Golf Beneath The Surface

In this week's episode of the Golf Beneath The Surface Podcast, Chase and Raymond sat down with Derek Deminsky. With his expertise in short game and backspin, Derek is known across professional golf as a short game expert and has helped players of all skill levels get better around the greens. Derek, who famously goes by @golfbettertucson on Instagram, has created quite the following with over 160,000 followers and over 50 million views. 

The conversation with Derek takes a deep dive into all things short game where the following topics were discussed: how to create spin, the yips, high pitch shots vs low spinning shots, Stricker vs Seve (no wrist set vs wrist set), ball first or ground first, mental vs technique and much much more! Enjoy!

For more information regarding Derek and his teaching, follow his handle @golfbettertucson on Instagram or visit his website www.golfbettertucson.com. 

In Episode 30 of The Golf Beneath the Surface Podcast, the boys answer more of your questions. Topics included but weren't limited to: Mirror Neurons vs Motor Neurons, Victims mindset, how to handle Q-School, and much more!

On this week's episode of the Golf Beneath The Surface Podcast, the boys sit down with one of the best club fitters in the world, Ian Fraser. The conversation takes a deep dive into the art and science of club fitting, the future of club fitting, how to find a great club fitter, indoor vs outdoor fittings, and much much more!

About Ian Fraser:

Ian has been working in the golf industry for 18 years, having turned professional shortly after leaving High School. Ian starting his fitting career with TaylorMade Europe. During his 8 years there — working in various Club Fitting roles — Ian helped golfers from all walks of life, from PGA Tour Players to complete beginners picking up a club for the first time. Before leaving, Ian helped design and operate the Taylormade Performance Lab at the world famous Turnberry Golf Resort. 

In late 2011, Ian was recruited by a Canadian Investment Group and was tasked with starting up a company called Modern Golf. In addition to being a minority shareholder, Ian was Head Club Fitter and Chief Technical Officer at Modern Golf. Four fantastic years were spent growing Modern Golf to become a prominent club fitting facility in Canada. Ian left Modern Golf in late 2015 to begin creating TXG. The goal envisioned by Ian was to deliver the same type of experience to golfers of all levels and to demonstrate that all golfers can benefit from proper equipment that is fit to their requirements and abilities. With this vision of becoming the industry leading experts in club fitting and building, Ian and his team opened their first store in Burlington Ontario. Shortly following that came the opening of the company’s flagship store in the northeast part of Toronto.

Follow Ian Fraser on Instagram: @ianfrasergolf

After a busy summer the boys are back for episode 28 of the Golf Beneath The Surface Podcast to talk about Focus and Breathing. 

What is focus? Why do we lose focus? How can we stay more focused during high intensity situations? Also how does breathing play a role in the ability to focus? Can it help? Are there different breathing techniques? Enjoy!

Episode 27 brings the boys back together with another Q & A episode. In this episode Chase and Doc answer the following questions:

Practicing to maximize performance. 

Handling bad weather / back luck with tee times (bad draws). 

How relaxation techniques don’t usually work. 

Rory at the US Open and acceptance… And much more. Enjoy! 

In Episode 26 of the Golf Beneath the Surface Podcast the boys sit down with Dr. Luke Benoit. Dr. Luke is the Director of Instruction at Interlachen Country Club in Edina MN. He has a PHD in motor learning, is an expert in Biomechanics, and is the founder of Ryp Golf; one of the biggest swing speed companies on the planet. 

The conversation starts with Dr. Luke's background and then takes a deep dive into his fascinating 7 step system to making swing changes.  If you have ever struggled making a swing change or want to start working on your swing, this episode is a must listen. Enjoy!

To learn more about Dr. Luke, go to www.lukebenoitgolf.com or rypstick.com. He is also active on instagram with the handle @dr.luke.benoit.golf

Our 25th episode of the Golf Beneath the Surface Podcast is another Q & A episode where Dr. Raymond Prior and Chase Cooper cover the following topics/questions...

1. How did Scottie play so well after getting arrested?

2. How did Xander finally get it done after being so close for so long? 

3. Nelly Korda's recent run of great play. How does she manage the expectations and the pressure? 

4. What conversations would we have with Morikawa after falling short in the last two majors?

And last but not least we answered some of your questions from our Habits series. Enjoy!

In this week's episode of The Golf Beneath the Surface Podcast, the boys are joined by the 2019 Canadian PGA Teacher of the Year, Scott Cowx. Scott is recognized worldwide as one of the top coaches in golf. His expertise in swing geometry, biomechanics, physiology, and motor skills has drawn the attention of top players and coaches. He has  developed 'Scott Cowx Certified' a certification program to help train golf instructors globally, where he has certified over 3500. 

The conversation spans from how Scott got starting in the game, his successes and struggles as a player, how he coaches tour players, to the differences between planar and non-planar swings. Enjoy!

To learn more about Scott and his coaching, please visit his Instagram page: @ScottCowxCertified

In the final episode of our 3 part Habits series, Dr. Raymond Prior and Chase Cooper discuss the final stage of habit mapping: Upgrading from the old "bad" habit to the new "good" habit. Episode 1 focused on the anatomy of a habit (trigger, behavior, reward). Episode 2 focused on the rewards, what we get from these rewards and what they feel like . In this episode, it's all about the upgrade. Can we give our brain a better option? They also discuss the three criteria needed for it to be a credible upgrade and also the 4 main options for upgrades. Enjoy!

In part 2 of our 3 part series on Habits, Dr. Raymond Prior and Chase Cooper take a closer look at the rewards we are getting from our habits. In last week's episode (habits 101), we identified what a habit actually is and discussed the differences between behaviors and habits. In this episode, we start to break down the first step in changing our habits, and that is identifying how these habits make us feel and what benefit we are getting from them (both the good and the bad). Enoy!