Pure Golf Collective

Carter catches up with Russell Budd who has been involved in the professional golf world as a player, coordinator and ref. Thanks again Russell for your insights. Submit a picture showing the reasons why you love this game for your chance to win some awesome prizes on our forum page. @ puregolfcollective.com Enjoy

Sit back, grab a drink and relax while Carter and Jon explore the idea of golf trips and experiences. A fun discussion investigating exactly what it is that captivates golfers to travel to world to play some of the most sought after courses and what, if any, are differences amongst them? We would love to here your stories, make sure you share with us! Enjoy.

Matt Comand is the Director of Performance with Emergent. Matt has over 10 years of coaching experience and has developed expertise in areas such as mental skills training, personal behaviour change, leadership development, and team dynamics. Upon earning his Masters of Sport & Performance Psychology at the University of Denver, Matt was a professor at Humber College for 5 years and has worked with clients in professional, athletic, and academic settings. In 2019, he founded Emergent, a High Performance Consulting firm. This episode will explore themes to understand what you can control on your path towards mastery and discuss some of the tools to help enhancing your development journey.  Enjoy.

Born in Kapuskasing, raised in Oshawa, Andrea began skating at the age of 4 and became a competitive pair skater, competing at 5 national championships. Upon retiring from active competition, started training to become a skating judge. After graduating from Carelton University, she began to work for the provincial government, Social Services Department, as a front line caseworker. Retired from government work in 1998 when her family decided to relocate for my husband’s job. From 1998-2015 our family moved to Boston, Detroit, Singapore, Shanghai, Bangkok, Detroit. While living overseas, she worked in various capacities with the Singapore Ice Skating Association and the Ice Skating Association of Malaysia. During these years Andrea continued training as a judge, eventually reaching the highest level (ISU Championship Judge) in 2007. She has judged at the 2010 Olympics, 4 World Championships, the Four Continents Championships (4 times), Grand Prix Final (3 times), approximately 18 Grand Prix competitions, and numerous other international events. In addition to being an ISU judge, Andrea is an international Referee and an International Technical Controller. Currently Andrea is the Chair of the Skate Canada High Performance Development Committee. Other work with Skate Canada includes: elite athlete monitoring, member of the Officials Assignment and Promotion committee. Lastly, in 2015 Andrea was inducted into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame. We are very fortunate and grateful to be sharing this discussion with you. Enjoy!

The discussions in Episode 2 are a blend of two distinct but related influences.  The centre-piece of this show is a portion of our interview time with legendary Canadian golf coach Derek Ingram - who aside from coaching National Teams in Canada for over twenty years is also one of the nicest and most authentic guys you’ll ever meet.  His resume as a coach is astoundingly strong, but he would certainly be the last person to let you know.  Players from his National Team programs are reaching heights in the game heretofore unseen in Canadian golf history, and the positive results seem to evolve with each passing year. Derek’s thoughts about his coaching and player development are at the centre of this podcast, around which hosts Carter and Jon engage in a spirited discussion about the merits and misrepresentations we see in the “new science” of mindfulness and its application in sport and skill development.  The link between Derek Ingram and mindfulness is not too much of a stretch - Derek is an empathetic, considerate and “transformative” coach who helps his players become more task oriented and present, while mindfulness as a practice is really an extension of the values that Derek preaches in his coaching. Offering a broad spectrum of ideas that will surely stimulate discussions and reflections in our listeners, we encourage you to share your reactions to this episode with us and our community as much as you can. Thanks for engaging.