Making A Club Champion Podcast

A very rare and special interview featuring; Malcolm Lewis, Silver Medal Leading Amateur The (British) Open at Troon 1982 (St Andrews 1978) and Sam Jarman author of The Three Principles of Outstanding Golf, join us for a discussion around the deep mindset of golf, our egos, our identity, and what It really means to play the game. 

This is one of my favorite interviews to date, I hope you all enjoy!

Jayne’s expertise is based on over 30 years’ practice and professional coaching in Buddhist meditation and Tai Chi.

For almost two decades she has worked with golfers, tennis players and sports-people from many other disciples,  helping them understand eastern principles and deep practice techniques for connecting mind and body to perform in the zone.

This experience is backed up with 19 years independent research and development of her unique Chi-Performance coaching model, which has been tried, tested and proven to enhance complex movement skills during high-pressure situations by bringing together mind and body, mental game and technique.

A background of a MSc level education within the area of sport and exercise psychology, published research and numerous years of applied experience (most notably working in the USA with various Olympic and Paralympic athletes), has led to Ben becoming part of Professor Steve Peters’ team at Chimp Management Ltd.

Ben is a British Psychological Society (BPS) member status psychologist in elite sport and to date has effectively applied the principles of Professor Peters’ mind management model within various Olympic sports, Premiership football, Nissan GT Motor racing, elite international equestrian, and currently on the PGA European tour with 3 professional golfers, one of which is a former world number 1 golfer. Ben specializes in supporting athletes to develop resilience and optimally perform in difficult environments whilst under pressure

After two decades on tour and six European Tour wins, Simon Dyson takes us through his journey from playing on tour to pro teaching.  Fitness, course management, psychology and simply getting to know your game better – every single part of the game a player needs to improve.  In this episode, we break down everything he learned playing on the tour. 

Lynn Marriott is co-founder of VISION54, a breakthrough program and golf school based at Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Lynn and Pia (co-founder – you listen to Pia episode – here) are internationally recognized, are the two highest-ranked female instructors in America, and are both regularly featured among Golf Digest’s Top 50 Greatest Teachers.

Lynn and Pia have coached players to well over one hundred tour victories on the LPGA Tour, PGA Tour, European Tour, Ladies European Tour, and Japan Tour. They’ve coached nine different major winners and four #1 ranked players in the world.

Pia Nilsson is co-founder of VISION54, a breakthrough program and golf school based at Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Along with her co founder - Lynn and Pia are internationally recognized, are the two highest ranked female instructors in America, and are both regularly featured among Golf Digest's Top 50 Greatest Teachers.

VISION54's Golf Schools, 54GOLF, have been awarded the "Best Golf School in America" multiple times. VISION54's Coach Programs, 54COACH, have repeatedly received the highest marks by peers of training for teachers / coaches.

Lynn and Pia have coached players to well over one hundred tour victories on the LPGA Tour, PGA Tour, European Tour, Ladies European Tour, and Japan Tour. They've coached nine different major winners and four #1 ranked players in the world.

They are the authors of four best-selling books, including their newest release Be A Player.

Dr. Joseph Parent is a renowned expert in Performance Psychology and has coached the mental game in golf, business, and life for over 40 years.

Dr. Parent has worked with major champions, many other top golf professionals, and amateurs at every level. He has the singular distinction of coaching both a man (Vijay Singh) and a woman (Cristie Kerr) to #1 in the World Golf Ranking. Golf Digest magazine honored Dr. Parent in their list of “Top Mental Game Experts” in the world.

A former Cardinal standout student-athlete and touring golf professional is Stanford’s Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf. The 2019-20 season marks his 16th on The Farm. 

Ray qualified for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst in 2005. He has played on the Nationwide Tour and other world tours since 1998, achieving 12 top-10 finishes. 

Conrad played on the same team as Tiger Woods and Notah Begay during his time at Stanford. 

Ray is a 1997 graduate of Stanford where he earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and received the 2017 Significant Sig Award from the Sigma Chi national fraternity. In 2011, Ray was inducted into the NCGA Hall of Fame.

David MacKenzie is a Mental Coach and the founder of Golf State of Mind. He currently works with golfers on the PGA Tour, Web.com Tour, European Tour, Challenge Tour, LPGA and LET, along with many elite juniors and amateur golfers of all levels.

Throughout David’s playing career, he learned quickly how attitude, self-belief, focus and mental toughness affect performance in golf. He knew that was the major difference between his average and great rounds. But the question was: “How does one improve these mental skills and achieve “the zone” more often?”

While studying at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, David began in-depth research into sports psychology and how elite performers apply their minds to practice and play. He interviewed hundreds of elite golfers and sports psychologists. He shared what he discovered via his website, “Golf State of Mind” and it quickly resonated with golfers of all levels. Golf State of Mind is now the most popular resource for mental coaching for golf on the web, with over 350 articles published. David has also been published in Golf Digest, Golf WRX and Golf Tips Magazine. 

David is able to effectively communicate the mental and emotional process that elite players are able to achieve on the course, which helps them succeed. Although there are fundamentals to his approach, all players are different in what they need to focus on during a round and what brings out their best performances. For this reason, the Golf State of Mind is a “player-centric approach” that finds the best process for each individual.

David now has over 10 years of experience working as a mental coach for golf. His mental coaching system is taught one on one (in person or remotely), in a group setting, and via his digital mental game training products and books. His system develops mental toughness, improves emotional control and teaches golfers how to stay focused on what’s most important to maximize their chance of success. 

Sam Jarman is a PGA golf professional, coach, author and speaker. He played full time golf for ten years as an elite amateur and professionally before beginning his coaching career. He now helps golfers of all levels from club players to Tournament Professionals. He also works with football, cricket and rugby clubs and coaches and players from other sports. He still plays competitive golf at PGA regional level.