Kelvin Kelley Golf 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==

Dr. Lembke is the author of the book “Dopamine Nation” featured on the Andrew Huberman podcast and a professor at Stanford. We chat about her book and how dopamine works in the brain when pursuing a goal. With health and lifestyle playing such a role on our golf game she was a great person to chat with. Dr. Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. Dr. Lembke appeared in the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives. https://www.annalembke.com/dopamine-nation

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. In this conversation we discuss the art of developing, training and performing for optimal performance on the golf course. More information on Practice Thinkers and Stuart can be found in the link below. 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

Had a wonderful chat on how the body should move with Dr. Mark Bull. Mark holds a PhD in Sport, exercise and rehabilitation science from Birmingham University and is also a full member of the British PGA. Mark developed and designed Bull3D and is a pioneer in the world of human movement and golf swing performance allowing him to provide innovative sport science and biomechanical services to golf. Mark’s main areas of interest and continued research are why players move and swing the way they do and what influences the players swing and performance, including areas such as anatomy, physiology, neurological learning and how areas such as our experiences, perceptions, concepts and beliefs have a significant influence on how we swing and perform. Therefore, this allows for a fully embracing approach to player development. More information on Mark and the academy can be found at: https://bull3d.net

A great conversation with performance coach Iain Highfield. Iain has over 10 years of expertise educating and inspiring golfers to create psychological habits of excellence through his mental conditioning and effective practice programs. In the conversation we discuss the best ways to train a new movement and the best parts of his book. More information can be found on Iain on the link below. https://www.kohrgolf.com/sessions/iain-highfield/

Gavin Coles is an Australian professional golfer. Gavin is a five-time winner on the Nationwide Tour/Korn Ferry Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 2002, 2004 and 2006 and the PGA Tour in 2003, 2005 and 2007. We chat about his upbringing in the the game, battling adversity, the evolution of his golf swing and his current teaching philosophies. More information on Gavin can be found below. https://gavincoles.com

James Sieckmann is a short game and putting guru that works with several PGA Tour and LIV players. James and I talk about certain short game shots and what he sees in good putting strokes. We also talk some simple putting drills that are great for practice. More on James below. https://jsegolfacademy.com www.kelleygolf.com

A great conversation with three-time major winner and former number one player in world Nick Price. Nick was winner of the ‘92 PGA Championship, ‘94 Open, and ‘94 PGA Championship. We discuss the evolution of his golf swing and the process of making swing changes. Nick also talks about never losing awareness to the target on the golf course. https://www.nickprice.com www.kelleygolf.com

Had a really cool conversation with golf coach David Leadbetter. We discuss the importance of the takeaway in the golf swing and his new training aid called the “Straightaway”. We also chat about his work with Nick Faldo and dive into his teaching philosophies. More information on David below. https://instagram.com/davidleadbetter?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Paul Gow is an Australian professional golfer. Paul played on the PGA tour and won three times on the Nationwide Tour. He currently resides in Australia and is the host of Fox Sports How Good Is Golf TV. We had a great conversation and discuss his journey from Australia to the U.S and the evolution of his golf swing. More information on Paul can be found at: https://instagram.com/howgoodisgolftv?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== https://twitter.com/paulgow?s=21&t=6hEuSjpj5ZxgNfgaV1D4Tw

Had a great chat with Dr. Rick Sessinghaus. Rick is the founder of FlowCode and is the lifelong swing and mental game coach of Colin Morikawa. He is the expert on the mindset principles that make or break performance on and off the course. His coaching has helped top junior, collegiate, and professional golfers reach new levels of performance. Rick has also provided seminars and consulting to business teams and leaders improving their bottom line. More information on Rick can be found in the link below. https://www.ricksessinghaus.com www.flowcode.golf

A great conversation with golf coach Luke Ringrose who is based out of the U.K. Luke and I discuss his philosophy on coaching, teaching the golf swing, and how working on the same few tendencies in your swing is actually a good thing. His students are known to have simple golf swings. We also discuss how Luke stills enjoys playing and competing. Luke can be found at: Luke@rightsidedgolf.com https://instagram.com/rightsidedgolf?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Had a great conversation with golf coach Gary Edwin. We discuss how he developed his teaching philosophy over the years and the swings that influenced him the most. This would include the swing patterns of Peter Thomson, Ben Hogan and Kel Nagle. We also chat about he goes about fixing golf swings, where to look first, and the importance of getting things right at the start. Gary runs his own teaching academy in Queensland, Australia. More can be found at https://www.garyedwin.com

Phil Richards is a world renown strength, conditioning and nutrition expert. Phil has written four books including “Ultimate Strength and Conditioning Book, My Story.” Phil works at the highest level of professional sport and in multiple sports. We cover a wide range of topics including strength conditioning for golf, mental health, and nutrition. Phil has an incredible life story as well. More on Phil can be found at https://philrichardsnutritionlab.co.uk/online-coaching-with-phil-richards/