On the Mark Golf Podcast

James Ridyard is a leading golf instructor, researcher and co-owner of the Short Game Secrets brand, which brings some of the highest-selling independently produced golf instructional videos to the industry. He coaches golfers of all skill levels and brings his insights to our podcast to help you improve your ball-striking, skills and distance control on scoring shots around the greens.  Among many subjects, John addresses elements like Angle of Attack, Bounce, Spin and how you can improve and control et al.

Nick Bradley is a leading golf instructor, consultant and best-selling author. He has taught a number of PGA TOUR and European Tour professionals including Justin Rose and Kevin Chappell. Nick talks about what you, as a golf lesson-taker, should expect from your golf lesson and how you can manage it to ensure better results.  He galvanizes his point using present-day examples like Tiger Woods (who is not using a golf instructor at present) and Rory McIlroy.

Jonathan Yarwood is a British PGA Master Professional. Vastly experienced, he has coached a US Open champion, 2 US Amateur Champions, 2 US Girls Championship Winners, 3 AJGA Players of the Year, a Collegiate #1 ranked player, and many professionals on the worldwide Professional Tours. In this podcast he talks at length about how to develop golfers completely by adopting a Skill Acquisition based approach as opposed to an Outcome based approach. If you are not a junior golfer, do not worry, this podcast included golf tips for you too.

Nick Dougherty is a former "Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year" and a 3-time winner on The European Tour.  Now a broadcaster on Sky Sports Golf he brings his professional insights and experiences to help you understand how to approach improvement at golf no matter your skill level.  Nick references Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and his own playing experiences to highlight points and beliefs.  He also shares some of his "Tee-Time Tips" to help you to shoot lower golf scores.

John Dunigan is a PGA Master Professional, a Golf Digest Top 50 Teacher, a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor, and a PGA TOUR Instructor.  He joins our podcast to talk about golf and building a reliable golf swing. He also addresses subjects like swinging the clubhead, the skill of developing a reliable swing arc, effective use of the legs and the feet in the swing and how he helped PGA TOUR pro, Sean O'Hair "find" his golf swing.

Markus Westerberg is a former European Tour Golf Professional who has turned to teaching and coaching golf. He brings his vast experience from playing at a high level to his instructional approach and he adopts a very holistic approach to improvement.  Markus delves into his "PsychoMotor Connection" and how it influences a golfer.  He also talks about his Fundamental Paradox, Emotional Intelligence and Nervousness as he helps you understand the "Human Element" involved in playing good golf.

Shawn Koch is a lifelong student of the game. Learning under the instruction of his father, a life member of the PGA, Shawn developed a deep understanding and respect for all aspects of the game.  He parlayed that into a successful playing career and now a teaching career.  Shawn Koch works with players at the highest level (Web.com Tour and PGA TOUR) and he joins our podcast to embellish on his "5 Elements of Performance Golf" to help you to play better and shoot better golf scores.

Kevin Na has been a professional golfer for over 17 years.  He has played successfully on the Asian Tour, The European Tour and The PGA TOUR and he shares experiences he has learned through his global career.  Kevin talks at length about he how plays the game and how he finds a way to compete with The PGA TOUR's best.  He shares many insights on The Short Game, Scrambling and Putting and he talks candidly about how he won his battle with the Golf Swing Yips. 

Ian Peek is Golf Instructor to professionals and amateurs, a Performance and Transition Coach, a MSc. Sports Coaching graduate and a PhD researcher.  In this podcast he explores and shares his insights on the Bio-Psycho-Social Model of the athlete and golfer.  Using examples like Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods (and their coaches) he delves into his research and breaks down each element of this model and its influence on the performance of the golfer.  Ian also shares ideas and thoughts on how you can develop your "Tour Player Architecture" to improve your golf and your performance

Dr. Morris Pickens, "Dr. Mo" is a sports psychologist specializing in competitive performance enhancement.  His students (incl. Zach Johnson) have over 25 PGA TOUR victories (incl. 3 Major Championships), over 200 Amateur wins and 1 NCAA Championship.  He joins our podcast to help you learn how to win at golf and life.  He also shares anecdotes to learn from his PGA TOUR clients and he delves into the subject of "Playing One Shot at a Time".