About this episode

Earl McGlinn discusses his journey as a high-performance golf coach and shares insights on developing elite golfers in Australia.

In this episode of the Your Golf Performance Podcast, we sit down with Earl McGlinn — one of Australia's leading high-performance golf coaches. Growing up in a golfing family, Earl represented New South Wales as an elite amateur before transitioning into coaching, where he now works closely with the next generation of Australia's top players through the Golf NSW pathway programs. We dive into Earl's journey from player to coach, the lessons he learned caddying for emerging tour professionals, and what separates talented juniors from those who successfully make the leap to elite amateur and professional golf. Earl shares his coaching philosophy, the importance of understanding each player's unique physical blueprint, and how technology and performance data can help golfers of all levels improve smarter. We also discuss: Developing junior golfers for long-term success What state and national coaches look for in young players The value of team environments in golf Coaching tour professionals versus club golfers Common mistakes players make with practice and performance tracking The future of coaching technology in golf Whether you're a parent of a junior golfer, a competitive player…

People in this episode

Host: Brent Dale

Guest: Earl McGlinn

Topics covered

• high-performance golf coaching
• developing junior golfers
• coaching philosophy
• technology in golf
• performance tracking

Keywords

• golf coaching
• junior golfers
• elite performance
• coaching technology
• golf training

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Golf NSW

Places: Australia, New South Wales

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