Kelvin Kelley Golf Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Had a cool conversation with putting specialist Preston Combs. Preston works with several players from the PGA, LIV and LPGA tour. We chat about what is the best type of putting stroke to learn, how to best practice putting and a common training being used. 

Preston was selected for the 2024 Golf Digest Best in State list, a recognition he has received since 2018. He has also been selected for the 2023 Golf Digest Young Best Teachers award since 2019 and been nominated for the Golf Digest Top 50 Teachers award. He has worked with winners on the PGA Tour, LIV Tour, LPGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, and numerous top collegiate players throughout his career. More on Preston can be found in the link below.

https://www.prestonsputting.com

 

 

Decades ago Michael Hebron played a key role in orchestrating the first PGA of America Teaching and Coaching Summit, bringing together over 700 instructors from 14 countries to share ideas on teaching methods. Following that event, Michael gained the nickname of "the teacher's teacher". 

Highly respected throughout the international golf community, Michael consults on golf instruction to PGA America, Switzerland, Italy, France, Finland, Canada, Japan, Sweden, India, Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Czech Republic, Spain, and Denmark. He has given instruction clinics at 30 PGA of America sections.  Through his dedication Michael earned the honored status of becoming the 23rd PGA of America Master Professional.

His book, See and Feel the Inside Move the Outside, was the first golf instruction book accepted as a PGA Master’s thesis.  Since then, he has written hundreds of articles for leading golf magazines and authored 4 other books and 3 DVDs.

A great conversation with performance coach Iain Highfield. Iain has over 10 years of expertise educating and inspiring golfers to create psychological habits of excellence through his mental conditioning and effective practice programs. In the conversation we discuss the best ways to train a new movement and the best parts of his book. More information can be found on Iain on the link below.

https://www.kohrgolf.com/sessions/iain-highfield/

Gavin Coles is an Australian professional golfer. Gavin is a five-time winner on the Nationwide Tour/Korn Ferry Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 2002, 2004 and 2006 and the PGA Tour in 2003, 2005 and 2007. We chat about his upbringing in the the game, battling adversity, the evolution of his golf swing and his current teaching philosophies. More information on Gavin can be found below. 

https://gavincoles.com      

James Sieckmann is a short game and putting guru that works with several PGA Tour and LIV players. James and I talk about certain short game shots and what he sees in good putting strokes. We also talk some simple putting drills that are great for practice. More on James below.

 

https://jsegolfacademy.com

www.kelleygolf.com

 

A great conversation with three-time major winner and former number one player in world Nick Price. Nick was winner of the ‘92 PGA Championship, ‘94 Open, and ‘94 PGA Championship. We discuss the evolution of his golf swing and the process of making swing changes. Nick also talks about never losing awareness to the target on the golf course. 

https://www.nickprice.com

 

www.kelleygolf.com

Had a really cool conversation with golf coach David Leadbetter. We discuss the importance of the takeaway in the golf swing and his new training aid called the “Straightaway”. We also chat about his work with Nick Faldo and dive into his teaching philosophies. More information on David below.

https://instagram.com/davidleadbetter?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

 

 

 

Paul Gow is an Australian professional golfer. Paul played on the PGA tour and won three times on the Nationwide Tour. He currently resides in Australia and is the host of Fox Sports How Good Is Golf TV. We had a great conversation and discuss his journey from Australia to the U.S and the evolution of his golf swing. More information on Paul can be found at:

https://instagram.com/howgoodisgolftv?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

https://twitter.com/paulgow?s=21&t=6hEuSjpj5ZxgNfgaV1D4Tw

Had a great chat with Dr. Rick Sessinghaus. Rick is the founder of FlowCode and is the lifelong swing and mental game coach of Colin Morikawa. He is the expert on the mindset principles that make or break performance on and off the course. His coaching has helped top junior, collegiate, and professional golfers reach new levels of performance. Rick has also provided seminars and consulting to business teams and leaders improving their bottom line. More information on Rick can be found in the link below. 

 https://www.ricksessinghaus.com   www.flowcode.golf

A great conversation with golf coach Luke Ringrose who is based out of the U.K. Luke and I discuss his philosophy on coaching, teaching the golf swing, and how working on the same few tendencies in your swing is actually a good thing. His students are known to have simple golf swings. We also discuss how Luke stills enjoys playing and competing. Luke can be found at:  Luke@rightsidedgolf.com https://instagram.com/rightsidedgolf?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==