On the Mark Golf Podcast

Kevin Prentice is a former Professional Golfer, and Golf Instructor. His journey in golf is incredible and reads like a movie-script. From working in a Lumber Mill to playing in the US Open alongside Johnny Miller and Raymond Floyd two years later, Kevin’s story is one of resilience, hard work, serendipitous meetings, and an open and curious mind.

He joins #OntheMark to tell his story and share lessons he learned from legendary golf instructors like Henry Picard, Gardner Dickinson and Alex Morrison. Stay tuned for golf-swing insights and lessons on how Ben Hogan swung the golf-club.

Insights include:

1. A lesson from Tony Pena on Alignment and Swing Path
2. A lesson from Jack Grout, Jack Nicklaus’s teacher, on Footwork and a Steady Head
3. Lessons from Henry Picard on - Shaft Lean, Hitting Irons Softly, Self-discovery and Asking Good Technique Questions, and
4. Principle-based Teaching, and Golf Lessons from Gardner Dickinson and David Lee of Gravity Golf.

Kevin's experience and anecdotes share age-old truths about game improvement, and his goal is to share his treasure trove of insights from some of the brightest minds in the game. He will regale you with stories laden with golf nuggets while dispelling some of the "internet golf instruction" from the “Golf Swing Charlatans” as he calls them.

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Tom Patri is a respected PGA Professional and the Director of Player Development at Twin Eagles Club in Naples, FL.

Tom is a Golf Digest and Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and is sought out by players of all skill levels for help with their games. The main reason being that he is a player’s teacher, having played as a Tour Professional for a portion of his career.

Tom brings his experience and insight to the #OntheMark podcast to help you sharpen up your understanding of what it takes to play your best golf when it matters most. Among various game improvement topics he elaborates on: Golf Swing Methods and what to look out for

• Picking “Your" Path to develop Consistent Shotmaking
• Footwork and Good Balance
• Unhurried yet Purpose-driven Pre-Shot Routines
• Keys for Center Strikes
• Understanding Swing Feels
• Playing Golf over Golf-Swing
• Trusting Technique Changes, and
• Understanding and Avoiding Situational Mistakes.

This podcast will enlighten you and put you on a path to a more cerebral and correct approach to your game and your technique. As an alternative to this audio version, you can watch it on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Laura King specializes in personalized coaching programs that combine hypnosis, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and proven cognitive techniques to help clients to:

• Enhance mental resilience, focus, and confidence 
• Overcome performance anxiety, fears, and self-doubt 
• Improve habits, health, and overall well-being
• Strengthen motivation and consistency for long-term success , and
• Cultivate a positive mindset that drives personal and professional growth.

Laura brings over 25 years of experience to the #OntheMark podcast and shares her 6 Keys to Awesome Golf.

1. Moving Your Physical State from Tense to Relaxed
2. Changing Inner Monologue from Negative to Empowering
3. Moving Focus from Scattered to Optimal
4. Changing Emotions from Apprehensive to Assured
5. Improving Mentally from Terrified to Intrepid, and 
6. Changing Expectations from Awful to Awesome.

This podcast is sure to change your thought-life and mindset to set you on a path to better, more consistent golf.  Download or watch it on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Brian Harman is a 4x winner on the PGA Tour, and The 2023 Open Champion. 

The former "Champion Golfer of the Year" joins Mark Immelman to dive into his life in golf, lessons learned, and experiences shared.  You are certain to be entertained and informed as he talks about an extensive array of golf and game improvement elements incl:

• Junior Golf and Winning the 2003 US (USGA) Junior Amateur
• Advice for Junior Golfers and Parents
• NCAA Golf in College and Lessons Learned at The University of Georgia
• Playing on the professional Mini Tours
• Winning on the PGA TOUR and Overcoming Obstacles and Nerves
• Competing against the Power Game as a Shorter Hitter
• Winning the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake)
• MatchPlay and Playing in the Ryder Cup
• Improving Play from 100 Yards and Closer to the Target
• Practice, Preparation and Pre-round Checks
• Course Management, Maintaining Momentum and Making the Best with What You Have, and
• Self Belief and Having a Healthy Relationship with Failure.

Brian descibes himself as a deep thinker and an "onion" as there are a lot of layers to him, and we are sure you will enjoy this podcast as much as you learn from it. 

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Alex Trujillo is the Director of Sales and Fitting for JumboMax Grips. Formerly, a PGA TOUR representative for FlightScope Golf, Alex is one of the best golf data analysts and advisors in the game, and he has parlayed his extensive ballistics and golfclub-performance knowledge and experience into the world of grips and their influence on the performance of a golfclub.

Alex joins #OntheMark to introduce JumboMax grips and describe the advantages of using a weighted, oversized grip as it pertains to increased clubhead speed and clubface control.

He explains the influence and effects of the grips as follows:

• How shot patterns can be tightened and straightened with different weighting of the grip
• How counter-balanced grips have been, and are, used but some of the great ball-strikers like Jack Nicklaus, Bryson DeChambeau and Sergio Garcia. 
• The weight and swing-weight of a golfclub and how a grip, and its mass can influence those.
• The size effect of a grip and how it promotes a better hold on the club, more control of shot patterns by affecting clubface rates of closure, and how is can reduce hand and wrist injury and pain.

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Adrian Rietveld is the Senior Manager for Global Tour Operations for TaylorMade Golf.  He is also the Equipment Specialist for PGA TOUR stars such as Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Collin Morikawa.

Adrian joins Mark Immelman to discuss how using the appropriate Golf Equipment and engagin in personalized Club Fitting can help to improve ball-striking, trajectory control, power and consistency.

As he shares insights on golf equipment throughout the bag, he tells stories from the TaylorMade Tour Truck with anecdotes from Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy. 

He also dives into the following equipment and game improvement topics:

• Proper Club-fitting Practices
• The Performance Influence of Grips
• The Performance Influence of Shafts
• The Performance Influence of Clubheads
• Reconciling "Feel" vs Data Insights when selecting Equipment
• The Value of Aesthetics, Feel and Sound in Club selection
• What to Look for during a Club-fitting
• Lofts and Lies and their Influence on Trajectory and Control
• Managing Clubhead Speed and Rhythm, and
• Blending Power and Accuracy in Club Selection.

This podcast with Adrian will entertain and inform, and put you on a path to getting the correct equipment in your hands so that you can perform your best. 

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Jon Tattersall makes his second appearance on the #OntheMark podcast as he joins Mark Immelman to discuss some misunderstood moves and elements in a powerful, consistent golf-swing.

Originally from Northwest England, Jon is a highly respected and decorated instructor who co-founded and operates Fusion ATL in Atlanta, GA. USA. He is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, a Golf Digest Top 50 Instructor and a former Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year.

Jon and his team have worked with numerous elite golfers including Major Champions, PGA TOUR, LPGA and European Tour winners and Ryder Cup and Presidents Cuppers. His insight and knowledge are second to none and, with the help of his data research, he makes sense of a number of misunderstandings in the golf swing, incl.:

1. Body Rotation/Pivot and how much Rotation actually takes place in the golf-swing
2. Shaft Lean, and the illusion thereof
3. Lag, and the illusion thereof
4. The correct and appropriate Timing of the Swing, and
5. Body Tilts and the correct Arc of the swing

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Michael Cromie is a former NCAA Division I golfer at the University of Georgia.  After graduating from UGA, Mike played competitive golf for a short while, but pivoted away from the profession when PGA TOUR winner, Chris Kirk, hired him as a part-time caddy.   

After some quick success together Mike decided to become a full-time caddy for Kirk and the Georgia couple has been together for multiple seasons since.

In late 2025 Mike also worked for Scottie Scheffler when Scottie won the BMW Championship, and he joins #OntheMark to share lessons from Kirk and Scheffler.  Apart from insights as to how Scottie and Chris approach practice, course management, and mindset, Mike also talks about the following keys to better golf:

• The Biggest Mistake he sees Amateurs make - Carry Distance vs Total Distance and Distance Control.
• What PGA TOUR Professionals do well - Adapting to Variable Enviroments and Hitting the Ball Pin-high.
• Intensity and Purpose behind Preparation
• Trusting your Instincts
• Speaking Success 
• Managing Ego
• Golf DNA and Understanding what you do Well
• Short-Game Practice and Variety
• Reading Greens and Putting, and
• Pre-and-Post Round Routines, and Pre-Shot Routines.

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Milo Lines is a PGA Professional, a Golf Digest "Best Teacher in State," and a former Tour Professional.

His philosophy on the golf swing is that there is crossover, especially in sports involving hitting and throwing, with golf and the golf swing.  As a teacher his goal is to apply the athletic skills you already have and teach you the skills you need in order to improve as a golfer. 

He joins #OntheMark to help you apply your athletic instinct and experiences to make your golf swing more athletic and effective.

Milo shares his "5 Key Elements" to an athletic approach to the golf swing:

1. ALIGNING - Grip, Aim and Alignment
2. SEQUENCING - Swing Triggers, Timing, Rhythm and Tempo
3. WINDING - Turning and Tilting athletically
4. LOADING - The Athletic approach to the Transition and Change of Direction
5. UNLEASHING - The Automatic Release of the club thanks to proper Sequencing, Winding and Loading.

Milo also illustrates PGA TOUR examples such as Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus as athletic swing models, and teaches you a Drill (Laddering) that will improve your practice and unleash your inner athlete.

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Kyle Berkshire is a professional golfer and a 4x World Long Driving Champion.  He is not only powerful off the tee (holding the World Record with a drive of 579.3 yards), he is also an accomplished golfer having won the MIAA State High School Championship (Maryland), and playing NCAA College Golf at the University of North Texas.

Kyle joins #OntheMark to share his journey in golf and share tips and insights on how to gain more Clubhead Speed for longer tee-shots.  He elaborates on countless topics for Long Driving including:

• The Best Lesson ever got to hit the ball farther
• The Mindset to long driving
• Proper Speed Training
• Golfswing Efficiency for speed and power
• The importance of the Quality of Strike
• Dynamic Loft and Launch Angle for aerodynamics
• Clubface Design and Club-Fitting
• Muscle Maturity
• Mobility and Weight-lifting, and
• Ground Reaction Forces (GRF) and using proper Footwork for momentum.

Kyle also shares stories from time spent with Bryson DeChambeau; the Rule of Thumb for CHS/Distance Gains, and the importance of paying attention to Smash Factor for distance efficiency.

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