Kelvin Kelley Golf Podcast

Had a very meaningful conversation with Howard Glassman. Howard, commonly known as “Humble Howard”,  is a national radio host, a veteran stand-up comic and host of the golf podcast “Swing Thoughts”.

Being an avid listener to the Swing Thought podcast, I was excited to chat with Howard. We talk about life and golf after alcohol, the challenges of being sober and how golf can be a reflection of life. Make sure to check out the “Swing Thoughts” podcast. 

Had a cool conversation with putting specialist Preston Combs. Preston works with several players from the PGA, LIV and LPGA tour. We chat about what is the best type of putting stroke to learn, how to best practice putting and a common training being used. 

Preston was selected for the 2024 Golf Digest Best in State list, a recognition he has received since 2018. He has also been selected for the 2023 Golf Digest Young Best Teachers award since 2019 and been nominated for the Golf Digest Top 50 Teachers award. 

He has worked with winners on the PGA Tour, LIV Tour, LPGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, and numerous top collegiate players throughout his career. More on Preston can be found in the link below.

https://www.prestonsputting.com

Decades ago Michael Hebron played a key role in orchestrating the first PGA of America Teaching and Coaching Summit, bringing together over 700 instructors from 14 countries to share ideas on teaching methods. Following that event, Michael gained the nickname of "the teacher's teacher". 

Highly respected throughout the international golf community, Michael consults on golf instruction to PGA America, Switzerland, Italy, France, Finland, Canada, Japan, Sweden, India, Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Czech Republic, Spain, and Denmark. He has given instruction clinics at 30 PGA of America sections.  Through his dedication Michael earned the honored status of becoming the 23rd PGA of America Master Professional.

His book, See and Feel the Inside Move the Outside, was the first golf instruction book accepted as a PGA Master’s thesis.  Since then, he has written hundreds of articles for leading golf magazines and authored 4 other books and 3 DVDs.

Had Karl Morris back on to discuss key concepts used in his coaching for better performance on the golf course. We chat about the “Performance Triangle”, the art of acceptance on the golf course and the importance of daily gratitude. More information on Karl, the Mind Factor Course and the Mind Caddie app can be found in the links below. 

https://themindfactor.net

https://www.mindcaddie.golf

Had a brief chat with former PGA Tour player now turned golf coach Scott Gardiner. We talk about his journey to the PGA Tour and his golf swing. Scott has always had the admiration of other players for his quality ball-striking and simple looking swing.

Scott played on the European Tour from 2001 to 2003. He played on the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2012, where he won the 2010 Chattanooga Classic. After the 2012 season, he graduated to the PGA Tour and made his Tour debut at the 2013 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Gardiner is the first person of Aboriginal descent to earn a PGA Tour card. More information can be found on Scott and his coaching in the link below. 

https://www.instagram.com/scott_gardiner_golfinstruction?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Chief Practice Thinker and an Advanced member of the PGA of Great Britain and recognised by Golf Digest at one of the top international coaches.

Having started his full-time coaching career under the guidance of David Leadbetter, he became ever more interested in the science of how we learn, skill acquisition, motor control and how we practice.

Stuart has coached at all Majors in Golf, and at two Ryder cups. The work he does with professional golfers takes him all over the world.

His current work is to support Swiss Golf as their Performance Director for the professional team, to assist Robert Macintyre and Bernd Wiesberger with their Practice & Performance, whilst completing a Doctorate in Human Performance with the spotlight on Golf & Practice. 

https://www.practicethinkers.com/stuart-morgan

Founder of the “The Golf Institute” in Australia, Brad Lamb has developed his coaching knowledge from an extensive playing career and also working with some of the best coaches in the world.

Throughout the years, Brad was fortunate enough to work with some of Australia’s best coaches and players including Gary Edwin, Ross Herbert, Denis McDade and Dale Lynch.

Peter Senior, Rebecca Artis, Peter Lonard, Geoff Ogilvy, Aaron Baddeley, Brett Rumford and Scott Gardiner are just a small number of the players Brad has spent time with and was able to learn from.

Highlights of Brad’s playing career included a win in the 1996 NSW Amateur Championship, representing Australia at the 2000 Eisenhower Cup in Germany, a win in the 2000 Victorian Open Championship as an amateur, becoming the 2000 Australian Amateur Champion and playing in the 2008 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

In this conversation, we had a great chat about changing player’ patterns, simplifying the golf swing and making the golf swing more economical yet still dynamic at all levels. More information can be found on Brad in the link below.

https://thegolfinstitute.com.au

Kendal McWade is the founder of Instinctive Golf Coaching and “The Golf Hammer” training aid. He has committed the last 20 years of his life to understanding more about learning and how we can help players of all standards learn new skills and develop their games more naturally. He was convinced that a simple ball, stick and target game couldn’t be as difficult as we were making it, and he was determined to find a way of simplifying the coaching of the world’s most technical and over analyzed game. More on Kendal in the link below. 

https://instinctivegolfcoaching.co.uk/who-we-are/

Known as the “Yips Whisperer”, Jim Waldron is a nationally acclaimed golf teaching professional, mental game coach, author, and lecturer best known for his pioneering research on the mind/body connection approach to learning and teaching golf. His holistic approach to golf improvement blends swing and short game mechanics, mental focus skills, physical fitness and emotional state control.

In this conversation Jim and I discuss the importance of the mind/body connection, how to facilitate a swing change and what he learned from Ben Hogan. More on Jim below.

https://balancepointgolf.com/index.php/about-jim-waldron