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On the Mark Golf Podcast

On the Mark Golf Podcast

By: Mark Immelman
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Mark Immelman, golf broadcaster, acclaimed instructor, and former college coach, delivers top insights to improve your golf game. He interviews PGA TOUR Players, DP World Tour Players, Swing Coaches, Caddies, Fitness and Mental coaches, Equipment Gurus, and more, giving listeners inside the ropes access to the very best minds in golf. Golf
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  • Swing the V: Jimmy Tropicana's Simple Method for Better Golf

    Swing the V: Jimmy Tropicana's Simple Method for Better Golf
    Oct 19 2026

    Golf doesn't have to be complicated.

    In this episode, Jimmy Tropicana joins Mark to explain how golfers can improve their swings, lower their scores and enjoy the game more by releasing tension, slowing down and replacing technical overload with simple, athletic movements.

    Jimmy demonstrates how swinging a golf club can feel as natural as hitting a tennis ball, riding a playground swing or rolling a bowling ball. He also shares several of his most memorable swing concepts, including "Swing the V," "Sheath the Sword," "Become a Statue" and "Wave to the Camera."

    Rather than chasing speed, perfect positions or complicated swing data, Jimmy encourages everyday golfers to focus on rhythm, tempo, balance and keeping the ball in play. He also explains the Tropicana Technique—his practical approach to playing smarter, avoiding unnecessary hero shots and moving the ball toward the hole one manageable shot at a time.

    In this episode, you'll learn:

    • Why a tennis racket can help you understand the golf swing

    • The difference between swinging the club and hitting at the ball

    • Why slowing down can improve contact, rhythm and consistency

    • How "Swing the V" helps quiet the hands and simplify the motion

    • Why "Sheath the Sword" promotes rotation and commitment

    • How finishing like a statue improves balance

    • A simple "Wave to the Camera" drill for controlling the clubface

    • Why precision and course management often matter more than power

    • How the Tropicana Technique helps golfers keep the ball in play

    • Why one clear swing thought is usually better than several technical cues.

    This podcast is also available on YouTube where you will be able to watch Jimmy demonstrate his swing drills.
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    53 mins
  • How to Add Clubhead Speed Without Wrecking Your Swing with Adam Harrell

    How to Add Clubhead Speed Without Wrecking Your Swing with Adam Harrell
    Oct 12 2026
    How do you create more clubhead speed without sacrificing center contact, control or the ability to repeat your swing under pressure? Mark Immelman sits down with respected golf instructor Adam Harrell, longtime coach of PGA TOUR player Michael Brennan, to explore the principles behind one of Mark's favorite swings in professional golf. Harrell began working with Brennan as a young player with aspirations of reaching the PGA TOUR. From the beginning, speed was intentional—but never at the expense of fundamentals. The result is a swing built around center contact, neutral fundamentals, an efficient clubhead orbit, proper release, rhythm and the freedom to let the club move fast. Throughout the conversation, Mark and Adam unpack how everyday golfers can apply those same principles to their own games. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why speed should be trained as a skillHow Michael Brennan developed clubhead speed from a young ageWhy center contact remains the foundation of distanceHow to increase speed without losing balance or controlWhy even a 1 mph improvement mattersHow a golfer's mental "governor" can limit speedWhy neutral fundamentals make a swing easier to repeat under pressureThe importance of grip, setup, ball position and takeawayHow the clubhead should naturally orbit around the golferWhy the body and club must work in harmonyHow the hands and arms contribute to speedWhy energy transfer matters more than simply moving your body fasterWhat golfers misunderstand about "flipping" and releasing the golf clubHow Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy demonstrate an effective releaseSimple drills for improving plane, release and clubhead speedHow a metronome can improve putting distance control and full-swing tempo. Key Takeaways: Speed Is a Skill You Can Train - One of the most important ideas Harrell introduced to Brennan as a junior was simple: go faster intentionally. Instead of hoping speed would appear as his technique developed, they measured clubhead speed, established numerical goals and practiced producing progressively more speed. But there was an important condition: speed still had to work alongside center contact and a functional golf swing.One Mile Per Hour Is Still Progress - Golfers often expect dramatic increases when beginning speed training. Harrell recommends a more patient approach. Establish your current maximum, try to beat it and gradually raise the ceiling. One additional mile per hour may not sound dramatic, but incremental gains accumulate—and a few extra miles per hour can eventually translate into meaningful additional distance.Sometimes You Need Permission to Go Faster - Harrell shares the example of a 14-year-old student already swinging her driver around 96 mph. After challenging her to reach 100 mph, she broke through that barrier almost immediately. The lesson goes beyond physical ability: golfers sometimes place an unconscious ceiling on themselves. Giving yourself permission to swing faster can reveal speed you already possess.Build Speed on Top of Fundamentals - Michael Brennan's swing is fast, but it is also exceptionally organized. Harrell emphasizes a neutral grip, sound ball position, proper alignment and a reliable setup before adding speed. His philosophy is to eliminate unnecessary variables so the golfer has fewer compensations to make during the swing. A neutral foundation makes it easier for the motion to repeat when pressure rises.Impact Is Everything - Drawing from his time working with Jim McLean and the influence of John Jacobs, Harrell repeatedly returns to impact. The objective is not simply to produce an attractive golf swing. The positions and aesthetics should serve a functional purpose: controlling the clubface, finding the center of the face and delivering the club efficiently. Speed is then layered on top of that structure.Let the Club Find Its Orbit - One of the defining characteristics of Brennan's swing is the journey of the clubhead around his body. Rather than constantly manipulating the golf club into positions, Harrell describes the club as moving in a relatively neutral "orbit." Even when Brennan swings aggressively, the club continues to travel efficiently around him. The result is a motion that is both aesthetically pleasing and highly functional.Neutral Makes Golf Easier Under Pressure - Harrell is a strong believer in building from neutral whenever possible: i. Neutral grip (ii) Neutral setup (iii) Neutral takeaway (iv) Neutral club plane (v) Neutral club path. There are great golfers with unconventional matchups, but every deviation requires another piece of the swing to match it. Starting from neutral can reduce the number of compensations a golfer must time correctly under pressure.Don't Leave the Clubhead Behind - A common mistake when golfers try to create more speed is simply moving the body harder and faster. The golfer turns aggressively—but the clubhead never receives that energy. Harrell suggests training the hands ...
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    56 mins
  • The 50-Ball Blueprint to Lower Scores with Shy Desai

    The 50-Ball Blueprint to Lower Scores with Shy Desai
    Oct 5 2026
    What if you could make just 50 golf balls at the range more productive than an entire bucket of mindless practice? In this episode of The Mark Tribe, Mark sits down with Shy Desai, creator of Cure My Swing, to talk about how golfers can practice with more purpose, transfer their work from the range to the golf course, and ultimately shoot lower scores. Cure My Swing has grown into a community of roughly 400,000 followers across its platforms, curating golf tips, drills, and ideas designed to make improvement easier to understand and apply. At the center of the conversation is Shy's 50-Ball Practice Plan — a structured range session designed to replace random ball-beating with intentional practice. Rather than grabbing a bucket and hitting the same club over and over, Shy breaks practice into specific stages that address warming up, technical development, course simulation, and the mental side of the game. The 50-Ball Practice Plan: Shy walks Mark through a practice session built around: Properly warming up before hitting balls.5 wedge shots to loosen up and establish solid contact.5 short-iron shots while progressively changing clubs.20 balls of technical work and drills.10 fairway-finder shots using a driver, fairway wood, or hybrid.9 balls simulating three par-5 holes.1 final shot with your favorite club. The goal isn't simply to hit better-looking range shots. It's to make practice resemble the decisions, routines, and pressure golfers experience on the course. Shy explains why golfers should combine block practice — working intentionally on a particular skill — with random practice that requires changing targets, clubs, and situations. That transition becomes especially important in his 10-ball fairway challenge and simulated par-5 exercise, where golfers are asked to visualize an actual hole, choose targets, go through their full pre-shot routine, and react to the outcome of each shot. The conversation also explores why golfers should keep notes after practice sessions. Tracking what worked, what didn't, and where your common misses appeared can reveal patterns that help both future practice and on-course strategy. Mark and Shy then move into five areas golfers can focus on to lower their scores. 5 Ways to Lower Your Golf Scores: 5. Course Management. Know your tendencies instead of constantly fighting them. Shy discusses learning to "own" his natural fade and using that knowledge to make better decisions around the golf course. Good course management means knowing your strengths, weaknesses, distances, and common misses — and sometimes taking your medicine instead of attempting the heroic shot. 4. Driving Driving isn't just about speed. The tee shot should set up the next shot. Shy encourages golfers to develop a reliable fairway finder and think about where they want to play their approach from before deciding what club or target to choose from the tee. As Shy explains, golfers may play the game from tee to green, but they should learn to think about the hole from green to tee. 3. Approach Play Know your actual distances. Shy explains why golfers need to understand both carry distance and total distance while also paying attention to dispersion. The objective isn't necessarily firing at every flag. Sometimes simply finding the middle of the green — or leaving yourself in a manageable position for the next shot — produces much better scores. 2. Short Game Simplify your options. Golfers can become overwhelmed by the number of wedges and different short-game shots available. Shy recommends becoming extremely comfortable with one reliable club — for him, the pitching wedge — before adding more specialized options. Develop confidence from 100 yards and in, and your ability to recover when you miss a green improves dramatically. 1. Putting. Shy's number-one priority is simple: Eliminate three-putts. Distance and speed control are critical, especially on long putts that many amateurs rarely practice. Instead of spending an entire putting session rolling 10- or 15-footers, golfers should practice long lag putts and learn how to leave the ball within a manageable distance of the hole. If a golfer can improve lag putting and become more confident from short range, three-putts begin disappearing — and scores can fall quickly. In This Episode: Why most golfers waste practice balls,The complete 50-ball practice routine,Why you shouldn't start every range session with driver,How to warm up more effectively,Why changing clubs during practice matters,Turning technical work into actual golf skills Block practice vs. random practice,The 10-ball fairway challenge,Why every golfer needs a fairway-finder club,How to mentally play golf holes on the driving range,Why there are no mulligans in purposeful practice,Ending every practice session on a positive note,Shy's five keys to lowering your scores,Owning your natural shot shape,Playing a golf hole backwards,Why knowing your real yardages matters,...
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    3 hrs and 44 mins
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