Your Golf Performance Podcast

Your Golf Performance Podcast

Hosted by PGA Professional Brent Dale We will sit down with leading golfers from the Junior Ranks, Colleges and Professional Tour as well as coaches and mentors to find out the key elements to make you the best golfer you can be!

Episodes

January 9, 2026 • 64 mins
In this episode, Brent sits down with Nick Chertock — an accountant by trade, lifelong mid-handicap golfer, and one of the most influential non-coaches in the golf instruction world. As co-founder of Open Forum, Nick has spent the last 10–20 years immersed in conversations with some of the best golf coaches on the planet, asking the questions many golfers and coaches never think to ask. Despite not being a touring professional or t...
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This episode is a little different — and that’s exactly why I wanted to do it.
Today I’m joined by Jimmy Emanuel, a golf journalist, commentator, and podcaster who’s worked across Golf Australia magazines and spent years talking with some of Australia’s best golfers.
Rather than coaching swing mechanics or tour prep, this conversation pulls back the curtain on how golf stories are told — and what players, parents, and coaches can lea...
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    In this episode of the Your Golf Performance Podcast, I’m joined by one of the most exciting young talents in golf, Mia Hammond, who made headlines by winning on the Epson Tour as an amateur while still a teenager. We dive deep into what that week really felt like, how competing — and winning — against professionals changed her mindset, and what happened when she returned to regular junior events afterward. Did junior golf suddenly...
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    In this episode of Your Golf Performance Podcast, I’m joined by Ryan Smith, coach at the Sea Island Golf Performance Center, to dive deep into what it really takes to develop elite junior golfers. Ryan breaks down the structure of his Player Development Program, including how many hours juniors should be training each week and how to balance technical work, fitness, mental training, and on-course play. We discuss the key difference...
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    In this Wednesday Wisdom episode, we break down goal setting that actually works. Most golfers have goals — very few have a plan.
    I walk you through the three types of goals every player needs, why most goals fail, and how to turn big ambitions into daily actions you can control.
    We also tackle one of the biggest traps in improvement: waiting for Monday or January 1. Progress doesn’t start on a perfect date — it starts when you decid...
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    In this episode of The Your Golf Performance Podcast, I sit down with Australian golf legend Steve Allan, fresh off an incredible season with three wins on the PGA Tour Champions. We dive into Steve’s early days in golf, the practice habits that shaped his career, and what he learned from spending decades competing alongside the world’s best players. Steve opens up about handling nerves under pressure, including insights from his E...
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    In today’s Wednesday Wisdom, we dive into putting distances and what you should realistically expect to make—because most golfers dramatically overestimate how many putts they “should” hole. We break down the PGA Tour make percentages from common distances and show you why even the best players in the world don’t make everything outside short range. Understanding these numbers can instantly change how you react to missed putts and ...
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    In this episode of the Your Golf Performance Podcast, Brent sits down with Daniel Popovic — the 2012 Australian PGA Champion whose career took one of the most unique turns in professional golf. After capturing one of Australia’s biggest titles as a young pro, Daniel experienced the highs of elite competition, the challenges of life on tour, and ultimately made the courageous decision to step away from professional golf and build a ...
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    In this week’s Wednesday Wisdom, Brent tackles the most confusing scoring zone in golf — the dreaded 50–100 metre “No Man’s Land.” Most golfers guess at these shots… and that guesswork is costing them strokes every round. Brent breaks down a simple, tour-proven system built around your four wedges — pitching wedge, gap wedge, sand wedge, and lob wedge. You’ll learn how to develop three stock swings for each club — half, 75%, and fu...
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    From Junior Golf Camp to Coaching Champion — Luke Grinham.
    In this episode, Brent catches up with his longtime friend Luke Grinham, the NSW PGA Coach of the Year and one of Australia’s brightest coaching talents.
    Brent and Luke first met as 12-year-olds at a Jack Newton Junior Golf camp and have stayed friends ever since.
    Luke shares his journey from playing college golf at Campbell University in the U.S. to completing his PGA trainee...
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    In this week’s Wednesday Wisdom episode, Brent breaks down one of the biggest frustrations in golf: why you STILL slice your driver.
    If you feel like you’ve tried everything but the ball keeps peeling off to the right, this episode will finally make it make sense.
    Brent simplifies the slice into the key elements that actually matter — club path, clubface, strike location, grip, aim, and how your transition creates the dreaded over-th...
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    🎙️ Episode Title: Pete Cowen — The Mind Behind Major Champions

    In this episode of the Your Golf Performance Podcast, Brent Dale sits down with one of the most respected and influential golf coaches in the world — Pete Cowen.
    From his own days as a touring professional and winner of the Zambia Open to coaching multiple major champions, Pete shares the mindset, philosophy, and principles that have shaped...
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    Wednesday Wisdom — When to Upgrade Your Clubs.
    Today I talked about the importance of upgrading your equipment at the right time. As your swing changes, your clubs need to match who you are now, not who you were years ago. When to Consider Upgrading
    • Distances or ball flight have changed
    • Shaft no longer suits your speed
    • Same miss keeps showing up
    • Wedges have worn grooves
    General Timelines
    • Driver/Woods: every 2–3 years
    • Irons: ev...
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    Episode: Richard Green — 20 Years on Tour, Winning Moments & Life on the PGA Champions Tour In this episode, I sit down with Richard Green, who spent two decades competing on the European Tour and is now making waves on the PGA Champions Tour.
    We dive into the highlights of his incredible career — from his unforgettable wins, to the pressure of playing alongside his childhood idols, to what it really takes to keep your tour card...
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    Aim for the Bunkers — and yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like! Instead of avoiding the sand, we embraced it.
    1️⃣ Hit your normal tee shot.
    2️⃣ Pick a bunker around the green you must hit into.
    3️⃣ Then challenge yourself to get up-and-down from that exact bunker. It’s a brilliant way to train your bunker skills under real on-course pressure, sharpen your decision-making, and build confidence where most...
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    In this episode, Brent Dale is joined by James Nitties, former Korn Ferry Tour player and current commentator, to recap the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season. 
    They break down the 20 players who earned PGA Tour cards, share inside stories from the season, and discuss which graduates could make the biggest impact next year.
    James also reflects on how today’s players differ from when he competed — from training...
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    In this week’s Wednesday Wisdom, Brent dives into a hard truth: most people say they want to get better — but very few are willing to put in the effort.
    He shares a recent story about offering a free golf swing lesson on social media and how not one person followed through once it required a small bit of effort.
    It’s a perfect snapshot of the world we live in — one that craves instant results but avoids...
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    In this episode of Your Golf Performance Podcast, host Brent Dale sits down with Matt Giles — former junior standout, two-time All-American at the University of Southern California, and accomplished Australian amateur-turned-professional.
    We explore how Matt transformed his early promise into success in college golf, the lesson-filled transition into the pro ranks, and what separates the aspirational players from those who truly bre...
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    🎙️ Wednesday Wisdom – Managing Expectations on the Course.
    In this week’s episode of the Your Golf Performance Podcast, Brent Dale dives into one of the biggest mental challenges in golf — managing expectations.
    Whether you’re on track for your best round or struggling to find your rhythm, Brent shares practical strategies to help you stay grounded and present.
    You’ll learn how to avoid getting ahead of yourself when things are going...
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    🎙 Episode 148: Vidur Subramaniam — From Dominating Aussie Amateurs to Competing at the University of Washington.
    In this episode of the Your Golf Performance Podcast, Brent Dale chats with rising Australian golfer Vidur Subramaniam, who has already made a name for himself with standout performances in some of the biggest amateur events in the country.
    Vidur talks about his incredible junior career. Now a student-athlete at the Unive...
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