On the Mark Golf Podcast

Craig Foster is a long-time golf club-maker and fitter and the founder of Dynalign Golf LLC - a dynamic putting pre-shot alignment technique. Craig used his knowledge of golf club manufacture and design and an exhaustive research of human biomechanics to beat the "Yips", and that experience led to the development of Dynalign. He joins us to share his story, his research and his insights to help you develop a more stable and reliable putting stroke. Craig walks you through the concepts of his Dynalign system and illustrates how simple it is to stabilize the "13 joints" at address. This promotes dynamic stability and leads to a more reliable and stable putting stroke - both in terms of Swing Path and Face Alignment. Craig also talks about his concept of "soft" End of Range Motion and contrasts it to the "hard" version as used by Bryson DeChambeau. He talks about tension vs fluidity in the putting stroke and how Dynalign promotes the latter for a pure roll of the ball. He also illustrates how to train your start lines and how you can overcome aiming biases.

Chris Mayson is a GOLF Magazine-Top 100 Teacher, and a Golf Digest-Best Young Teacher in America. He works with a number of elite level golfers including PGA TOUR and LPGA players and is uniquely qualified to advise on things the pro's do that you should too. Chris illustrates lessons and approaches you can emulate in Practice, On the Course and After the Round: Practice: Create a "bandwidth" - functional shot dispersion, Understand your numbers/yardages applicable to the day and the conditions. On Course: Develop great Mental Processes, and Play Conservatively and according to the "Bandwidth" of the day, and recognize when you are out of position. After the Round: Develop a Growth Mentality, and Gain Confidence from what was done well, and recognize what needs work and Implement a Plan to Improve in Ppractice.

Mark Immelman is the host of the "On the Mark" Podcast, a GOLF Magazine "Teacher to Watch" and an Announcer and Analyst for CBS Sports and ESPN+. He was the analyst for The Amen Corner Channel at the 2022 Masters and he recaps the event and shares lessons you can learn from Scottie Scheffler, Cam Smith and The Augusta National Golf Club. Mark discusses: Practicing and playing from Uneven Lies, Course Management and the importance of Smart Misses, Mental Perspective and Understanding the Effect of Pressure on Performance, and Scrambling and its value on Shot and Score Saving.

Bernie Najar is the Director of Instruction at Caves Valley Golf Club in Maryland. Recognized as one of the top instructors in both the Baltimore-Washington D.C. area and the USA, Bernie is one of Golf Digest's 50 Best Teachers and Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers. He is also Kyle Berkshire's (World Long Driving Champion) lifelong instructor. Bernie joins the podcast to share his take, and some industry secrets, to hitting the ball farther and more powerfully off the tee. With a view to turning longer drives into lower scores he also talks strategy for scoring and harnessing speed for control if necessary. Bernie addresses: Realistic expectations and managing speed and distance expectations. Moving your body in a better fashion for more speed. Impact points and ball speed. Swing speed at the correct time, Footwork and continuous motion, and how to finish a powerful swing in balance. He uses PGA TOUR references throughout the podcast and talks about the TOUR's longest drivers of the ball.

Iain Highfield is the Director of of The KOHR Academy, an award-winning Mental Performance Coach and a published author. He joins "On the Mark" to help you develop skills to make your practice productive with the goal of turning it into lower scores. Iain shares his take on what makes practice effective, describing how learning happens via cognitive stress. He describes "Spacing" and Variability" Effects and how they can make your practice count. He also contrasts "Working Memory Stimulation" vs "Muscle Memory" and how practicing using the former is more beneficial to improved performance. Iain further discusses "Degrees of Freedom" and helps you to find freedom and "flow" for an improved golf swing under pressure. Finally, Iain addresses "Breathing" and how it can help you reduce stress for improved play and vitality of life.

Jeff Fisher is nationally recognized and decorated golf instructor. He works with golfers of all skill levels including PGA TOUR, LPGA and Mini Tour professionals. Vastly experienced, Jeff has seen the game at all levels and is uniquely qualified to contrast and compare the Pro and Amateur games. He joins "On the Mark" to illustrate certain golf swing elements/moves the athletic professional can pull off consistently; moves with which the club golfer may have a problem in consistent execution. Jeff talks about: Disassociation between the Upper and Lower Body and references Davis Riley as an example. Golf Swing Sequencing and Timing and using Jack Nicklaus, Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa as references. Footwork and Ground Reaction Forces and the skill of being able to present the club squarely to the ball consistently. Lag for Power in the Downswing. The Reduction of Rate of Closure of the Clubface through Impact and "Open" and "Closed" Clubface swings, and The Correct understanding of Statistics and the Appropriate application of comparisons at various skill levels

Lexi Thompson is an LPGA champion, a Major Champion and one of the leading golfers in the Women's game. Compliments of Bridgestone Golf she joins "On the Mark" to discuss her career in golf and how she get the most out of her game. Lexi talks about her life in a golf household with two brothers who play the game well. She relives the story of her childhood in the game and some of her amazing feats including qualifying for the US Women's Open as a 12 year-old. Further, she talks about her transition into the professional game, as a teenager, and the lessons she learned along the way. Lexi shares a day in her life (both at home and on the road), that includes practice and playing regimens, gym work, nutrition and hydration for best performances. She discusses her technique, her golf swing and how she maximizes Ground Reaction Forces (GRF) for power off the tee. She shares her take on handling pressure situations and as an add-on she advises young lady golfers on the best practices for better golf

Geoff Shackelford is an author of eleven books, a journalist, a TV personality (NBC Golf Channel) and the Co-designer of five Golf Courses in the Los Angeles area. Thanks to his incisive and curious mind, Geoff is widely researched, and holds one of the most respected opinions on golf course design in the game. With that in mind he joins us to discuss golf course design and how understanding its concepts can help you to improve your course management. He talks about the "Golden Age" of design and architects like George Thomas, Alister MacKenzie and CB MacDonald. He describes the design elements they employed and what he appreciates about them. He also talks about modern-day architects like Pete Dye and talks about some of the holes, and their design at TPC Sawgrass. Geoff also elaborates on some of his favorite holes on The PGA TOUR and highlights how understanding undulation, angles, yardages, camouflage can improve your decision-making, course management and scoring.

Kevin Sprecher is the Director of Golf Instruction at Sleepy Hollow CC in New York. A Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor, Sprecher is sought out by golfers of all skill levels for his complete approach to golf instruction and game improvement. In this podcast Kevin shares simple ways to lower your golf scores. He discusses a wide range of topics including: The importance of Club-fitting and how adapting your swing to ill-fitting clubs can ruin your game Golf swing changes - Wholesale and "Band-aids." A Team approach to instruction for greater success Course Management Proper Practice regimens Wedge play and scoring shots, and Good footwork and its influence on power, control and balance.

Debbie Doniger, a former LPGA and LET Golf Professional, has parlayed her playing experience into a successful career in golf instruction. She is the Director of Instruction at Glen Arbor GC (New York), a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor and a voice on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio. Debbie joins "On the Mark" for a second time to help you to a better, more efficient golfswing, by way of specially designed drills and practice. Debbie shares 5 drills to improve your understanding of the correct feel, motor patterns and spatial relations of specific areas in your swing, from the Top of the Backswing, to the Transition, to Impact, to Post-Impact through to the Follow-through.

Mike Adams is a Hall of Fame Golf Instructor who has worked with PGA TOUR and LPGA winners and Major Champions. Terry Rowles has also amassed a noteworthy resume of champions at every level of the game. The two have collaborated to become a force in the world of golf instruction and they join "On the Mark" to share ideas and advice on how to gain an extra 10 MPH of clubhead speed without any additional effort. They address: Taking the Governor off your swing to facilitate more offensive-minded swings; Plugging power leaks; Consistent and square contact; Technology and the correct use thereof; Ground Reaction Forces and how to correctly exploit them; Maximizing your own "blueprint", and Clubhead speed misconceptions.

Karl Morris is Europe's leading Performance Mind Coach, delivering cutting edge methods of peak performance and goal achievement to a range of clients across sports and business. He joins our podcast to talk about his most recent book (with Gary Nichol) "The Lost Art of the Short Game" but he also joins to help you to lower your golf scores. The first point he delves into is "connecting you to your golf club", the implement in your hand designed to maneuver the golf ball. He also discusses the "True Potential" of your Short Game and "Why You Play Golf When You Play Golf" (Vin Harris), Choosing the Right Tools for the Short Game (with insights from Bob Vokey); Shot Creation and Trajectory Shaping; Motivation for Investing in Your Short Game, and Practicing with an "Awareness" Mindset. Karl also shares Professional illustrations from Tiger Woods.

Matt Kuchar is a 9x PGA TOUR winner, a PLAYERS Champion, an Olympic Golf Bronze Medalist, The Vardon Trophy (PGA TOUR Leading Scoring Ave.) winner and The Byron Nelson Award (PGA TOUR Lowest Adjusted Scoring Ave.) winner. A former USA Ryder Cup and President's Cup Team member, Kuchar has long been one on the more consistent players in world golf. He joins Mark Immelman to discuss his career in, and approach to, golf. He talks about his college career at Georgia Tech, winning the US Amateur, winning on TOUR and then navigating through a slump in form en route to becoming one of the PGA TOUR's leading players. He also talks at length about golf swing changes, putting changes, and course management for more consistent scores.

David Armitage (Scotland) is a Master PGA Professional and one of the leading golf instructors in the game. Based in Miami, FL, he is sought out by PGA TOUR, Korn Ferry Tour and DP World Tour players for his insights and passion for player improvement. David joins "On the Mark" to share ways to improve your ball-striking, and by extension ball-compression and power, trajectory and distance control. He not only addresses the physical and golf swing elements for good ball-striking, he also addresses the mindset and discipline of doing the correct things consistently for long-term success. David delves into: Golf Swing Sequencing (incl. Backswing Loading, Transition and Pressure Shifts), Low-Point and Angle of Attack Control, and Tempo and Rhythm. He also shares insights learned from Tiger Woods and Butch Harmon including a drill to improve golf swing sequencing. Along those lines he shares takes from Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus on how good ball-striking occurs, and finally, David shares drills to help you eliminate Toe, Heel, Fat and Thin strikes.

Fred Couples is a Hall of Fame inductee, a former OWGR World #1, the 1992 Masters Champion, a 2x PLAYERS Champion and a 15x PGA TOUR Winner. Long known as "Boom Boom" and the owner of one of the smoothest golf-swings ever, Freddie joins "On the Mark" to talk about his career in golf, his ascent to the top of the game and he walks us through his victory in the 1992 Masters. Fred talks about growing up on a Public Course and the lessons he learned there. He delves into swing speed, power, swing rhythm and tempo. He talks about maintaining golf swing consistency and longevity. Fred talks about course mindset, golf swing triggers and pre-shot routines. He shares how he practiced, what he did after a bad day of golf, and which golfers he liked to watch and learn from. He talks about the mental approach to golf how he dealt with pressure; he shares some course management insights and tells why he never wore a golf-glove. Fred further shares the importance of using the correct equipment, especially the golf-ball and he talks about why he has used a Bridgestone golf ball for his entire career.

Jon Shoepf is a Golf Digest "Best Young Teacher" and on of the Golf Digest "Best Teachers in California". A former disciple of Jim McLean, Schoepf joins us to explain the value of being athletic as you embark on game improvement and golf swing changes. As he dives into the concept of athleticism and the athletic nature of the golf swing, Jon shares his 5 Principles for Success: Trusting a System and not a Method; Exploring all Roads; Understanding Your Blueprint; Being and Staying Disciplined, and Going All In. He also elaborates on a few important areas and elements (the Start, the Transition, Impact, Balance and Swing Speed) in the golf swing. He further describes how you can respect them in an athletic and functional sense as you work toward improvement.

Tyler Slocum is a Class A PGA Professional and a Jim McLean Golf Master Schools Instructor. One of the bright young minds in the game he believes that "the ultimate judge of the golf swing is the golf ball, and the whole goal is to hit solid, desirable shots under pressure." To that end he joins us to help you build a better, more functional backswing. As he dives into the backswing he illustrates his "4 Points of Reference, where they are and the areas they occupy. He also addresses the following elements: Creating Swing Momentum, Swing Triggers, Swing Sequencing, Body Tilts, Pressure Shifts, Shaft Planes and Pitch, Clubface Orientation, Allowable Head Movement and the action of the Lead Foot going back. He also shares tips and drills to groove your move.

Tony Johnstone is one of Zimbabwe's leading and most successful golfers. A 6x winner on the European Tour (DP World Tour) and a 17X winner on the South African Sunshine Tour and now an announcer for Sky Sports, Tony has seen it all and played golf with some of the all-time greats. He shares lessons he learned during his playing days; he teaches you how to hit greenside bunker shots with success. He also shares his take on Nick Price (ball-striking), Seve Ballesteros (shot-making), Bobby Locke (playing one shot), Nick Faldo (course management), Bernhard Langer (attitude), Ernie Els (swing rhythm and Gary Player (bunker play).

The Director of Instruction at Plainfield CC in New Jersey, Ryan Hager is a Golf Digest Top Teacher Under 40. A former college golfer, Hager couples his playing experience with lessons learned from Jim McLean, to offer effective and easy to understand concepts for game improvement. He joins us to share 5 drills you can do to get your golf swing in good shape for the new year. The drills are: The Dynamic Posture Drill for Early Extension, The "Shin Breaker" for Trail Leg control, The "Box Drill" for Swing Path, The "Pelvis Sway Drill" for improved Torso Rotation, and The "Finish Line" Drill for Shaft Lean at impact.

Bryson DeChambeau is a multiple winner on The PGA TOUR, a US Open champion and one of the leading figures on the global golf stage. He joins us to share his life in golf- from a young golfer in California, to a NCAA Champion and US Amateur Champion in college, to a winner on The PGA TOUR. Among many diverse topics DeChambeau discusses: His "one-length" golf clubs and how he came upon them, His approach to golf-swing technique from the Homer Kelley "Golfing Machine" one-plane approach, to his theories and discoveries relating to "End of Motion Range" to his latter day search for power and speed, and A day in his life, both at home and at tournaments.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #24 (the final tip of the 2021 Advent Season) Mark addresses the Follow-Through and how a correct, and balanced, finish is the signal of good things. Mark describes a sound Follow-Through, a la Ben Hogan, and describes all of the physical elements in detail. He then builds on the finish and shares a drill that teaches how to swing back, down and into the correct Follow-Through.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip # 23 Mark dives into a concept first described by Ben Hogan. The Hall of Fame legend compared the action of delivering the club through impact to the action of skipping a stone across water. Mark talks about this; describes its merits in how it will eliminate a steep downswing and improve clubhead speed and then shares a simple "Throwing" drill that will teach the feeling.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #22 Mark talks about shallowing (in the downswing) and releasing (through impact) the golf club. He shares a simple drill you can do indoors or outdoors that will simplify the concept of shaft pitch and energy release. The "Shaft/Wall Drill" will teach you about clubshaft angle in the downswing and through-swing. It will teach you the spatial aspect of it and it will teach you clubhead speed through impact.

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Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #21 Mark talks about "Hand Path" in the swing and its relationship to the clubhead and "Swing Path." Understanding the correct path of the hands, both back and down, and where they lower and change direction is paramount to understanding how to properly influence the path of the clubhead and shot-shape. Mark goes in-depth on the action referencing Matt Wolff and Tiger Woods as examples.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #20 Mark talks about how you can master a powerful and consistent impact position and strike better shots as a result. He shares a drill he learned from Nick Price - "The Impact Pre-set Drill." Mark illustrates the drill and explains how to do it correctly. He also explains its benefits and how it can help you improve your compression, control and power.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #19 Mark shares a simple drill guaranteed to improve your ball-striking. The "Tee Drill" not only helps to locate the ball-strike better in relation to the toe and the heel, it also helps raise the contact into the center of the face to maximize the club's COG (Center of Gravity) and add elevation and power to your golf shots. Better locate the base of your swing arc with this simple drill.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #18 Mark addresses teaches you how to reduce "Flipping" through impact. "Flipping" or over-use of the wrists is malady that plagues many golfers and is a costly power leak. Mark discusses how to improve compression in the ball-strike and shares a drill that will calm down any excess use of the trail hand, a major contributor to flipping, through impact.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #17 Mark teaches you the "Pump Drill" - one of his favorite drills of all time. He learned it from David Leadbetter and its purpose is to properly sequence the body movement and the arm-swing in early transition between back and downswings. Mark describes the drill; illustrates how it should be done, and elaborates on its benefits. Whether you are a highly skilled golfer or a beginner, the Pump Drill will help you improve your ball-striking.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #16 Mark addresses another, much talked about, element of body movement in the golf swing - Vertical Thrust. He describes with the vertical aspects of the swing and when they occur during the movement. He then describes an exercise and a drill that will teach you how use Ground Reaction Forces as you add, or enhance, the vertical element in your golf swing.

Kyle Porter is a published author, a writer for CBS Sports and a golf analyst on "The First Cut" podcast. He has just written and released a digital manuscript, A Normal Sport. It is a funny and insightful look into the most meaningful events in world golf in 2021. Kyle shares stories from the book, incl. nuggets and anecdotes about Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, The Ryder Cup, The Masters, The Open, The US Open and The PGA. He also shares his All-PGA TOUR Team for 2021. He also gives a Promo Code (OntheMark) discount of 30% to listeners.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #15 Mark addresses the engine of the golf swing - Body (specifically Torso) Rotation. He talks about the tilt on which the rotation occurs; he talks about the relationship between the Pelvis and the Shoulder Turns, and he talks about the location of the rotation in relation to the golf ball. He also shares his "Rope Drill" to help you learn and feel a powerful pivot.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #14 Mark explains the action of the hips and how they pivot throughout the swing and in relation to the movement of the arms. He also shares a drill, using an alignment rod, that can promote either a faster rotation, or a slower rotation of the hips, given whatever your swing, and/or your shot trajectory requires.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #13 Mark embellishes on how the trail leg operates in the backswing and downswing for balance, timing and power. Immelman shares a tip (and a drill) he got from Gary Player. (Player learned the drill for the feel of right leg action from the great Ben Hogan.)

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #12 Mark talks about Wrist Alignments and how to properly train the feel for the correct hinging of the wrists in the backswing. He shares a drill, he learned from Nick Faldo and David Leadbetter, designed to improve the hinge/unhinge of the wrists, for improved clubface control and swing speed during the golf swing.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #11 Mark dives into the relationship between the body rotation and the swing of the arms. He shares the concept of "Long Body Turn; Short Arm Swing" and how adopting that mindset can make it easier to get the arms "back in front of the body" to improve impact and ball-striking. He shares two drills to help as well as anecdotes from Nick Faldo and Frank Nobilo to support the concept.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #10 Mark dives further into the action of the Trail Arm during the golf swing. He describes how it moves and how it folds and unfolds (for power) during the swing. He shares a Ben Hogan nugget about the action as well as a drill to check on the elbow shape and swing width at the top of the swing.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #9 Mark follows up Tip #8 with a Trail Arm drill, as used by Sergio Garcia, that will help you keep your trail elbow working in harmony with your torso. It will also help quell a "Flying Elbow" at the top of the backswing and it is a surefire way to eliminate that dreaded "Over the Top" move which leads to weak strikes and sliced shots.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #8 Mark addresses an important principle to controlling Golf-swing Width and Radius, Path, and Angle of Attack. Understanding how, and where, the Trail Arm works in the backswing and downswing will set you on the road to more control and better ball-striking. Immelman's lesson includes a PGA TOUR tested drill to quicken your feel and learning.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #7 Mark demonstrates the relationship between the Trail Palm (of the hand) and the Clubface - with either a Neutral, a Strong, or a Weak Grip - and how an understanding of this relationship can improve your control of the clubface. Learn to connect your brain to your hands and improve the accuracy of your golf shots.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #6 Mark talks about the start of the golf swing and its importance. Mark also shares a simple drill that you can do, at home or at the golf course, that will help you feel the correct spatial relationship between the golf club and your hands. The drill will also show the correct hand-path vs clubhead path.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #5 Mark addresses an issue that many golfers struggle with - Body Aim and Alignment. Mark talks about the alignment misunderstandings and errors golfers make and then shares a simple "hack" you can use to ensure you are properly aligned over every shot.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #4 Mark addresses the very important, yet largely overlooked fundamental, Distance from the Golf Ball at Address. It has a influence on Swing Path, Angle of Attack and to a certain extent, Face Angle. Mark shares his "Hand-Clap" Drill to show you how you can guarantee the correct distance from the ball with every club.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #3 Mark talks about creating "side bend" at address to help in creating upward Angle of Attack, for more power off the tee, with the Driver. He also share a simple pre-shot drill to set you up in the correct tilt with the appropriate amount of side bend.

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #2 Mark addresses Posture and the importance of being athletically activated at address. He also shares a simple drill that will help you to ensure you get the appropriate tilts (spinal), and bends (knees and hips) set up at address.

Mark Bull is a PhD in Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Science, and a qualified PGA coach. A pioneer in Human Movement and Golf Swing Performance and 3D Biomechanics, he joins us to share his coaching philosophies to help you gain a better understanding of how the golf swing works. Among the many biomechanical concepts he discusses he talks in depth about: Ground Reaction Forces (GRF) and their relationship with hand-path and proprioception. Long-term memory and its influence on golf swing kinematics. The influence of mood on the golf swing. The shape of the body's influence on rotation and movement. Posture and the golf swing, and Being "elastic vs. Plastic".

Mark Immelman, host of the On the Mark Podcast, shares 24 Advent Season Golf Tips to help you improve your golf swing. In Tip #1 Mark addresses the very important, yet largely overlooked fundamental, Ball Position. Ball Position has an influence on not only shot trajectory, it also influences Swing Path, Angle of Attack and to a certain extent, Face Angle, and Mark shows how a $1 bill can help you get it right

Born and raised in Ireland, now residing and working in the USA, Chris Kendrick (MBA, BS, CSCS, TPI, CPT) is a trainer at Catalyst Fitness in Atlanta, GA. A successful NCAA Collegiate golfer, Chris brings a unique golf playing influence to his work with golfers of all skill levels from the PGA TOUR to Club Golfers. He joins "On the Mark" to help you improve your golf swing with TPI-based stretches and drills for improved Mobility and Flexibility. He shares 5 stretches that will improve your overall body awareness and conditioning. Stretches, with demonstrations, include: The Wall Slide, the Upper Body Wall Twist, The Half Kneeling Hip Stretch, the Shin Box and the Upper Body Rotation to Downward Dog.

Rick Gehman is the creator and owner of the golf database rickrungood.com. He is also the host of the CBS First Cut Golf Podcast and he joins us to guide you through the world of sports, and specifically, Golf Betting. He describes the different types of bets available. He delves into odds. He talks about DFS and highlights strategies for success. He advises on how to handicap a player, bearing in mind Strokes Gained metrics, Golf Course History, Form and Odds Values. In short Rick sets you up for success. DISCLAIMER: The On the Mark Podcast and Mark Immelman do not recommend Sports Betting

Justin Leonard (Texas) is the 1997 Open Champion, the 1998 PLAYERS Champion and a 12x PGA TOUR winner. He has followed his prolific career as a player with a successful transition into TV broadcasting for NBC Golf Channel. He has had success at every level of the game and he joins us to share his story in golf, from growing up in Dallas TX and playing against the better players to beating the world's best in Ryder Cups. He shares his insights and experience on many topics related to improved scoring: Playing your Game; Finding and Maintaining Confidence; Good Wedge play, Improved putting; Trajectory control; Keeping the game simple, and Slowing down the Mind.