On the Mark Golf Podcast

In our 500th podcast, host Mark Immelman walks you through some shots required around the famed Augusta National Golf Club in The Masters. Mark addresses shots required off the tee and how certain shot shapes are rewarded. He also talks about avoiding a left-miss, which is crucial to avoiding big numbers at The Masters. He also talks about the challenge of playing iron shots off uneven lies and shows what you can do to strike those better. He addresses good greenside pitching and shares a...

Dottie Pepper is a LPGA golf professional and winner of 17 tournaments including 2 Majors, The Nabisco Dinah Shore (The ANA Inspiration). Dottie is now an announcer for CBS Sports and has called countless events including The Masters, The Open and The PGA. She joins us to talk about her book release "Letters to a Future Champion." She shares countless insights, and the "Forbidden Material" she got from her lifelong golf coach, George Pulver. Lessons include tips on: The Golf Swing,...

Kristi Block is a Canadian physiotherapist at Stapleford Health & Rehab Centre. A former competitive volleyball player she understands human movement and injury prevention. Kristi joins us to help you to better, pain-free movement and golf. Specifically she discusses better posture for wellness and for golf. She also systematically goes through the entire body from the neck, shoulders and back to the extremities and shares insights and simple exercises and movements to alleviate pain and...

Jeff Pelizzaro has been in golf his entire life and a golf fitness, strength and conditioning coach for the last 10 years. He and his partner started 18STRONG in 2014 and have been helping golfers of all skill levels (incl. PGA TOUR players) to better strength and physical well-being ever since. Jeff joins our podcast to share their mantra and philosophy on health and fitness as they pertain to overall well-being, and golf. In doing so he addresses strong posture for better, powerful golf...

Kiel Alderink is a PGA Professional and a Golf Digest Top Teacher Under 40 in America. An expert in "Mental Golf Types" he joins us to discuss the different personalities of all golfers and what approaches you can take to identify yours, and how you can modify your work to maximize your talents and skills. Kiel talks about "Intuitive" and "Sensory" type personalities and how they perceive and focus. He also talks about variability in learning and getting in the "zone" and includes PGA TOUR...

Oli Leett is a British Golf Professional, golf instructor and putting coach. He runs the "Leett Putting Hub" and he joins "On the Mark to help you to make more putts and lower your scores. Oli shares his unique journey through the game and how he has to overcome a physical obstacle to excel as he motivates you to make the most of your situation. He also addresses: Putter Fitting, Putter Styles and their influence on the stroke, Green Reading, a good Mindset and Productive Practice including...

Marty Jertson is a PGA Professional and the Director of Product Development for Ping. Marty is credited with the design of many of the company's golf clubs, and is listed on over 125 patents. Marty joins On the Mark for a second time, and this time he addresses the many environmental factors that influence the distance of a golf shot. Whilst showing real-life examples from Major Championships and PGA TOUR events he elaborates on wind, temperature, lies of the golf ball incl. flyer lies in...

Erik Anders Lang is a documentary filmmaker. He has worked as protégé of Dave Chapelle. He has produced documentaries and behind the scenes content for various major companies, and now produces content for Random Golf Films and the PGA TOUR. His work has him travel over 130000 miles per year and he joins us to share anecdotes and tales from his sojourns, lessons he has learned, outlandish experiences enjoyed and wisdom accumulated. He speaks about golf, mindfulness, the Law of Intentions and...

Carolina Romero is a former NCAA College golfer (Univ. of South Florida) who is now a Fitness Trainer (Fit Golfer Girl). She is a Certified Personal Trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM as and also a TPI Certified Golf Fitness Specialist. Carolina joins "On the Mark" to help you to a powerful and pain-free golf swing. She highlights the glutes as the most powerful muscle in the swing and shares exercises to help you activate and strengthen them. She also talks about...

John Glenn is a British PGA Professional and a former Lead Golf Instructor at The Grove. He is now involved with Colour Path Golf. John joins us to introduce Colour Path Golf's approach to game improvement, concept understanding and instruction and how you can use it to improve your golf. Colour Path Golf can be used by instructors and learners and it touches every facet of the game from the long game through the short game. John describes the colors, their intrinsic meaning, how they are...

Dr. Patrick Cohn is a respected Sports Psychologist and the founder/president of Peak Performance Sports. Thanks to his research and work with high level athletes, sports psychology experts consider him to be the leading authority on pre-performance and pre-shot routines. Dr. Cohn joins us to discuss why golfers sometimes choke and he shares ways to navigate the challenges of playing under pressure. He addresses: Pre-round and pre-shot routines for success; the errors golfers make;...

Lt. Col. Dan Rooney is an Air Force Fighter Pilot, a PGA Golf Professional, an Author and the Founder of "Folds of Honor". Dan joins "On the Mark" to talk about his life as a pilot and golf professional and some lessons he has learned along the way. He also dives into his new book, "Fly Into the Wind" and shares how you can harness faith and fearlessness on your ascent to greatness as a person and a golfer. Dan shows how you can navigate the path to fulfillment and the achievement of your...

Adam Young is one of the leading minds in the game. The author of “The Practice Manual – The Ultimate Guide for Golfers” he is a truly holistic golf coach and He joins "On the Mark" for the second time to share his insights. The discussion pivots around the concept of Skill vs. Technique. He embellishes on the differences between the two areas of improvement and drills down on how to develop skills through drills. He also talks about methods like Reverse Engineering to improve technique and...

Mike Granato and Sean Webb are partners in "Athletic Motion Golf" (AMG). Together they have done tons of research and compiled 3D data on thousands of golfers, including PGA TOUR Professionals. AMG's mission is to identify the athletic principles PGA Tour players use to help make golf more enjoyable for regular golfers. They join us to highlight 10 moves that wreck golf swings incl.: Set-up errors, backswing errors, clubface orientation misunderstandings, and pivot, trail-arm and hip action...

Brady Riggs is a Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor and the Director of Instruction at The Golf Hale - Four Seasons Hualālai. He works with golfers of all stations in the game including PGA TOUR players and he joins us to share his insights into game improvement. In doing so he busts a few myths about golf and the golf swing. He addresses: Swing speed/timing vs "getting quick", Pausing at the top of the swing, Putting and distance control, Club selection around the greens, Perceptions of...

Tennessee-based golf professional, Sasha Catron, is a former Tour golfer who has pivoted to golf instruction. He works with golfers of all skill levels with a holistic approach to game improvement. Sasha joins "On the Mark" to share a few simple physical, mental and visual keys to help you improve your iron-play. He elaborates on: Self-talk and focus Visualization Weight distribution The low point of the swing Feeling the clubface and feet in transition, and Managing golf swing tilts, turns...

Dr. Bob WInters is an internationally renowned sport psychologist; author and professional speaker with 45 years of golf knowledge via playing, coaching and scientific research into assisting players achieve peak performance. He also works at The David Leadbetter Golf Academies and joins "On the Mark" for a 2nd time. Bob dives into the concepts of Goals,Goal-setting and Expectation Management. He talks about Short, Medium and Long Term Goals; he also addresses Process, Performance and...

Brendan Moynahan is the Director of Golf Operations at The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. He has spent a life in golf in the Hawaiian Islands as player, teacher, and club professional. He has spent a number of seasons at Hualalai and has been an integral part of the Mitsubishi Electric Championships. He joins our podcast to share lessons and experiences from his involvement with the event. He highlights: Flighted Shots and Reading Lies by Tom Watson and the Mental Game by Bernhard Langer...

Stuart Clayton is the Head of Training and Certification at The David Leadbetter Golf Academies. A highly decorated and respected teacher, Stuart elaborates on a number of elements that will help you to realize your potential. He talks to players and coaches as he addresses: Your "fingerprint" of your golf swing, the "puzzle pieces" in the timing and construction of the golf swing, swing methods and instruction, self-awareness, communication between player and coach and evolving plans to...

Jonathan Karush is a lifelong, and accomplished, golfer who has taken hundreds of hours of lessons from all the leading golf instructors in the game. Vastly experienced and insightful he is uniquely qualified to comment on instruction and how to get the most out of your lessons, your work and your efforts. After figuring out the best way to consume golf information he has improved his handicap from 7 to 1 and he shares insights on: Shallowing the club, Rotation, Golf-swing Method, Turning...