In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by newly professional golfer Dax Isbell for a thoughtful and inspiring conversation about competitive golf, pressure, faith, failure, process, and what it really takes to access your skills when the stakes are high.

Dax recently earned his first professional victory on the GPro Tour in just his fourth start. He shares what he has already learned from making cuts, missing cuts, playing for money, handling pressure, and trying to stay aggressive when the natural temptation is to protect.

Mark and Dax discuss why the pressure of making a cut can sometimes feel heavier than the pressure of trying to win, and Dax explains how golfers can get trapped in “prevent defense” instead of continuing to play with freedom and intent. The conversation also goes deeper than swing mechanics. Dax shares how his faith shapes his approach to golf, why he believes identity cannot be tied to scores or results, and how his daily system of belief, consistency, preparation, and execution is helping him grow as both a player and a person.

This episode is packed with wisdom for competitive golfers, junior golfers, parents, coaches, and any player who wants to better understand how to practice, compete, fail, reset, and keep pursuing the game with purpose.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

🎙️ What Dax learned from making his first professional cut.

🎙️ Why missed cuts can become distracting if golfers attach too much identity to them.

🎙️ How playing for money changes the pressure of professional golf.

🎙️ Why the Friday cut line can create more tension than Sunday contention.

🎙️ The danger of playing “prevent defense” on the golf course.

🎙️ Why aggressive intent matters under pressure.

🎙️ How to play in alignment with the way you are designed as a golfer.

🎙️ Why golf is what you do, not who you are.

🎙️ How faith helps Dax process success, failure, frustration, and expectation.

🎙️ Why skill development and skill access are two different things.

🎙️ What Dax believes are the key skills in golf: driving, wedges, approach play, chipping, and putting.

🎙️ Why wedges are one of the most important money-making skills.

🎙️ Why players should practice in ways that force them to compete.

🎙️ The four layers of Dax’s system: belief, consistency, preparation, and execution.

🎙️ How language and belief shape competitive performance.

🎙️ Why “sucky practice” is not necessarily bad practice.

🎙️ Why every shot needs to matter, but not destroy you if it goes wrong.

🎙️ How nutrition and hydration can save shots during a round.

🎙️ Why junior golfers should understand how their behavior affects opportunity, and

🎙️ What Dax would tell his future self if his golf career ended tomorrow.

Key Takeaways:

• Golfers lose more than they win, so identity cannot be tied to scores, cuts, or trophies.
• The pressure to make a cut can cause players to steer the ball instead of swinging with commitment. Playing smart does not mean playing scared.
• Golfers must learn how they personally perform best under pressure.
• Developing skill is only part of the equation; accessing skill when the lights come on is another skill entirely.
• Wedges, putting, chipping, driving, and approach play all require specific attention.
• Competitive practice should include winning and losing, not just hitting pretty shots.
• Belief is built through the stories you tell yourself about who God is, what He has done, and how He made you.
• Every shot should matter enough to earn your full attention, but not so much that it wrecks you emotionally.
• Fuel matters. Eating and drinking consistently during a round can help players think clearly and compete better.
• Golf exposes character, which is why it can be such a powerful teacher.
• The goal is not just to play better golf, but to pursue the game faithfully and authentically.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by golf coach and content creator Brandon Bauman, known online as @coach_bauman, for a practical and entertaining conversation about simplifying the golf swing and playing better golf with clearer intention.

Brandon shares his approach to mental resets, swing balance, tempo, timing, leg action, speed, wind management, and playing smarter golf. His coaching style is simple, direct, and easy to apply, making complex golf concepts easier to understand for players of all levels.

The conversation begins with one of the most important parts of scoring: how to reset mentally after mistakes. Brandon explains how he breaks a round into three-hole matches, uses physical restart cues, and “reintroduces” himself on the tee to create a fresh start during competitive rounds.

From there, Mark and Brandon dive into the four pillars of the golf swing: timing, tempo, rhythm, and balance. Brandon explains why tempo does not mean slow, why a balanced finish still matters, how relaxed arms can create more speed, and why golfers should stop forcing speed with tension and handle drag. They also cover practical drills for better sequencing, improved leg action, more efficient speed, and better wind strategy.

If you want to simplify your golf swing, reset your mind, and play with more conviction, this episode is packed with takeaways you can bring straight to the range or course.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• How to reset mentally after a bad shot, hole, or stretch of holes
• Why Brandon plays six three-hole matches during a round
• How physical reset cues can help you start fresh mid-round
• Why golfers need to learn how to “plug in” and “plug out” mentally
• Why balance remains one of the key pillars of the golf swing
• What a good finish position can tell you about your swing
• Why tempo does not mean swinging slowly
• How your personality can influence your ideal swing tempo
• Why handle-dragging can actually slow the clubhead down
• How timing and sequence can improve with a simple pause drill
• Why relaxed arms can help you swing faster
• How to use leg action correctly for power
• Why "sitting down" in the backswing can hurt your downswing sequence
• How one-handed swings can improve speed and release
• Why throwing the club can help golfers understand the “slot”
• How to adjust properly for wind, and
• Why golfers should play to carry numbers, not total distance.

Key Takeaways:

1. Mental resets are a skill, and they can be trained.
2. Breaking a round into three-hole matches can help golfers stay present.
3. Physical cues like changing gloves, changing tees, or marking the scorecard can signal a fresh start.
4. You cannot stay fully “plugged in” for four or five hours, so learn when to focus and when to relax.
5. The four pillars of the golf swing are timing, tempo, rhythm, and balance.
6. Tempo does not mean slow; it means the club and body are working together efficiently.
7. Your swing tempo should fit your personality and natural pace.
8. A balanced finish is still one of the best indicators of an efficient swing.
9. Speed comes from sequence, leverage, release, and relaxation — not brute force.
10. Pause drills and one-handed swings can help golfers find better timing.
11. The legs should work in the correct order: load, move down, then extend through impact.
12. Into the wind, the ball loses more distance than many golfers expect, and Downwind does not help as much as the wind hurts into you.
13. Playing to carry numbers instead of finish numbers can improve decision-making and scoring.

This episode of the OntheMark Podcast is loaded with simple, beneficial and easy to learn and apply golf-improvement insights.  Share it with your friends and watch it on YouTube to see some of the demonstrations.  Search for and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by New York Times bestselling author Steve Eubanks to discuss his latest book, Godball — a powerful look at the growing movement of athletes speaking openly and boldly about their Christian faith.

Steve shares how the idea for Godball came from noticing a major shift in sports culture. What was once often limited to quick post-game “thank you” moments has become something much deeper: athletes using interviews, press conferences, social platforms, and public moments to share their faith stories with clarity, conviction, and courage.

Mark and Steve explore why this movement is happening now, how athletes are helping lead a renewed interest in faith, and why performance, trophies, wins, and careers can never fully define a person. From Scottie Scheffler and Bernhard Langer to Rose Zhang, Kirk Cousins, Dusty Baker, Dottie Pepper, and Betsy King, the conversation highlights athletes who understand that what they do is not who they are. This episode is a thoughtful conversation about faith, identity, peace, pressure, grace, revival, and the unique platform sports provides for sharing something eternal.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

• What inspired Steve Eubanks to write Godball
• Why athletes are becoming more outspoken about their faith
• How sports have become a platform for revival and spiritual conversation
• Why modern athletes are moving beyond surface-level faith comments
• How Scottie Scheffler models identity beyond performance
• Why trophies and wins cannot fill the deeper spiritual need
• How Gen Z and Gen Alpha are responding to authentic faith
• Why young men are helping drive a renewed interest in church and Scripture
• How COVID changed many athletes’ view of time, calling, and platform
• Why peace is essential for athletes performing under pressure
• How faith helps competitors handle failure, transition, and identity loss
• Why grace, redemption, and spiritual grounding matter in sports and life.

Key Takeaways: 

1. Athletes are using their platforms more intentionally to share their faith.
2. Performance may define what an athlete does, but it should never define who they are.
3. Sports reveal merit, pressure, failure, discipline, and resilience in a very public way.
4. Many athletes are discovering that trophies do not provide lasting peace.
5. True peace does not come from positive thinking alone, but from a deeper spiritual foundation.
6. Younger generations are drawn to authenticity, and they can quickly recognize what is real.
7. Faith gives athletes a way to process success, failure, pressure, and life after competition.
8. The current faith movement in sports is not isolated — it is visible across golf, football, baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, and more.

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In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman returns from Scotland with fresh insight from a week of Links Golf, the Genesis Scottish Open, and Open Championship week. Mark breaks down Tom Kim’s impressive victory at the Genesis Scottish Open and shares what golfers of all levels can learn from his patience, maturity, shot-making, routine, and renewed approach to the game. After a period of searching, coaching changes, and mental clutter, Tom Kim found his way back by simplifying his swing, trusting his process, and accepting that even great work does not always produce immediate results.

Mark also dives into the unique demands of links golf: firm fairways, tight lies, pot bunkers, wind, trajectory control, creativity, patience, recovery, and attitude. Whether you are preparing for a golf trip, watching The Open Championship, or simply trying to improve your everyday game, this episode is packed with practical lessons you can apply immediately.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

1. What Tom Kim’s Scottish Open victory teaches golfers about patience and maturity.
2. Why good practice does not always guarantee good results.
3. How expectations can hurt your performance.
4. The “Golf Life Cycle” of good, indifferent, bad, indifferent, and good play.
5. Why you should not panic when your game starts trending downward.
6. How to identify your strengths, habits, and tendencies as a golfer.
7. Why short game and recovery skills are essential when your ball striking is off.
8. What Tom Kim changed in his swing to create more consistency.
9. How quiet wrists can help stabilize the club face.
10. A simple centered pivot drill you can do at home.
11. Why “Operation 30” can help golfers stop overthinking.
12. How to play firm, fast links conditions.
13. Why the chip-and-run is so valuable on tight lies.
14. How to vary trajectory and club selection in changing conditions.
15. When to use the putter from off the green, and
16. How to better understand and manage wind on the golf course.

Key Takeaways:

• Golf improvement is holistic. Fitness, energy, walking endurance, mindset, and swing mechanics all affect performance.
• Links golf rewards patience, creativity, recovery, and smart decision-making.
• Tom Kim’s win was a lesson in maturity, patience, conviction, and simplifying the mind.
• When your game gets shaky, return to your fundamentals instead of trying every quick fix.
• Great players make their bad days decent by relying on short game, putting, and smart course management.
• Quiet wrists can help improve club face control and ball striking consistency.
• A centered pivot can help improve contact, especially in wind.
• Doubt creates tension, and tension wrecks golf swings.
• A confident swing with the wrong club is often better than a doubtful swing with the right club.
• Wind hurts more than it helps, so plan accordingly, and
• Practicing different trajectories, uneven lies, and wind conditions can prepare you for real golf. 

This podcast is a one-stop shop where you will get game improvement insights, Links Golf insights and a nugget or two on how to deal with the inevitable slumps in golf.  Watch it on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, host Mark Immelman welcomes back Dr. Luke Benoit, golf instructor, motor learning expert, and creator of the RypStick, for a deep dive into one of golf’s biggest questions: Why is it so hard to change your swing — and why does your range game often disappear on the golf course? Luke shares insights from his upcoming book, The Golf Textbook, and explains how motor learning, biomechanics, practice design, and performance psychology all work together when golfers try to improve.

The conversation challenges common assumptions about practice, range work, swing changes, and the way golfers train. Instead of simply “hitting more balls,” Luke lays out a smarter path for building better patterns, transferring them to the course, and learning when to think mechanically — and when to play freely.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why your practice swing often looks better than your real swing.
• Why hitting range balls is not always the best way to change a motor pattern.
• How pressure changes your movement patterns on the golf course.
• Why golfers must separate swing-building practice from performance practice .
• The difference between changing your swing for tomorrow vs. changing it for 90 days from now.
• Why learning a new swing pattern may require practicing without a golf ball.
• How video feedback can help you build a new movement pattern faster.
• Why calibration is key to fixing slices, hooks, tops, shanks, and contact issues.
• The four zones of improvement: Construction, Calibration, Transfer, and Performance, and
• How to build a “firewall” between mechanical thinking and on-course performance.

Key Conversation Points:

1. Why Golf Swings Are Hard to Change Luke explains that golf swings are deeply ingrained motor patterns. Once a pattern has been built over time, it behaves almost like a riverbed: the movement naturally wants to return to the same path. To change it, golfers need to understand that they are not simply “trying a tip.” They are building a new pattern — and that takes the right environment, feedback, and repetition.

2. Why the Golf Ball Gets in the Way One of Luke’s biggest points is that the golf ball creates conflict. When a golfer is trying to change mechanics and hit a good shot at the same time, the brain often prioritizes the result of the ball over the new movement. That is why Luke recommends separating swing-building work from ball-striking work. If the goal is to change your movement, the ball may not matter early in the process.

3. Construction: Building the Swing The construction zone is where golfers build a new movement pattern. Luke says this is the time to think like an engineer. This is not about hitting perfect shots. It is about creating the movement correctly, using video, feedback, and intentional reps. Luke also explains the value of reverse chaining — learning the downswing before adding the backswing.

4. Calibration: Fixing Ball-Flight Biases Calibration is where golfers learn how to control impact. If you slice it, learn to hook it. If you hit it low, learn to hit it higher. If you hit the ground first, learn to hit the ball first. Mark and Luke emphasize that many ball-flight problems can be improved quickly when golfers understand impact opposites and stop overcomplicating the fix.

5. Transfer: Taking Practice to the Course The transfer zone is where practice starts to look more like golf. Instead of hitting the same shot repeatedly, golfers must learn to change targets, vary situations, and make practice feel closer to the course. This is where many golfers struggle because traditional range practice often rewards comfort instead of adaptability.

6. Performance: Playing Without Mechanical Overload The final zone is performance. On the course, Luke believes golfers need to trust their training, trust their routine, and stop trying to solve every swing issue mid-round. The goal is to create a firewall between mechanical practice and on-course performance so the golfer can play freely, even while working through a swing change.

This podcast is guaranteed to help you turn your practice into good scores.  Share it with your golf buddies, and watch it on YouTube by searching for and subscribing to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman is joined by Dutch Skiver, founder of Blind Strike Golf, for a wide-ranging conversation on how golfers can stop overthinking, quiet the mind, and learn to play with more feel, freedom, and trust.

Dutch’s teaching philosophy is refreshingly simple: golf does not need to be buried under technical jargon. Instead, better golf begins with clear communication, a reliable routine, and learning how to let the club do what it was designed to do — swing.

Mark and Dutch discuss the difference between instruction and coaching; why many golfers lose their natural motion when a ball is introduced, and how the right training aid can help a player feel the solution instead of drowning in more swing thoughts.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

 ✅ Why “impossible” in golf often becomes possible when the lesson is explained in a way the player can actually understand.

✅ The difference between instruction and coaching — and why golfers need more than just information.

✅ Dutch’s two core keys to improvement: build a great routine and find finish.

✅ Why golf clubs are designed to swing — not be over-controlled or manipulated.

✅ How the “hit impulse” changes a golfer’s motion when a ball is placed in front of them.

✅ Why putting and short-game struggles often begin with the eyes, tension, and early movement.

✅ How Dutch developed the Blind Strike training aids to help golfers quiet their vision, improve strike, and release the club more naturally.

✅ Why a released putter gives you a better chance to make putts than a held-off or manipulated stroke.

✅ How the Short Plate can help golfers better understand strike, bounce, landing point, and short-game contact.

Key Conversation Points:

1. Golf Improvement Starts with Better Communication - Dutch explains that every golfer thinks differently. A good coach should understand the player’s world and communicate in language that connects with them — instead of forcing the player into complicated golf terminology. 

2. Coaching Is More Than Giving Information - Dutch uses a powerful analogy: handing someone golf balls without a basket gives them no place to hold the information. Coaching gives the player a “basket” — a structure for applying what they learn. 

3. Routine and Finish Are Everything - Dutch believes golfers need two essentials: a great routine and a committed finish. If a player can build those, the swing can become more natural, repeatable, and less cluttered by technical thoughts. 

4. Practice Swing vs. Real Swing - Many golfers make beautiful practice swings, then change completely when the ball appears. Dutch explains that the mission shifts from “swing” to “hit,” and that change creates tension, manipulation, and poor contact. 

5. The Eyes Matter More Than Golfers Realize - Dutch and Mark discuss how early eye movement, peripheral vision, and the urge to “see the result” can disrupt putting, chipping, and pitching. The goal is to quiet the eyes long enough for the stroke or swing to complete. 

6. Let the Club Work - Dutch’s biggest message is that golf is not about overpowering the club with the body or the brain. Once golfers understand the club’s role, they can better understand their own role: allow the club to swing and respond with feel.

You can also watch Dutch demonstrate his lessons if you search and subscribe to Mark Immelman on YouTube.  Make you practice purpose-driven and productive, employ some simple to apply lessons from PGA Pro Dutch Skiver.

In this episode of On The Mark, host Mark Immelman is joined by South African golf instructor Rick Currin, who teaches in Malaysia and specializes in making golf simpler, more playable, and easier to improve.

Rick brings a biomechanics and sports science background to his coaching, but his message is refreshingly practical: stop overcomplicating the game, manage the course smarter, and build a swing and short game that help you avoid big numbers.

Mark and Rick walk through a “mini boot camp” for your whole game—course management, driver setup, iron play, pitching, bunker shots, lag putting, and short putts—with one clear goal: help golfers score better by making better decisions and executing simpler shots.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✅ Why avoiding double bogeys is one of the fastest ways to lower scores

✅ How to manage a golf course by playing to your strengths—not your ego

✅ Why “boring golf” can be the smartest path to better scores

✅ How better posture and setup can help you drive the ball more consistently

✅ Why irons should be treated like precision clubs, not power clubs

 ✅ A simple pitching key: narrow stance, toe down, rhythm, and less tension

✅ The bunker-shot mindset: speed and trust

✅ Why lag putting is an overlooked scoring skill—and how to practice it better, and

✅ How to improve short putts with a simple, repeatable routine.

Key Themes:

• Golf Made Simple - Rick’s coaching philosophy is built around cutting through overload. Instead of chasing every tip, golfers need simple, repeatable ideas they can actually use on the course.
• Course Management Saves Shots - You do not always need driver off the tee. Sometimes a 6-iron in play, followed by another smart shot, creates a better scoring opportunity than forcing driver into trouble. 
• Discipline Starts Before the Swing - Rick emphasizes discipline in the pre-shot routine and decision-making. Poor choices often begin before the club ever moves.
• Athletic Setup Matters - Better driving starts with posture, balance, and body readiness. Rick explains how rounded posture and tension can limit rotation and make it harder to square the face.
• Precision Over Power With irons and wedges - Rick encourages golfers to take an extra club, make a controlled swing, and focus on solid contact and dispersion—not maximum distance.
• Short Game Variety Wins - You do not always have to fly the ball to the hole. Rick prefers using the contours of the course, bump-and-run options, and different clubs around the green when the shot allows it.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman to watch it.

In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman welcomes back Will Stubbs from Zen Green Stage / Zen Swing Stage for a conversation that hits a major truth about modern golf: the game doesn’t have an attraction problem—it has a retention problem. Golf participation has surged, but most new players don’t stick—largely because golf is hard, practice isn’t realistic, and learning infrastructure hasn’t kept up with access.

Will breaks down the “practice gap”—why sterile range/simulator reps don’t translate to the real golf course where slopes, lies, turf conditions, and wind change everything. Then he shares actionable ways to improve faster: build situational awareness, train on uneven lies, and learn to read greens using a simple clock-face method that teaches you to see gravity like a blueprint.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

1. Why golf has a retention problem (not an attraction problem)
2. The stat that should shock everyone: only ~25–27% become “committed golfers”
3. Why most beginners never get lessons (and how golf learning hasn’t scaled)
4. The “practice gap”: why simulator/range practice can be misleading
5. Why slopes (not length) are a course’s greatest defense
6. A simple putting read framework: Zero-grade line + clock face
7. How Zen Green Stage helps golfers train compound breaks and real-world pace/reads
8. How Zen Swing Stage recreates your lie instantly after each shot in sim play
9. Why better practice turns fear into confidence (tension comes from doubt), and
10. Where to find Zen + resources.

Key Takeaways

• Access has exploded, learning hasn’t. More people try golf, but most don’t become committed players.
• Information ≠ understanding. Data is everywhere, but experience is what teaches.
• Practice should look like golf. If you only train flat lies, the course will expose you.
• Read greens by finding gravity first. The clock-face method simplifies the entire problem.
• Better puzzle-solvers score better. Golf is problem solving—practice needs variety and constraints.
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In this episode of On The Mark, Mark Immelman welcomes Carolin Pinegger (Austrian national team alum, UCF golfer, former LPGA/Symetra player, and now coach + social media star). Carolin shares what it was like competing on Big Break: Myrtle Beach—five weeks isolated, long production days, constant cameras—and why that experience made competitive golf feel easy by comparison.

From there, the episode becomes a masterclass on what really wrecks swings: Tension, driven by brain “traffic.” Carolin explains how to train your brain like a muscle, use breathing to shift from “red” (overstimulated) back to “green,” and build dependable systems that hold up under pressure.

Then she delivers a set of at-home drills (no range required) to improve grip, sequencing, pressure shift, and putting start line—using everyday items like a hammer, mirror, towels, and books.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover: 

• What Big Break pressure is really like (cameras, no phones, 3 hours sleep)
• Why tension happens — and how the brain’s “traffic” affects your body
• The mindset truth: You don’t rise to standards — you fall to systems
• How to move from “red” to “green” using belly breathing, and
• Why at-home motion training works (less “hit ball” mode, more learning.)

Carolin also share 5 Game Improvement drills you can do at home:

Drill #1: Hammer & Hinge (fix grip + wrist set, stop early elbow fold)

Drill #2: Backswing Sequence (Mirror) (hinge → arms → shoulders → hips)

Drill #3: Mirror Depth Check (hands near heels; match top position to your shot shape)

Drill #4: Flow / Pressure Shift (towels under feet for rhythm + movement)

Drill #5: Book Putting Gate (start-line training + “through” mindset.) 

Key Takeaways:

1. Your brain is trainable. Treat it like a muscle and build routines that lower “traffic.” 
2. Pressure kills feel. Systems hold up when nerves show up.
3. Grip + wrist function matter. Many swing issues start with the trail hand and early elbow fold.
4. Sequence starts in the backswing. Build separation in the backswing, then keep moving through.
5. Putting begins with start line. You can’t make it if you can’t start it on your intended line.

This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube.  In fact it is recommendable to watch it so you can learn exactly how to do the drills.  Search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

In this episode of On The Mark, host Mark Immelman is joined by David Bertoli (aka “Davide”) for a deep, visual-first breakdown of how the golf swing actually works in 3D—not as frozen “positions,” but as moving phases driven by what the body is doing internally.

David shares how his team built a 3D system that reveals the skeleton, muscles, and fascia in motion—so golfers and coaches can stop chasing a Rory/McIlroy “look” and start optimizing their movement pattern.

A major focus is David’s framework: the Six Phases of the Golf Swing, built around Center of Mass (COM) movement + Anatomy Trains / fascia chains. They explore why the pelvis is the engine, how COM moves (horizontally and vertically), why maximum unweighting matters for speed, and how “carefree” phase-based movement beats “careful” position-chasing every time.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

1. ✅ Why 3D changes everything: stop studying the club “outside,” start understanding the body “inside”
2. ✅ The difference between positions vs phases (and why a golf swing is a “moving sculpture”)
3. ✅ What Center of Mass actually is, where it sits, and why the pelvis is so tied to it
4. ✅ How COM moves in an “almost infinity-sign” pattern (and why it anticipates the club)
5. ✅ Why elite players get lower than address in transition (and how that fuels speed)
6. ✅ What fascia is (and why the body is a “full web”) + how anatomy chains store/release energy 
7. ✅ The Six Phases: from address → shaft parallel → pelvis rotation → top → max unweighting → impact → hands chest-high
8. ✅ A huge myth at impact: why you should not try to open shoulders as much as the ribcage, and
9. ✅ The “eccentric load” trio: core stretch, lead-shoulder stretch, lead-wrist stretch (and why thoracic rotation matters.) 

Key Takeaways

• Stop copying positions. Many great swings look different—but the best swings move through similar phases.
• Pelvis movement predicts swing quality. If the pelvis (and COM) moves well, the rest organizes more naturally. 
• Speed requires going down before going up. The best players drop lower than address, then push up fast into impact.
• Fascia matters. Efficient golf is stored energy → redirected forces → released energy, not “hit the ball harder.”
• Carefree beats careful. When golfers chase positions, they get tense; when they move through phases, they flow. 

After you have listened to this podcast, go to YouTube, search and subscribe to Mark Immelman and watch the show to see David's graphics and presentation of his golfswing research and how his "Phases of the Swing" work.