books, including "Leverage Your Mindset for Golfers."  He joins #OntheMark to introduce how he helps athletes, business-people and celebrities reinforce their thoughts and beliefs to enhance their results, and share some nuggets for the overall improvement of your golf game:

• How top performers mentally separate themselves from the pack
• Overcoming  pressure
• How to focus over fear
• Making big ideas to life with a gritty attitude
• Changing the story in your head
• Dealing with discomfort for better growth, and
• Discipline over motivation.

Learn to use you mind as a strength and not a necessary evil, download and listen to Ricky's entertaining and informative approach, or watch it on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Scott Cowx is a Canadian Golf Instructor and one of the brightest minds in golf. Vastly researched and experienced, he teaches Golf Pro's, Amateurs and Teachers alike. His insights and knowledge of golf-swing technique is second to none and he joins #OntheMark to help you to a more thorough understanding on what it takes to make a consistent, reliable swing.

In his deep dive into various elements of the swing he elaborates on four things he sees all great ball-strikers do:

Dynamic Balance

The Transition of the Club from Waist-high to Waist-High (P3-P5)

Joint Ranges of Motion and Smoothness of movement, and

The Golf-club's Center of Mass Location throughout the Swing.

In his swing technique exposé, Scott explains a number of concepts such as The "4 Laws of Clubhead Speed," the "Theory of Repeatable Error," Golf-swing Changes and Building Sensitivity, Linear and Angular Forces in the Swing, and Physical Training, Yoga, and Pilates for Better Performances.

Scott also illustrates how players like Ernie Els, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Jamie Sadlowski and Greg Norman applied for 4 elements he described in their golf-swings.

This podcast is also available on YouTube. Search and Subscribe to Mark Immelman to watch the discussion between Scott and Mark.

Jason Barrera is known as the "Calm Voice in Golf." A golfer on a journey of his own, he has taken to counseling, mentoring and teaching aspirant golfers (of all skill levels) the virtues and advantages of a sound and productive mental game.

Known on social media as "MentalCaddy" Jason joins OntheMark to share his journey in golf, and teach you a few key mental skills that are guaranteed to advance your play and performance.

Among various mental game topics he delves into:

• Thoughts driving Behavior and Thoughts becoming Feelings
• Emotional Neutrality
• Protecting your Energy
• Skills to Manage Poor Performance
• Killer Instinct Training
• Worry vs Care, and
• Learning how to Detach yourself from Results.

As Jason "caddys" for you, he equips you with insights and his calm demeanor to handle any and every mental challenge golf will throw at you.  And he teaches you the Samurai skill of "expecting nothing and preparing for everything."

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Markus Schreyer is a human-performance specialist and one of the world’s leading experts in blending neuroscience and fitness. The founder of the Neurotraining Institute, Markus has a background in sports science, and has developed some of the most cutting-edge techniques and methods to optimize human movement and performance.

He has extensive experience working with elite athletes from various sporting codes, and is highly respected in the industry for his expertise about the brain. He joins OntheMark to help you to better Mobility, Movement and Focus.  Learn about:

• The hidden system that keeps musculature tight, and
• How Neurotraining works and how it can work for you.

Markus also illustates seven exercises for better movement and a sharper mind:

1. The Frontal Lobe exercise for sharp movement
2. The Cerebellum exercise for good mobility and relief from back tension
3. The Head Rotation exercise for Vestibular System improvement and better balance
4. Eye-movement exercises to neurohack and calm the Nervous System
5. A Brain-Hack to relieve neck tension
6. A Shoulder Mobility exercise with Better Breathing, and
7. Tongue exercises with Michael Jordan as an example.

Markus also talks about the Golden Rule - Survival over Performance and how it applies to Performance, Emotional Regulation, Depth Perception, and Anxiety.  He also elaborates on the Value of Nasal Breathing.

Watch this podcast on YouTube to see Markus demonstrate each of the exercises - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Jayne Storey is the founder and head coach at Chi Performance. Her unique approach employs ancient Eastern disciplines which help develop the mind-body connection and improve performance. For over two decades she has taught these Martial Arts principles and practices to golfers and other sportspeople to help them quiet their minds and perform at their effortless best. 

Jayne is also an author and she has written several books, including "Breathe Golf" and "Connected Golf" and she joins OntheMark to highlight insights to help you bridge the gap between practice and performance.  She discusses:

• Meditation and Tai Chi
• The approach of abandoning certain detrimental things long believed
• Stillness and the mastery of motion
• Complete self-awareness
• The tenacity to train and stick to the task,
• The Performance Pyramid, and
• Creating the correct conditions within to be ready for performance - Mastering Anxiety, Reducing Mental Interference, Uniting the Mental Game and Technique, and Strengthening the Mind-body Connection.

Jayne uses examples such as Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as she elaborates on this interesting topic.  She also shares a drill for "Team Mind-Body" to set you on the path to a better mind-body connection.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Brendan Flynn is the founder of “The Putting Institute” and a PGA TOUR and LPGA Putting Specialist and Coach. The Putting Institute has the largest stable of elite competitors in the USA and Brendan joins #OntheMark to share some putting tips and nuggets to help you become a better putter.

Brendan shares, and elaborate on the following 6 Aspects to Better Putting: Navigating misinformation and finding the "real” truth

• Ceasing the disrespect for putting and putting practice
• Why every golf instructor cannot teach advanced putting
• How proper methods unlock an entirely new dimension of success Checkpoints for consistency
• Building and galvanizing putting skills, and
• The art and mastery of putting.

As he takes you on an informational odyssey to better putting Brendan addresses: (1) The Putting stance and Mirror Work, (2) Putting Fundamentals, (3) Body Stability, (4) Putter Styles for Certain Stroke Patterns, (5) Green-reading, (6) Managing Expectations, and the (7) Emotions of Putting.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast where you can watch Brendan demonstrate certain elements. Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube to watch.

Kevin Prentice is a former Professional Golfer, and Golf Instructor. His journey in golf is incredible and reads like a movie-script. From working in a Lumber Mill to playing in the US Open alongside Johnny Miller and Raymond Floyd two years later, Kevin’s story is one of resilience, hard work, serendipitous meetings, and an open and curious mind.

He joins #OntheMark to tell his story and share lessons he learned from legendary golf instructors like Henry Picard, Gardner Dickinson and Alex Morrison. Stay tuned for golf-swing insights and lessons on how Ben Hogan swung the golf-club.

Insights include:

1. A lesson from Tony Pena on Alignment and Swing Path
2. A lesson from Jack Grout, Jack Nicklaus’s teacher, on Footwork and a Steady Head
3. Lessons from Henry Picard on - Shaft Lean, Hitting Irons Softly, Self-discovery and Asking Good Technique Questions, and
4. Principle-based Teaching, and Golf Lessons from Gardner Dickinson and David Lee of Gravity Golf.

Kevin's experience and anecdotes share age-old truths about game improvement, and his goal is to share his treasure trove of insights from some of the brightest minds in the game. He will regale you with stories laden with golf nuggets while dispelling some of the "internet golf instruction" from the “Golf Swing Charlatans” as he calls them.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Tom Patri is a respected PGA Professional and the Director of Player Development at Twin Eagles Club in Naples, FL.

Tom is a Golf Digest and Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and is sought out by players of all skill levels for help with their games. The main reason being that he is a player’s teacher, having played as a Tour Professional for a portion of his career.

Tom brings his experience and insight to the #OntheMark podcast to help you sharpen up your understanding of what it takes to play your best golf when it matters most. Among various game improvement topics he elaborates on: Golf Swing Methods and what to look out for

• Picking “Your" Path to develop Consistent Shotmaking
• Footwork and Good Balance
• Unhurried yet Purpose-driven Pre-Shot Routines
• Keys for Center Strikes
• Understanding Swing Feels
• Playing Golf over Golf-Swing
• Trusting Technique Changes, and
• Understanding and Avoiding Situational Mistakes.

This podcast will enlighten you and put you on a path to a more cerebral and correct approach to your game and your technique. As an alternative to this audio version, you can watch it on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Laura King specializes in personalized coaching programs that combine hypnosis, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and proven cognitive techniques to help clients to:

• Enhance mental resilience, focus, and confidence 
• Overcome performance anxiety, fears, and self-doubt 
• Improve habits, health, and overall well-being
• Strengthen motivation and consistency for long-term success , and
• Cultivate a positive mindset that drives personal and professional growth.

Laura brings over 25 years of experience to the #OntheMark podcast and shares her 6 Keys to Awesome Golf.

1. Moving Your Physical State from Tense to Relaxed
2. Changing Inner Monologue from Negative to Empowering
3. Moving Focus from Scattered to Optimal
4. Changing Emotions from Apprehensive to Assured
5. Improving Mentally from Terrified to Intrepid, and 
6. Changing Expectations from Awful to Awesome.

This podcast is sure to change your thought-life and mindset to set you on a path to better, more consistent golf.  Download or watch it on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Brian Harman is a 4x winner on the PGA Tour, and The 2023 Open Champion. 

The former "Champion Golfer of the Year" joins Mark Immelman to dive into his life in golf, lessons learned, and experiences shared.  You are certain to be entertained and informed as he talks about an extensive array of golf and game improvement elements incl:

• Junior Golf and Winning the 2003 US (USGA) Junior Amateur
• Advice for Junior Golfers and Parents
• NCAA Golf in College and Lessons Learned at The University of Georgia
• Playing on the professional Mini Tours
• Winning on the PGA TOUR and Overcoming Obstacles and Nerves
• Competing against the Power Game as a Shorter Hitter
• Winning the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake)
• MatchPlay and Playing in the Ryder Cup
• Improving Play from 100 Yards and Closer to the Target
• Practice, Preparation and Pre-round Checks
• Course Management, Maintaining Momentum and Making the Best with What You Have, and
• Self Belief and Having a Healthy Relationship with Failure.

Brian descibes himself as a deep thinker and an "onion" as there are a lot of layers to him, and we are sure you will enjoy this podcast as much as you learn from it. 

It can also be watched as a Vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Alex Trujillo is the Director of Sales and Fitting for JumboMax Grips. Formerly, a PGA TOUR representative for FlightScope Golf, Alex is one of the best golf data analysts and advisors in the game, and he has parlayed his extensive ballistics and golfclub-performance knowledge and experience into the world of grips and their influence on the performance of a golfclub.

Alex joins #OntheMark to introduce JumboMax grips and describe the advantages of using a weighted, oversized grip as it pertains to increased clubhead speed and clubface control.

He explains the influence and effects of the grips as follows:

• How shot patterns can be tightened and straightened with different weighting of the grip
• How counter-balanced grips have been, and are, used but some of the great ball-strikers like Jack Nicklaus, Bryson DeChambeau and Sergio Garcia. 
• The weight and swing-weight of a golfclub and how a grip, and its mass can influence those.
• The size effect of a grip and how it promotes a better hold on the club, more control of shot patterns by affecting clubface rates of closure, and how is can reduce hand and wrist injury and pain.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman to watch this and other episodes of #OntheMark.

Adrian Rietveld is the Senior Manager for Global Tour Operations for TaylorMade Golf.  He is also the Equipment Specialist for PGA TOUR stars such as Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Collin Morikawa.

Adrian joins Mark Immelman to discuss how using the appropriate Golf Equipment and engagin in personalized Club Fitting can help to improve ball-striking, trajectory control, power and consistency.

As he shares insights on golf equipment throughout the bag, he tells stories from the TaylorMade Tour Truck with anecdotes from Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy. 

He also dives into the following equipment and game improvement topics:

• Proper Club-fitting Practices
• The Performance Influence of Grips
• The Performance Influence of Shafts
• The Performance Influence of Clubheads
• Reconciling "Feel" vs Data Insights when selecting Equipment
• The Value of Aesthetics, Feel and Sound in Club selection
• What to Look for during a Club-fitting
• Lofts and Lies and their Influence on Trajectory and Control
• Managing Clubhead Speed and Rhythm, and
• Blending Power and Accuracy in Club Selection.

This podcast with Adrian will entertain and inform, and put you on a path to getting the correct equipment in your hands so that you can perform your best. 

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Jon Tattersall makes his second appearance on the #OntheMark podcast as he joins Mark Immelman to discuss some misunderstood moves and elements in a powerful, consistent golf-swing.

Originally from Northwest England, Jon is a highly respected and decorated instructor who co-founded and operates Fusion ATL in Atlanta, GA. USA. He is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, a Golf Digest Top 50 Instructor and a former Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year.

Jon and his team have worked with numerous elite golfers including Major Champions, PGA TOUR, LPGA and European Tour winners and Ryder Cup and Presidents Cuppers. His insight and knowledge are second to none and, with the help of his data research, he makes sense of a number of misunderstandings in the golf swing, incl.:

1. Body Rotation/Pivot and how much Rotation actually takes place in the golf-swing
2. Shaft Lean, and the illusion thereof
3. Lag, and the illusion thereof
4. The correct and appropriate Timing of the Swing, and
5. Body Tilts and the correct Arc of the swing

This podcast can also be watched on YouTube.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman and share it with your golfing friends.

Michael Cromie is a former NCAA Division I golfer at the University of Georgia.  After graduating from UGA, Mike played competitive golf for a short while, but pivoted away from the profession when PGA TOUR winner, Chris Kirk, hired him as a part-time caddy.   

After some quick success together Mike decided to become a full-time caddy for Kirk and the Georgia couple has been together for multiple seasons since.

In late 2025 Mike also worked for Scottie Scheffler when Scottie won the BMW Championship, and he joins #OntheMark to share lessons from Kirk and Scheffler.  Apart from insights as to how Scottie and Chris approach practice, course management, and mindset, Mike also talks about the following keys to better golf:

• The Biggest Mistake he sees Amateurs make - Carry Distance vs Total Distance and Distance Control.
• What PGA TOUR Professionals do well - Adapting to Variable Enviroments and Hitting the Ball Pin-high.
• Intensity and Purpose behind Preparation
• Trusting your Instincts
• Speaking Success 
• Managing Ego
• Golf DNA and Understanding what you do Well
• Short-Game Practice and Variety
• Reading Greens and Putting, and
• Pre-and-Post Round Routines, and Pre-Shot Routines.

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Milo Lines is a PGA Professional, a Golf Digest "Best Teacher in State," and a former Tour Professional.

His philosophy on the golf swing is that there is crossover, especially in sports involving hitting and throwing, with golf and the golf swing.  As a teacher his goal is to apply the athletic skills you already have and teach you the skills you need in order to improve as a golfer. 

He joins #OntheMark to help you apply your athletic instinct and experiences to make your golf swing more athletic and effective.

Milo shares his "5 Key Elements" to an athletic approach to the golf swing:

1. ALIGNING - Grip, Aim and Alignment
2. SEQUENCING - Swing Triggers, Timing, Rhythm and Tempo
3. WINDING - Turning and Tilting athletically
4. LOADING - The Athletic approach to the Transition and Change of Direction
5. UNLEASHING - The Automatic Release of the club thanks to proper Sequencing, Winding and Loading.

Milo also illustrates PGA TOUR examples such as Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus as athletic swing models, and teaches you a Drill (Laddering) that will improve your practice and unleash your inner athlete.

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Kyle Berkshire is a professional golfer and a 4x World Long Driving Champion.  He is not only powerful off the tee (holding the World Record with a drive of 579.3 yards), he is also an accomplished golfer having won the MIAA State High School Championship (Maryland), and playing NCAA College Golf at the University of North Texas.

Kyle joins #OntheMark to share his journey in golf and share tips and insights on how to gain more Clubhead Speed for longer tee-shots.  He elaborates on countless topics for Long Driving including:

• The Best Lesson ever got to hit the ball farther
• The Mindset to long driving
• Proper Speed Training
• Golfswing Efficiency for speed and power
• The importance of the Quality of Strike
• Dynamic Loft and Launch Angle for aerodynamics
• Clubface Design and Club-Fitting
• Muscle Maturity
• Mobility and Weight-lifting, and
• Ground Reaction Forces (GRF) and using proper Footwork for momentum.

Kyle also shares stories from time spent with Bryson DeChambeau; the Rule of Thumb for CHS/Distance Gains, and the importance of paying attention to Smash Factor for distance efficiency.

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Chris Como is one of the leading golf instructors in the world.  Recognized as a Golf Digest Top 5 Teacher in America and Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, Chris is featured on The Golf Channel on his instructional shows: Como Concepts, Swing Expedition and Golf Versus...

Chis also runs Chris Como Golf in Dallas and joins Mark Immelman to elaborate on his holistic approach to golf instruction and game improvement.  He dives into:

• Nutrition, Hydration and Bio-hacking
• Biomechanics in Golf Instruction
• Golf Swing Matchups
• Golf DNA and Understanding Personal Strengths and Weaknesses
• Low Risk Game and Golf Swing Adjustments
• Golf Swing Aesthetics vs Performance
• Patience in Game Improvement
• "Blind Spots" in a Player's Game
• Shot Patterns, Shot Distribution and Commensurate Golf Swing Adjustment
• "No-Go Zones" in Swing Adjustments
• Adding "Clean" Speed for More Power, and
• Beneficial Practice Time Allocation

Chris also shares personal insights from his work with Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau and Tiger Woods as he discusses game improvements.

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