#111 - Legendary Golf Coach: Jim McLean

Behind the Golf Brand Podcast with Paul Liberatore

In this week episode I interview my good friend legendary golf instructor Jim McLean, who is one of the most prolific golf instructors of the last 30 years. He is known for coining the phrase “X-Factor”, observing that the greater the differential between the hips and shoulders at the top of the swing, the more power the golfer can create. He pioneered the use of video for golf instruction and was one of the first adopters of radar technology used in swing analysis tools like TrackMan.
He is also authored and sold over 15 different books and videos, and taught some of the greatest golfers of our generation. Including, Sergio Garcia, Curtis Strange, Gary Player, Bernard Langer, Al Geiberger, US Open champions Liselotte Neumann, Jane Geddes, Lauri Merten, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Webb Simpson, and Hal Sutton to just name a few. Actually, its over 100 PGA tour players but who is counting.
Jim McLean is CEO of the Jim McLean Golf School, which operates from eight locations.

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1. #111 - Legendary Golf Coach: Jim McLean (00:00:00)

2. Where are you located? (00:01:19)

3. How did you get into golf? (00:04:54)

4. Playing golf in college (00:08:06)

5. Playing in the Masters (00:11:37)

6. First to use the Trackman (00:14:35)

7. Recoding tour players swings (00:18:10)

8. Building his schools (00:22:19)

9. Why you hit a draw (00:29:44)

10. Moving to the Biltmore in Florida (00:35:14)

11. Coming up with the X-Factor (00:40:53)

12. Why do you like Sqairz (00:45:10)

13. How to stay on top of teaching (00:52:46)