TOUR COACH with Tony Ruggiero

Tony sits down with Ryan French and talks about his journey to becoming a social media sensation; and writing about the lesser-known stories of the journeys of those trying to scrap and scrape through mini-tour, and Monday qualifying to get to the PGA Tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony sits down with new Golf Teaching Hall of Fame member Mike McGetterick to talk about influences and mentoring; and how to practice and play from his Hall of Fame career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wayne Flint, Justin Parsons, Jackson Koert and a host of others sit in with Tony Ruggiero to discuss where the process starts to get better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony sits down with Drew Steckel - one of the top teachers and coaches on the PGA and LIV Tours! They talk all things teaching on tour, and how you can get better as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Neff - founder of GEARS - takes us through his journey into the 3D technology that is so prevalent in teaching today. Michael shares some of the secrets and findings from his work and journey! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Korn Ferry player Emilio Gonzalez, college player Will McFadden, and Jackson Koert sit and talk about the stages of growth, and development in preparation for a new season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taken from the Golf Coach Development Forum this week, Tony, Justin Parsons, and a host of others discuss the need and use of technology in instruction from a teacher and player perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Round table discussion with Dr Greg Cartin, Mark Hackett, Dan Terlescki, Lynn Valentine, Morgan Hale, Josh Bialowans! The instruction staff discusses how to practice, how to improve and how to coach players of all skill levels as well as helping and mentoring teachers and coaches ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Carr and Tony talk about his past year; the mistakes and lessons that led to finishing as runner-up at the U.S. Amateur Championship. They share what they did to get him back on track, such as blocking out external pressures, getting back to fundamentals, understanding his swing, and what are the next steps in leveling up his game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Ruggiero and Jackson Koert talk with Peter Knade and Emilio Gonzalez about this year's Q School, and getting their korn ferry cards, after missing it last year. They discuss the differences and process that lead to their growth and success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony is hanging out with Donald Cooper and Vaughn Taylor at RSM, for the last tour event of the year. They talk about what the best players do with practicing and practice rounds. Coop shares how practice rounds are to adapt to the conditions, not to work on your swing or your game. Cooper and Taylor share what they focus on the days before the tournament, what he needs to get out of practice at h...

Justin Parsons is Tony’s guest this week. They discuss the cyclical patterns that come with coaching and managing those ups and downs. Justin's advice is to be realistic about your players within the plan you would like for them and where they are in their lives and physical ability. He also emphasizes the value to committing to the process and appreciating even little gains. Justin shares the blu...

Tony hosts a round table with Mark Hackett, Dan Terlescki, Lynn Valentine, Richard Terga, and Tim Jankowsski to discuss the many ways to help cut handicaps by 20%. Everyone weighs in on what to focus on to make that happen. From understanding how far you carry the ball, your numbers, using technology, important fundamentals, short game, and course management. They discuss how to navigate the chall...

Sean Foley joins Tony Ruggiero and Jackson Koert to answer questions and share his coach development journey. You’ll hear what and who he credits from when he started playing at 10 years old to creating his own Elite Journey Program. Over the course of his life he’s always been curious and willing to out work everyone. He also shared how social media has alleviated some difficulty for coaches whic...

Tony Ruggiero, Jackson Koert & Morgan Hale hold a Q&A with their players before heading into a training program. You’ll hear their team philosophy and plan for the training program. Each of them weigh in on how to coach recreational players, advanced players returning to the game, their advice for players transitioning from high school to college. They explain the foundations of golf, how not to o...

They kick off with Josh’s journey from playing in college and on Tour to coaching some of the best players today. The most important factor for him is having a personal connection and relationship. He shares past mistakes and how he’s developed his simple and effective approach. You’ll hear how he helps his players get out of learned tendencies, bringing technical feels onto the course, and how he...

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Paul Schempp, Steve Moore, Robert Campbell and Jackson Koert to discuss the differences between good and great coaches and define what novice coaches do compared to confident coaches. This episode is full of great advice on how to get your players to owning the information you teach them. Each of them share significant coaching moments that will help every player and coa...

After Tony Ruggiero and Smylie Kaufman reflect on their years working together – Smylie was one of the best students Tony ever had. Smylie shares the secret to his success was his understanding of his swing and kept it very simple, by having three to four things he’d monitor. They dive into specific techniques and approaches, as well as the best advice he’s ever received, what the best players can...

Zack Sucher, Eric Brunner and Tony talk about getting Zack ready for Q School - mentally, physically and technically. They dive into the biggest factors that have improved his short game, full swing and how to get back to the habits that work best. For Zack, refocusing his priorities was crucial. For some time he was chasing speed, but he had to go back to focusing on hitting the ball solid all th...

Ralph Bauer and Tony talk all things putting. He explains where he starts when work with tour players, it’s changing their perspective to understanding how they missed is due to misreading instead of pushing or pulling. He talks about his new app, and how it solves the missing part to putting better is reading the greens better. The technology accelerates what would take years into weeks. They als...

Hal Sutton joins Tony to talk about what he learned from his success of playing on Tour and how he transitioned into instruction. Hal shares how instruction has taking away his feel for the game, and what he would tell his younger self about goals, who to work with and how to navigate success. He gives his best advice to college players wanting to pro, how to gain experience, the necessity of bein...

Tony is joined by Dr. Scott Lynn, Mark Hackett, Dan Terlescki and members of Palm Golf Club to talk about what exercises and areas to focus on for injuries, or adjusting training to accommodate changes in physical ability. They share a variety a ways to improve balance, strength training and how to use your hands and arms to alleviate pressure. They also discuss technology, focusing on movement, s...

Tony Ruggiero is joined by Callaghan Elzey, Jackson Koert and Mark Hackett. Callahan is a teaching pro, who joined the group for a weekend to observe and work on his own game. He shares how Tony’s approach to coaching inspired him to reach out to learn directly from the source. Each coach passes on their best advice to Callaghan. Tony and Emilio talk training for Q School, and the importance of ha...

Tony is joined by Luke Kerr Dineen, Jackson Koert, Justin Parsons and Wayne Flint to discuss how coaches can develop their influence with social media and improving player’s performance. Luke shares his experience as a player and Golf Magazine/GOLF.com Editor, to give tips on what’s impactful to their audience and the average golfer, that can build traction for teachers. You’ll also hear from each...

Tony sits down with Armando, from Lee Trevino's #1 fan page, to talk about how he decided to research Trevino and how it's improved his game. He shares his journey becoming a better recreational golfer, the less traditional information he's discovered. They get into the nitty gritty of training. This episode is full of interesting tips on weekend warrior transforming his game. Learn more about you...