Liam Robinson with Golf Swing Lessons from the Ryder Cup Stars

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A neuroscientist told Liam to chip 20 left-handed balls before morning tee times.

1. On The Mark Golf Podcast frames this Ryder Cup week episode around Liam Robinson and Ryder Cup players. 2. Mark Immelman hosts Liam Robinson, a former professional footballer and DP World Tour instructor, and his background matters because he played in England youth squads and later coached tour players. 3. The episode asks what club golfers can steal from Ryder Cup stars without copying their raw athletic gifts. 4. Liam says the pros and amateurs share the same general golf concepts, even if the percentages of each piece differ. 5. He argues that speed is not just about swinging harder, because technique plays a bigger role than many golfers realize. 6. Liam gives the example of his own 128 club-speed days to show how rare those numbers are for ordinary players. 7. He says many speed-training drills are undone when golfers return to a swing that actually slows the club down. 8. Equipment fitting becomes a major topic, and Liam says a three-wood head can feel heavy even when the shaft is almost the same. 9. He links that to Rory McIlroy's comment that he found a three wood he could actually hit and no longer feared going left. 10. The conversation turns to consistency, and Liam says elite players still question where the ball is going and how the shot will feel. 11. He says better players are not always hitting it better, but their bad shots are smaller and safer. 12. Mark and Liam discuss how club golfers often lose shots around the greens, especially in bunkers and on short-game recovery shots. 13. Liam says tour players can save par from bad positions because their bunker and scrambling skills are so strong. 14. He argues that amateurs spend too much time searching YouTube for technical putting fixes instead of learning green reading, pace, and start line. 15. Tommy Fleetwood becomes the model for deceleration, and Liam says a short follow-through is the result of moving fast and then bracing efficiently. 16. He compares that to Bryson DeChambeau, saying speed should gather during the move down rather than from a hard pull at the top. 17. Liam's own coaching story adds a personal tone, since he says he struggled with the static nature of golf instruction after coming from reactive football. 18. The episode keeps a teaching-room energy, with Mark prompting drills, examples, and direct translations from tour golf to club golf. 19. Listeners who want practical golf instruction, Ryder Cup angles, and speed ideas will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting celebrity gossip or pure entertainment will probably skip it.

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A Ryder Cup-week lesson that makes clubface control feel clear and usable on the course.

Ryder Cup week gives this episode its edge, and the conversation settles into a useful lesson with Liam Robinson on how speed, turf, and clubface control work together.

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