On the Mark Golf Podcast PGA TOUR

Mike Booker is a lifelong competitive golfer, a University of Houston Golf Team Alumnus and member of the NCAA 1977 National Championship winning Golf team, a former PGA TOUR Professional, and an inductee in the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.
He recently wrote a book, "The Tournament Golfer's Playbook" with a view to helping all golfers to be more successful tournament golfers and players. 
Mike talks about his book and the central question that revolves around:"Are you a Tournament Golfer or just a Golfer who Plays Tournaments?"
He dives into various important topics that pertain to being a Tournament Golfer:
Excuse-Making
Responsibility for Actions
Process-oriented Mindsets
Breathing for Calming the Body and Focussing the Mind
Being Your Own Best Friend, Good Self-talk and Good Attitudes
Dealing with Good and Bad Breaks
He also shares lessons from Jackie Burke, Kenny Perry and Jack Nicklaus to help you understand and apply the concepts to becoming a competitive Tournament Golfer.
 

Duncan McCarthy is a Mental and Performance Coach who works with golfers on the PGA TOUR and the DP World Tour. A former Touring Pro, McCarthy understands the ins and outs of competitive golf.  He parlays that experience, alongside his degree in Sports Psychology, to help golfers of all skill levels sharpen their mental games and channel their focus for better scores and performances.
He joins #OntheMark to share five insights guaranteed to help you improve your mental game:
He addresses:
Goal Setting,
Self-Awareness and Knowing Who You Are,
Time Management on the Course,
Self-Talk for Confidence,
An Attitude of Gratitude and its effect on Performance, and
Seeking the Positives in a Bad Situation.
A sound mental game is as important a skill as any, and Duncan's candid, simple to understand and apply assessments/insights are sure to put you on the correct track to success.
This podcast is available as a Vodcast on YouTube. Search youtube.com/@markimmelman

Jason Day is an Australian PGA TOUR Golf Professional. The winner of 12 PGA TOUR and 3 DP World Tour events, his current global win tally includes: 2 World Golf Championships, the 2016 PLAYERS Championship and the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
Day is a former Official World Golf Ranking #1 and he joins Mark Immelman to share his story of going from a youngster growing up in Beaudesert, Australia to the top of the Global Professional game.
Jason shares his journey from a beginner golfer, through his amateur golf days to the Mini Tours, and eventually the PGA TOUR.
He shares candid assessments and lessons learned along the way, all the while talking about his game and how he brought out his personal best.
Jason talks about professional victories, including the 2015 PGA Championship and he shares some disappointments and challenges that professional golfer face.
He talks about managing stress, injury, burnout, and how he re-evaluated himself and ignited a passion to once again become the best golfer in the world.  
He also takes a deep dive into recent golf-swing changes he has made to improve his game.  He shares insights, challenges, doubts and the theory of how he is approaching ball-flight and trajectory adjustments.
He also talks about the value of the Short Game and how he loves to work on putting. He shares his keys to great putting and also talks about his routine, green-reading and visualization for success.
This podcast is also available on YouTube so you can see Jason demonstrate his technique.

Terry Hashimoto is the is the founder of Jazz Golf (Canada), the co-developer of the BodiTrak Golf Pressure Sensor, and the inventor of the world's first inertial measuring unit for golf and other major golf products.
A former PGA TOUR professional and one of the leading minds in golf instruction, specifically Pressure Mapping and Ground Reaction Forces, Terry is still a leader in the industry and at the forefront of product development for golf improvement.
He joins us to talk about Pressure Mapping, Use of the Ground for Power and a Better Golf Swing, and How Golf can be used as a "Recovery Sport."
Among the many topics he dives into, Terry specifically addresses:
The Mechanics of Pressure Mapping,
Foot Movement Patterns and Pressure Traces of leading golfers,
Counter-balancing effects on the Golf Swing and Balance in Movement,
How Swing Path tends to follow the Shift of Pressure in the Feet,
The "Braking Effect" for added Clubhead Speed, and
The Kinematic System and how good ball-strikers initiate the Backswing and Downswing.
Learn about proper golf swing sequencing and how it happens. Improve your movement and your mechanics with Terry's easy to apply insights.
 

Andres Gonzales is a PGA TOUR Player, a Korn Ferry Tour Winner, a former All-American at UNLV, and now an Analyst with PGA TOUR LIVE.
Vastly experienced at every level of the game, Dre has wonderful insights on how to raise your game from one level to the next and he joins #OntheMark to share knowledge and tips.
Andres relives his time in College, on the Mini Tours and the PGA TOUR and shares lessons that include:
Advice on a "mind-set of expectancy," developing confidence and self-belief, and the importance of discipline and sacrifice for success.
He also talks about "grabbing the moment," aligning yourself with champions, good attitudes and finishing off rounds, or in his words "finishing like a Rebel."
Finally Andres talks about finding fairways and greens and the importance of Driving Accuracy and Greens in Regulation.
You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@MarkImmelman

Brandon Isbell is an Associate Pastor with Church of the Highlands. Based in Auburn, Alabama he leads and mentors numerous people and mentors and counsels many tournament and PGA TOUR golfers.
"Pastor Izzy" joins #OntheMark to talk about mental and emotional challenges that life, and golf, present. As an overarching topic, Brandon addresses how Faith can become, and oftentimes is, the cornerstone of every challenging endeavour, and how it can help you navigate your way to success.
In his discussion about Faith he delves into the following circumstances:
The game of Golf and its inherently unpredictable nature and how unsurety and doubt are a very real part of the game.
Preparing with no concrete guarantees for success.
Finding trust in your preparation and approach.
Building resilience and how to "keep going" when times get tough.
How to lift your mood and countenance amidst challenges.
Building a habit of finding the positive in every situation and challenge, and
Contrasting Optimists, Pessimists and Realists.
He also talks about the discipline of "Shifting Perspectives and Finding Joy" in life and in golf, and he shares skills and ways to do that for a happier, more purpose-driven life and life in golf.