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The Golf Guru Show -Dr. Raymond Prior – Building Stable Confidence

September 12, 2025

I am so excited to have my next guest on the show as it is Performance Consultant, Dr. Raymond Prior. Raymond Prior, Ph.D. is one of the most sought-after names in performance psychology by the world’s best performers. His clients include Major Champions, World Champions, Olympic Gold Medalists, individual and team National Champions, National Coach of the Year Award winners, individual and team Conference Champions, and countless NCAA All-Americans. Dr. Prior also works with corporate executives and other non-sport performers including Grammy winners, Oscar winners, Tony winners, and Emmy winners performing on stage and screen.Dr. Prior is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant by the Association of Applied Sport Psychology. As an author and researcher, Dr. Prior has authored books, contributed chapters to several performance psychology textbooks, and published research in the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.I have followed Dr. Priors work for a few years, read his book and have listened to his podcast that he co-hosts with Chase Cooper and his information just spoke to me in a way that made sense to me as a coach which is why I was so thrilled to get to talk to him. Dr. Prior works with a bunch of PGA and LPGA tour players so I selfishly wanted to pick his brain on a few case studies so I could help my players and I know it will help you. In this conversation we cover many topics which include how to build stable confidence to some of the pitfalls that players run into while trying to perform their best. He also gives some great advice to junior golfers and their parents that you don’t want to miss as well as some daily habits like mindfulness meditation training and cold plunging and more importantly the science and research behind it that will give you some tools to do what he calls “play freely. So without further delay, I bring you the brilliant Dr. Raymond Prior…enjoy!

Dr. Priors website http://www.btsmindset.com

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Guru

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The Hitting It Sideways Golf Show with The Guru and Jake Thurm

October 25, 2024

Part 1 of the Hitting it Sideways Golf Show
Part 2 of the Hitting it Sideways Golf Show

The long awaited spinoff of the Golf Guru Show is finally here! Guru and his friend Jake Thurm @JakeThurmgolf host the “Hitting It Sideways Golf Show” where they cover golf instruction, movies, life and hacks and personal development ideas, and of course wine!. This episode covers the move sideways, the great short game debate (steep vs. shallow) and how the boys coach the short game. 

We are at over 170 or so episodes and counting so I have interviewed so many great and legendary coaches but this episode is a little different as I am recording with my great friend and top coach, teacher of tour players and the US junior golf coach and all around great guy and a legend in his own mind, Mr.

Jake Thurm. You can follow Jake on all social platforms @jakethurmgolf as he is a must-follow. We are calling this the “Hitting It Sideways Golf Show” where the goal was to come together every couple of months and discuss not only teaching topics, what we are doing with our players etc., but our combined love for movies, book ideas, life and personal growth hacks and ideas and alot more. There were mentions of the importance of manscaping shaving knees, to the Mexican anti-inflamatory gel that I am applying to my knee and many more shenanigans and laughs as we get deeper in the wine goggles.  This format stemmed from his last visit to the podcast where we drank a lot of wine and chopped it up on my couch which was a huge hit, so we decided to try it out as a random show per se. Regardless, we had a great time catching up, sharing ideas and stories all the while drinking some good wine and getting sideways/ tipsy for sure by the end of this almost 2 and half hour kickoff in which I am splitting into 2 parts. So I hope you enjoy the first attempt at the Hitting it sideways while getting sideways golf show with my friend, the brilliant and entertaining, Jake Thurm. enjoy

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Michael Breed – A Masterclass in Gratitude and Passion on the Golf Guru Show Podcast

April 3, 2024

On episode 159, The legendary Michael Breed joins the show. If you don’t know Michael Breed here is a little bit about Michael:

He is the host of “Course Record with Michael Breed” on CBS leading into PGA Tour Coverage. He is also a regular contributor to CBS Sports HQ. Michael also hosts A New Breed of Golf on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio weekday mornings from 8-10 AM EST and Best of A New Breed of Golf on weekend mornings from 9-10 EST. Michael’s digital series, A New Breed of Golf, available on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. You can also find A New Breed of Golf Live on YouTube every Thursday, where Michael provides truly interactive instruction, answering your questions LIVE each episode.

Michael has led the way in digital golf instruction, and previously hosted the highest rated golf instruction series for Golf Channel, The Golf Fix. Michael is also a member of the PGA of America and contributes to their digital broadcast of the PGA Championship and Ryder Cup. He further serves as the Chief Digital Instructor for Golf Digest, focused on innovating golf instruction and overseeing the “Best Young Teachers” program.

Michael is such a great coach but an even better human being that has incredible energy and a servant mindset that is always trying to help others. Talking to Michael always leaves me in such a great mood and gives us all a sense of hope for the future of golf and life. He makes me want to be better.

In this conversation we discuss as variety of topics such as:

-How he got his first gig on the Golf Channel and made the most of it

-The importance of learning to present and how he prepares for presentations

-Advice to young coaches and how to find your passion and much more

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Study, Practice, Teach and Pass it on!

Guru

New Golf Guru Podcast – Dan Carraher – The Rainman Returns

February 29, 2024

Dan Carraher

On the latest episode Guru talks to teaching and coaching prodigy Dan “aka The Rainman” Carraher. Dan is the Director of Instruction The Golf Club at South Hampton in St. Augustine, Fla. In this Dan is a has been teaching and coaching since he was in his college days and starting working with tour players immediately as he had his PGA tour credentials since the age of 24. He has coached many great players over the years, spent time with so many great coaches and now focuses his time coaching juniors and college players. He has coached players like Kaitlyn Shroeder who is a freshman at Alabama, former #1 junior in the world since she was in middle school. Dan doesn’t do much self promotion which is why you may not have heard of him but deserves the credit for the work that he has done with so many players such as PGA tour player Julian Suri, where he helped him get his tour card and there are many others. This was an awesome conversation that is chocked full of information especially in respect to his juniors, the recruiting process and how he creates an enviroment for training competitive kids. So without further delay here is Dan Carraher….enjoy