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. Jayne is author of the book Breathe Golf.

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.

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 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.

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. 

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.

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.

Adam has studied everything from motor learning research to brain function. He combines knowledge in many different fields to make a more coherent picture of the golfer. Adam possesses a sound understanding of the technical elements of the swing, yet understands that great golf is much more than just the way you swing the club.

Gary Wolstenholme is a sporting legend, and the last of a dying breed - the career amateur golfer. He has played in the Walker Cup six times, represented England on no less than 218 occasions, won the Amateur Championship twice, and has been head to head with Tiger Woods...and beaten him.

Professional golfer, truck driver, session musician, abattoir laborer, digger of holes in roads, programmer, IT sales whizz, director of corporate sales, performance coach, hypnotherapist, sales trainer and business consultant – Ross Mackenzie has had an amazing ride.

Aidan Moran has published extensively on these topics in high-impact journals in psychology, neuroscience, medicine and sport science. An author of 21 books (e.g., Manging Your Own Learning at University (3rd ed; UCD Press, 2018) and former psychologist to the Irish Olympic Squad, he has advised many of Ireland’s leading professional athletes/teams (e.g., triple Major winning golfer Pádraig Harrington; also Irish rugby team).

Josh Kaufman: The author of three bestselling books: Josh’s research focuses on business, entrepreneurship, skill acquisition, productivity, creativity, applied psychology, and practical wisdom. His unique, multidisciplinary approach to business mastery and rapid skill acquisition has helped millions of readers around the world learn essential concepts and skills on their own terms.

In this episode, I share all of my notes and lessons I learned whilst caddying at the "dreaded" European Tour Q-School over in Spain.  Q-School is one hell of an experience!  And if you can do it as a caddy, then even better. In this episode - I break down exactly how to be a caddy on the European Tour, and much, much more.  Hope you enjoy, 

Scott Gregory: Professional Golfer on the Challenge Tour. Attached to Corhampton Golf Club, coached by Simon Andrews and managed by Octagon. Scott has played in The US Open, The Masters and The Open Championship.  He was the winner of The British Amateur Championship and has also represented GB & I in the Walker Cup.  I wanted to interview Scott because I admired his work ethic.  Hope you enjoy and be inspired as I was.  Chris 

Dr Nicky Lumb specializes in golf practice, skill development, and performance enhancement.

The theme of this talk: Reading a putt is often best done intuitively and seen from the far side of the hole for determining the amount of break combined with the speed of the putt. So the same is true for life and is, in fact, an approach applicable for every situation in life. From playing in the Open Championship, Walker Cups and working with the best in business all around the world.  Enjoy :)  

Jonathan "Jigger" Thomson - How To Get On The European Tour An insight of what it takes to get on the European Tour featuring Jonathan "Jigger" Thompson.  Enjoy, 

"Not enough people do what they say they are going to do. Words do not mean an awful lot, it is your actions which are the key.  Stop bullshiting yourself.  If you want to do something, make a plan to do it, but actually, carry it out. Be accountable to yourself. So you can say to yourself. " I said I was going to do it and I did it,  that then transfers onto the golf course. " Dr Karl Morris 

I just sit down with somebody and see where they’re at – you get some sense of them and they get some sense of you, and together you collaborate.” – Dr. Brian Hemmings Dr. Brian Hemmings has been one of the most influential figures in English golf for the past two decades. For 16 years between 1997 and 2013, he was the lead psychologist to the England golf team, working with names such as Danny Willett, Chris Wood, and Ross Fisher. His work also extends well past the professional realm, as...

“How often do we speak to ourselves in a firm, aggressive voice when we wouldn’t dream of speaking like that to a friend? If we don’t speak like that to a friend why do we do it to ourselves? We’re not trying to hit a shank, we’re not trying to duff it three feet in front of ourselves. So why be so firm?” - Oscar Sharpe   As a child, Oscar Sharpe was a child prodigy. At just 10 years of age he boasted a handicap of 8 - by 11 this was down to 4, and by 13 he was off scratch. He was British...

“People will judge you on the players you work with and the success they have, but that’s not necessarily your success, that’s their success. And I think sometimes coaches get too much credit, and conversely, sometimes they get a little bit too much blame.” – Phil Kenyon Philip Kenyon is one of the most sought-after putting coaches in the world. His client list reads like a who’s who of the world’s best golfers and includes Rory Mcilroy, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Louis...